EastBayDuckDad

The O-line iterations were curious but had their moments. It took some guts (and maybe frustration) on Lanning's and Mehringer's part to play so many inexperienced OL players and combinations in a tight game. I saw them give Dante more time to go thru progressions as the game went on. Blocking for the run game still needs work. Settling on the best starting five may take a week or two. This isn't Terry's first rodeo putting a line together and I believe it will gel by the time Oregon invades La La Land

Williams got badly beat twice on that drive. BSU line getting good drive and push. Well, nothing like getting smacked in the mouth to see what the D will be made of.

Oregon 38-17 2 TO 4 sacks 285 yds passing That 24.5 pt spread seems a bit high to me. If Oregon gets up by 3TDs there will be lots of 2's and 3's in the game and things may stall some. Boise St will rely on the ground game for as long as they can as their strength and to slow things down. They will be forced to throw once the Ducks get up by a few scores creating sacks and a turnover or two.

Name? Mine! Image? Mine! Likeness? Mine, mine, mine!! Yup, no "I" in team, but it is central to NIL

There is a picture of him and his pops filling out the sleeves in a dad and lad 'gun show' This kid looks like Boettcher 2.0 at 6'3" 245#.

One of the things I really like about Crader as LT is his mobility and bend at 6'6" #315. Jumbo sized but not a lot of extra weight and it pays off in quickness to stay with a twitchy edge player. He'll go up against Matayo, Tatum and Nasir (and now Tank) every day in practice to hone that skill. I see him taking a big step forward this year.

I don't know who is editing their articles, but one this morning states that tOSU's Bo Jackson will likely lead the B1G in rushing to make up for the production lost as Carnell Tate and Jeremiah Smith have departed. Hmmmm. FishDuckBold Prediction: Ohio State’s Bo Jackson Could Lead Big T...A Yahoo Sports analysis predicts Ohio State back Bo Jackson tops the Big Ten in rushing yards in 2026 — a stat Oregon's defense should note.

Ok, what the h*!! is going on? Is this an NIL thing or something else? Lauaki has a no contact tag, so he probably knows where he is transferring to, but sheesh! This is really disappointing to see two freshmen that would have anchored next season's lineup just go poof!

Laya transferring would be a head scratcher in the pre-NIL era. One year getting a big chunk of change at a CWS contender then off to the MLB draft. It will be interesting to see where he lands. It stinks but it's the college sports world today

The Texas website stats claim they have hit 99 dingers, concentrated in 3 hitters. The top two have over twenty each. Keep the fat pitches away from them and you can limit their offense. Oregon has 5 with ten or more: Smith, Jaksa, Laya,, Molony and Lauaki. Cooney, Mabeus and Hellman each have eight. There is base clearing capability up and down the order. Kind of a toss up on offense but Oregon has the edge on the hill.

Texas does have some serious hitters with big time fence clearing capabilities. They also strike out more than almost every other team in the supers, so Scolari and Sanford can play to Oregon's strength if they are on target and don't let the 8000 strong Austin crowd rattle them.

Updated just now, Oregon will play Yale Friday at 5pm following OSU v WSU at 1pm.

Anyone heard yet on the seedings for the Friday games? I'm assuming OBD will play Yale and Beav will play Wazzu. Go Ducks website will start ticket sales tomorrow, reserved seating for the entire regional at $110, $95 for GA. Then single games for $18 reserved on Wednesday. Let's load it up!

So the NCAA did it anyway and put Beavus at the #2 seed in the Eugene regional, followed by Wazzu and Yale. Time to load up PK and help get OBD to the supers.

Freakin great finish. Mabeus even said that a drag bunt wasn't the call, but he did it anyway. One of the best college games ever. Frustrating because of the dropped pick off by Oregon in the 7th, but what a marathon.

Duck bats finally answered. Lauaki really jacked it over the CF wall and into the parking lot

Click bait. Nothing specific to back up the claims and oblivious to returning production that includes as many as five potential 2027 first round draft selections. The idea that Oregon will enter the tOSU game with two losses is particularly wrong headed. The only early game where the spread will be maybe less than a TD is against USC. Riley just hasn't come close to proving his teams can put one over on the Ducks. Where would the threat of another loss come from? Boise St, Okie St, Nebraska, UCLA or Illinois? Not a guarantee, but a healthy OBD will dramatically out talent every team leading up to the trip to Columbus. Way too early for season predictions but I think Oregon gets it's one loss at the 'Shoe then enters the CFP ranked no lower than #6 and hosting a first round game at Autzen. You'd never hear this drivel out of Pate, Klatt or Pickett, guys that actually know the game and do their homework. There's a reason why no one has ever heard of this guy. By the looks of him, the dude needs to get off the couch and participate in something more strenuous than a BBQ.

A couple of observations that have maybe been touched on by others. The NC transfer DL Robinson is a Bear clone and pushed the interior O-line, including Pancho, backwards a couple of times. Combined with Breland and M Johnson, I think the D-line backups are set behind Bear and Amuri. Finney got posterized a couple times by DKM and has self identified the need to improve his quickness and speed off the break. But holy crapoly, Dakorien is really special and there won't be many DBs in the nation that will do any better than Finney did yesterday. Perhaps Perich and Finney did have a coverage misfire on the early TD pass from Dante to JJ. But the pass was thrown perfectly to Jamari's back shoulder and likely would have been a catch between the defenders even if the coverage was better. The RBs had a less than highlight reel day, not unrelated to some of the O-line struggles and the 'thud' nature of the tackling to avoid injuries. Runs by Colorado transfer Price and freshman TBall nevertheless showed some flash to supplement the lightning and thunder of #6 and #0. Speaking of #6, DHill will be kept fresh for backfield duties as it is unlikely he'll be fielding many punts unless the dropsies get fixed. I rewatched the Penn St game on B1G network Friday evening for fun. Dante was accurate, evasive and appeared to be processing quickly. While he still has two Indiana showings to live down, nothing he did yesterday showed a significant weakness. The spring game didn't allow him to showcase much by design. He came back to Oregon for a reason and I believe he still has room to reach his ceiling and should see significant growth this season.

Gotta hand it to Bucknut, 4 picks in the first 11 taken. Makes Indiana's 2026 championship all the more impressive. And a grudging nod to Mariø for what Miami did to them in the quarters. Sadiq just came off the board at #16. Unfortunately it was to the Jets.

Fire sale. Can't really blame Shelstad and KJ. DA gets to try and rebuild from the ground up, so I imagine 2026-27 will be a repeat of this season and that won't turn out well. Heard that this is essentially an NIL issue and donors are not enthusiastic about the current regime.

So Waz brought it all down to earth a bit on Laya, as he hits .429 against right handed pitching but only .235 against lefties . It just shows us how special he will be when he can hit lefty piching. My guess is that going forward opposing coaches will bring in a southpaw when the game is on the line and Laya is coming up. That will change.

Amazing comeback. When was the last time Oregon had a freshman steely-eyed clutch player like Laya?

The sports 'press' occasionally astounds with it's lack of thoroughness and presumably AI driven writing. The players listed in the article are fast and football quick. We've seen what DAK, Finney and DHill2 can do. Lott should be a beast. But Hill's 11+ time is not track fast. For heaven sake, how do you leave Bair and his 10.15 sec 100 meter time (as a HS junior, no less) off the list? You line him up with the other four, and he smokes them by several meters.

The biggest travesty was not including Justin Herbert in the list. Top 100 since 2000, and he's not on it? As noted, that would have made Oregon 3rd on this list. JH stats at Oregon: Passing yds. 10,541 Comp rate. 64% TD. 95 Int. 23 Rushing yds. 541 Rushing TD. 13 wth kind of criteria did the ES(ec)PN "brain trust" use to exclude him? Same as the idiot that claimed before the draft that Herbert would get some coach fired.

And yet somehow he was first team all B1G and will be the first TE off the board in the draft.