Argh, I want a Duck win.

Good looking prospect. Very stout at the point of attack. Keeps his eyes up nicely which pays off with a few tipped balls in these highlights. He is more of an SDE than a DT for East HS. Probably anywhere from 0 to 5 tech here depending on what they decide his ideal playing weight is.

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I like the young man. Unfortunately his ceiling is so low. Not feeling an offensive win next week with AB at QB. As good of a person as he seems to be…. GRAB…. Get rid of Anthony Brown.
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This guy is good. tOSU will "invite Oregon to play in a phone booth," lol.

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He beat the Olympic Champ. Tap on video to get audio.

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I am sure some DSA folks saw the team depart for Ohio and some saw them deplane.

Any info on who might have been limping, wearing boots, using crutches, looking pekid etc???

The class has so many distance runners that I pretty much left it alone. The roster also already has a lot of distance runners, especially on the men’s side.

I left out the pole vaulters because, though pretty good talent and fun to watch, I am not thinking that it will have an effect on our National team standing.

Oregon returns 5 Olympians. Four of these Olympians are men. So things look awesome.

Although I’m optimistic about both the women and the men’s teams, there are some areas that concern me.

The men return two great short sprinters, one very solid sprinter, and and one pretty good sprinter. We are one strong sprinter away from having a kick ass 4x100 team. We didn’t land that piece of the puzzle. The closest we came was getting a Washington Husky transfer named Evan Mafilas. Evan is really a 200m runner who can lend a hand on either relay team. I like that, but he is just a good 200m runner and not what I’d hope for in the 4x100. Robert Johnson will probably try to get a transfer sprinter for winter term. Perhaps Oregon can turn Evan into a much better sprinter… it could happen.

The women had the better haul in this class. That is appropriate since the men have the better team returning. The women landed great additions for their sprint team, including the best sprinter in the country, Jasmine Montgomery. If the women’s 4x100, can avoid the injury bug, they will be in the discussion for one of the top three 4x1 spots at nationals. They have a great incoming class and perhaps the NCAA’s top returner ( Kemba Nelson)… plus an impressive returner in Jadyn Mays. I love this group!

The men scored two alright additions for their 4x400, but not enough to make the men’s 4x4 a serious contender at next year’s Nationals. I am disappointed that we didn’t land more talent in that area of need.

The women needed help for their 4x400 and they didn’t disappoint. They landed depth to go with their returning 400 runner Shaniya Hall. Although the women’s 4 x400 will lack the kind of individual star power of their Oregon predecessors’ like Keshia Baker, Phyllis Francis, Makenzie Dunmore, Amber Purvis or Raevyn Rogers etc., it will be deep and balanced. There should not be any problem putting out four solid relay legs. Call it the “no name relay team”. I can imagine them making it into the NCAA finals.

The women also landed the better throwers… and not by a little bit. I also think that the women landed better jumpers and a great hurdler.

When it comes to the middle distances and the distances, both the men and women are adding tons of talent to a roster that already has Olympians in that area. Both the men and the women have exceptional newcomers in the middle distance and distance events. However, the men might have the edge in that area.

The future is bright… but it’s Oregon Track and who would expect less than excellence.

I am sorry to report that this world lost him. I can’t say enough about him. He was kind, smart, friendly and just plain love able. He had a gentle nature, and was a wonderful coach. Joe touched the lives of his athletes and of everyone who knew him. He played in the 58 Rose Bowl against tOSU. Joe was a great role model for his athletes.

Here are my answers to questions from the Ohio State site.

I know this is no surprise. I was hoping a change in leadership might improve PAC-12 programming but so far disappointed. So just to compare, I jumped into the SEC ESPN Network to check out some of their programming. I found programs like Out of Pocket with Alyssa Lang, Good Morning SEC, The Paul Finebaum Show (4 hour show - ugh) and SEC inside. These shows all have excellent content, cool sets, backdrops (except Finebaum) and SEC matchups intertwine this fresh programming . In my opinion the PAC-12 channel programming is repetitive and unimaginative. “Thank you” Larry for establishing new levels of mediocrity in network programming and failing to establish powerful alliances with highly visible sports networks. Not really. Glad he’s gone. Now, hopeful we get it together in the realm of network programming through development of similar alliances as the SEC has forged. Perhaps the agreement between PAC-12, Big-10 and ACC will help the commissioner develop such alliances.

My thoughts:

A pretty good sized crowd was there last night, and if what we saw is any indication, the offense is still a work in progress, and the defense looked as good as we all hope it to be. I’m going to coin a new term and say I’m “cautiously pessimistic” about the offensive side of the ball at this point. We’ll see what it looks like with the veterans when it matters, but right now (not surprisingly I suppose), the new toys need some polish.

AB showed his usual athleticism, and showed his arm strength on some balls. That gave him the ability to hit his WRs in tight coverage for impressive completions on one play, & to miss wildly the next. CMC had the officials blowing the plays dead at the slightest touch of the QBs, which affected the productivity of the offense when Brown, Thompson and Ashford were in, as their scrambling was greatly limited because of that. Not so much when Butterfield was in.

The coaching staff was finding multiple ways of getting the ball into Seven’s hands, and he’s thicker than I was expecting, less of a wiry DAT type, he’s more thick-thighed, somewhat similar to LMJ.

KT was on the sidelines the entire scrimmage, in fact, a lot of veterans were getting in on a few plays, but mostly a LOT of freshman and younger guys got a majority of the minutes from what I could tell.

Dontae Manning looks good, got beat on one play, but recovered & broke up the pass before it could be reeled in.

Matavao was targeted several times, along with the other TEs. Clearly this is a position that is going to see more targets than in recent years.

Isaiah Brevard. Remember the name. Caught 5 balls, at least two were contested. QBs were looking Franklin’s way frequently as well.

Bassa had a nice breakup on a critical down in the end-of-game scenario. Speaking of which, they ran a scenario where the offense was down two with 1:20ish on the clock. They managed to get in place for a 45-yard “game-winner,” & it was good.
Then they ran about the same amount of time on the clock with the offense down four points. The first series, the defense held the O to a turnover on downs around the 30. The second time, with a very generous no-call on a CB blitz’ sack early in the drive (Cristobal’s choice), led to a TD on the last play of the scrimmage.

Punting & kicking was solid, in fact the two kickoffs reached the back half of the end zone.

Lots & lots of fades in the red zone.Those are awesome…when Randy Moss is on your team…

The ten pounds Dye lost make him look quicker and sharper in his cutting ability. I was skeptical when I read that last week but it might be a good thing for him.

Braydn Swenson, we’re going to like cheering him on, he’s going to be good.

Dorlus had a wrap on his hand and was getting a little treatment on the sidelines one minute, but was out there and nearly unblockable the next.

Lastly, Sewell & Flowe lining up next to each other is as scary as you probably can imagine. They look thick and mean, & Flowe’s enthusiasm is contagious.

I see the AP and the coaches polls are out. Oregon is in a holding pattern
What I can’t see is the college team based in Seattle. I thought they were a top 20 team. Shades of 08?

Much deserved for a “backup” and I was very surprised…. He’s the first UO player to be named conference freshman of the week since it started in 2019.

Oregon’s Justin Flowe named Pac-12 freshman of the week

Flowe, a second-year freshman, had 14 tackles with one for loss and forced a fumble in the 31-24 win.

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The game begins at 9:00 EST.
That is 6:00 PST.
The coaches and team must eat dress warm up and transport to the stadium.
It has been a long time for me, but I think that might take between 2 and 3 hours if they hustle.

Relative to their own time zone, the Ducks will be getting up around 3:00 to 3:30.!!!

I imagine that they will be gradually acclimating to an early time by getting up earlier each day, but this change might have some deleterious effects on their alertness during this prep week … which is actually two days shorter than it is for their opponents.

This is ridiculous!! I know it is due to TV scheduling, but a game of this significance should be able to get a more prime time viewing audience. Under these conditions it would be hard to beat Lewis and Clark at a high school stadium. To be playing in an enormous hostile stadium is tough enough, but this is just plain cruel.