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Agreed that his numbers don't pop out at you but DA and his new assistant coach must see something there. The article remarked on his improved output late in the year. He is a bigger guard at 6'4" 211# and on tape is pretty physical without getting into foul trouble very often. And comparing a guard's FG% to overall team % is a bit apples to oranges as post players will bring the overall number up above that when compared only to the backcourt.

I know this is only a prediction, but it seems to have some gravitas to it. Would be a good get for DA to fill in the last needed piece in the backcourt. Prediction: South Carolina's leading scorer Jermaine Couisnard to choose Oregon Ducks - Scorebook Live NEWS.SCOREBOOKLIVE.COM South Carolina junior Jermaine Couisnard is nearing a decision. The 6-foot-4, 211-pound...

Scott Frost once said you just can't recruit to Eugene. So that narrative appears to have flipped. Seems like you just can't keep them in Nebraska either.

How many long, slow, run-oriented pistol whipped drives have we seen suffer an ignominious demise in or close to the red zone because of penalties over the last couple of years? I agree that while an occasional pick will hurt us and some are in essence long punts, a more explosion oriented offense will on balance win more games and save us from death by a thousand false starts.

Not not only the run game will benefit. With long fast WRs stretching the field on the deep threat, the safeties have to stay back to support the undersized CBs over the top. The middle zones are then open for the TEs who can usually exploit the LBs. Finally the Ducks will use the TEs as a passing threat and not just as blockers for the run game. I think I saw only one or two really effective pass plays to our TEs last year. More plays like the one against OSU where Matavao was wide open for a TD, please.

Et tu, Axel? I saw on another thread that you had an insightful opinion on honesty in journalism, and two degrees in the same discipline. As a devoted fan of the late, great PJ O'Rourke, might one of them have been a major in humor with a minor in hilarious satirical snark?

As glad as most of us ultimately were with the coaching change, don't lose sight of the fact that the 2019-20 Rose Bowl winning Ducks have 15 starters from that team on active NFL rosters. Not counting 2022, five were UDFAs: Faoliu, Kampmoyer, Scott, Juwan Johnson and Throckmorton. Not saying they will all be on rosters in September, but they are there now. Four of the starting five O-line are on teams: Sewell, Throckmorton, Lemieux and Hansen. All coached by MC and Mini-M. So they did something right even if they couldn't offensive game coach their way out of a paper bag. I guess my point is to not lament too much the dismal 2022 draft showing. No doubt several of the players that went undrafted and have signed UDFA contracts got crappy advice and declared a year too early. Some like VMIII and Wright will likely succeed as they were legit draft targets. But the article posted by 30Duck shows the silver lining in the cloudy 2022 draft results for the Ducks. Oregon is a national destination for blue chip recruits and Lanning will burnish that credential with the staff he has brought in and their history of building champions.

Cool with that. Wish him well, unless of course we meet the University of Soiled Charmins in the Pac12 championship game. Then I want him to be the meat in a Sewell-Flowe sandwich.

Boo-Yaaah! Track, basketball and football standout. In your face, Husky-Trojuns

Can't miss concept with Matt "Pro Bowl/Hall-o-Fame" Leinart taking point. The Hall of GOATS (Get Over yourselves, Arrogant Trojans) will certainly be marketing a unique set of NFTs (Nether-region Fungal Tokens) jointly with the USC-OJ Simpson Institute of Conflict Resolution and the Reggie Bush Center for Ethics in Athletics.

I'm with 30Duck on this though Hayward has a legit argument that Oregon peaked too early and allowed the season to get away from them starting with the Stanford debacle. We don't want that repeated in the unlikely event of a win at Georgia, but if win Oregon does, this is a different team with different coaching and an upgrade at QB. And hopefully fewer critical injuries contributing to last season's wheezing to the finish line. That said, the previous regime pulled off a stunning upset at tOSU. I watched it again a few days ago and nearly every position group either played a great game or had just enough flashes of brilliance to secure the win. That includes AB and the D-Backs. In spite of how the season turned out, would anyone not take the beautiful smack down the Ducks put on the high and mighty Buckeyes in their own house? God, that felt good. What a great, and long overdue, consolation prize for a so-so year. The majority of the young players in that game are still in Eugene and I believe that win will continue to bear fruit on the recruiting trail for years to come.

Half way thru the 7th round and VMIII not yet drafted. WTH? Chargers still have 3 picks so maybe something good happens and they get a steal.

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ICamel, Thanks for the play by play. Much needed win for Oregon.

Speaking of 1st round picks, five of national champion Georgia's defensive players went in the first round. First time ever, I believe. Kudos to Lanning!

All due respect to MaiTai, I agree with Skopil on the postion groups at this stage after spring practices. And his take on KT was just reinforced by the NY Giants taking him at #5. 247 nationally may be SEC biased, but Eric Skopil is a local kid from a long time Eugene family, is pretty respected overall and I enjoy reading his stuff.

Looking at the Pac12 network game film and the edited clips, Rossi (RFr) got beat but so did Bass and Jones, established OL players. I think DJ blew up Ferguson once as well. Lanning noted that DJ could be one of the premier edge players in the country for a reason.

Sorry to see him go as, although he wasn't the most dependable shooter, I thought he would play a significant role this year. Altman has a another big rebuild ahead. Hopefully we get another PG/SG to step up or come in via the portal. Oregon men’s basketball guard De’Vion Harmon to enter transfer portal, source confirms WWW.OREGONLIVE.COM Harmon, who just completed his third-year sophomore season, averaged 10.8 points, 2.6...

Good article but having Ridder state that he was able to not worry about money, have a child AND buy a Range Rover and Bose headphones for teammates makes me think that NIL money should come with some financial advising.

WaPo among others, slobbering all over themselves about the SC spring game. Might as well get used to it. Lincoln Riley and Caleb Williams star at a surreal USC spring game - The Washington Post WWW.WASHINGTONPOST.COM At USC's spring game, minds long addled with college football might struggle to remember where all of the players and coaches used to be.

Thompson certainly looks the part of the D1 P5 QB and has a cannon for an arm. As much as he has a ton of raw talent he seems to have a tough time reading coverages and then getting an accurate throw to the checkdown receivers. Butterfield is like the old Avis ads, he knows he's perceived as #2 so he tries harder. Both those guys are competitive and it seems they will stay till the fall to battle it out. If I had to predict: Nix is the clear #1 leaving the spring game. Butterfield will be the #2. Thompson will transfer at some point. Oregon will work to add a good 2023 QB like Jaden Rashada.

After being listed out of HS at 6'4" 240# to as big as 6'5" 273# last year, DJ looked stronger and leaner on Saturday, maybe 260# with a KT level first step and quickness we didn't see the last two seasons. Good reason why Lanning and Tupoi are so high on him, he was just flat out dominant.

Nope. 1. Nix 2. Butterfield 3. Thompson

I didn't think it could get much worse than the game I saw yesterday. I was wrong.

And fill the seats they do.....