30Duck Moderator No. 1 Share Posted yesterday at 01:37 PM SIDEARM Integrations GODUCKS.COM As the postseason dawns for Oregon softball on Thursday, the Ducks have benefited from a stable of pitchers led by Lyndsey... 1 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
30Duck Author Moderator No. 2 Share Posted yesterday at 10:48 PM Michigan got everything right, Oregon got everything wrong. 1 1 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
KCDuck1 No. 3 Share Posted 21 hours ago (edited) 30Duck, That game against Michigan was similar to the Saturday game near the end of the season when the Ducks played UCLA on a Saturday at the Jane. No matter what UCLA did, it worked; no matter what the Ducks did, it was wrong. The following game on a Sunday was the exact opposite. This game, no matter what the Wolverines did, it worked; no matter what the Ducks did, it was wrong. That last conditions-outcomes shouts to the level of leadership/maturity within the coaching staff and the team. Preparation? Naaah. The team already beat all the other teams; they will all be easy pickins. In actual fact, the Ducks were unprepared to win. What a shame, to get this far, and then blow it! Perhaps it's better here than in the Regional or in a Super-regional. Get that attitude, that fat-headedness out of the team, out of the coaches! UCLA displayed that arrogance during and after the 2d game, and the Ducks smoked them the next day. This time, our Ducks had that arrogance internalized, and the Wolverines gave our Ducks the bill to pay. VR, KCDuck1 Edited 21 hours ago by KCDuck1 1 2 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
30Duck Author Moderator No. 4 Share Posted 9 hours ago Top-seeded Oregon softball upset by eighth-seeded Michigan 5-0 in Big Ten Tournament - Daily Emerald DAILYEMERALD.COM The most famous cliché in diamond sports is that it’s a game of failure. But no one expected a let down like this. Top-seeded... Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mike West No. 5 Share Posted 4 hours ago On 5/8/2025 at 7:30 PM, KCDuck1 said: 30Duck, That game against Michigan was similar to the Saturday game near the end of the season when the Ducks played UCLA on a Saturday at the Jane. No matter what UCLA did, it worked; no matter what the Ducks did, it was wrong. The following game on a Sunday was the exact opposite. This game, no matter what the Wolverines did, it worked; no matter what the Ducks did, it was wrong. That last conditions-outcomes shouts to the level of leadership/maturity within the coaching staff and the team. Preparation? Naaah. The team already beat all the other teams; they will all be easy pickins. In actual fact, the Ducks were unprepared to win. What a shame, to get this far, and then blow it! Perhaps it's better here than in the Regional or in a Super-regional. Get that attitude, that fat-headedness out of the team, out of the coaches! UCLA displayed that arrogance during and after the 2d game, and the Ducks smoked them the next day. This time, our Ducks had that arrogance internalized, and the Wolverines gave our Ducks the bill to pay. VR, KCDuck1 This was exactly why I wished we had lost a game during the regular season in football. It certainly woke up the Buckeyes. Humbled them and forced them to bear down and fix their issues. Playoffs are a death sentence. Too many things can go wrong in a playoff game, and running the table in the regular season doesn't make a team feel the sting of one that got away (which is worse in the playoffs because that loss is the worst form of church bells-its final, and you can't do a damn thing about it). Imagine Ohio State had humbled us in the regular season. Especially because of lethargy. Duck Nation knows the Buckeyes absolutely benefitted from getting back to business a week earlier, and only off a two week layoff. Buckeye fans are crowing all over the internet the Rose Bowl was what was supposed to happen in Eugene. Hogwash. We would have played Ohio State better than Texas did if we had faced them in the CCG (as Penn State also found out, we have a pretty damn good offense). Now we have to wait until this year to silence that damn fan base like we did last October. Better yet, I'm looking for a sweep. It's time to put Ohio State in the same class as USuC and the Fuskies. I hate those fan bases, and nothing is sweeter than inflicting revenge. Losses make you or break you in the regular season. They are a necessary part of the game as far as I'm concerned. 1 2 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jon Joseph Moderator No. 6 Share Posted 4 hours ago A single loss and you're out when you can run into a hot pitcher? Why bother? Perhaps an NCAA tournament outlier sneaks in, but at the cost of dinging the regular season's champ seeding? I don't believe the conference media deal would be a cent less if this tourney were not played. I hope the conference covered the cost of getting to and from Purdue. 1 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Washington Waddler Moderator No. 7 Share Posted 3 hours ago Irregardless of how this loss effects their regional/super regional draw, if it locks them into tournament focus, it was worth it. 1 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
30Duck Author Moderator No. 8 Share Posted 3 hours ago I don't know if Michigan helped themselves by being swept , Run Ruled in game 3 by Oregon during the season. Grein was off the last series of the season, Sokolsky came in, wrapped it up. Sokolsky got the start against Michigan, didn't have it, Grein came in, still doesn't have it back. Hopefully both will have it next week. 1 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
