My Duck-Buddies....I have made a major change in how we will moderate our GameDay threads. Bottom line, is that you will be allowed to spew your frustration, to vent, as you wish. I recall how we have lost many good members because they were fine on the forum during the week, but went crazy in the GameDay threads.

So, I will let you vent in GameDay threads.

But Note the Parameters:

--This is for GameDay threads only; you have to behave in the regular forum threads as in the past.

--You cannot take shots at those who disagree with you, just like in the forum during the week.

So, if things aren't going well, and we are getting our butt kicked? It is fine to blow off the steam in the GameDay thread, but NOT in the regular forum threads. I am allowing this so people can get-it-out-of-their-system during the game, but the question is--can these same people restrain themselves to not do it on the regular forum threads?

You will need to, as I am cutting slack on this with the implied agreement by those who utilize this new privilege--that they will contain themselves in normal forum threads as before. I'm counting on the good people of this forum to hold their end up, in order to have a sounding board for when things get testy for us all.

One Caveat?

I would be mindful of the total game, because I recall a few years ago when we opened against Portland State--the Vikings marched down the field and scored early in the first quarter before Oregon got things going.

And people absolutely melted down.

Angry at the DC Lupoi, angry at the team....just angry.

Then we won 81-7 and those in early meltdown mode looked pretty silly. So you are free to write what you want, but know it could provide laughter for us later....

We have a fantastic community here, and I want you all to enjoy the experience, thus the new freedom.

Thank you Charles for this site.

I am so ready to read and learn more from all the intelligent followers here.

It seems like it's been forever since last season. I'm tired of reading about politics, let's get to what's important,

DUCK football!!!

Let's sco!

🤔🤢😡🤬🤬*!!#*##🤬💩💩☠️💩🤮

Just practicing

Thank you Charles for this new freedom to vent. It is probably a good thing.

However, I know I will find it hard not to come back with a snide comment to any of the “sky is falling”, “fire the coach”, “our coaches/players/play-calling sucks” comments from some of the fans on the page.

I’ve said it before, and I’ll say it again, this is a GAME, played by KIDS. That means the ball is going to bounce in funny ways, and kids are going to make mistakes.

The doomsayers and negative Nellie’s need to buck up and take a breath before tearing into OBD, cause I for one am gonna have a hard time just leaving those derogatory comments alone.

Maybe I will just watch the games And look at comments later. Don’t want to get in trouble for defending OBD from ill thought out, derogatory remarks about my favorite team in CFB.

I do think this is a good idea, I think for myself, I sometimes do need to vent a little, I would like to think I've always reserved my frustrations for the coaches and not the players. The only time I would say a little criticism is appropriate of players is when they do something like Holden did last year, something that is selfish. Even then, you have to remember that they probably regret their actions and would take them back if they could, usually.

I would say there are times I do erase something before I hit submit since I can usually catch myself before I say something that probably is not needed or constructive.

With all that said, I can't wait to Jerk about the defense after they give up 3 straight first downs! 😂 Before anybody says anything, that is a joke.

Edited 2 hours ago2 hr by spartan2785

51 minutes ago, PittDuck said:

Don’t want to get in trouble for defending OBD from ill thought out, derogatory remarks about my favorite team in CFB.

People are going to do it, and I say it in advance. Why am I starting it with Montana State? Because if things don't go well at Penn State...

We actually had a former FishDuck WRITER who told people to discard their season tickets, never watch the Ducks again, and to avoid this site when we lost the first time in '23 to Washington? Note the word, "former," and I cannot imagine a more over-the-top-reaction than that. A percentage of people do it...

But you bring up a good point; it is not just those who vent, but the rest of us who have to restrain ourselves in response. I've been guilty in the past of over-reaction to someone else--it is tough, but we gotta stay strong. Remember, no matter what is written to vent in the GameDay Thread....

The Forum Will Still Be Pure

41 minutes ago, spartan2785 said:

With all that said, I can't wait to Jerk about the defense after they give up 3 straight first downs! 😂 Before anybody says anything, that is a joke.

With the new latitude in the GameDay Thread...it is not a joke. Go For It There.

(Although an unintended consequence of this new policy is a very entertaining GameDay Thread?)