Charles Fischer

I thought that since he did not have great speed, that perhaps the strong safety or nickel in the Avalos defense would have been a good fit for him. He might have been a good replacement for the loss of Holland!

At times I am so amazed at all the talent, yet not really have a dominating shot-blocker or "big" down low will hurt us later...or will it? Nice article here about the Stanford game as a review, and that game was so tough and it did not look for a number of times for the Ducks. Yet the final score makes it appear they won comfortably and it was anything but that. Thoughts?

This is a nice article about the growth of the Womens program despite the loss Sunday. Coach Graves has some great quotes about the game, the players and especially the freshmen in this article. I did not know that Dugalic had back-to-back nine rebound nights!

It is losses like last night that will fuel the fire for the upcoming season and tournaments. That game was there to be won, and my goodness there were so many mistakes through the game--so many "gimmie-easy" shots missed and sloppy passes. This will be a great learning opportunity in their film study, and will make them better. It is great to see the light-bulb go on for a freshman when he/she discovers, "I can do this!" For Dugalic, this was that game, and it hints at a high upside....

It seemed that he was simply going by his gut, and Cristobal has shown to not have good instincts on offense, and this could be another example of that. Great to see you post Annie!

I do not think Sean Dollars has break-away speed, but I understand your point that the talent is there--will they be coached up in an overall system that makes sense. It still bothers me that what we built the brand on--was discarded to what is now a mess of an offense. It is all about his pride... Epic post Sherman, thank you.

The coaches at San Diego State come from the Rocky Long lineage, and they know great defense. Superb research as I was reminded of a number of great candidates. Thanks Coach!

Some occasional divergence from the game is fine, but it seems at times he is looking for anything to talk about other than the game. (Have you been to Germany Roxy?) (??!) I especially do not like the way he would pick on his other colleague Dave, and the way he started out doing so with Roxy. But Roxy was able to deflect a lot of it back, (what do you think about that Bill?) and during the whole back-and-forth episode there was a game with amazing plays happening and they reported it only in the most superficial way. But for those that like him--good for you, and I have the "mute" button, so we're all good!

I am agreement with you my friend, as it sets us back quite a bit with the fans and the public perceptions...

It is the same theme as Ryan's article, but he covers other ground for us to ponder right here. And he is a bit more forthright in his assessments...

With Iowa State winning by a 17 point margin, the winner would have been Another OD if he/she had only predicted that score. However she/he predicted two scores, and we would all love to do that and cover more bases and hence that entry is disqualified. Iowa State Predicted Winners: Duckpop22 28-20 Winner! Mike West 28-21 ptdduck 24-17 GODUCKS15 31-27 Those who Predicted Oregon: Mr. FishDuck 37-35 30Duck 37-31 Haywarduck 37-19 1Ducker1 29-27 DuckUp1 24-21 Santa Rosa Duck 28-17 NJ Duck 31-21 Mudslide 38-21 CJ 28-24 This was fun to play this year and perhaps for 2021 we actually have some prizes! My thanks to all...

Great article about the game by the FishDuck correspondent, Ryan Robertson, who was in the Press Box of the Fiesta Bowl and can be read right here. He makes some observations about the defense that I have not noted anywhere else and now I am going to go back and see what he means.

I apologize to so many that have read my many articles about this topic; yes Duckdude, I have stated that many times in articles in the past.

I know Sherman, and again--I've written extensively on FishDuck about how Cristobal wants to do anything other than what worked before.

Sherman, I've wrote a few times about how there is no discernable system, but a mish-mash of what Cristobal will allow. Moorhead had a system at Fordham and Penn State made up entirely of shotgun plays, but at Oregon...

Well, that was a question that everyone has been asking, and the real off-putting aspect is how it is a question that should be asked at all of our coaches. Whew!

The worst part of that game was listening to Bill Walton go into irrelevant topics while a real game was going on. Very little analysis or commentary beyond what we could see ourselves, and for the first time ever--I muted it. Chris Duarte was on fire when we needed it!

We can't complain too much as we are the Pac-12 Champions and eleven other teams would love to have that title; when you consider all the sports--we do a lot of winning!

We have a ways to go with all that I wish to add and implement, but we are off to a good start and are on our way!

Is that at 7:00 PM on ESPNU the Ducks play Stanford in Mens Basketball! Flush out the football for tonight and enjoy more Oregon winning...because Our Beloved Ducks won!

Let's not over-react from one drive or one game...

With Iowa State taking a half of the entire first quarter their first scoring drive--it means that Oregon will have far fewer possessions in this game than normal, thus you have to make the most of every possession on offense and the defense has to make some stops! The big play by Dye effectively had a slice block by our TE, but not on the edge defender, but on an Inside Linebacker, and THAT is an interesting variation!

My FishDuck Friends, Let's discuss the game in this thread and have fun with it! Here's hoping for a big game from Johnny Johnson III!

Very cool Ryan, and I hope we continue our winning ways when you are in the Press Box as in prior years!

The motivational video for today's game!