curious how many true freshman quarterbacks from the apposing team Oregon has turned in to folk heroes (on the grid iron)... seriously?

its actually remarkable. so... how many?

anyone other than me, tired of it? anyone?

Here is the article from the booth. Will have a Fifth Quarter up tomorrow.

Oregon opens season with heartbreaking 27-21 loss

...or maybe not...halftime Arkansas 10...Portland State 6!!

Go Vikings!!

Almost 4th QTR:

Georgia State 21
Tennessee 20

good job ducks!!! wins dont matter! everyone’s a winner!

Herbert and the guys warmup pregame


Herbert

this young man has all the tools needed to be a TRUE all world QB.

just ask Mario (he knows good QB’s).

man this kid is good “shot out Bo! bra”

dont act like tou thought thw ducks would win. the SEC IS football. we’re Oregon. and we’re all wieners... winners, i meant!

yay Ducks! im so happy we almost won!!!!

who wants to tail gate next week!

GOOOOOOO DUCCKS!

we win, cause we have heart. and thats all that matters

yay ducks!

good season regardless. at least our plane landed! it so much more important thN the game we played!

go ducks! yay!!!!!

is our O-Coordinator working for.... “them”?????

he is a candy-ass

we have awesome uniforms

if we want to win. this QB we should be feasting on. decision making way too fast... we gotta capitalize on the youth

Defensive TD puts this one to bed for the Cardinal up now 17-7 over Northwestern. Needed Pac to win this one.

Just turned it on my lap top. Maybe BSU should jon the P12, lol.

How will their nut job fans react to 0-1?

Some interesting things happening right now;

-Florida State offense is vastly improved. Don't want to get into it too much, but Kendall Briles seems to have had a positive impact on that offense. Boise State defense not looking great.

- Nebraska run game is terrible. Not even making yards against South Alabama. Sure they are a good FCS program, but win or not, struggling to gain yards against S. Alabama is not a good look.

- Indiana struggling with Ball State.

- Maryland has 72 points IN THE THIRD QUARTER. I don't know if they are going to be good; their opponent today (Howard university) is not good, but that is a lot of points in less than three quarters.

- Iowa State may not be ranked for long; currently trailing Northern Iowa

- Former Duck Terry Wilson is looking good for Kentucky right now (13-17, 174 yards and 1 TD passing)

- James Madison leading West Virginia in second quarter.

Sure glad he's not our coach.

Not another screed about playcalling. I want to bring up something else.

Scott Frost wasn't a brilliant playcaller or strategist, but one thimg he did really well was serve as a mentor for Marcus Mariota.

Marcus was very sound when he got here, both as a quarterback and a person.

I thought Frost did a good job of guiding him through the pressures of the spotlight and enhancing his understanding of the game.

This Justin Herbert's 3rd season working with Arroyo. I wonder what he's learned from him. I wonder how well the OC has developed the QB.

On another note, Herbert has served the last two summers as a camp counselor at the Manning Passing Academy. He and Peyton exchanged phone numbers, and the NFL great was one of the people he consulted when considering leaving early for the league.

I wonder if he was able to pick up anything at the camp about audibles and studying film, two things Manning excelled at.

Man I still have the MSU game in my head and can’t get it out! I need those thoughts replaced with a good overall performance.....
Looking forward to see where the improvements are and sure wish Pittman was playing!
All fingers crossed for a Duck win.....I’m thinking pressuring the true freshman Nix could go a long ways toward a “W”.
GO Ducks!!!!

Starting with a new season long weekly gameday feature. One side of the ball this week is an easy call fro key matchup; the other not as obvious. Here are some thoughts:

Gameday: Key Matchups

Update your game day rosters.



Changed Jerseys:

Ge'mon Eaford::22 -> 24

I've read all of the line grades, accolades and preseason awards.

153 starts.

Highest pass-blocking grade. Highest run-blocking grade. Preseason All-American. Preseason All-PAC-12.

Those are wonderful recognitions.

Yet on the field, the Ducks had their lowest per-game rushing total in 10 years. They were 5th in the conference in giving up sacks. Against Michigan State, 37 rushing yards, 203 total yards, 7 points. About as awful an offensive performance as we've seen since the UCLA game in 2007.

If they really are one of the best offensive lines in the country, this is their opportunity to prove it.

Oregon doesn't stand a chance of competing against Auburn unless this group does a strong job against a mean, physical opponent.

I wanted to get this party started with the prediction for the Auburn score. I think that the duck offense is going to click better this year. With Herbert at the helm and experienced deep and smart offensive line that is very well-coached, I think that is the basis for everything else.

Defensively I really like what the Ducks have going on but they're going to need to prove it on the field.

All that said I'm going to go to the score of Oregon 28 - Auburn 23