Charles Fischer

No sweat, and I agree with you about Wyatt.

It is that time of the week again to have fun with our game prediction contest! Guesses on other threads don't count--only those here, and only those entries completely filled out with the tiebreakers are valid entries. Let's have fun with it as we have so many years in the past... Let me know: --Which team wins: --Score: --How many turnovers created by Oregon? --How many sacks of the opponent by Oregon? --How many passing yards by Oregon? My prediction of Oregon vs. UCLA: Oregon 45-30 1 0 372 Earn Some Easy Money? I have a Duck-Buddy who is over age 65, and needs someone to give him a ride to the local hospital in Eugene-Springfield, and hang around him until bedtime due to the anesthesia after minor surgery. I would, but I have to work during the day, and since this nice fellow is offering a $250.00 fee to someone....it would help a guy who is alone, and you would earn some easy cash. If you want more information--email me charlesfobd@gmail.com or you can call me at 541-915-4541 for more information. Can you help a Duck-Buddy out?

He left via the portal last spring. David, you gave us something good to watch for, as Mike West has been suggesting this also to slow the run-game down. My thanks!

On3Oregon coach Dana Altman reveals reason for retiring: 'I...Oregon men's basketball head coach Dana Altman announced his retirement on Wednesday and revealed the reason why he's calling it a career. While speaking

The weather report locally in Eugene on early Thursday morning for Saturday's game is: The range of temperature has ranged from 46 to 62 degrees the other day, and now it has dipped to 41 to 59 degrees. The chance at rain has dropped from 55% to 35% for the overall day, and the chance of rain during the game remains at about 10%.. Cloudy, with the sun breaking through, and I guess I won't need much sunscreen!

My preference is to add two teams to the conference, play the other nine in your division and three non-conference games. I am not so sure of trusting the Big-10 Conference office to "balance it out" for the west coast teams, especially Oregon, with your proposed two out-of-division Big-10 games. No SEC teams on our schedule unless CFB goes to a 24 team Playoff...if we do--epic games! We may disagree, but a great topic. Oregon vs. UCLA in the past...

From John Canzano.... "Altman approached AD Rob Mullens this week and told him he needed to retire due to health issues. To Mullens’ credit, he tried to talk Altman out of it, offering that even if the coach could give 70 percent, they’d figure out how to make it work this season. “Dana was very emotional,” the source told me. “It’s just not in his nature to quit.” Altman’s abrupt departure, just eight victories shy of 800, is curious. I expected he’d start the season as coach and get to 800. But a source told me that Altman was in so much pain at practice last week that he had to lie down on the court twice. “Not life-threatening,” the source said. “But he’s having a rough time sleeping.” Tony Stubblefield was 28-54 at DePaul before being fired...

In that video I posted in Post No. 14....we see some superb formation use to set up a good running play, and then tremendous blocking technique. Can our defensive line hold up? We Need a TON of this A'Mauri!

UCLA's offensive coordinator is highly respected, and here is a video about him and their offense.

With a month before the season? I am as surprised as you are.... Oregon's Dana Altman Retires Less Than 1 Month Before Sta...Less than a month before the start of the 2026-27 college basketball season, Oregon is already dealing with a tumultuous situation after longtime head coach Dana Altman announced his retirement on Wed

The updated report from Wednesday morning: Saturday is a temperature range from 42 degrees to 60 degrees, and the chance of rain is still 50%, but the chances during the game went up from zero to about 10% through the whole game. Trending a touch worse thus far...

I completely agree, and thus my hesitation. Quite different from how I felt in the pre-season!

Good on you for seeing it that way. I don't think it will be quite that easy.....

Saturday looks to be cloudy, with a temperature range of 46 to 62 degrees, which is perfect to play in and watch. It also says that there is 50% chance of rain on Saturday, but it is from 12:00 AM until about 2:30 AM. The chance of rain during the game currently sits at ZERO. Now again, this is from the phone locally in Eugene, and it may change over the next couple of days. Let's keep updates in this thread.... That's What We Need!

His offense and defense has gone more conservative, by winning with superior talent and letting the other team make mistakes. Because he had been undefeated vs. unranked opponents--I see why he and the players were not ready for the Cowboys. But it is also evident that this team is not playing to their potential yet, and I sense he is in a thoughtful mode and figuring that out. Experience as a head coach counts a ton, and while he is learning on us--his 85% win percentage is pretty darn good for an up-and-coming head coach.

Since Purdue beat Illinois this last weekend, I thought I would pull up the entire game of UCLA vs Purdue and take a look and pass along my thoughts. The big picture? The Bruins were only leading by seven points with ten minutes left in the game, and the Boilermakers simply ran out of gas--especially on defense. (UCLA won 52-38) In the end, Purdue was intercepted at the goal line which would have tied the game. UCLA then went down and got another TD to close out the game...and I am feeling that our game could go that way--only with the Ducks making a defensive stop at the end, and beating the large 11.5 point spread. It is so hard to judge, because the Bruins looked pretty impressive on offense. Purdue put up a ton of points on UCLA because their QB was exceptional that day, and I sense weakness in the UCLA secondary--that we can exploit if we are looking for those receivers downfield this game. The openings will be there, but we need to have confidence in them getting open, and the Oregon QB delivering it as Purdue did. Nico Iamaleava I see why Nico Iamaleava helped Tennessee get into the Playoffs two years ago, as he can be pretty accurate and is not afraid to throw the ball downfield. With their running game, the Play-Action really helps their receivers and TEs get separation. While that helps, I was not overly impressed with the Bruin WRs/TEs, as I would like to think that our DBs can make enough plays to slow their air attack. The running attack is where I am most fascinated with UCLA....what were they doing? How was their blocking unique? Is that running back that good? Is their offense that special? No, as a ton of their plays....are also ours. Inside and Outside Zone with the Counters, but UCLA blocked for these plays extremely well. The real question became...are the Bruins that good at run-blocking, or is the Purdue front seven that weak at run defense? I am going with Purdue being weaker, but frankly--it is hard to tell, and--I don't know if Oregon's defensive line will stand up and play as they are able to. The inside run defense has improved...but is it enough? To me, that is where this game is decided; will our front seven on defense defeat enough of their blocks? I say, "YES," but it may take awhile. UCLA is going to score points, and we need to keep our nose out front to get a lead, and answer to anything the Bruins put on the scoreboard. I am leary because so many disregarded Oregon's offense during Chip's hay-day here, as we did not have 5-Star offensive linemen...but the OL coaching was superb. That could be happening here; UCLA could have extraordinary run-block coaching. But it will have to be proven as the game progresses. Wayne Knight I do believe that their Running Back, Wayne Knight, will give us grief. He is only 5'7" and hard to get to between his low-center of gravity, acceleration and jukes. Tackling him in the open field is going to be a big priority for the Ducks, to get him before he zips off. He epitomizes the Bruins to me as Nico does....they have some highly skilled players, but not enough of them yet. This game is going to be incredibly interesting to watch in real-time, but also to watch in replay because I love to watch good blocking. It is the magic of football to me.... Earn Some Easy Money? I have a Duck-Buddy who is over age 65, and needs someone to give him a ride to the local hospital in Eugene-Springfield, and hang around him until bedtime due to the anesthesia after minor surgery. I would, but I have to work during the day, and since this nice fellow is offering a $250.00 fee to someone....it would help a guy who is alone, and you would earn some easy cash. If you want more information--email me charlesfobd@gmail.com or you can call me at 541-915-4541 for more information. Can you help a Duck-Buddy out?

Good stuff David, and it is time for me to watch Purdue vs UCLA on replay....especially since Purdue beat Illinois this last weekend. I think Tommy Tofi at 6'6" and 360 pounds will stay at backup/blocking Tight End for now, as his blocking improved this last game, IMHO.

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Chip coaches outside and inside zone well, but I'm not ready for a retread....

Nebraska was trailing Maryland 17-3 in the first quarter, and came back to win big, 48-23.

Purdue beat Illinois 24-17, and boy....I did not see that coming!

And gets it, winning 35-34. Wowsa. His Wildcats are 4-1!

Score?

Wowsa. Michigan losing to Minnesota 20-14? Wisconsin stomping Michigan State 31-3? Northwestern BIG over Penn State 34-13 last night? This might have been a good weekend to be in a bye...

The big surprise has been how we all knew the offensive line had things to figure out, but our defense is the near-opposite of what we anticipated. Granted, we can improve and become elite, but that is still "iffy" and would require an impressive upgrade, of which rarely happens. Our offense is scoring enough to win, but our defense has a long ways to go...IMHO.