8 hours ago, Mudslide said:

Growing up in San Diego, most schools in our district had populations ~3,000...10-12 grades.  Of course that was 3.5 million years ago.....  😧

Narbonne High here. There were 1500 in my 10th grade class. I don't know how many of them graduated because I graduated early. We were told that we were the largest class in school history.

23 hours ago, Santa Rosa Duck said:

"Eugene, from Eugene and in Eugene" I love it. Give me more Bill Walton.

 

After saying this line, several times, he added this: "Eugene, from Eugene, in Eugene, for Eugene."

On 3/2/2021 at 10:10 AM, Charles Fischer said:

One reason I have a hard time cheering for Seattle is knowing the fans are also Huskies, so Marcus being there might actually be tougher on them than us?

 

And Russell Wilson lost to the Ducks in the Rose Bowl.

13 hours ago, Charles Fischer said:

My vibe about the teams are quite different, as it feels that the Women have too many problems to solve--that should be by now.

On a normal year, I totally agree with the sentiment. The reason is that in a normal year they are playing a lot more warm up OOC games. This year they scratched games together where they could. Will all the new freshmen as well as transfers, there were not enough games for Graves to see who fit together the best. They were deep into conference play when Graves finally said publicly that he needed to tighten up the rotation. Then he didn't/couldn't tighten it up very much.

 

If the ladies had more games they would be in better shape and more like the team we expected by now. Just another thing to blame on COVID. 

Good game. Very close most of the way. Bruins had a good hot streak in the 2nd half. Soon after Walton asked, "Can they sustain it?" the Ducks made their move.

 

Happy dance.

Rebuilding. Five 5-star recruits do not a championship team make in their freshmen year.

 

One thing we have to remember is that if Oregon was in a different conference, we wouldn't be looking at so many losses. Before last Sunday, Oregon had only lost to top 10 teams. The problem and the advantage that Oregon has is playing in this conference. Its a problem because you lose more games in a rebuilding year you look and feel worse than you are. It's a blessing because every year Oregon gets to play against a lot of top tier teams, which can only help them in the Dance.

 

Oregon State is a very good team with a very good coach. They are also normally in the upper stratosphere of teams. It is no shame to lose to OSU. 

 

Oregon is sitting at 13-7.  If they are in a different conference they would be sitting 19-1, ranked perhaps 2 or 3, and unfortunately not at all battle tested for entering the Dance. We fans would be expecting a final 4 and we would no doubt be very disappointed and wondering how they could fall apart at the end of the year.

 

Much better for everyone on the team to be in this conference, sitting at 13-7, with a realistic view of where they stand nationally. It helps everyone involved to work harder and strive to be their best selves.

 

Where do they stand nationally? Realistically, I think somewhere between 7 and 12.

I expressed this desire a while back when the first mocks came out.

 

While it's a long shot, trading up for Sewell is a great long term investment. I say GO FOR IT!

This says something about Big Play VA. Good on both of them.

1 hour ago, Charles Fischer said:

After you explain that--you take them for a stroll in the new Hayward Field...  😉  Just who is big-time?

 

Hayward Field is definitely BIG TIME!

What a great listen!  Two things that stood out to me:

 

He told us the why behind why he had the backfield empty, then having the RB motion into the backfield and often immediately back out. It looked almost silly to me during the game (and exhausting to the RB) but it made sooo much sense listening to the explanation given.

 

The other thing was he explained, to a great extent, what happened against Iowa State's defense. What Iowa state did in creating a whole new defense. mid-season, built around the personnel they had.  Very interesting.

7 hours ago, David Marsh said:

Jonathan Smith should be higher on that list. Simply put he is doing a lot with the little he has to work with and every years seems to be an improvement. It will take time to get Oregon State back to where it was before Riley left but with Smith in charge they will get there. 

I think JS is one of the very best coaches in the PAC. I TOTALLY agree with you here.

This was a difficult game to watch. We had some moments.

6 minutes ago, Charles Fischer said:

Sewell over-ran that play badly...

The guy's got a motor. He over-ran several plays throughout the season. Coaching is going to make him a total beast. He's got half a year playing D-1 football and he is a "true freshman" entering this year. Look out world! I can't wait to see what two Flowe brothers are going to bring to the table this year... oh yeah, we have someone coming in from Lebanon.

🙂

1 hour ago, Ed O said:

We'll see if any team believes in him enough to use a draft pick on him.

I would be surprised if he is drafted. I would not be surprised if he is signed as a free agent.

Looking forward to being able to watch this game.  Thanks Charles.

Kind of scary seeing Alabama taking down so many top spots.

SC is up there in quite a few. Where´s the rest of the PAC 12?

2020 is a horrible year to have your only year anywhere.

Seems like 8 or 9 is the worst spot to "move up to". Better to be at 11.

I really enjoyed watching Franck Kepnang. I was very happy that Coach trusted him with the last few minutes of EO´s playing time. FK stepped up well. He is going to be a force -- already is.

Thanks Charles. Unfortunately, I can only watch 2 of the 4. Hoping for the 5 game sweep.

1 hour ago, Charles Fischer said:

How do you think he handles his recruiting now?  Does Oregon have a better or worse chance with him?

Maybe a slightly better chance. Maybe not. 

All three points are true. A run is possible. We can go 12-1 and end up in the playoffs. We can also go 9-3 and not get to the championship game.

A lot of things have to come together. The funny ball has to bounce the right way.

25 minutes ago, Charles Fischer said:

Well....it is possible that Mirabal may have had a little help on the offensive line recruiting!  😉

As does everyone else. Certainly, MC is not only modeling it, but also teaching it to all his coaches. All of the recruits talk about their relationship with MC.

This looks like a great hire. I especially like the fact that DeRuyter and Yates were together last year... and they BOTH wanted to be together this year. I'm thinking DeRuyter had a lot to say about this hire. This hire makes Cristobal look like gold.

Done. What a good game by both teams.