Marsh Duck Monday!

Going to be honest this one feels like a bit of sunshine pumping but you know what it's the season for that. Also... The info we are getting from the program has been great. Even though I know we haven't seen it in action yet.

We Are Hearing All the Right Things Around Oregon Football

2026 feels like it could be the year for Oregon.

Gotta love the article, and if there was ever a year to have the offense balanced to the passing attack--this is the year. And I think we will.

To have Bair doing well so quickly--it means that sending Bair and Stewart deep is sure going to stretch defenses like never before!

30 minutes ago, Charles Fischer said:

Gotta love the article, and if there was ever a year to have the offense balanced to the passing attack--this is the year. And I think we will.

To have Bair doing well so quickly--it means that sending Bair and Stewart deep is sure going to stretch defenses like never before!

And/OR.... Send Dakorian Moore out on a Go-Route as well... see if a team can over any of them.

Thank you, David.

With every team undefeated, it's sunshine-pumping time.

I don't mean to be a downer, but I have two concerns.

When the pressure's on, is the FG kicker going to come through? There is one layup game on the schedule: Portland State. OBD will play competitive, close games.

Will the O-line be big game ready? In the final game of the 2024 season, Dillon Gabriel was under siege. Same with Dante last season.

I was surprised that last year's O-line was a Joe Moore Award finalist, mostly because of the play of both tackles against top defenses. No matter how much Dante has matured, he, like all QBs, needs time to see the field and deliver the ball.

Dante is an excellent athlete, but he's not Johnny Football or Trinidad Chambliss.

Thanks again, David, and Beat Boise!

19 minutes ago, Jon Joseph said:

When the pressure's on, is the FG kicker going to come through? There is one layup game on the schedule: Portland State. OBD will play competitive, close games.

Will the O-line be big game ready? In the final game of the 2024 season, Dillon Gabriel was under siege. Same with Dante last season.

The info has been floating around for a few days now from another site on notes from the last scrimmage so I feel it's probably not a secret anymore.

It sounds like the kicking game is getting better and made some big kicks in the scrimmage. But the thing is that until the game is on the line and the kick is do-or-die we don't know if they truly have ice in their veins.

Offensive line seems to still be a work in progress... I love the pieces they have but they need to figure out the chemistry. For Moore I think some of it will be the offensive line chemistry keeping him safe and some plays to enable him to get out of the pocket safely.

In both games you mentioned the Ducks couldn't do what they really wanted to do to protect the quarterback in establishing a running game. Oddly enough both games also saw injured starting runningbacks. In the 2024 Rosebowl James went out of the game with a concussion. In 2025 we were obviously down Davison and Whittington.

But making sure we have a good offensive line is going to be key this year.