Just wondering, it seems like there is some bad blood between Mario Cristobal and James Crepea and the Oregonian. There was I believe Mondays WSU presser where Mario said James is always asking for information to give away to the the other team and then the WSU post game James asked about turnovers and Mario said but you are harping on those turnovers. It just seems like something happened and wondered if anyone knows why?

Thx

Everybody loves a good longsnapper story.

During the quarantine earlier this year, Pepper dedicated most of his down time to staying in shape.

Pepper said he ran hills with teammate Brandon Bucker and trained with Kentrell Williams and Williams’ father who is a fitness trainer.

“We trained almost every day,” Pepper said. “We couldn’t really do much else.”

For long snapping, Pepper was recruited by Arkansas, Nevada, Virginia and Texas. As a linebacker, Pepper received offers from several Division II schools.

“He’s an unreal football player,” Chandler head coach Rick Garretson said. “(As a linebacker) he brings this demeanor and this energy to the position and to our defense. Hank has this time clock in his head to really time blitzes. He’s definitely made a huge impact for us at the linebacker position this year.”

Chandler long snapper Hank Pepper epitomizes practice makes perfect

Chandler linebacker and long snapper Hank Pepper is rated as the No. 2 long snapper in the nation by Kohl’s Kicking.

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Here is our Fifth Quarter this week. I am on vacation in South Carolina (78 degrees here Friday, 70 yesterday, perfect for all the yard work I needed to get done!)

Flying back to Oregon today.

OREGON AT WASHINGTON STATE
Saturday, November 14, 2020

TEAM
» Won 17 of the last 19 games dating back to the last three games of 2018.
» Improved to 12-1 in the last 13 Pac-12 games since the final two of 2018.
» Won five of its last six conference road games.
» Remained unbeaten in Pac-12 road openers under head coach Mario Cristobal at 3-0.
» Moved to 19-2 in the last 21 conference road openers dating back to 2000.
» Improved to 12-0 under Cristobal when rushing for over 200 yards.
» Won 28 straight games dating back to 2010 when throwing for 300 yards and rushing for 200 yards in a game.
» Won in Pullman for the first time since 2014.
» Outscoring opponents 50-17 in the second half of games this season.
» Outgained Washington State 353-175 in the second half.

OFFENSE
» Finished with 581 yards of total offense, throwing for 312 yards and rushing for 269.
» The 581 total yards are Oregon’s most in a Pac-12 game since 2017 vs. Arizona and the most in a conference road game since 2014 at California.
» Threw for 300 yards and ran for 200 yards in a conference game for the first time since a 2016 win at Utah.
» Averaging 201.0 rushing yards in the second half of games this year through two games.
» Broke off seven runs of 10-plus yards in the second half after having six last week vs. Stanford.
» Has five scoring drives of 80-plus yards in two games.
» Now 16-of-22 (72.7 percent) on third downs this season after going 7-of-11 tonight.
» Scored a TD in all eight quarters this season.

#0 CB DEOMMODORE LENOIR
» Made his 29th consecutive start.

#1 ILB NOAH SEWELL
» Made his first career start and recorded four tackles, highlighted by his first career sack.

#3 WR JOHNNY JOHNSON III
» Hauled in his 100th career reception on a 2-yard TD catch in the fourth quarter.

#3 NT JORDON SCOTT
» Made his 39th career start - the most by any active defensive player in the Pac-12.

#5 DE KAYVON THIBODEAUX
» Second on the team with six tackles, two for loss, with a pair of QB hurries.
» Has recorded more than one TFL in six of his last seven games with 12.5 TFLs over that stretch.

#7 RB CJ VERDELL
» Ran for 118 yards on 18 carries (6.6 yards per rush) with a TD, while catching five passes for 36 yards.
» Has run for 420 yards and four TDs, averaging 7.9 yards per rush on 53 carries in his career vs. Washington State.
» Also has racked up 117 receiving yards on 11 catches in his three games against the Cougars.
» Has broken off six runs of over 20 yards vs. Washington State in his career, with a 40-yard run in the third quarter and a 22-yard rush in the fourth tonight.
» Surpassed 100 yards on the ground for the 10th time in his career, moving into a tie for eighth-most 100-yard games in school history.
» Just the second time in his career that he’s run for over 100 yards in back-to-back games, the other time coming on three straight 100-yard performances in 2018.
» Went for over 100 yards on the ground along with at least 30 receiving yards for the second consecutive game.

#12 QB TYLER SHOUGH
» Went 21-of-30 for 312 yards with four TDs and an INT while rushing for 81 yards on nine carries.
» Just the sixth FBS player with over 300 yards passing and 80 yards rushing in a game this year.
» Only QB nationally with over 200 yards passing and 80 yards rushing in each of his team’s first two games this season.
» Only the second Duck QB since 2000 to throw for over 300 yards and rush for at least 80 in a game (Marcus Mariota).
» First Oregon QB to rush for at least 80 yards in back-to-back games since Marcus Mariota in 2014 vs. Stanford and Utah.
» His 166 rushing yards are the most ever by a Duck QB in their first two career starts.
» Has run for the most yards by an Oregon QB in the first two games of a season since Marcus Mariota in 2013 (235).

#26 RB TRAVIS DYE
» Caught two passes - both TDs - for 87 yards while rushing for 54 yards on five carries, averaging 20.1 yards per offensive touch.
» First Oregon RB with two receiving TDs in a game since De’Anthony Thomas vs. Arkansas State in 2012.
» Most receiving yards by a Duck RB since Thomas’ 101 yards against California in 2012.
» Put Oregon ahead with a 16-yard TD catch in the third quarter before a 71-yard catch and run in the fourth.

#30 WR JAYLON REDD
» Caught five passes for a career-high 99 yards while carrying twice for 16 yards.
» Has multiple receptions in 17 straight games.
» His 115 yards from scrimmage are a career-high.
» Surpassed his previous career-high of 81 receiving yards with 95 in the first half.
» Hauled in a career-long 57-yard reception with just 18 seconds left in the first half to set up a TD.
» Became the 30th Oregon player to reach the 100-reception milestone with a first-down catch in the second quarter.

#89 TE DJ JOHNSON
» Caught two passes for 23 yards and TD.
» First Oregon TE to catch TDs in his first two career games at the position since Colt Lyerla in 2011.
» Found the end zone for the second time in as many games on 13-yard score on Oregon’s opening drive.

Let us get the ball rolling.

Oregon 42 - WSU 31

According to a poster on Chile’s track board, Great Britain’s Benjamin Reynolds
has announced that he will be attending the UO. This comes as huge news... and a little bit of vindication for Duck fans.... because two days ago Washington received an NLI from Nathan Green. Green is the top ranked high school track athlete in the country. Ben Reynolds and Nathan Green run the same events, but Reynolds holds an edge on time comparisons. Reynolds has run a 1:54 800, and a 3:50 1500.
At this time European athletes have an advantage over US athletes because Europeans continued to compete during the Covid-19 summer... but some Americans competed as well. Green and Reynolds could make for good match ups.

Tacking onto Scott's comment about this being a lost season, I've been thinking about the athletes and their eligibility.

To wit...you get a kid that comes into the season thinking he's gonna play at least 7 games (PAC-12). Now, with the virus, he might play only 6 games...or 5 or who knows how many.

So, the athlete gets to play in 5 games, let's say, and he losses a whole season of eligibility.

Doesn't quite seem fair. Now, I realize that there is nothing fair about covid and that we are in unchartered waters.

However, it sure seems like there should be a way for these kids to "Covid Redshirt" or something.

No doubt that would screw up recruiting classes and whatnot, and other conferences who played a fuller slate would complain, but I feel for these kids who work their tails off only to see their season evaporate.

I wish I had an answer and not just an observation.

Additionally, I totally agree with Scott about this season.....while I want the Ducks to dominate, I'm looking at this year as a springboard for next year when we can...hopefully...have a real season.

Go Ducks!

IF you scroll to the right at the top you see numerous "postponed" games. Does anyone know if that's CV related?

Against each other. In the Rose Bowl. I do t know how many of you played college football but this is just strange. Football games take preparation. This is more like a scrimmage. It is that kind of season. In a way, it’s kind of fun. I’m going to watch!

I apologize for this it is so OT but it is dominating my mind right now and needed to unload. My sister's cancer has come back again for the third time and it has now spread to her lymph nodes and a couple organs. I am up in Seattle right now with her and her girls. She has basically been on chemo off and on the last two years and just started up again.

She could really use your thoughts and prayers.

Thanks my peeps.

This is based on which of their guys played well in their first game against Oregon State based on their PFF game grades.

Strengths

1. #4 QB Jayden De Laura graded out very well in their passing game. His bread and butter against the Beavers was underneath stuff where he was 12 for 17 on passes under 10 yards. They took two deep shots to the left side and completed both for TD's. Beavers blitzed him about a third of the snaps and

2. #72 RT Abraham Lucas played 66 snaps at RT and did not allow any quarterback hurries. Best run blocking grade for the game too.

3. #3 RB Deon McIntosh McIntosh beat up the hapless Beavers to the tune of 144 yards on 18 carries for a gaudy 8 yards per carry average.

4. #1 WR Travell Harris Harris almost always lined up on WSU's left side. Both the two deep shot TD's I mentioned above were to Harris. They also threw to him seven times on short routes and completed six of them.

5. #9 WR Renard Bell Cougars usually lined Bell up on the right side against the Beavers and primarily threw to him underneath stuff, under ten yards, where they were 5-7 targeting him.

Sounds like it was ASU that had to cancel so Cal could actually pick up a game against maybe UW as there is rumor that OS will have to cancel with them.

The teams have only played once and some haven't played at all , but this is my week 1 eyeball test of the teams I have seen

1) Oregon/WSU tie

2) ASU

3) USC

4) Stanford

5) Colorado

6) OSU

7) UCLA

These are the teams I saw. Regarding Oregon, what gives me hope is that I think Stanford is pretty good. Better than last season. How good is OSU and are they close to Stanford?
I'm not sure yet, but going off my eyeballs, this Saturdays Duck game could well be for the North Championship. I just think WSU has very good talent and very good coaching. Maybe Oregon will handle them on both sides of the line of scrimmage, but I'm not super confident about that. Scary game. If I had to bet it I would have to take the points

I caught up with Bailey, one of the top QBs in the south for 2022 and he gives the latest on his recruitment.

link: BAILEY UPDATE