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    WBB: Taylor Bigby Enters Transfer Portal

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    This one is a bit of a surprise, but maybe not. Homesickness, early season injury then minimal playing time all probably contributed to Bigby's decision but l wonder how much communication broke down between Graves and his players as the season drifted towards mediocrity at the end. And they had one critical assistant out for maternity leave entering the Pac12.

     

    Four former five stars transferring out is a bad look. I don't think that it was all over playing time. KG calling out the team as entitled and inconsistent may have been too much for a lot of them. Pao Pao and Rogers staying is huge (judgment on Prince is reserved) but the rest of the soph-jr class is gone and in spite of the #2 class in the country coming in, next year will be a rebuild. The Sabrina-Ruthy-Satou juggernaut took three years to build and had a leader that everyone could rally around, but GOAT players don't just fall from heaven fully formed. 

    Would You Want Him in Your Foxhole?

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    I'm 6'7" and 325 lbs, a road grader in Nike cleats. Yes, that 6'3" 225 lbs guy is able to spiral a football thru a moving tractor tire at 25 yards. He'll get a better NIL deal in college and if we're both good enough to get to the next level, he will always get paid more than me. I've got to be ok with that, it's the nature of the game. It's my job to keep him upright. Not too many folks will ever know how important I am to his health and the overall well-being of the team, but he will. And I will. Football is a team sport and without me, he is running for his life.

     

    If I'm smart, I'll have a longer term plan that will outlive the cartilage in my knees. But until then I'm ok with being the big ugly up front that gets it done.

     

    On 3/30/2022 at 1:15 PM, Vandownbytheriverduck said:

    Rich QB.  Lower pay on the o lines.

     

    Comes down to culture on the team.

     

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    It is Not Just the Spring Game....it is DUCK DAY!

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    I want to encourage folks going to the spring game on the 23rd to wander across the parking lot to PK Park afterwards. The Ducks Baseball team hosts Wazzu at 3pm. Second game in a three game series. Great box seats at $10 a pop, GA for $7. I just bought mine. 

     

    On 3/28/2022 at 8:23 AM, Charles Fischer said:

    Whoa!  That is a loaded calendar, an Oregon Sports FEAST!

     

     

     

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    Which Oregon Football Team Was the GOAT?

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    On 3/27/2022 at 3:15 PM, DanLduck said:

    I agree with the 2010 team with one caveat, that 2014 team lost 10 or more starters to injury that year on both sides of the ball and still managed to make it to the final. Had we been more healthy...

    My vote has to be the 2014 team. Oregon was loaded with talent but got devastated by injury that year, particularly heading into the postseason and championship game. If that team had been anywhere near full strength the natty outcome may have been different. Starters that were out.

     

    Bralon Addison 

    Tyler Johnstone 

    Johnny Mundt

    Andre Yruretagoyena

    Pharaoh Brown

    Ifo Ekpre-Olomu

    Devon Allen

    Darren Carrington (suspended for pot)

     

    Jake Fisher and Hronus Grasu were both injured and missed several games. Yet except for the stumble against Arizona, which was avenged in the Pac12 championship game, that team had a stellar year. Buckner,  Armistead and MM all were 1st round draft picks. Ifo would have been if he hadn't destroyed his left knee.  Fourteen other Ducks ended up playing in the NFL and several like Hill, Mundt, Brown, Hollins, Walker, Mondeaux, Jelks, Crosby, Grasu and Freeman are still there. 

     

     

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    Something to Ponder: If Johnny Football and Marcus Would Have Both Gone to Oregon--WHO Starts?

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    Marcus v Johnny Football. Yikes! Character issues are just the start. You couldn't have test tube designed a better fit for the Chip Kelly/Mark Helfrich offense than MM. Who would have been the better ambassador of the Oregon brand? No contest there. Would Manziel have played better than MM and guided Oregon to the National Championship in 2014-2015? I don't think so. 

     

    Ditto if Tua had been recruited by Oregon. He wanted to come here. So Justin v Tua? Tua is certainly a much higher caliber person than Manziel for sure, but you put JH on that Alabama championship team and I argue he wins it all too. How would Tua have done with three different head coaches and OCs, and the three yards and a cloud of dust mentality of the MC era? We have been blessed with two high caliber QBs that are also great people.  Makes me proud to be an Oregon fan.

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    A Look Back at Marcus Mariota's Career at Oregon

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    On 3/26/2022 at 11:24 AM, David Marsh said:

    The NFL seems to have an assumption that any top player will adapt to fit their system. The best GMs and coaches know this isn't the case but so many just try and force players to fit the team. 

     

    Chargers are doing it right with JH. Draft a big, rocket-armed QB who has tons of potential that was underutilized in college. Realize just what a special talent you have when circumstances thrust your new QB into the battle sooner than you had anticipated. Have a coaching staff tailor an offense to him, draft a monster LT to protect his blindside and spend the next two years building a team around him that will let his skills shine, keep him upright (see Detroit Lions and the previous JH as an example of how to do it wrong) and give him a defense to protect those leads he generates.

     

    All the best for MM in Altanta. If they can create an offense that lets Marcus stay upright and gives him targets in space, it will be what we all want to see for him. Good luck though, with that depleted O-line and receiver corps.  Still, we can hope..

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    Sweet Sixteen: A Bad Day for the West

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    I am not a Dukie. I still chap at Coach K getting in Dillon Brooks' grill a few years back. From the guy who coached up bad-sport poster child Grayson Allen. Legendary coach, yes, but the entited hypocrisy, oy!. The only positive about their win over Texas Tech yesterday is that there is now one less game on the "Coach K Bad Hairdye*-Sourpuss Countdown".

     

    I would happily settle for Arkansas taking them out in the Elite 8. It would be even sweeter if it could be UCLA in the Final Four. Just don't want to see him cutting down the nets for his last game. 

     

    * I know he says he doesn't color his hair, but c'mon man!

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    Sweet Sixteen: A Bad Day for the West

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    Arizona just got outhustled by Houston and their defensive energy. They kept Koloko, Tubelis and Mathurin controlled and chased guys off the 3 point line. The Cats also really missed a full go Kerr in the backcourt but I'm not sure it would have made much of a difference. Houston blowing Oregon out last fall in Vegas by 29 points was no fluke. I had 'Zona in my final four, too. 🙁

    Is NIL to Blame?

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    So I'm guessing Arch Manning won't be following his uncle Peyton to UT now.

     

    On 3/21/2022 at 11:29 AM, Duck 1972 said:

    With iamagreedy going to Tenn we will see how this money thing will turn out. I project he will under perform due to a lack of the need to practice and play hard because he and his family are set for life unless the 8 million isn't accurate.

     

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    Key Facts, Round Two. This Time We’re Dissing Texas A&M

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    Getting a bit off topic here, but bear with me. Did a little research and a buckeye is neither an acorn nor a true chestnut. Most closely related to the horse chestnut which has little commercial value, a warty sac (not making this up) and no sane mammal (including horses) will eat them because they are toxic. They do however make for a larger target when directing a good strong kick.

     

    On 3/18/2022 at 12:36 PM, Axel said:

    Excellent suggestion, EastBayDuckDad. I think we can all agree that Brutus Buckeye and his arrogant entourage deserve a good, strong kick in the chestnuts. 

     

    The Targeting Rule is Not About Player Safety

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    I couldn't agree more with the article and this take on PAC12 vs SEC officiating. The application of the existing rule is arbitrary, alters game outcomes and in the PAC12 it borders on virtue signaling by officials and the league office.

     

    On 3/15/2022 at 9:18 AM, cartm25 said:

    I hope the rule can be adjusted so that it's applied consistently.

     

    It was annoying to watch Oregon v. Stanford and see the rule's impact to the Ducks, then turn on an SEC game later and have no targeting called, and if it was called, it was obvious to everyone; none of the incidental contact garbage.

     

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