Charles Fischer

It also goes to show how good college basketball players are as athletes; we barely beat UW in Seattle, and while they have lost so many--those are still amazing athletes. Now, back to the ridicule!

OREGON ATHLETIC COMMUNICATIONS FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE | SOFTBALL PHOENIX – Oregon finished off a perfect opening weekend with its fourth run-rule victory in a 9-1 win over Montana in the finale of the GCU Kickoff Classic Sunday. The No. 10 Ducks moved to 5-0 for the third straight year under head coach Melyssa Lombardi and the sixth time in the last seven seasons dating back to 2015. --Oregon has had a player drive in at least four runs in four of the five games, with a different player doing so each time. --Lexi Wagner (sophomore) drove in a career-high four runs. --Maddie Hopper (senior) went 1-for-2 with two RBIs and a run scored. --Alyssa Brito (freshman) drove in a run for the second straight game, going 1-for-2 with a run scored and a walk. --Oregon pitching finished the weekend allowing just four runs (two earned) over 28 innings, posting a 0.50 ERA. --The five pitchers combined to strike out 32 while issuing just four walks. (One senior, two juniors and two freshmen) --This is the fifth year in a row and the sixth time in the last seven seasons that Oregon has started 5-0. On Deck: The Ducks are currently scheduled to play a single game at Fresno State on Saturday, Feb. 20.

The Sunday morning paper in Eugene had an article about the process of the territory becoming the state of Oregon, since it was recognized on February 14, 1859. An interesting tidbit was how the state politicians decided to move the location of the state/territorial capital from Salem to Corvallis in 1855, but the federal government refused to recognize the change. So both houses convened in Corvallis and promptly voted to move the capital back to Salem. Can't say I blame them! Back to Salem!

It really drives home the concept of Oregon recruiting nationally, and doing so quite well. Mario has offset the issue of being geographically remote from the major population and recruit centers like no other coach...

And it never gets old baby!

Great comparison, PittDuck, as it is true. And Jordan....another great article--thanks!

Jack....I was really hoping you would show up and offer the facts. You really know your stuff, and we would welcome you to post much more often! We have a number of softball fans in this community... When you consider that four of the five pitchers were recruited by Coach Lombardi--the concerns about whether she could recruit were just answered! BTW...any comments about what you saw/read of this opening weekend for the team?

Please don't do grey uniforms anymore in any sport!

I am going to disagree; Jordan Dail started and won her first game as the No. 3 pitcher, and allowed no runs. Raegan Breedlove came in twice as the closer and finished out all the batters and did not allow a run. As of this moment, Breedlove is the starting pitcher and has not allowed a run in the final game of the weekend. (Makenna Kliethermes took over after three innings and had one unearned run in a 9-1 Oregon victory this morning) An all-freshman pitching victory! That's the facts...

Baseball and Softball did not release a schedule until less than a month before the season started--pretty hard for planning with that nonsense.... So yeah, let's add it to the list: --Incompetent bowl management --Incompetent game scheduling (nine versus eight at other conferences, thus a big disadvantage) --Bloated expenses --Incompetent Officials --Incompetent television contracts --A Network that has the wrong times for programming on a regular basis --Delays in Scheduling Anything I forgot?

OREGON ATHLETIC COMMUNICATIONS FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE | TRACK AND FIELD/CROSS COUNTRY FAYETTEVILLE, Ark. – Charlie Hunter broke an 11-year-old school record on his way to an NCAA-leading effort at 800 meters Saturday at the Tyson Invitational. Less than 24 hours after his 3:53 outing in the mile, Hunter stopped the clock in 1:45.59 to win the 800 meters. The time makes Hunter the fifth-fastest performer in collegiate history and marks his second Australian national record in as many days. He lowered his own mile record to 3:53.49 with his run Friday evening. Hunter broke the long-standing UO record of 1:46.36 set by Andrew Wheating in 2010. Along with Hunter’s time, Saturday’s race produced the No. 5 and 7 performers in school history with Luis Peralta and Cole Hocker, respectively. Peralta ran 1:47.61 to lower his own PR and Dominican Republic national record in the event, while Hocker tallied a time of 1:48.44 in his first collegiate 800-meter race. Cooper Teare and Reed Brown also dipped below 1:50 with their times of 1:49.29 and 1:49.47, respectively, while Angus Folmli clocked in at 1:51.48 which established a new personal best. Teare (3:50.39) and Hocker (3:50.55) were also part of Friday night’s historic mile at the Tyson Invitational.

Short answer: no. Cristobal has a boatload of people on the staff that can fulfill that function, but....

Nope, and the other exclusion of Joe Moorhead, the quarterback coach, was interesting. Yet, it is a natural reaction if he did not feel...

Oregon beat Weber State today by run-rule after five innings, (8-0) and Cruse had four-runs-batted-in while Jordan Dail got the win allowing only three hits by the Wildcats. (Is that two wins over Wildcats in one day?) Another game versus Grand Canyon University at 5:00 PM Pacific, and this one is streamed right here.

My friends....I do not know basketball well, and it gets even more difficult trying to learn with Bill Walton distracting us--but could you believe how well the final 15 seconds was executed? We had a foul to give and our players waited until 1.1 second left to foul, and thus the Wildcats could not go to the line! And with the final second--the shooter had to delay a second as the defender flew by. Wow...Dana Altman is to be credited for the plan and the players for executing it to perfection. Too bad Tucson!

My friends....look at all the plays of the Fiesta Bowl with Anthony Brown. (Only 3.5 minutes is all) The Bad: He certainly missed some throws, as do all QBs--but with more playing time? What then? The Ugly: He fumbled, and his receivers sure let him down a time or two... The Good: There were a ton of good throws and QB runs, a lot to build on? Thoughts? We have a better chance to beat the Buckeyes with him than a newbie QB?

The forgotten man?

NOBODY saw this coming!

These are the best players in each state, and it is great to see so many "O"s, with a shot still at JTT and the state of Washington... That "O" up on the east coast....the best in New York?!

OREGON ATHLETIC COMMUNICATIONS FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE | FRIDAY, FEBRUARY 12, 2021 TRACK AND FIELD/CROSS COUNTRY FAYETTEVILLE, Ark. – Continuing its incredible start to the 2021 indoor season, the Oregon track and field team added another collegiate record to its list of accomplishments Friday at the Tyson Invitational. Senior standout Cooper Teare dropped the blazing time of 3:50.39 to smash the NCAA and school record in the mile and become the seventh-fastest performer in world history. With their performances, both Teare and sophomore Cole Hocker (3:50.55) clocked in under the previous NCAA record of 3:52.01 set by 17-time NCAA champion Edward Cheserek in 2017. Hocker checks in at No. 8 on the all-time world list. Charlie Hunter, third in the race, added another top-tier showing with his time of 3:53.49 which lowered his own Australian national record in the indoor mile. He now owns the sixth- and seventh-fastest mile times in NCAA history. Friday’s race was organized to include a 1,500-meter clock which could be used for Olympic Trials qualifying. The trio finished with splits of 3:35.46 for Teare, 3:35.63 for Hocker and 3:36.94 for Hunter.

The point about both ASU and Washington being experienced--is a very good one and quite valid. But Oregon returns a ton of experience as well and will make a good run for it. If the Ducks can answer the questions that most of us have on our minds....(most of which is about the coaches than the players)....then.... So we lose our home game with the Huskies....that's fair!

You got that right....he was distracting as heck while trying to watch the game, and I wanted more of his basketball wisdom then his worldly travels. (Please!) I finally just muted it, and while that is not a great viewing experience of a win, it is better than his nonsensical prater.

OREGON ATHLETIC COMMUNICATIONS FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE | FRIDAY, FEBRUARY 12, 2021 PHOENIX — Back in action for the first time in 338 days, the Oregon softball team opened up the long-awaited 2021 season with back-to-back run-rule wins over Weber State and Montana on Friday at the GCU Kickoff Classic. The No. 10 Ducks got a career-high five RBIs from Allee Bunker and a terrific outing in the circle from Brooke Yanez to start the day with a 9-0 win over Weber State in six innings, the program’s seventh straight season-opening victory. Oregon’s offense used a pair of big innings once again to enter run-rule territory against Montana, and the pitching duo of senior Samaria Diaz and freshman Raegan Breedlove combined for a five-inning perfect game to lead Oregon to a five-inning 8-0 win and a 2-0 start to the 2021 season. Game 1 (Oregon 9, Weber State 0): With Yanez dealing in the circle, the Ducks and Wildcats were locked in a scoreless tie through four innings before Oregon erupted for five runs in the fifth and four in the sixth to kick off year three under head coach Melyssa Lombardi with a run-rule victory. How it Happened: Yanez (1-0) got the opening-day nod in the circle after going 9-1 with a stellar 1.56 ERA in the shortened 2020 season, and the left-hander delivered five shutout innings of two-hit ball with eight strikeouts and just one walk. The junior got out of a bases-loaded jam with a strikeout in the first inning before allowing just two baserunners over the next four frames. The Ducks were hitless through the first four innings before a pair of walks and an error loaded the bases with no outs. Terra McGowan pushed across Oregon’s first run of the season with a sacrifice fly, and Bunker followed with a bases-clearing, three-run triple into the right-center field gap. Freshman (Marist of Eugene) Ariel Carlson brought Bunker in with an RBI single to make it 5-0, Oregon. After a quick 1-2-3 inning by Yanez, McGowan and Rachel Cid each came through with RBI singles in the top of the sixth and Bunker followed with a two-run double-double to put Oregon in run-rule territory. Makenna Kliethermes came on in relief of Yanez in the bottom of the sixth, setting Weber State down in order with a pair of strikeouts to secure Oregon’s first win of 2021. Game 1 Box Score Notes: Bunker finished 2-for-5 with a career-high five RBIs and the third triple of her career … McGowan went 1-for-3 with a pair of RBIs, while Carlson and Cid each drove in one run apiece. Game 2 (Oregon 8, Montana 0): Diaz and Breedlove combined to set down all 15 Montana batters they faced to record the fourth perfect game in program history, and Haley Cruse matched the program record with three doubles to lead the Oregon offense in an 8-0 five-inning Oregon win. How it Happened: The Grizzles couldn’t touch Diaz, who racked up four strikeouts over 3.2 perfect innings to kick off her fifth and final collegiate season. Breedlove came on in relief to make her collegiate debut with two outs in the fourth after back-to-back strikeouts by Diaz, and the freshman retired all four batters she faced with a strikeout to finish off the combined perfecto. Cruse got the offense going with a leadoff double in the first, and Bunker drove in her sixth run of the day with an RBI single to stake Oregon to a 1-0 lead. The Ducks used three straight doubles in the second inning to push three more runs across and make it a 4-0 advantage. Cruse drove in Alyssa Brito with her second two-bagger, and McGowan and Cid each followed with RBI doubles of their own. Shaye Bowden pushed Oregon’s lead to 6-0 with a two-run double in the fourth after a pair of walks started the inning, and Cruse stayed hot with her third double in as many innings to match the program single-game record and make it 7-0. McGowan finished off a solid opening day with an RBI single up the middle to put Oregon into run-rule territory and set the stage for the combined perfect game by Diaz and Breedlove. Game 2 Box Scores: Cruse finished 3-for-3 with three doubles, three runs scored and two RBIs … McGowan went 2-for-3, and she and Bowden both had a double and pair of RBIs … Oregon finished the game with six total doubles, one shy of the program single-game record. Overall Notables: Bunker finished opening day a combined 3-for-7 with six total RBIs, while McGowan went 3-for-6 with four RBIs … Oregon pitching combined to give up just two hits over 11 shutout innings while striking out 15 and walking just one batter … The top four in the Ducks’ order (Cruse, McGowan, Cid, Bunker) combined to drive in 14 of the 17 runs while going 11-for-22 with six doubles … As a team, the Ducks went 11-for-25 with runners in scoring position over the two games. On Deck: Oregon will play another doubleheader on Saturday in Phoenix, starting the day with a rematch vs. Weber State at 12:30 p.m. PT before taking on Grand Canyon at 5 p.m. PT.

So now we only have one quarterback who has experience, and I am not sure he is the season-long answer. The learning curve for quarterbacks is much longer than the patience curve of the fans...

I lost a good friend recently, Gar (Garland) Pearson to Brain Cancer after battling lung cancer for so many years. My joke with him was, "Gar....most of what I know about Oregon Baseball I blame on you!" He knew Baseball so well, and we had great fun watching games together from the "Fowl" Territory at PK Park while enjoying a tasty Oregon IPA Craft Beer. We had a blast talking about our Ducks during the live-stream of games--and his depth of knowledge was so helpful. In his youth--he flew fighter jets with the National Guard, and played semi-pro baseball until an injury ended a promising career as he was moving up due to his savvy understanding of the game. At FishDuck...he wrote Baseball articles for us until his illness made it hard for him and you can see a listing right here. He will be missed and was loved by many; Rest in Peace my Oregon Friend...