At this point due to my life schedule (and an absolutely awful weekend) I am just moving my featured article to Tuesday. So Marsh Duck Tuesday.... doesn't sound as good as Monday but it's what I can do right now.

Pre-Season Concerns Still Haunt the Ducks in Mid October

It’s strange in a season when there are a few concerns during the off season and those become the concerns during the season.

Good read David. I understand very much about life issues. I can't do a quarter of the things I planned to do this year.

I think the past 24 hours might explain some of what has been happening all year. This team is not focused. Maybe I'm way off base, but the unfortunate news yesterday feels like a microcosm of the year.

I shared your same preseason concerns outside of special teams. You even summarized it better than I could say in an entire article LOL. One concern I briefly brought up was our fan base. I saw rumblings of the same sentiment that got Penn State in the very situation they currently face.

While I don't think the team is fine, I'm not nearly as concerned as our entire fan base is. It is what it is at this point. And the disappointment the entire fanbase has expressed is more disappointing the the performance on the field.

We're not going to the playoffs. That's less of a concern to me than what Lanning has been doing. I give him a A+. I've never seen Lanning look so worried all year. And he has shown remarkable poise as every one else has been screaming the sky is falling.

I've got to hand it to our media though. They've been far more professional about the chagrin they've faced along with us. The way they've been asking questions we've all been talking about is as impressive as he's been.

I look forward to the rest of the season. Enthusiastically. I'm more tuned in than when we were riding the coattails of our semifinal appearance.