Charles Fischer

Lockie did not last long, and was brought in due to injury as I recall. Prukop has been mentioned above, and I will admit that between him and AB...it is close!

I am going to politely disagree; the first interception--I watched it again last night-had a receiver wide-open crossing the middle, but AB made a very bad pass. Not the play-call on that one, IMHO. As for the second interception? I hope you all get up early tomorrow to read my article about the "End-Game" and give me your thoughts to what is written before the game begins.

Hello My OBD Forum Friends! Lets get these predictions started today and remember I look for the spread with then the closest score that has the spread correct. The data I need from you is: (entries without all the information are invalid, and predictions on other threads don't count as I am not going to hunt them all down) --the winner --the score, and the tiebreaker information needed from each of you is... --the amount of turnovers Oregon creates --the number of sacks Oregon records on the opposing team --the number of passing yards. My guess is: Oregon 38-16, 3, 4, 270 Note to all: GameDay threads seem to remove the filters we have within us during the week. Writing negative about the Ducks on GameDay is fine, (as we write about negative every day here) but let's not be venting on fellow Duck fans. There is a difference and I think most of you know when it is. Hopefully that won't be an issue this week!

Nope. I call it even. The Pac-12 officials took away that Field Goal, but gave one back by penalizing our call out to "Stem" on the defensive line, which allowed them to get the FG on the last play of the first half. Incompetent officiating does appear to be consistent!

I am not wild about wearing a color of the visiting team...but this does look pretty cool. Gosh I love that helmet. And they have the crowd wearing YELLOW, which will make a great background for pictures for our articles!

My Saturday article is precisely about the "End-Game" and I would love to hear everyone's thoughts...

Good thing black isn't one of Colorado's colors!

I meant an actual starter, and not a fill-in due to injury.

Well a guy can dream I guess!

Good gosh Jon....you own this subject. Really well-thought out and reasonable takes on this--whew!

Right. If he has caught a few and one was a biggie--the 20 yards per catch makes sense. But THAT is a lot of explosion plays when there are 50 catches. Anything else you have on him is welcome ChicoDuck!

Whew! Something to watch for... I was chatting with a Duck-Buddy, and we could not come up with a worse starter at QB for Oregon since 1991.... (30 years ago!)

Agreed. One way to keep dissenters quiet is to WIN BIG when you can. All on him!

So much incredible talent assembled--should be a great season!

I completely agree--I really like what they've done with the helmets this year!

There are also some practice updates, and it appears the young-gun QBs did some nice things. Good video interviews at the end if you have some time to kill. FOOTBALL PRACTICE REPORT: OCT. 27 by Rob Moseley of GoDucks.com

He is having an incredible year, and is a big-time sprinter for the Track team as I understand. What is amazing is how Oregon has held onto him considering he lives near Arkansas, and considering their track program and rising football team?

I like some of the other information Crepea provides about the back-ups. Good stuff... Oregon Ducks center Alex Forsyth questionable, safety Jordan Happle out vs. Colorado by James Crepea of OregonLive

Outstanding post with research, the time taken and the conclusion. THANKS.

A provocative subject for sure, as he showed us progress, even with the errors? Is it Safe to Think Oregon's Offense is Turning a Corner with Anthony Brown at QB? by Zachary Neel of Ducks Wire

Great point and it gives me hope about the future. And so good to see you back, as we will always have a lot to discuss since it won't be long for basketball too!

81DuckAlum....thanks for posting a great article, and while it gives us pause--it does point to him staying. I think that is true if the job actually does open up. And as a fellow Greybeard-age Duck fan ... nice to see how you have used some great GIFs in your posts!

Thanks Coach Smith, One of the Web Developers was explaining to me how the attention span of a reader on the web has gone down again to eight seconds. He then reminded me how the attention span of a Goldfish is nine seconds! So that is why continuous block text don't get read; if people have to stare and try to follow what line they read and get on the right one--they give up and move on to the next post. I don't like it, but I don't make the rules--I just try to adjust to them and let everyone else know how it works.

In my older age...I've come to appreciate things a bit more, and I really love the work of our photographers. In particular when you have the background colors of the crowd--whether the red at Ohio State, the baby-blue of UCLA, or the yellow at Oregon. A colorful background with a foreground content that is caught at the right moment and relevant--is something I so appreciate. It adds so much to our FishDuck articles, and once I crop photos for insertion into an article--I would then have it saved in my computer and thus can pop it into posts on the forum. It allows me to enjoy the skills of these photographers that much more... And THANKS for noticing!

I did not realize the numbers were quite like this, and he brings some good information in preparation for our game with Colorado. Go Ducks! A struggling Colorado Offense Prepares to Face a Gritty Duck Defensive Unit by Don Smalley of Ducks Wire Is that a GREAT photo by photographer Tom Corno or what?