TheRunningDuck

Does Cliff Harris count?

In the 70s and 80s I kept saying, "Rose Bowl in my lifetime".

Also, Brian Hinkle and Russ Francis.

Charbonnet reminds me of Royce Freeman. Their other back is good. Hope the D shows up.

The NIL thing will begin to influence where kids go to school. There will be huge upsides to being in a large media market. L.A. will once again dominate the Pac 12.

The lack of excitement is off putting and will eventually lose the fans. However think about all the starters or almost starters that have been lost or missed games. . Several linebackers, our best running back and offensive lineman. A good tight end. A starting safety. Perhaps others not coming to mind. Over a quarter of the starters depending on how you count. Quality players that represent more talent than many Oregon teams have had. There is backup talent that will hopefully find their way. Writing off this team may be premature.

At least we will not have the potential horrors of the OSU BB tournament game with two shades of orange present. Washed out orange vs garish orange.

Georgetown, a barely over 500 team is not likely to beat Colorado. VCU has very good stats on blocked shots and steals.

https://goducks.com/news/2021/3/12/track-and-field-viewing-guide-ncaatf-indoor-day-2.aspx I watched yesterday on the Roku ESPN app.

The Oregon women recently won indoor track championships in 2010, 2011, 2012, 2013, 2014, 2016, 2017 while the men won them in 2014, 2015 and 2016.

Though somewhat off topic, I liked Ernie Kent but the difference at the end of games is remarkable. It always felt like Kent had no plan but Altman is a master of end of game situations. He wins most overtime games and in a season of close games like this it is all the difference.

Still not leaving soon enough. One has to question why he was retained so long and if the decision making will now be any better.

I watched a couple games ago and his team mates seemed to be ignoring him even when he was wide open. He was being totally frozen out. Anyone else notice this as I see his last game was decent though I did not watch it.

I can only think of 4-5 QBs that have been great their first year of play at U of O. Fouts, Miller, Mariota, and Herbert. Most struggle and even Herbert was not a strong finisher of games until the last year. Shough seems at least average. Fans always think the new recruit will be the thing. Shough stopped going deep in the middle of the year so I wonder if there was an undisclosed injury. His main fault seems to be vision in the middle of the field as he does not always see the defenders. Anyway, the coaches know what goes on in practice and will make an educated choice. Prepare for lots of transfers as we cannot play all the higher level of recruits we now get and the transfer rules have been loosened.