FishDuck Article Administrator No. 1 Share Posted November 4 Our Oregon Ducks football program was not the team out west this weekend, but the No.1 team in the country that flew east to Ann Arbor for a heavyweight bout with 2023’s national champions. Unfortunately, week ten wasn’t as kind to the Wolverines. Oregon dominated from start to finish in a hostile environment of 110,000 where they never trailed. The ... Oregon Ducks Football: What We Learned in Ann Arbor | FishDuck FISHDUCK.COM Our Oregon Ducks football program was not the team out west this weekend, but the No.1 team in the country that flew east to Ann Arbor for a... 1 2 3 Two Sites: FishDuck and the Our Beloved Ducks forum, The only "Forum with Decorum!" And All-Volunteer? What a wonderful community of Duck fans! Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Smith72 Moderator No. 2 Share Posted November 4 Thanks for being a FishDuck writer Alex. Count me as one of many who are concerned about the 3rd quarter too. That is a problem, but I do realize that others teams have a part in contributing to this. They make halftime adjustments too. They are coached up and make changes in their pregame plans. It takes some time to figure that out. They also have pride and a desire to get back in the game. The BIG teams we have played have good players and good coaches. Our Duck coaches have prepared our players to handle them well. I do have trust in Coach Lanning and his staff! Go Ducks! 9 wins and 0 losses! One win at a time. 1 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Haywarduck No. 3 Share Posted November 4 If you are going to lose a quarter, or be weak in one spot, third quarter might be the one. Just another genius move by Lanning, maybe? Always have one area where you can improve and shift into 5th gear as the playoffs come closer. My hope is on November 30th we have a complete 4 quarter performance, and we lay 80 on the dawgs! 2 3 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
cartm25 No. 4 Share Posted November 4 Thanks for the article. My takeaways of the game: Positives - Beating Michigan--a storied program--in front of ~110K fans at the stadium and millions all over the nation - Dillon Gabriel looks great back there against a tough Michigan D-line - Uniforms . . . beautiful Negatives - Injuries to key players - Lack of offense in the 2nd half - No sacks on the Michigan QB was a bit alarming Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Charles Fischer Administrator No. 5 Share Posted November 4 That top photo of the article is from a new photographer who will shoot occasionally for us when others are unavailable. Naji Saker is a superb photographer who uses great judgement in the composition of his photos, and that top featured photo is a great example. Players celebrating in the Big-House....gotta love it! 1 1 1 Mr. FishDuck Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
30Duck Moderator No. 6 Share Posted November 4 What we learned is that the B1G isn't all that big. As far as Showtime! It's Oregon and Indiana. Ohio State and Penn State got B1G game treatment, but compared to tOSU @ Oregon it was Jaws 3. 18 teams in the B1G, but there was a lot more depth in the Pac-12. No wonder a B1G Power Ranking is as interesting as an insurance brochure, after the Top 3, it doesn't matter. Besides Lanning and Cignetti do any of the other coaches look like they're having any fun at all? The Oregon players would run through a wall for Lanning, though I suspect Stein would scheme up something to go around it, Penn State is so slow with their ground game, it would just be, thud and stop. The Pac-12 was dying, now Oregon is bringing life support to the B1G. 1 1 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Haywarduck No. 7 Share Posted November 4 It is so fun to remember how proud and certain the spoiled children were when they hired Riley. They stole Riley, his golden boy qb and all was right again in tinsel town. Although Riley was 1-3 in bowl games, and only won a bowl during the covid season they were cock sure they had their man. After all he was the sure thing, and all the pundits agreed. Me thinks the potential is huge, but the problem with sc is.... and their next coach will be the same thing. My take is they should hire another washed up NFL coach, Jack Del Rio. My bet another guy the pundits will love. 1 1 1 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
idontrollonshobbas No. 8 Share Posted November 4 Another difference this season is quality depth. O line depth spooks me a bit if we take another injury hit....but otherwise, we have tested 2 deep in each unit with some 3 deep. Last year the "middle eight minutes" was a mantra and team delivered. This year the formula seems to be a brute force first half to build a cushion and then rope-a-dope the 3rd quarter to react to halftime adjustments, drain clock and slow bleed the opponent so the 4th quarter is surrender time. Or as my local ophiologist said, the Ducks first strike like an Elapidae, then squeeze like a Boidae 1 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
