Oregon Consistently Gets Better, A LOT BETTER, After Losses The Facts from 37 months Under Dan Lanning You saw Penn State lose a close game to Oregon this year and then watched the Nittany Lions turtle their next two games, brutal defeats, coach fired, dreams obliterated, season over. In 2024, Ohio State lost at home to an unranked Michigan team. ...

Lanning: Little Bit Softer Now, Little Bit Louder Now...

Thanks for the uplifting take. All good points well made.

How about A Little Different Now when in a time out? Byes have not been OBD's friend.

Good call on the performance of the defense vs. Indiana. The defense also played well at Penn State. The offense has not hit on all cylinders against B1G competition. Even versus Northwestern, the offense seemed to be disjointed. But Northwestern is 4-2 and Penn State is 3-3. 😁

Obviously, Penn State was flat after the double OT loss to OBD, but the UCLA offense was terrific against Penn State and also against lesser (I think) competition against Michigan State.

You get punched in the chops for a half, OK. But the offense of a team with the 5th best roster in CFB floundering for 60 minutes, not punching back, is concerning. A beatdown from a terrific Georgia team to open Dan's career was understandable. As Kirby Smart noted, 'Dan knows we have better players.' Today?

FWIW, Montana State is ranked 4th in the first release of the FCS playoff committee poll.

Thanks again, Mike.

Get Right at Rutgers!

Mike, I don't mean to harp on schedules. OK, I admit to harping on. 😁

OBD's remaining schedule at Rutgers, Wisconsin, at Iowa, Minnesota, USC, and at UW is not easy, and SOS-wise will be more difficult if Iowa defeats Penn State, USC defeats No. 13 Notre Dame, and UW wins in Ann Arbor this Saturday.

But compared to the Bruins, and Tim Skipper and Jerry Neuheisel's remaining six, OBD's remainder is 'manageable.'

The Bruins' next six opponents - Maryland, Indiana, Nebraska, Ohio State, Washington, and USC. UCLA plays Indiana, Ohio State, and USC on the road. Five of UCLA's last six games could be played against Top 25 opponents.

OBD has no excuse not to TCB.

Get Right at Rutgers!

Wouldn't this be nice? A home game win over Notre Dame and a defeat of Miami in the Orange Bowl?

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Mike, I thank you for the guest article, and the points you brought up about the track record of Dan Lanning after a rare loss. Lanning does not lose to teams he should not to, such as Cristobal teams playing down to their opponent.

An opponent has to be GOOD to beat Oregon, and when they do--Our Beloved Ducks bounce back extremely well. Great to have those stats, and opinions of notable podcasters as well.

And ANYONE can offer a guest article for FishDuck.com...just email it to me charles@fishduck.com and I will provide the pictures and publish. We have had many outstanding articles like this over the years from Mike, and new perspectives are always welcome here.

Mike fun tboughts and thanks for sharing. For many reasons the Duck offense needa to get a whole a lot louder NOW! Right now starting in NJ......

OBD's have 6 steps on their ladder to reach 11-1 and a berth in the CFP. They control their own narrative. So the offense needs to step up NOW against BIG 10 defenses. There may not be any soft defenses in the CFP?

Any loss to Rutgers or Whisky would be viewed as a bad loss. A loss to either team would knock OBD's out of the top 11. They may fall to far to climb back in!

Iowa is the place that offenses go to die, including their own. The Duck D needa to bring its A+ plus game because it could be a low scoring game. If OBD's offense doesnt get right a win will be hard fought.

Wins over Minnesota, Usuck and the leglifters will require the Duck O to get right and stay right

I believe that the Ducks can and will run the table and the offense will get very, very loud. If not we as fans will be crushed and disappointed.

First step on the ladder, Rutgers. It all starts there.

Go Ducks, get a whole lot louder NOW!

Nothing quite like a mid-season kick in the teeth to help a team recalibrate. But hey, that IU team looks like the real deal... very impressive.

Nevertheless, with some corrections and improvement (both players and coaches), which OBD is totally capable of, we can absolutely beat those guys.

Regarding Rutgers, although I haven't followed them closely, I did notice that the three losses they had were all by an average of about 7 points. On paper anyway, they look like they could be competitive. So this looks like it could be a great follow-up game to a loss, on the road, allowing us to find out who we really are.

And I'm very glad that we don't have a 9:30 AM PST start. Playing Northwestern at that time was just utterly ridiculous.

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Always love any references to ‘Shout!’ and ‘Animal House’.

My favorite line in the song is, “you’ve been so good to me”, because that’s how it feels the Ducks have been to their fans.

And as for the rest of the season? “FOOD FIGHT!!!”

Autzen could be even louder, if EVERYONE would make noise. I don't know about other sections. But in 35, which is loud, I see a good number of people who do not yell, cheer, clap (except after a touchdown), and I imagine how loud it could be if all of them made some noise when the Ducks are on defense.