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Jon Sousa
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13 seems good for the Ducks.
Not so sure about about USC and UW. They seem to always be overrated early. Both of them "just missed" the PAC 12 championship. What I don't understand is, If the PAC 12 is so weak, how can we have 3 teams in the top 15???
This seems like a normal occurrence. Discounting last year, in 2019 there were 5 PAC teams in the preseason AB poll with three more getting votes. That means that some people who are supposed to know something about football thought that there were 8 out of 12 teams in the PAC in the top 25 in the country.
In 2018 those numbers were 4 and 1 for a total of 5 teams that got votes. In 2017 it was 4 and 4 for a total of 8.
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1 hour ago, hydrophobic said:
Was not aware that her uncle is Big Joe; ah ha!
We had no idea he was also recruiting basketball players.
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On 1/11/2021 at 2:47 PM, Annie said:
I believe that COVID has killed about 10 times as many people as the flu usually does in a year, so that would be one good reason to require proof of vaccination IMHO.
This is what the CDC says about flu: CDC estimates that influenza has resulted in between 9 million – 45 million illnesses, between 140,000 – 810,000 hospitalizations and between 12,000 – 61,000 deaths annually since 2010.
This is what the CDC says about flu: Half (51.8%) of persons six months and older were vaccinated during the 2019–20 season.
So, let's not compare apples and oranges. How many people would have died of COVID if half of the population was vaccinated for it before COVID started spreading?
My Point: The flu is extremely deadly IN SPITE OF half the population being vaccinated and we don't take any precautions regarding stadium entrance. Once new COVID cases are down to about the normal flu caseload, the number of people dying from COVID is unlikely to be any higher than that of the flu... ESPECIALLY if half the population gets the vaccination.
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1 hour ago, Charles Fischer said:
Sweet pic! He is killing it right now...
Hope he sticks around.
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1 hour ago, Coach Eric Boles said:
An awesome fact that I found out about Coach Mastro, from our friends at Duck Territory, is that he was the play caller when Oregon scored 77 against Nevada last season.
...and I don't think anyone complained about MC's interference that game??
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9 hours ago, 30Duck said:
To be fair, the Trail Blazers did not have a 1st round pick in this draft
I searched before I wrote that and this is what I found... 16. Trail Blazers draft Isaiah Stewart >> officially traded to the Pistons, after first being dealt to the Rockets.
Obviously, the Blazers got something out of the deal. Hopefully, they got something better than one PP.
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Charles, the article only mentions one guy leaving after 11 years. Are there more?
One guy does not a trend make. I would be concerned if we were having a 30% turnover every year.
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6 hours ago, 30Duck said:
UCLA & Stanford needed to play their best games of the season
Actually, Stanford was down two of its best players. When they meet again, the lady Ducks will be better and hopefully Stanford will be back to full strength. It will be another close game.
Both UCLA and Stanford did play very good games. They need to win a couple while they still can.
Speaking of while they can... feeling a little sorry for the Beavs. Both men's and women's BB shut down.
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Regarding the men's position... I notice that there is a large disparity between the AP and Coaches' polls for where the Oregon men stand. AP #22, Coaches #17.
I cannot help but think that in the coaches' poll the Ducks are 5 spots higher just because of the respect the coaches have for Dana Altman. They have a better idea of where this team belongs.
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I am hoping that the UO will allow people with a vaccine certificate attend the Spring Game. I would say THAT should be mandatory if they let anyone in.
For the fall, It depends on how the vaccinations go. If everyone who wants it, has it, then let everyone in... unless almost no one wants it.
The most important issue is not how many people are vaccinated, but rather how much is the virus spreading. If COVID is not spreading any worse than the flu, (and we never kept anyone out during flu season), then why require proof of vaccination??
Right now, Oregon is diagnosing about 1000 new cases a day. That's more than 3 times what it was in the summer. The more people are vaccinated, the lower that number will be. Sooner or later it will be time to just open everything up, including large gatherings in indoor arenas.
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On 1/9/2021 at 4:13 PM, Tim K smith said:
U of O Needs Quarterback, linebackers and an offensive coordinator!!
Huh??? We picked up two 5* linebackers last year, another 4* this year?? We also just picked up a 5* QB this year?? How much better can we do?? We just hired one of the best OC's in the country - in everyone's opinion. How much better can we do??
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3 hours ago, 30Duck said:
From the first game, Payton looked like he belonged. Staying 4 years, going through the stages he did at Oregon helped I think. Payton has a full understanding of what kind of player he is, and is perfectly willing to do what his coach wants, because Payton is only interested in winning.
He's going to make the Trailblazers sorry they passed on him.
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3 hours ago, hydrophobic said:
Really nice to see them do what we've talked about so much in football: getting a lesser team down and not letting up. Pedal to the metal all the way.
Great comment. Remember the war cry that the ladies had last year when the goal was a championship: "Leave No Doubt!" I loved it! The idea was to not just win games, but win them by big margins. Coach Graves ought to have a little heart-to-heart with Coach Cristobal about how to approach a lofty goal.
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8 hours ago, Charles Fischer said:
Charles, is this you and your "Most Valuable Site in the PAC 12" trophy????
Good Job! Thank you for all you do!
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PP is already an impact player. He no doubt has a Nike contract (has to wear Nike stuff). The fact that he is wearing Nike DUCKS stuff brings more attention to both brands.
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5 minutes ago, Coach Eric Boles said:
His defenses could ballout for a year or two and he's moving on to be a HC. But, that's also not something that I think should be worrisome. The larger Coach Cristobal's coaching tree becomes, the more attractive an opportunity it is to coach for him.
Very good point.
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12 hours ago, Charles Fischer said:
I am delighted to see some of those names stay, but I sure want Anthony Brown back as we may need him!
Totally agree here. Starter or back-up, we need more than one or even two options.
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11 hours ago, 30Duck said:
Hopefully, Justin won't have to be as good at this in the coming seasons.
Yup. You only win this award if you are under pressure a LOT. Wish the Chargers would trade up and get Sewell instead of the current projection of a great wide receiver.
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11 hours ago, 30Duck said:
Very good, Mario, now get some great QB's & RB's to do their stuff behind those guys!
Pretty good on the QB recruiting this year. Also a 4* RB. We'll see what happens.
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With the portal opening up for one free transfer, it's got to be a little difficult to keep things straight.
For every one that transfers out you have room to transfer one in?????
How about giving a walk-on kicker a scholarship?
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10 hours ago, Charles Fischer said:
I love puns, especially on this forum!
A TOUGH DUCK!
Is that guy a Husky?????
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5 hours ago, Old Geezer said:
How do you punish an opposing defensive line with a 178 lb. running back?
Cristobal has said over and over again that he wants to punish the opposing team. He has proven that he can recruit, however, he has not brought in the Royce Freemen type backs. It is truly a puzzle to me. Is he so wedded to the vaunted pistol attack that he hesitates to replace the running backs coach?
This remains one of the biggest questions for me!
MC has obviously been working on a list of priorities. OL is #1. He then started recruiting defense, then receivers. All the while OL and now DL remain #1. It makes a little sense that RB was not first priority 3 years ago. It's not over yet.
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2 hours ago, Joshua Whitted said:
...As many have pointed out, I think it's very fair to take this year with a grain of salt considering the extremely unprecedented circumstances of 2020 in general...
And yet, your examples are of this year. We are still having QB problems post Herbert (this year); no one has come close to replacing Troy Dye (this year). Your concerns are certainly valid, but, as you say, taking this year with a grain of salt is also valid.
Talking about concerns from year 1 of MC, to be fair, he was just starting. It will be two more years before everyone on the roster are MC recruits. Everyone thinks 5 years is necessary to assess a rebuild, and everybody everywhere thinks that this program is ahead of schedule.
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Sorry, but I don't see that Oregon has a coaching problem at this time. Our most resent history is the 2020 season. Flush it. There are so many unknowns about what the team was facing this year that we really have no clue what was going on.
We have no clue how many games the Ducks were way too close to not being able to play because of the 53 scholarship athletes able to play rule. We were told that there was at least one. We have no clue why certain athletes were not able to play in certain games. Micah Pittman's dad said that he wasn't sick, but he missed 2 or 3 games... Just because???? There were others that were out for no explained reason. We have mentioned that optouts had a huge impact on this last season. Youngest team in the country??
So, flush it... Don't take it seriously.
Several people have said that MC is making great coaching hires. How can this be true at the same time that we have a coaching problem??
We fans seem to feel the walls caving in around us, but the fantastic, highly regarded, multi-star recruits don't see the walls crumbling down. They all signed and Oregon has it's best recruiting class in history.
It looks like COVID is still going to have some impact on our spring, but it will be better than last year's spring. MC is still only 2 years into a rebuild at Oregon (2020 doesn't count). In his second year he won the conference and the Rose Bowl (2020 doesn't count). He has a three year winning streak having the best recruiting class in the PAC. He has the Ducks moving in the right direction. 2020 doesn't count.
What would it take to get JT Tuimoloau?
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Herein lies the problem. You can offer a guy the OPPORTUNITY to play both sports, but when both sports are being played at a very high level at the same school, it is difficult to get playing time in both. Armstead got on the court a few times but he was a bench warmer most of the the time. He might have been a starter on a lesser basketball school. He tried to live his dream, but when it became obvious that basketball, that wasn´t going anywhere, was getting in the way of his football development, he announced he was going all in football. His bank account is thanking him.
I agree to let him try. It´s his life and his dream. Maybe BB will work out better for him. Be a star on Altman´s team and it´s a sure thing.