Morning Quack Fix: Getting ready for the bye week
by jtlight on Oct 12, 2009 7:24 AM PDT
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PrintIt's bye week. A great time for our 5-1 Ducks to rest up from the multiple bumps and bruises they've acquired. And a time for us fans to rest up for Hate Week. Here's your quack:
- At the halfway point in the season, it's fun to look at the Ducks statistically. My go-to place for stats is cfbstats.com, which has added some awesome filters to all the data it has. For instance, in 3rd down situations of more than 7 yards, Oregon is holding opponents to a mere 7 conversions in 37 attempts. For all the grief that Aliotti has been given over the years, he has this defense playing well in what previously was one of its weakness areas. Also, Moseley rounds up where the Duck's stand statistically as we enter the bye week.
- For more fun random facts, GoDucks.com's Andy McNamara has a UCLA roundup post, which includes and number of milestone's and tidbits on the Ducks. My favorite: Oregon has scored five non-offensive touchdowns in six games to date: 2 INT, 1 FR, 1 PR and 1 KR.
- What should surprise no one, is that despite the 5 game winning streak, Chip Kelly isn't satisfied, and says there is still a lot of work left to do. What I really like about this team is that they never stop working, and have shown incredible focus. I think that the BSU disaster really instilled that into this team, and they have yet to overlook an opponent.
- Steve Summers of eDuck lets us know what to expect during the bye week: weights and recruiting. Kelly states that the team will also spend some time honing fundamental skills such as blocking, which left something to be desired against UCLA.
- Ken Woody has his take on the UCLA game up, and it contains a lot of praise for the defense.
That's all for now. As always, leave your links and comments below. After the jump, we have a number of videos, including post-UCLA interviews, and highlights from the UCLA game.
UCLA Highlights from OSN broadcast, including Mike Bellotti in the booth
Chip Kelly post-UCLA interview
Nate Costa post-UCLA interview
LaMichael James post-UCLA interview
Kenjon Barner post-UCLA interview
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Best part of the bye week coming now
Two weeks of pure hate time aimed at Washington.
"Good evening Blazer fans, wherever you may be!"-Bill Schonely
No surprise here...
UW game selected for 12:30 kickoff on ABC.
--AddictedToQuack, SBNation's Oregon Ducks blog
Who would have predicted that at the start of the year?
Very few I should think. Still, happy to see that every game so far this year (except WSU of course) is on at least regional ABC or national FSN.
"Good evening Blazer fans, wherever you may be!"-Bill Schonely
I know I've loved it
Its not my first time living out of the regional area but it has been extremely nice being able to watch the Ducks on the east coast. When I was in the Army and lived abroad, there were actually quite a few games on AFN too. The ducks get good exposure, just not a lot of love.
"I used to play sports. Then I realized you can buy trophies. Now I'm good at everything." - Demetri Martin
When I went to college in Iowa
About the only game I was able to watch was the annual Big 10 team we played. Otherwise it was Jerry Allen on online radio, good but not quite as good.
"Good evening Blazer fans, wherever you may be!"-Bill Schonely
Do we know if this is going to be national? If so, I need to do a second round of “Look for me in Husky Stadium, in the big group of people wearing yellow” phone calls.
*bump* U!
*set* of!
*SPIKE* OOOOOOOOO!
"[Louisiana] is the greatest football state in America."~Les Miles
Also, the Bayou Classic pwns whatever your I-AA does.
by AllSaintsDay on Oct 12, 2009 10:40 AM PDT up reply actions
This will be regional only at this point. Not sure how big the region will be…At least the west coast.
--AddictedToQuack, SBNation's Oregon Ducks blog
I guess, I know it won’t be national on ABC. But they usually dump a second region’s ABC feed into ESPN or ESPN2 for everyone else.
*bump* U!
*set* of!
*SPIKE* OOOOOOOOO!
"[Louisiana] is the greatest football state in America."~Les Miles
Also, the Bayou Classic pwns whatever your I-AA does.
by AllSaintsDay on Oct 12, 2009 3:04 PM PDT up reply actions
I don’t remember that happening once for the 3:30 EST games. They are purely regional on ABC.
--AddictedToQuack, SBNation's Oregon Ducks blog
The 12:30 slot is not national
Our only national ABC game this year so far is USC.
"Good evening Blazer fans, wherever you may be!"-Bill Schonely
Red River Rivalry is will be the national game at Noon
fine with me, Washington does not deserve a national game, they are to ugly in their purple
Much of the credit goes to a defense that hasn’t allowed a substantial touchdown drive in nearly a month
by trumpetduck on Oct 12, 2009 11:06 AM PDT up reply actions
That's this week of course
We don’t play this week thankfully.
"Good evening Blazer fans, wherever you may be!"-Bill Schonely
good point
i keep for getting about this whole bye week thing. I want to beat washington now
Much of the credit goes to a defense that hasn’t allowed a substantial touchdown drive in nearly a month
by trumpetduck on Oct 12, 2009 11:36 AM PDT up reply actions
And in case any of you missed the Chip Kelly Show last night...
It can be seen here.
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Sort of off-topic...
Our uniforms looked totally sweet Saturday.
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the white top is my favorite
Much of the credit goes to a defense that hasn’t allowed a substantial touchdown drive in nearly a month
by trumpetduck on Oct 12, 2009 11:08 AM PDT up reply actions
Love the Video Links
Don’t forget to check out this week’s podcast Duck Fans!!
http://goduckspodcast.com/
Hey guys, just checking in and seeing how you all were doing. It's been a while.
I’ve been somewhat frustrated with the Beavs of late, but now that they have stepped up, I feel like I can come over here for some good conversation without me getting upset.
I haven’t been able to watch the Ducks all year (save for Boise State and Washington State— not the best games to gauge the team). Was anyone concerned with the slow start against UCLA and the relative non-scoring of the offense in that game?
I know I’m going to get the cookie cutter responses:
“First time starting QB, on the road”
“UCLA has the 20th ranked defense”
“First game on the road in a month”…etc
Which, all are true. But given that Nate Costa has some experience, and has been in the system as long as any QB on the roster, and UCLA’s “20th ranked defense” were predicated on playing some not very good offenses, does it concern anyone at all?
I support Takimoto in his effort to support Roger Kieschnick in his quest to becoming the best Kieschnick ever to play professional baseball.
by The VD Special on Oct 12, 2009 11:28 AM PDT reply actions
Was anyone concerned with the slow start against UCLA and the relative non-scoring of the offense in that game?
People were FA-REAK-ING out in the thread. I wasn’t worried. Our defense has been remarkable, and I knew they would keep us in it. The offense showed potential, but they stalled on 3rd downs. I figured by the end, they would have it ironed out. Though, they never really needed to iron it out.
I think Masoli is the clear starter. Costa is a good backup. He won’t be asked to step in to win a game. He’ll be a good game manager and will be asked to not lose it. He showed that he can do that.
Costa’s mobility looks great, and he made some good throws. His release was a tad slow and low in the game.
It's spelled "S-H-U-F-E-L-T-H-I-M-S-E-L-F"
Costa’s mobility looks great
I think this could be a possible overstatement. I’d say his mobility looked “there” and “adequate”, but “great” is an exaggeration, in my humble opinion.
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I really liked his mobility and throw to Paulson down the sideline. A great play that is easily forgotten, but keeps the drive going on 3rd down.
--AddictedToQuack, SBNation's Oregon Ducks blog
That was indeed a great play and show of escapability.
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Great considering three fuckin’ surgeries. He has good straight line speed, and he was able to shift around and take a hit on the knee against UCLA.
It's spelled "S-H-U-F-E-L-T-H-I-M-S-E-L-F"
Great considering would be apt, yes.
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I also forgot about that hit on the knee.
That made me jump.
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As Shufelt said, while people were freaking out in the thread, I was not concerned. UCLA hadn’t shown anything that struck any fear into me, on either offense or defense. Our offense had a few opportunities, but just got into a couple holes that was hard to overcome. Just because of how the first half played out, I was not worried at all.
A note about UCLA, their defensive front is very good, and Price’s ability to break through and disrupt an offense is remarkable.
--AddictedToQuack, SBNation's Oregon Ducks blog
I was gonna add that Price is by far the best DT we’ll face all year. The dude has been an animal up the middle, but that prompted me to think of Paea, so, WTF happened to him?
--AddictedToQuack, SBNation's Oregon Ducks blog
UGH
I knew this was going to come up at some point…
He is still disrupting, but without the Ends putting pressure on the QB, he gets double teamed every time.
I support Takimoto in his effort to support Roger Kieschnick in his quest to becoming the best Kieschnick ever to play professional baseball.
by The VD Special on Oct 12, 2009 11:57 AM PDT up reply actions
That was my guess, though I haven’t seen any full OSU games this year, so I didn’t know for sure.
--AddictedToQuack, SBNation's Oregon Ducks blog
It’s one of those things where he is drawing so much attention that you would hope the ends and other DTackle would get to the QB more, but they just haven’t. We saw the line getting after it some more in the last two games (albeit ASU’s OLine is bad), and so hopefully there is some improvement.
But until the Ends start disrupting themselves, you’re not going to hear Paea’s name mentioned very much
I support Takimoto in his effort to support Roger Kieschnick in his quest to becoming the best Kieschnick ever to play professional baseball.
by The VD Special on Oct 12, 2009 12:06 PM PDT up reply actions
You never return my texts anymore :(
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That’s because you texted me after the Cincy and UA games. Are you insane?
I support Takimoto in his effort to support Roger Kieschnick in his quest to becoming the best Kieschnick ever to play professional baseball.
by The VD Special on Oct 12, 2009 11:48 AM PDT up reply actions
sounds like he is just a duck fan
Much of the credit goes to a defense that hasn’t allowed a substantial touchdown drive in nearly a month
by trumpetduck on Oct 12, 2009 11:49 AM PDT up reply actions
but its quinn so yeah he is insane
Much of the credit goes to a defense that hasn’t allowed a substantial touchdown drive in nearly a month
by trumpetduck on Oct 12, 2009 11:49 AM PDT up reply actions
I dunno. I actually know some classy duck fans.
Not all of them have nicknames like “(insert your first name) Daddy” and enjoy flaming during a loss or other misfortune.
I have an uncle (UO alum) that is a TOTAL prick about the whole UO/OSU thing. The best part is that out of his four kids, two went to OSU, one to UCLA and the other to UW. Boo-yah.
It’s Karma. I mean, he’s really immature. He’s one of those fans/alums that can’t say something good about his own team without including a backhanded comment about your team/school.
I think it’s justice that he’s given more money to other PAC-10 schools—including two rivals—than he’s been able to give to his own school. Juju rears it’s ugly head again!
Oh, side note. The Husky transferred after one year to St. Mary’s in CA. Total nerd, not really into sports, managed to be present for the Paddy Mills EXPLOSION against UO and loves to trash his dad about it. It’s pretty clear cut case of karma/juju. Blame my uncle for anything bad that happens at UO. I promise it’s his fault.
And if you look closely, he’s whispering to Blount, “Hit ’em! Do it! Hit ’em all!”
He’s also Ernie Kent’s travel agent.
Yeah, it’s the whole constant little jabs he takes at UW and OSU every time he talks about uo. There’s a lot of it on both sides though…
I don't know if I am supposed to take that as a
compliment, insult or not applicable all together??
Hi, my name is Matt Daddy and I am a....
HUGE FREAKING DUCK FAN!!!!!!... "Hi Matt Daddy"
I was just using you as an example of someone who I’d classify as, well, like my uncle.
Can I call you Matt Uncle from now on?
How the hell have I been
prick about the whole UO/OSU thing. ???
Hi, my name is Matt Daddy and I am a....
HUGE FREAKING DUCK FAN!!!!!!... "Hi Matt Daddy"
Yeah… I’m baffled too. About the only thing you’ve really said about OSU is in regards to the Jersey contest, and being disappointed with them in letting you down.
It's spelled "S-H-U-F-E-L-T-H-I-M-S-E-L-F"
Exactly, and you could have replaced OSU with any other
team name that I had either picked for or against and consistently ended up losing with…It had nothing to do with OSU (team or school) at all. Being called a “prick” for no reason is starting to piss me off a little
Hi, my name is Matt Daddy and I am a....
HUGE FREAKING DUCK FAN!!!!!!... "Hi Matt Daddy"
I’m wondering if this is a case of mistaken identity. I recall someone getting into a beef with ArbyOSU recently, but I don’t think it was Matt Daddy.
Arby, you’ve called someone a prick here, and the person who was apparently identified as such would like an explanation. I think you owe him that. Let’s hear it.
By the grace of Juju, we all are day-to-day.
by JConant on Oct 12, 2009 3:41 PM PDT up reply actions 2 recs
If it makes you feel any better I hate all Duck fans
And I don’t think you’re a prick O:-)
I support Takimoto in his effort to support Roger Kieschnick in his quest to becoming the best Kieschnick ever to play professional baseball.
by The VD Special on Oct 12, 2009 7:05 PM PDT up reply actions
I'm still working on getting you to an Autzen tailgate.
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I was consoling you! Didn't you read the texts!
I put up with your morning breath all these years for this?!?!?!
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You console me by saying "Good game"?
You’re logic is flawed, Quinn
I still like you
I support Takimoto in his effort to support Roger Kieschnick in his quest to becoming the best Kieschnick ever to play professional baseball.
by The VD Special on Oct 12, 2009 11:57 AM PDT up reply actions
Kejon After Barners named Pac 10 player of the week
Much of the credit goes to a defense that hasn’t allowed a substantial touchdown drive in nearly a month
Hmmm
Did anyone see Quizz’s stats?
189 yds rushing
82 yds receiving
4 Touchdowns.
And a kick return for a TD won PotW?
I’m a wee bit disappointed
I support Takimoto in his effort to support Roger Kieschnick in his quest to becoming the best Kieschnick ever to play professional baseball.
by The VD Special on Oct 12, 2009 11:55 AM PDT up reply actions
I see now. Sorry, I just saw the headline which read “…named Pac10 Player of the Week”
I support Takimoto in his effort to support Roger Kieschnick in his quest to becoming the best Kieschnick ever to play professional baseball.
by The VD Special on Oct 12, 2009 12:07 PM PDT up reply actions
On the front page of DuckTerritory, they have the full text of an article on Austin Seferian-Jenkins, and 6’-7" tight end from Washington, who is interested in Oregon.
--AddictedToQuack, SBNation's Oregon Ducks blog
Excellent size.
In NCAA ’09 I always get stoked to pick up beastly guys like that. I hope we get him.
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welcome to the world of Oregon recruiting
Much of the credit goes to a defense that hasn’t allowed a substantial touchdown drive in nearly a month
by trumpetduck on Oct 12, 2009 12:32 PM PDT up reply actions
that was friendly conversation
the type of players Oregon is recruiting right now are the kids that get attention from all of the big programs. And it is definitely stiff competition. Sorry if my wording did not agree with you.
Much of the credit goes to a defense that hasn’t allowed a substantial touchdown drive in nearly a month
by trumpetduck on Oct 12, 2009 12:54 PM PDT up reply actions
You gotta admit that deep down you’re happy you don’t have Bryce Brown though. If you had, you’d have a back that could only go for 34 yards against the big bad Bruins.
I’m still waiting for something to come out about that kid. I think that he possibly (even unwittingly) broke some NCAA laws…
The less Brian Butler association we have, the better I’ll feel.
That’s the silver lining in Chris Harper transferring.
It's spelled "S-H-U-F-E-L-T-H-I-M-S-E-L-F"
What the hell is he doing here?
Addicted To Quack [dot] com; Six-hundred and ninety-four yards of total offense.
No, he just doesn't belong here.
Addicted To Quack [dot] com; Six-hundred and ninety-four yards of total offense.
bryce brown would not have 34 yards against UCLA in the oregon offense
although I agree about Brian Butler and not being upset he is a Vol
Much of the credit goes to a defense that hasn’t allowed a substantial touchdown drive in nearly a month
bryce brown would not have 34 yards against UCLA in the oregon offense
This is probably accurate. I think he would be better suited in uo’s setup.
Can you actually believe that UCLA beat Tenn on the road?! Amazing.
tenn is a bad team, so yeah
Much of the credit goes to a defense that hasn’t allowed a substantial touchdown drive in nearly a month
by trumpetduck on Oct 12, 2009 10:16 PM PDT up reply actions
lets hope he wants to stay in the NW but still wants to get national exposure
"I used to play sports. Then I realized you can buy trophies. Now I'm good at everything." - Demetri Martin
"have shown incredible focus"
YES! That is what I quite enjoy hearing, worthy of a classic Dude, Wheres My Car quote…SHIBBY!
A much needed bye week; and two whole weeks to focus the inner hatred of UW even moreso than normal.
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