A somewhat poetic look at the season thus far. One of the members here sent me a private message thanking me and asking me to post. I was buried at work today and did not have much time. I am literally just sitting down to relax now.

Hope you all enjoy this as it waxes poetic at points and gave me a chance to sort of flex some artistic concepts into a football season for the first time in a while.

going to be interesting to see how injured the Duck women are going to be. Girls in the paint are going to have to take charge.

Here's one I control P'd

By James Crepea | The Oregonian/OregonLive EUGENE — Oregon’s offense has steadily improved over the last month thanks in no small part to the play of its offensive line. The No. 3 Ducks (9-1, 6-1 Pac-12) enter Saturday night’s game at No. 23 Utah (7-3, 6-1) having allowed 36 tackles for loss and just 22 in conference play, best in the Pac-12 and the lowest rate per game since the NCAA tracked the statistic in 2004. It’s the lowest rate allowed by any team with Mario Cristobal on staff since Miami in 2004, when he was the tight ends coach. It’s also the lowest rate of tackles for loss allowed by any FBS team offensive coordinator Joe Moorhead has coached and second-best for offensive line coach Alex Mirabal, behind only Marshall in 2014 (3.39 per game)

Here is the Q&A I did for the Utah site.

The guy is soooo obnoxious. If it isn't SEC it doesn't deserve consideration. AL will lose to GA but it's a better team than OSU or UO. It makes me sick!!

GO DUCKS!

Someone I coached at South Dakota turned me to this story. Just a truly inspiring article about someone who endured more pain and more obstacles than most people will experience in a lifetime. His work ethic and drive to get back on the court are impressive.

I fell asleep during half time and missed the rest of the game. The Ducks pretty much missed the whole thing. I haven't even checked the score. If you haven't you might want to keep it that way.

The Ducks missed an opportunity to impress the loyal fans in Portland. They missed a chance to perhaps get into the top ten. They missed too many foul shots for the second game in a row. They missed from beyond the arc. They missed in the paint. They missed getting offensive rebounds and let BYU have too many.

Altman's note book, or mind, is awash with things to work on. We know he builds strong teams over the season and he probably will again. He has a lot to work with.

Number 1 in the agenda should be the inside game play of his big men. He has four who could take over or at least heavily influence a game. None have yet. I know the chemistry of floor play develops over time, hopefully not too much of it, each year as new players enter the Picture. BYU had a lot more continuity and showed it last night. When the big men can't be depended on, other players have to try to create opportunity in the paint and the Cougar's bigs stopped them.

1A is foul shooting. The first game Oregon looked strong. Then. they flopped two games in a row. You can't leave points on the line when the talent and performance of the opponent is strong, even for just the one game they play vs the Ducks.

I've seen it pointed out but I don't think they shoot too many threes because they hit a good percentage (usually). Live by the 3 pointer, die by the 3 pointer, is hard to press when the team has so many marksman. All shouldn't go cold on the same night. Seldom can a defense stop good outside shooting if they have other things to occupy their attention. Ducks would be more open and hit more if there was a strong inside game their competition had to deal with. That goes back to point 1 and why it is that.

All the one shot, not always a good one, some very much forced, trips down the court are tough to overcome. With the height and size Oregon has there should not ne nearly as many as we saw last night. On the other hand defensive rebounds not gathered left some easy putbacks for BYU.

I guess it was one of those games which can happen early in a season before the team gels. I'm hoping we won't see too many more of them and too many is made up from a very low number, like I should have uninvolved fingers on one hand.

Not trying to steal the thunder mods, take over if you want to start a new post but I wanted to get this out there seperate from the existing Pittman post.
Never will approve of the timing etc., but good luck to him!

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QUICK HITS

RANKED SHOWDOWN: OREGON comes in at #3 in the College Football Playoff rankings for the second straight week and ranked in the top 5 for the 9th time in program history. They will face UTAH this week, who moved up one spot in the rankings this week to #23.

CHAMP GAME IMPLICATIONS:

NORTH DIVISION: Oregon would clinch their spot in the 2021 Pac-12 Championship Game, presented by 76®, with a win over Utah OR an Arizona State win over Oregon State.

SOUTH DIVISION: Utah would clinch their spot in the 2021 Pac-12 Championship Game, presented by 76®, with a win over Oregon OR an Oregon State win over Arizona State

The 2021 Pac-12 Football Championship Game, presented by 76®, is set for Friday, Dec. 3 at Allegiant Stadium in Las Vegas, NV. To purchase tickets, visit Pac-12.com/tickets.

COACHING CHANGE: WASHINGTON head coach Jimmy Lake was relieved of his duties on Sunday with Defensive Coordinator Bob Gregory named interim head coach for the rest of the season. Gregory was the acting head coach last week against Arizona State with Lake suspended.

FINAL COUNTDOWN: OREGON DE Kayvon Thibodeaux was named 1 of the 3 finalists for the Bronko Nagurski Trophy as the nation’s top defensive player. Thibodeaux is the 2nd Duck to be named a finalist for this award, joining Haloti Ngata in 2005. The winner will be announced on December 6th.

LONDON CALLING: USC WR Drake London was named 1 of 10 semifinalists for the Biletnikoff Award as the nation’s top receiver. London hauled in 88 receptions for 1,084 yards and 7 TD in just 7.5 games before suffering a season-ending ankle injury. The junior was on pace to break USC’s single season records for receptions and yards held by the Trojans’ only Biletnikoff winner, Marqise Lee in 2012.

TOP ASSISTANTS: The Broyles Award for the nation’s top assistant coach announce their nominees, including 3 representatives from Pac-12 schools: CALIFORNIA WR Coach Burl Toler III, OREGON STATE Off Coord/QB Coach Brian Lindgren, and UTAH Off Coord/QB Coach Andy Ludwig.

WEEK 13 SCHEDULE: The conference announced some start times for the final week of the regular season. All listed times are local times.

Friday, November 26th (previously announced)

• 2:00 p.m. MT- Colorado at Utah, FOX
• 5:00 p.m. PT- Washington State at Washington, FS1

Saturday, November 27th

• 2:00 p.m. MT- Arizona at Arizona State, Pac-12 Network
• 7:30 p.m. PT- BYU at USC, ESPN
• 7:30 p.m. PT- California at UCLA

Additionally 2 games will have their kickoff times announced following games of November 20th: Oregon State at Oregon and Notre Dame at Stanford.

Oregonian links


this next one has absolutely nothing to do with Oregon sports of any kind but I just had to add it on a slow day



by the way way, you might want to catch the Women's BB host Oklahoma before switching over to the Ducks football game on Saturday. You finish off the day with what might be a Must win for the Beaves vs ASU if you want to stay up late.

Where are the games broadcast and at what time?

This game is huge obviously! It’s one team I’m not sure we can out physical or wear down and being away makes it tough!
IMO we can’t have a bad quarter like the 2nd qtr. last night and win. It may take our best game all year to win…and yes I haven’t forgotten beating tOSU….
GO DUCKS!!!

Any word on what's going on? Lot's of smoke concerning tweets, tiktok etc. that he has been posting. Don't want to speculate but the ole "where there's smoke there's fire" keeps ringing in my ear!!

Wow do we look bad tonight…25-11 BYU with 5 plus minutes left in the first half! 4-22 from the floor so far!!!

Get Domani on the horn MC… ☎️

Should be a good game tonight, 7pm PT on ESPN. Hopefully they have better resolution than their Oregon-WSU football broadcast.

So with all the DA negative chatter on here & other places regarding MC, thought I’d throw this out there & see what everyone’s view is. So, to start with...I don’t believe that MC would entertain any job over Oregon except one...that job starts with an A and ends with an A. And they are NEVER firing their coach & he’s not retiring any time soon. First let me say this about Miami...they are a dumpster fire & they can’t afford MC. Second, there is ZERO chance he’s taking that job. Now with that said...for all you people who have been putting to print, DA comments about him...here is your chance! What would be your true feelings if Miami could afford him and MC left us at the end of the year to return to his Alma Mater? Put some thought behind this...can you say you’d be happy that he was leaving? Myself, I would be seriously disappointed & frustrated. Far more than I was when the Chipster said goodbye!

EUGENE, Ore. — Kayvon Thibodeaux swept the Pac-12 Defensive Player and Defensive Lineman of the Week awards for the second time this season while Byron Cardwell was named the Pac-12 Freshman of the Week, the conference announced on Monday.

Thibodeaux is the first Pac-12 player to sweep multiple awards in the same week twice this season, and Cardwell is the fourth different Duck to be named Pac-12 Freshman of the Week.

Oregon has now had 11 different players combine to win 15 conference weekly awards this season, the most in the league. The Ducks have had at least one winner in eight of the first 11 weeks.

Kayvon Thibodeaux - Pac-12 Defensive Player & Defensive Lineman of the Week
» Paced Oregon’s defense vs. WSU with six tackles (all solo) and two sacks.

» Multiple sacks in a game for the second time in 2021 and fifth in his career.

» At least one sack in a game for the 13th time in his career.

» Moved into a tie for 10th in program history with 18.0 career sacks.

» Now has 33.5 career TFLs, tied for third among Power 5 players since the start of 2019.

» 91.2 pass-rush grade this season, ninth-best among FBS edge defenders.

Byron Cardwell - Pac-12 Freshman of the Week
» Helped seal Oregon’s 38-24 win over WSU with a pair of fourth-quarter touchdowns.

» Rushed nine times for 98 yards and two TDs, scoring on runs of 27 and 22 yards.

» Also had a 24-yard rush, giving him seven runs of 20-plus yards in the last three games.

» Averaged an impressive 10.9 yards per carry.

» Two yards shy of his second 100-yard rushing performance in the last three games.

» 280 rushing yards and three TDs on 32 carries in the last three games.

Oregon 2021 Pac-12 Weekly Award Winners
Sept. 7 – Justin Flowe (Freshman)
Sept. 13 – CJ Verdell (Offensive)
Sept. 13 – Alex Forsyth (Offensive Lineman)
Sept. 13 – Bradyn Swinson (Defensive Lineman)
Sept. 20 – Verone McKinley III (Defensive)
Sept. 20 – T.J. Bass (Offensive Lineman)
Sept. 27 – Bennett Williams (Defensive)
Oct. 18 – Noah Sewell (Freshman)
Oct. 25 – Kayvon Thibodeaux (Defensive & Defensive Lineman)
Oct. 25 – Noah Sewell (Freshman)
Nov. 8 – Jeffrey Bassa (Freshman)
Nov. 15 – Byron Cardwell (Freshman)
Nov. 15 – Kayvon Thibodeaux (Defensive & Defensive Lineman)

Starting with the snap counts, Mykael Wright and VM3 played the whole game. Heavy minutes for the starting DB's, KT, Noah Sewell and Happle.

I know he's not leaving until tomorrow but I was hoping someone might have some info.

I'm confirming the visitors at the game and will post them on this thread throughout the day. Starting with an interesting one, Michael Ogbeiwi. 2022 RB from Surrey, British Columbia. This was an official visit so quite interesting.

He does not have a profile but this is from Hudl

Hadn't seen either team play. Looks like the 2d best team UO will have played, by far.

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Oregonian linkage

Coach also gives the injury status update

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