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I live by the Airport. The sun is out. Partly cloudy. The weather is looking good at 8:09 AM in Eugene!

Three players who may need playing time to stick around. . . Lott, Olesh & Jett Which Oregon Ducks Players Need Bigger Roles to Avoid Future Transfer Questions

Balancing game day and recruits' time. Probably an awesome experience for the recruits to see how the sausage is made on gameday. Oregon Ducks On SIOregon Ducks’ Unique Recruiting Advantage With Loaded Boi...EUGENE - College football programs have to master the art of multitasking. The focus is always on the current season and the next game, but programs across the

P.S. This game is important on a personal basis for me. This is my 40th year as a season ticket holder, but for the past six years....I've bought them and either given them away or sold them due to my health issues with my back and hip. In the past year--I've spent thousands of dollars out-of-pocket for non-traditional treatments that have cut my pain walking by about 90%...thus for the first time in six years--I will be in Autzen! I've lost a ton of weight, with more to finish with yet, and the combination of all of it has brought me to my best health in a long time. I still have a ways to go to hit all my goals, but I am on my way with it, and been on this path for 15 months and believe they can all be achieved. Today marks a big indicator in my progress, and I am thrilled to be sitting on the 34 yard line once again. My first year with season tickets in 1986 had Chris Miller at quarterback!

Traveling to Honduras today. Flying out of Eugene at 2. So lots of details please. Go Ducks!

Let' discuss the game before it begins, and during the game. When it is over--start new threads, as I will be locked in traffic coming home. Let's remember the rules..... --Do not take personal shots at fellow OBD members in your post, nor personal shots at the current players or coaches for Oregon. --Criticism of player performance and coaching decisions is what we do in a forum and is fine. Just nothing personal at them... --Keep it clean, and as before....no politics of any kind, anytime. --Howling about tough plays, or cheering great plays is always fine. With that...have the spirited discussions as we always do here; I want to see ALL opinions, as we learn from each other and become better fans. And this is the year to learn more from all the great OBD members in this community. Moderators....please help keep an eye on things, as I will be at the game. And as a first post to start things off....the weather report looks good. No rain, some sunshine and cloudy skies, with a mild 70 degrees projected....perfect!

OL play.......DE success at making the QB react.

Yep, Tionne Gray left to start somewhere....and if he was going to be a reserve...he could have been a valuable reserve here at Autzen. I just have remember that the reason they left is because a better player was starting ahead of them. Like A'Mauri Washington...

Yep, long story, but with the sale of FishDuck.com back in May....there are changes that I am behind with, in getting done. That is one of them, and thanks for the reminder. For those who want to send a check....use the address in the "Contact" area at the top of the site. I will be fixing this and running a capital campaign later during the season, as I currently receive NO revenue from the forum, and have a boatload of expenses. I will need some help to keep this Duck site afloat! My thanks to all, Charles

I was curious about how much playing time Oregon’s outgoing transfers would earn after leaving the team last season. It seems that most transfers that have left Oregon in the past have ended up buried on another depth. However, this last group has produced quite a few starters and backups. Some players of note are below. Lopa, Perry and Johnson are starting at Cal. Jaden Limar and Jay Harris are backups at Washington and KSU. Terrence Green is starting for Bama and Tionne Gray is a backup for Notre Dame. Sionne Laulea and Jahlil Florence will be staples in the Mizzou defensive backfield. Moga earned the starting job at New Mexico after the original starter was injured. Oregon Ducks On SIOregon Ducks Outgoing Transfers Finally Getting Their Sho...Running back Makhi Hughes arrived in Eugene as the next man up in the Oregon Ducks backfield. As a freshman for Tulane, Hughes posted 1,378 yards on 258 rushes,

The anticipation to kickoff is over the top. Let's play some football...... Getting the defense off the field on 3rd and long is my top concern. Last season opposing teams were getting the ball out quick. Exploiting Duck linebackers in space and soft coverage. Our opponents just let the play unfold. Too often they converted 3rd and 8, 3rd and 11, even 3rd down and twenty. Would like to see that tightened up. How many times did the QB connect on a short pass, to a wide open player just a milla secont before being sacked by a Duck fire eater? Tighten the coverage and sack totals will rise. Nothing like a violent sack on 3rd and long....... It is going to be a great season for the Ducks and their fans...... Go Ducks!

Lane thrives on drama. He couldn’t stand the comfortable situation he was in at Ole Miss. It’s as if he needs to live his life being constantly on the verge of getting fired, divorced and sued.

Will Matayo Uiagalelei dominate this season? He had six sacks last year, but 10.5 in 2024. Which Freshman shows his greatness early and gets Duck fans excited for the future? Will Drew Mehringer’s play calling be an upgrade from Stein or is he still the guy he was a Rutgers (15 PPG). Is Huyrich trustworthy or do we have another Alejamden Maldolewis on our hands?

Oregon 28-20 1 TO 2 Sacks 267 Passing Yards New coordinators, new O-Line, and a new kicker will be the reason for only 28 points. Boise is always a tough opponent for the Ducks, so that factors into my prediction.

I tried to buy Charles another Mercedes through the donate button and it appears to be busted. How can we shower our leader with boodle if the button is busted? Go Ducks!

One other thing-I prefer 11 P4 teams. Ten for the lower tier P4 schools. It is time to vet the P4 beginning to end. Not after they get their feet wet with "preseason" games (unless they simply don't count those P4/G6 games in the record books-let's just call them pre-season games like we already know they are). Padding records in the Playoff era leaves a bad taste in my mouth.

If we want to preserve the old system it would look like this: 1) SEC gets to pay under the table. They attack anyone that does the same. UGA and Bama smoke everybody-especially their conference brethren. Every once in awhile, an LSU or Florida will arrive and steal the show. In the B1G, Ohio State keeps pace, but more sneaky. They pay players too, and blame Michigan for cheating when they lose. Since Chip blurred the lines and got caught, Phil and the Oregon Athletic Department have found every legal method to field a $75 Million team. USC is on their way to that very blueprint. Since NIL has arrived, players want to play so the corn fed Southern boys have sprinkled the nation with the depth they used to provide to Bama and Georgia (Ohio State, Michigan and Oregon). Kurt Cignetti one-upped everyone with outstanding scouting, and player development. Everybody is looking for proven experience now. The smart lower tier 4 star players are going to find the best G6 coaches and display their talents. Alas, Trinidad Chambliss-though going to a sister of the poor level school, balled out and proved Cignetti was on to something and NFL level scouting is now a priority at the P4 and G6 level. Parity is destroying the SEC's narrative. Within 2 seasons we will not see 7 SEC teams in the preseason Top 15. Furthermore, I believe fans are already getting used to the fact teams will have a much more difficult time winning 11 or 12 games-including bowl and playoff season. The argument for keeping the playoff at 12 is best for keeping any semblance of the old days. Choosing the field of 12 preserves the "my team is better than your team, so my school got robbed and your team is garbage" sentiment that has been a part of college football since us old geezers were in grade school. The argument for expanding to 24 teams and grabbing hundreds of millions of dollars makes much more sense for two reasons: 1) coaches will keep their jobs longer (great for continuity) as long as they reach the playoffs every 2-3 years and 2) it will completely confirm or destroy the SEC mantra they are the best conference in college football. They will usually field 6 teams, and those teams will have to produce results. What a 24 team playoff will do is bury the past. I believe NIL pretty much started digging the grave sites. Players were always preparing like pros without the money they get now. About half take school seriously enough to get a degree that will help them when they leave school. The elite players are mostly semi pro NFL prospects anyway. We all wanted to ignore this because it maintained an integrity we wanted to pretend was there. Believe me, I started college in 1980. I knew several players from UW and Oregon. They trained, practiced, lifted, studied the game, and spent 30 hours a week on FOOTBALL. Some complained loudly about scholarships being insufficient compensation for their time. Not to mention the stars never receiving money for jersey sales (and Ohio State's controversy over the same issue). Do I like NIL? No. Not the way it is structured. The schools are acting as silly as NFL owners and paying unproven kids gobs of money they should earn once they prove themselves. I hope NIL contracts are structured year to year now. But what I really despise is how kids are being exploited worse than when they weren't getting paid. Thousands of kids hit the portal every year and at least half are finding out they are about as valuable as a 7-11 clerk. And there goes their careers. Simply because they thought the grass was greener. And don't get me started on paying some QBs more than a million dollars. I'd say there are about 30 QBs close to or worth more-but I'm a hack wanna be coach. So who am I to judge. The playoffs should expand if they don't find a way to force the committee to be consistent, and at least appear to not cave to the networks for ratings sake. Miami and Notre Dame should have both been playing Tulane, Bama, Texas and JMU instead of having to hear from ND fans they got robbed-especially after Notre Dame gave up 41 points to no offense A&M. The Playoff Committee is a bane to society as far as I'm concerned. A 24 team playoff would rid us of their services. Justifiably. I prefer 12 with Play In Games. I doubt we get that.

wow! Did not expect that from Riley!

3-0 for our B1G brothers tonight, and now even with the MAC at 1 and 1. Purdue 44 - Indiana State 19 Michigan State 30 - Toledo 20 USC 39 - Fresno State 0 - And SC throttled down the O in the 2nd half.

I get it. But think of it as a 16-team PO with 8 on-campus play-in games contested on what would have been conference championship game weekend. And the top 8 seeds playing on-campus games instead of sitting around for close to a month with their fans required to travel to a 2nd-round bowl game site. Eight meaningful play-in games instead of the teams meeting in nothing-burger bowl games with many players sitting out. Millions more CFB fans would be invested in the postseason, and millions more dollars would be distributed to the ACC and B12 programs, which might hold off further conference consolidation and NFL-Lite.

How our new offensive and defensive coordinators call, and adjust, to the game. Go Ducks!

Penny, calling Sky. (To get this, you also have to remember Roy Rogers and a Jeep called Nelly Bell. 😁) Compared to Notre Dame traveling to LA to play SC back in Knute Rockne's day, it's a piece of cake. BSU should have taken the BUS.

Call me old-fashioned (or just old works) but I still think the 24-team format is basically a money grab that will produce some really lousy first- and maybe second-round games. There ain't 16 teams capable of hoisting the natty in any given year, let alone 24.

THIS is how Sankey saves face and gets behind Petitti's 23-team PO. He has to be able to claim a measure of victory in the PO wars. Three years ago, Sankey was the CFB commissioner on top, and Petitti's PO format would destroy CFB. Today? Sankey is on his own except for his friends in Bristol, CT. In successful businesses, the best strategy and tactics and not the loudest mouths, win the day. Speak softly, Tony, and carry a B1G stick.

Ducks go 12-0 in regular season Winn the Natty 31-18 For season average 38.5 points on offense For season average 16.7 points on defense Number one in the country in sacks