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duckfan96 wrote: Sat Jan 04, 2025 5:54 am After watching the Rose bowl I think the Ducks need help on the whole O line.

StevensTechU wrote: Sat Jan 04, 2025 8:01 am

duckfan96 wrote: Sat Jan 04, 2025 5:54 am After watching the Rose bowl I think the Ducks need help on the whole O line.

-23 rushing yards. Not the finest.

OregonFan4Life wrote: Fri Jan 03, 2025 3:07 pm lol hilarious quote by Jaron-Keawe Sagapolutele:

“I just felt that I wasn’t a main priority at Oregon…I’m just looking at other QB rooms and the best place for me to go get on the field early.”

What a diva! Glad we dodged this bullet.

bdkipe wrote: Sun Jan 05, 2025 12:57 pm STU, I love your opinions. I think you have measured, thoughtful & educated takes and a deep knowledge about football that brings a lot to this board. I’m just a fan so for me to have posters on here like you gives me opinions to consider and helps me make sense of the progrum I love.

To be fair, you said in a previous post you think QB11 is overly critical of the secondary play.

Well, unless we clone the late 80’s/early 90’s Redskins Hogs, I don’t know that you will ever be happy with our Oline.

I also pay attention to GSchwartz, Suke, Will Ortner, Anthony Newman & Joey when he comes on The FAN on Fridays. All of them were absolutely shocked at the Oline play in the game. Our Oline more than handled the tOSU Dline in the first game. Our Oline had their way with Michigan’s Dline in Michigan and we completely neutralized Penn State’s elite Dline. For most of the year they were more than serviceable and were nominated for the Moore Award.

I fall victim to this too, but I think as Duck fans we’ve been heartbroken at the doorstep so many times that we throw the baby out with the bathwater.

Here’s the attitude I’ve seen on the board towards the Oline and how it’s morphed over the last 10 years.

2010 - 2016: “Why can’t Greatwood recruit the big guys”
2017 - 2021: “Mario can recruit big guys, but he’s such a smash mouth meathead. Why is Mirabal our Oline coach? He’s 5’2” and 140 lbs! Bring back Greatwood!”
2022: “Klemm might be halfway decent. Seems like he’s fixing Mario and Mirabal’s mistakes.”
2023 - present: “Terry sucks. Things were better under Mario & Mirabal.” (Note that Terry was highly thought of by Mario & Mirabal & the NFL. Also Cavanaugh is here to help and that guy is an absolute all-time great college Oline savant)

I think we’re being mighty hard towards the Oline based on the raw emotions of an ass-kicking by the most talented roster in College Football…that was hell-bent on leaving a wake of destruction after…their rival planted a flag in the midddle of their stadium and…all of college football questioned their manhood.

Everythingsducky wrote:Yeah, and I will never bag on Harper. Dude came in as a freshman, from Chicago, saw nothing of the field his first couple years. Was steadfast, never entered the portal but could have. Kept progressing. Stayed a duck. Will always hold players that gutted it out, and persevered and remained at UO, as my favorites in this day and age.

Everythingsducky wrote: Sun Jan 05, 2025 7:09 pm Yeah, and I will never bag on Harper. Dude came in as a freshman, from Chicago, saw nothing of the field his first couple years. Was steadfast, never entered the portal but could have. Kept progressing. Stayed a duck. Will always hold players that gutted it out, and persevered and remained at UO, as my favorites in this day and age.