Charles Fischer

John Canzano reported today that the renewal rate for Oregon football season tickets is 91.5% for this fall! We will sell out...so get your tickets ASAP.

Wow Jon. Such great research and information! We Oregon fans are lucky to have this kind of superb coverage, and thank you for the very informative article!

No. 1 UCLA (44-4) has the best pitching staff ERA at 3.30 and their hitting lineup has a number of first round MLB Draft players, including the presumed No. 1 player of Roch Cholowski at Shortstop. They will either start Easton Hawk at 1.74 ERA, or Waylon Moss, who is the National Pitcher of the Year Candidate with an ERA of 1.99 and it is tough either way. Oregon (35-12) and No. 13 in the nation will counter with Will Sanford (3.64 ERA) and these type of games often bring out the best in the Ducks' pitching. I expect a very low-scoring and gritty game. Expect to see a ton of small-ball, as scoring runs will be difficult against the Bruin pitchers. Fantastic that both tonight and tomorrow night games are on the Big-10 Network! Will Sanford

It is madness, scheduling madness in our favorite sport, college football. Many of you know that I like to offer my thoughts in our free football forum, and often it is pertaining to the schedules of the many teams that we play in the Big-10. Today, I believe that Oregon fans would want to learn about the Buckeye football schedule for 2026, and compare it to Notre Dame’s schedule to give us perspective. No. 1 Ohio State’s 2026 Schedule is Playoff Ominous

He is a Rivals 3-Star, because he is not "ready-built" yet at 290 pounds. No biggie. But he was also offered by Oklahoma, Michigan and Ohio State...

Jon's research is impressive, and his logic is unassailable. I did not realize what a travesty the schedule of the Fighting Irish was until this article...wow. Thanks Jon!

Another superb FishDuck.com article from Jon Joseph... College Football 2026 Schedule Previews –This is the first in a series of articles examining whether a college football (CFB) team’s 2026 schedule will help or hurt with an invitation to the 2026-27 CFB Playoff. A Wager on the 2026 Domers to go Over 10.5 Wins is Golden

Good one Jon!

Have you ever watched a team lose three starters at a position group, and somehow look stronger heading into the next year? That is the story shaping up along Oregon’s offensive line in 2026, and almost nobody outside of Eugene is paying full attention. The Ducks finished as a Joe Moore Award finalist for the third straight year in 2025, then sent three linemen to the NFL Draft. Most rooms in that spot slow down. Instead, Dan Lanning has Oregon set up to take the next step forward. This is not a loud rebuild. It is a careful one. And it might be the most underrated coaching job of his time in Eugene. Oregon’s 2026 Offensive Line: Dan Lanning’s Quietest Masterpiece?

More proof of how lucky we are as Oregon fans to have Dan Lanning here...

This is from a pay site, On3, and I cannot copy the whole article, but enough for you to enjoy! The Real 'Portal King' is NOT Who You Think and the NFL Draft Numbers Prove It We’ve handed the “Portal King” nickname to multiple coaches through the years. First, it was Florida State’s Mike Norvell. Then Lane Kiffin took the title. But if the true ruler of the portal is the one who can win with transfers and put them into the NFL — which, in turn, will help attract even better transfers — then we need to pass the crown again. Congratulations to Oregon’s Dan Lanning, who has had more transfer players drafted than any other coach since the NCAA changed the transfer rules and began allowing NIL payments. Lanning has had 17 transfer players chosen in the past four drafts. The coach he replaced in Eugene, Miami’s Mario Cristobal, is tied for second with 12. Kiffin, who just left Ole Miss for LSU, is the other coach in second. Following last month’s draft, I charted how many transfer players were drafted between 2023-26. I included only players who played for two or more four-year schools. Players who started in junior college and then played for one four-year school — a more traditional path — were grouped with the players who only played for one four-year school. This produced a group of 333 players, and each year saw more transfers drafted. In 2023, NFL teams chose only 50 transfer players. That number rose to 75 in 2024, 91 in 2025 and 117 this year. Lanning’s Ducks led the way with one of the more even distributions of transfer draftees. While other schools were heavier in certain years, Oregon had at least three transfers drafted in each of the four years in the sample. Some of the top draftees were one-year Ducks such as CB Christian Gonzalez (No. 17 overall in 2023), DT Derrick Harmon (No. 21 overall in 2025) and S Dillon Thieneman (No. 25 overall in 2026). Others, including 2024 first-round QB Bo Nix, played multiple seasons in Eugene after transferring. Lanning has done this without sacrificing high school recruiting and long-term development of recruited players. In the same four-draft period, NFL teams took 14 players who signed with Oregon out of high school. The same offseason Oregon got Gonzalez in the portal from Colorado, the Ducks signed eventual 2025 first-rounder Josh Conerly out of high school. The following year, Oregon signed 2026 first-rounder Kenyon Sadiq out of high school. That class also included defensive tackle A’mauri Washington, who has popped up on many 2027 way-too-early mock drafts. This part probably helps the portal draft numbers. Oregon isn’t shy about spending top dollar in the portal, but the Ducks can focus that spending better because, when they do take transfers, it’s usually to fill a specific, immediate need, since homegrown players fill most of the roles.

Great article David, as I am predicting that this is the year where the balance of the offense shifts to the passing game. Mehringer has hinted that we have the personnel to go deep often, and we saw him take shots in the Spring Game...even when our defense knew it was coming. We also have a 5-Star freshman receiver coming in, so this group is loaded. Between Dante Moore's passing ability and upgraded understanding of the position, and some receivers who want to break out--this is the year where we truly show an NFL passing offense, as Drew Mehringer alluded to. We have ALL the tools and weapons... Jeremiah McClellan Hauls in an Incredible Touchdown Catch

Doesn't matter. We have this forum, this community and that won't change. And we have a GREAT football program to follow...

Well, I am not optimistic about what they turn it into. If they were serious about continuing to publish about Oregon Sports--you would think they would have a requirement that I and the four writers would stay on for a while to provide continuity. Nope.

There is NO DOUBT...this forum will continue, but instead of at forum.fishduck.com it will be at discussobd.com and will be the same as before....same site only moved to a new web address. Same rules, same everything.... We have a shot at a 'Natty this fall, and we MUST be able to discuss it in civility as this wonderful community does. And you will on the Our Beloved Ducks forum!

Thank you for being a part of our community--as this site will live on, just at a different web address is all in 10 days-two weeks. You can already see that I removed the "FishDuck" logo at the top, and replaced it with a new Our Beloved Ducks logo.

Don Marsh gave us an interesting article a while back, but it is still quite amusing now... I have a backlog of articles that I was waiting for a backlink order, but with the upcoming changes--I will be publishing them all over the next 10 days. Thanks to Don for the article! (We have to enjoy these FishDuck articles, because they will end in the next two weeks.) GENO GREW A PAIR, (FINALLY) AND ABOUT THE WOMEN’S GAME…

Nothing will change in this forum; same rules, same everything, in fact it will look precisely the same because it is the same site, just at a different web address. Note the red arrow above....that area is the web address or what is called the URL. All you will need to do is delete the forum.fishduck.com and keyboard in the discussobd.com in that address area pointed to by the red arrow and then click the "Return" on Mac, or "Enter" key on PC and it will take you to the new location. Same site will appear. Then you will SAVE it to your bookmarks or Favorites and you're done. But NOT until I give the sign to move, and I will when it comes to pass next week. Good question Grampa, as I meant to show this to everyone.

This forum is my fun, and will be here long-term, but the web address for the Our Beloved Ducks Forum will be changing in the next two weeks. If you do not go to the new web address, then you will lose the forum, as we are not staying at this web address after the sale of FishDuck.com is complete. We will be at the current web address until further notice, but I anticipate the change in the next 10-14 days. I will post a notification before it happens. Save this information below NOW before you forget. The new forum web address (URL) will be: DiscussOBD.com My email of charles@fishduck.com will no longer work after the sale is completed, and it is changing to: charlesfobd@gmail.com Why am I Selling? The bottom line is that the time for the article site, FishDuck.com has become too much each week, and it is all work. I cannot spare the time anymore with my Charitable Planned Giving consulting business that I want to focus on to help the local community. I will still be on this forum, as I love posting and love this community. The article site has become too costly, as revenue has dropped a ton last year and looks much worse this year. I had to put in thousands of dollars of my own money into paying the bills, thus between the time and cost--I had to make a change. I am very sorry for the FishDuck writers, although we have an article function in this forum that I'll be learning to allow writers to continue their passion. Or they can write long posts, but either way--they will have options to continue writing. It has been almost 15 years since we began the article site of FishDuck.com, and we have published over 7,000 articles. I am proud of our run, and impact on so many thousands of readers. But, things do change, and it will be strange as "no more FishDuck"....but it is a new chapter in life for me, and I will enjoy embracing it. And I will no longer be, "Mr. FishDuck," and I'm sure we can come up a PG name for me to replace it with! You are welcome to ask questions below, but know that this forum is NOT going away, but the location on the web of this forum has to change with the sale. Do follow the rest of us over to DiscussOBD.com (when we make the online switch) and savor this coming football season with your favorite Duck-Buddies. Back nearly 15 years ago...

Again...we are projected to have revenue from the conference at 54 million for this school year, vs. the 26 million we would have received from the Pac-12. And that 54 million is rising due to the media contract, conference success in both the NCAA Basketball Tournament, and the Football Playoff. We will eventually be earning more than most of the Big-10 members in a few years....

Ducks lose 9-5. Can't give up nine runs and expect to win...

9-1 Washington after six innings. Well, just as I praise our relief pitching....we get our butts kicked. We went through a boatload of pitchers in this inning, and they all got shelled. I can't stomach this anymore because I ran out of barf-bags. I will check in, and let you know the final later. Can't watch...

2-1 Washington after five innings. Nothing on offense, again, but Oregon's pitchers, like Miles Gosztola, has kept the Ducks in the game with a chance to win. Gosztola got two outs, but had two base runners, one on third. So Luke Morgan came into a high-leverage situation, and generated the third out with a fly-ball.

2-1 Washington after four innings. Nothing on offense, but Oregon's Miles Gosztola kept them scoreless....again.