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Nautique Duck
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On 10/9/2022 at 12:29 PM, Just Ducky said:
The team as a whole seemed to be in focus. Very few penalties.
Credit here goes to the coaching staff getting the message to the players in practice.
No 1 for me is the play of Bo Nix. He is in total control of the offense and he is like having another coach on the field. He seems to have a calming effect on the whole offense.
If we can get a guy like Bo to have the same effect on our defense then look out.
If you listen to forsyths postgame comments, nix was checking and making tons of adjustments and was super prepped to watch for them by dillingham. He had them ready to pounce for the time or two they took the bait. Pretty awesome. That’s some NFL level stuff going on that you don’t usually get in college football to that degree.
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Was great to see dontae manning and Florence playing well at corner as well. Some really good reps and making our team stronger. Bummer manning got a penalty, but I’m okay with a high speed penalty where someone is playing hard and makes a mistake of inches.
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I love them. Stop telling the kids to get off your lawn!
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Unfortunately, it doesn’t help that the man who knows our defense best besides our coaches just gave the blueprint to our competition on how to attack them. Passes to slots and running backs on the outside and let our bad tackling take care of itself. Only had to sprinkle in the TEs for a little bit, though they obviously could have done much more based on those successful TE plays. We’d better hope a significant amount of this glaring vulnerability was not knowing assignments or communication so we weren’t able to play fast and go after people.
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On 9/3/2022 at 4:55 PM, Pac10again said:
Georgia had every advantage, and they returned an offense that hung 33 points on Alabama last year. In fact, I think the Offense we just saw from Georgia, is Better than last year Championship team. Take away the two pics by Bo, against one of the best secondary's in the country, and his numbers are good. Anyway, I'm really hoping now that Utah beats Florida!
I think it is very safe to say the Georgia offense will be significantly better than last year. Bennett has had 1st team reps and all the mentoring he didn’t have last year and Washington is healthy and maybe an even bigger freak than Bowers, who completely lives up to the hype. Their tight ends can block and run and catch. And their coordinator picked fast reads that didn’t even give our front 7 a chance to get to Bennett so they essentially had zero stats because the rate times he held it long enough he scrambled and threw a long pass or a touchdown.
Most of the time the first or second read was open and went according to plan for them. Bennett is ready to keep torching everyone like he torched Michigan and Bama. Hard not to root for the guy who shatters expectations and is clearly still preparing and playing with a chip on his shoulder despite winning a ‘ship.
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I hope Lanning focuses on game planning and coaching, which is what I suspect he will focus on. And maybe showing his boys a good example of resiliency and hard work in the face of adversity.
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On 9/3/2022 at 8:03 PM, Southwest Duck said:
If I was Dante Moore I would decommit after that
show.
we are entering dark times, fellow duck fans
the bellotti, Kelly, helfrich, Cristobal era of competing for and winning rose bowls is over.
One game. A bad one, but one game. Don’t give up on life so easy.
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No one is entering the portal mid-season, I believe, which is as it should be:
The transfer windows, which will go into effect in time for the 2022-23 season, will allow 60 days per year for athletes to enter the portal and maintain immediate eligibility for first-time transfers. For fall sports like football, the period will be split into two periods. The first, a 45-day period, will start the day after championship selections are made. A second window will be instituted from May 1-15 so players can enter the transfer portal after spring camp.
it is honestly probably better for all parties to end the season before entering the portal. A player may have an injury in front of them and have an opportunity they didnt expect, they can still watch film and learn and workout, and it doesn’t leave the team with less depth, and the player may change their mind.
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On 9/3/2022 at 5:52 PM, AnotherOD said:
Bo? What did my untrained eye see?
Bo just doesn't seem to see the field well and misses defenders and throws dangerous passes to waiting defenders. This criticism followed him from Auburn (and was on display today when a bad pick ended Oregon's slim chances to stay in the game). It's just gonna hard to be consistently successful doing that.
The staring down guys is a problem for a lot of young QBs, but if Bo is going to shake it, we probably should be seeing more signs of it by now.
His decision making at times also has been questioned. The announcers didn't seem to critical of the first INT, but it sort of looked forced to me.
At the time in the game, the Ducks seemed to be scripting towards taking a shot down field. Obviously they want to get the ball to Seven with some space, but the Georgia DB hadn't taken the bait. You can still take a shot and put one in a spot where the WR has about the only shot, but if you are going to do that, you likely still need to be seeing either your 6-5 WR (Thornton), your 6-4 WR (Cota), or your 6-3 WR (Franklin), not your 5-8 WR (well covered by a 6-1 CB). Even if put in a better spot, that is a tough catch for a 5-8 guy being contested by a bigger defender.
He seems to struggle with pressure. Didn't really see him step up in the pocket and deliver a throw. ESPN's box score lists zero sacks by Georgia and zero QB pressures.
Yet Bo seemed to be bailing out early all game long, almost as if he is feeling phantom pressure (the OL wasn't great but I didn't see it getting blown off the ball by the pass rush, at least during the meaningful portion of the game).
Bo's legs seem fine and will make a few plays per game; but, not exactly a Masoli like guy who you accept a bit less in the passing component because his legs make up for it. As I saw someone else comment, while he occasionally makes a play, he almost cancels it out in numerous plays just bailing out in exactly the wrong direction he needs to go and gets nothing.
Finally, I had expected a bit more raw arm juice. Balls seem to come up with either medium zip or float a little. It's ok but it's going to have to be something managed. He isn't going to be lasering the ball around.
The worst example of not humming it in there was hanging Cota out to dry on our best chance for an explosive play. They had safety over the top and cota had shook the corner. Throw it to him! Instead tries to lay one easy in the breadbasket. Well, guess what? You just gave the defense tons of time to react and blow up your receiver.
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I love to daydream about this stuff and speculate, but is it amazing to anyone else how many articles are “published” now with literally no new content?
With that said, Ty Thompson better develop or he will be passed by Dante. If spring ball comes and Dante is neck and neck with him, I suspect he transfers and butterfield starts for a while until they unleash Dante. I love Ty’s attitude and physical gifts, but he will have had two+ years to turn it on, and if it’s not clicking, he may need to move on. In my opinion, he is either “the man” by next spring, or he is never going to the be “the man” here.
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Quote by Dan Lanning’s dad, apparently:
This is the son we raised. He is an honest, loving, sincere man. A great husband, dad, son, and coach (I think being a coach incorporates skills from all those areas.) His word is true and reliable. When he says he loves you, he means it in the truest sense. His priorities in life are family/people centered. There’s no one I’d rather have in my corner. The University of Oregon is blessed to have him, and I know he feels blessed to be there. I do expect there to be great success on the football field, but the greatest successes will be the relationships he makes and the men he builds.
Thank you for this thoughtful article.
Our entire family in Missouri look forward to many many years of being passionate Duck fans.
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Hmmmm…I don’t usually turn to “swim swam” for most of my conference realignment updates!
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My worry is we are all assuming status quo or improved playoff situation. It could go the other way, too. They may have sec and B1G have guaranteed spots (or two) but make ACC, pac 10 and big 12 have to fight for the other 2 with any cincinatis as second tier citizens. If they have all the money, they are going to make the rules in a revised playoff.
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On 7/3/2022 at 10:21 PM, OregonDucks said:
I believe that there are 2 options with the ACC (which I believe has better programs than the Big 12):1) Form a true partnership or merge with the conference. The winner of the East division could play the winner of the West division for the championship, and hopefully a spot in the playoffs.
2) Poach the best teams from the ACC, Big 12 and PAC to form a new conference. This would be harder but not impossible. It would likely require working with the ACC’s current TV partner (ESPN).
You can’t take teams from the ACC on a practical level. That’s my point. They each have a $50m buyout. Who is going to shell out $50m per team to try and make more money.
That’s a losing proposition if you aren’t the B1G or SEC, and even then, they would REALLY want to have Clemson in their league. The ACC has to implode before they can leave on a free market.
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Everyone keeps talking about an ACC merger. That is basically not an option. ACC teams cannot leave. The ACC could add teams but it is extremely prohibitive or nearly impossible for any of them to leave and join another conference. So it is Big12/pac 12 merger or weak pac 10+MWC if that merger falls through.
Just have to hope our groveling with the B1G works or we are stuck looking like a deflated balloon. Pretty big downer when I was feeling so optimistic about our future with DL. I don’t doubt for a minute that USC looked at this as an opportunity to get the upper hand on us because we have been punishing them lately and I don’t think they will want the B1G to add us too.
B1G would have to be okay with dividing the profits up a bit more, too, so it would have to be for logical reasons (geography, tradition, balance) not for financial reasons. Hard to count on that based on how the first move unfolded.
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On 7/3/2022 at 11:19 AM, CalBear95 said:
I would take a reduced share and/or work with PK to subsidize.
What I didn’t expect is the ~$80/MM/year delta. That’s a big number.
I think the math gets a little easier though.
Assume $300MM/year for a PAC 10 is correct so that’s $30MM/team. If you add Big XII I believe their number is $500MM (let’s just go with that to make this easy).
Assume ACC can’t get out of deal so they don’t get added in.
$300MM + $500MM = $800MM
$800/22 = ~$67MM/year
If B1G offers $63MM (or whatever it was) I think you would take it given intangible (not really) vale of being at a national level in terms of visibility
Your math is off a bit…
it is $36 million per team if you average them.
to get to $67m/team you’d have to only have 12 teams making 800m total.
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I wish I was more optimistic but if B10 really wanted us they would have suggested it. We might, might be able to beg our way in if we plead our case persuasively, but I am not holding my breath. I think the SEC would laugh at us asking to be brought in.
I think it will be combine with big 12 or a fate much worse.
hope I am wrong and we get into the B10.
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There is green outlining the number!
looks sweet.
these are fan created, though, I think.
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On 4/23/2022 at 3:16 PM, Santa Rosa Duck said:
1. Bo Nix
2. Butterfiield
3. Ty Thompson
Agree or even butterfield #1 if we are purely evaluating passing
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If you listen to Noah Whittington’s interview from last week, he pretty much says that he knew he had a spot on the ducks before he entered the portal. Who knows how, and hopefully not coach to player, but I would expect some of the portal transfers are pre-arranged and some are players entering the open market.
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I don’t think anybody really knows what dillingham is going to do when he is really calling the shots. He has yet to do that at any stop. I think he is ready to break out and show what he can do with the reins.
think about this: Lanning has worked with this guy extensively in the past, likely talked about and dreamed about being head coach when they were working together, and had license to go after his guy, and who did he choose, knowing he is likely leveraging his success as a HC on his ability? Dillingham. If lanning is staking his big shot on the shoulders of an unproven OC (one that has always had the HC calling plays at all his other stops) he must really think he knows his stuff and is going to knock it out of the park.
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On 4/3/2022 at 12:49 PM, DrJacksPlaidPants said:
Bill Self is another scumbag who can’t seem to follow the rules, so it’s a showdown between two schools with a rich history of fraud. The only coach in the Final Four with any ethics is Jay Wright. Maybe one day Altman and Few (Duck alumn) will make it back and return some class to the championship weekend. And yes, I know Mark Few has had his personal issues with his DWI. I still think he’s an ethical coach.
Also, it’s well known about Coach K’s cheating, but Grant Hill came from a very prominent family. His parents could have afforded to buy him a very nice car. I can’t imagine his dad letting him accept a car for playing for Duke.
This is looking at things from some pretty Yellow and green colored glasses. You know that wright is the only coach in the final four with any ethics? Hubert Davis is a first year coach. The ducks and Nike have never helped encourage a player to come to Oregon financially? I’m a huge duck fan, but we sound totally self righteous if we believe we haven’t played these games too.
And jay wright somehow is not doing this at Villanova? On what grounds? Much more likely that he is doing the same thing every other successful coach is doing. I agree we shouldn’t be lauding the nobility of krzyzsewski, but it’s not like the ncaa is super effective at finding and exposing all the fraud going on across college sports.
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On 3/11/2022 at 8:56 AM, Charles Fischer said:
In the articles below posted from practice yesterday, Coach Lanning makes reference to "a season of growth," and how they need to have a "growers" mentality. It is a cumbersome label, but he is trying to convince the players to do what he revealed about himself in the interview recently with Rob Moseley, where he had a goal for every practice and wanted to learn from each outing.
"We're in a period of growth looking for opportunity to make tomorrow and the day after that better than today," he said of his spring philosophy. "What can we get better at right now? Let's be learners and growers. Let's go out here and figure out what can I do better?... I challenged our players to come off the field and go find something you did wrong so you can make sure you don't do it wrong tomorrow or the next day. That was really our focus."
It makes me wonder if he is considering this just a "building" year, or a "grower" year as both sides of the ball become accustomed to the new schemes? I think we have more-than-enough talent to make a run at the Pac-12 Championship and threaten Utah and USC, but we don't know what he is thinking. Compared to Georgia....he might have shown up, taken a look and went, "wow--we have a ways to go."
Thoughts? (Sorry guys, but you know I like to ponder!)
I think he is referencing the Spring season, not the upcoming Fall. Spring is the time figure out where your weaknesses are going to be for the coming year so you can work on them all summer and be ready to roll.
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I completely disagree on Bo Nix’s grade. His performance was gutsy as hell. Threw some beautiful long balls, came back in with a bum leg and threw some dimes (one Bucky should have caught and would have been a huge play in open field and would have erased the ensuing sack and timeout wasted) and the refs took away an amazing play he made on the sideline to Franklin. I can’t see how someone could not think he played well. The only real mistake he made was the fumble and that was a procedural problem because of how rushed the team was to get their trick play formation arranged and shifted. The play was rushed and he barely got under center and distractedly missed the snap.