Sep 4, 2022·edited Sep 4, 2022Liked by John Canzano
I was at Reser last night and could see the West Side of the Stadium taking shape and couldn't help but think that this might eventually be known as the Stadium that Jonathan Smith built. He is relentlessly creating a system that conforms to his vision of what Oregon State Football can be. As you effectively pointed out last week in your column Smith has lived it and he can sell it.
There was a nice crowd last night but the noise escapes through the open West Side. Once the construction will be completed it is easy to imagine Reser becoming an even more difficult environment for visiting teams. I loved the sound team that subtlety played a cool remix of 'Georgia On My Mind'. A very clever dig on our Duck Friends who suffered a hard day.
Chance Nolan impresses. His arm is strong and accurate and his stats would even be better if some passes were not dropped BUT I left the game still concerned because he continues to make bewildering decisions. So he needs to be more consistent as I still do not trust him in key situations.
Our defense is the real deal and it's defense that ultimately win games so I have very high hopes for your prediction of a possible 8 win season. Thanks for the great reporting.
Smith has been great… but let’s think some about Boise State. They looked bad. I think OSU is good but not ready to go beyond 7-8 wins yet. Need to see more.
The Beavers will go about 50-50 this year and Ducks too. If we Ducks can beat the Huskies and also the Chipster, I will be happy. Some ignorant Beavs on facebook tried to tell me we do play the Beavs this year; duh. I put on there Ducks and Beavs do not play for first time in 100 years and fools bit. I saw EWU beat Beavs in sept. in Corvallis a few years ago. They have a good program. The Beavs might not win next week; I know about playing at Fresno. As a native Oregonian, I do root for OSU unless they play the Ducks. Beaver Nation thinks they will win the pac-12 but they did not say which year or which sport. Probably basketball in 2040, or maybe baseball in 2023. Maybe track in 2055, or competitive cheer in 2060. GO Ducks!
I agree Boise State looked very weak. What’s up with a three year starting QB who has three turnovers. The Beavs should have put them away early in the 3rd but too many costly penalties and poor decisions. They could have thrown this game away if BSU was able to compete. Still, good win for the Beavs.
Ya missed the fact that Nolan was spot on on most of his long ball throws, something that was missing last year. I saw 2 long balls dropped by his top recievers last week. Complete those 2 balls and State wipes out BSU. Nolan has vastly improved his long ball throws this year. Take note of that Pac12.
It really is amazingly disappointing how bad the Ducks have been going back to last year. Honestly, the program has felt hollow going back to the hiring of Willie Taggart. I hope I’m wrong but the Chip Kelly years may be the zenith. It was a fun team to watch and contrary to the recruitniks who laud Mario and his recruiting abilities, we had plenty of NFL guys on those teams.
Not sure it makes much difference, but both SEC losses by Oregon and Utah were in the heart of SEC country, not on the west coast in our home environments. Why don't they travel to our place?
Well the two teams that needed to show up this weekend didn’t. I wished Kelly didn’t leave. Need to find a coach that knows how to coach. Lanning should have benched Nix after the second interception or at least when the game was out of hand.
Butter's looked the best to me in the spring game. QB is a funny position, because it's not always the most athletic that excel at the position. I think Butter's should be given a shot and my gut tells me the coaches nor the fans would regret it.
I was among the folks who thought Oregon could at least be competitive in Atlanta. Wow, was I wrong. I remember back to Chip's first game and how he stepped on a rake against Boise State. This team- and conference - has a long ways to go if it hopes to compete with the big boys of CFB ever again.
John, your earlier comment on BSU not looking good is an under statement. I can’t remember Boise looking so bad. And Lanning’s debut…..I’m glad I chose Oracle Park for a nice Giants win!!!
Dear Cameron Rising, you’re a stud. A day later and a touchdown short of becoming a legend. Film doesn’t lie, you ran that offense and gave the Ute nation a chance to pull of a stunning finish. Keep you’re head up and play like a warrior. You don’t need me to tell you that life can be cruel and unfair. You’re team made some plays, so did Florida. The game came down to one play. They made it. Keep your head up. Shake it off and move unto to the next play. I’m an old Duck fan, but a bigger college football fan. Great match up that made all viewers feel either exhilaration and disappointment. Joy and pain. That’s life too Mr. Rising I sincerely wanted to encourage you and your team. Tough loss, but keep on keeping on, your damn good and be tough, life demands resilience on the road to greatness.
Yes let Ty shoot it out with Gunnar…..that has to be better than this week. I’m tired of the transfer in for a season or two “more experienced” quarterbacks. Let the kid play.
When haven't the ducks not laid an egg in pursuit of the grand prize in college football. Fact is the ducks are the greatest disappointment when it comes to d1 ball. I for 1 am
done waiting for the ducks to win in d1 football. Oregon only wins championships in track and who watches that? More money than sense is the norm down in eugenoland.
If I were the North Carolina AD, I'd be readying Mack Brown's pink slip as we speak. I wouldn't wait for Tuesday morning unless I had to find him to fire him.
Brown's team gives up 40 points on six TD's to Appalachian State. That's just in the fourth quarter. But the team ekes out a 63-61 win anyway by stopping two two-point conversions because the Appalachian QB misses a wide-open receiver who I could have hit easily and then gets stopped about one inch short on a keeper. Then Brown's dancing in the locker room with the players after the game looking like he's auditioning for post-retirement career as a drag queen. Please just get out of here now.
John, I as sick. I just wrote a good piece on substack.com today on my birthday, and somehow I was stupid enough to push the wrong button on my computer. It may be lost. In summary, I said USC would win and cover this week, the Pac-12 will not have a team again in the final four after just one week, that Larry Scott ruined the pac-12, that Alabama, Ohio State, Georgia, and Clemson would be the final four, how thankful I was to be 71, and much more. I have a printer, and next time i spend two hours wriitng something, I should print it before sending. Glad I am a very strong Christian, as what I wrote was my best yet. It had a story about wagering on football in Oregon in person on football. It had a tour of the federal prison complex in Sheridan, Oregon, which is next door to the casino I bet at. Cash only, and the casino there and the one in Lincoln City, Or. pay you in cash if you win. If you bet on the Ducks in Aruba, and they win, what do you do if they do not pay you? Offshore wagering is not smart. Draftkings might not pay you if you win, and what do you do? They take your credit card from jump street, charge you, and if you win good luck getting paid. I once won $50,000 in a single NFL season by betting 2,200 per game on Joe Montana and the 49ers. They won and covered the spread 13 weeks in a row! My 2200 per game grew to $26,000! The year was 1984. I paid texes on 49,000 dollars! Maybe it was beginners luck, but when you hand the clerk $2200 for one game, you either get $4200 back or zero. Makes watching the game just a little more exciting. I do not bet with my heart, and will not bet on the Ducks to win or lose, again. I am a lifelong Duck, and sure glad I chose them over the Beavers only 60 years ago when my late father gave me the choice in Hillsboro, Oregon. God Bless you, John, and would love to meet you. I am in sw Pdx. Donnie Roberts donnie1683@comcast.net and on substack Donnie Ducks Latest
I was at Reser last night and could see the West Side of the Stadium taking shape and couldn't help but think that this might eventually be known as the Stadium that Jonathan Smith built. He is relentlessly creating a system that conforms to his vision of what Oregon State Football can be. As you effectively pointed out last week in your column Smith has lived it and he can sell it.
There was a nice crowd last night but the noise escapes through the open West Side. Once the construction will be completed it is easy to imagine Reser becoming an even more difficult environment for visiting teams. I loved the sound team that subtlety played a cool remix of 'Georgia On My Mind'. A very clever dig on our Duck Friends who suffered a hard day.
Chance Nolan impresses. His arm is strong and accurate and his stats would even be better if some passes were not dropped BUT I left the game still concerned because he continues to make bewildering decisions. So he needs to be more consistent as I still do not trust him in key situations.
Our defense is the real deal and it's defense that ultimately win games so I have very high hopes for your prediction of a possible 8 win season. Thanks for the great reporting.
Smith has been great… but let’s think some about Boise State. They looked bad. I think OSU is good but not ready to go beyond 7-8 wins yet. Need to see more.
Great point on the stadium.
The Beavers will go about 50-50 this year and Ducks too. If we Ducks can beat the Huskies and also the Chipster, I will be happy. Some ignorant Beavs on facebook tried to tell me we do play the Beavs this year; duh. I put on there Ducks and Beavs do not play for first time in 100 years and fools bit. I saw EWU beat Beavs in sept. in Corvallis a few years ago. They have a good program. The Beavs might not win next week; I know about playing at Fresno. As a native Oregonian, I do root for OSU unless they play the Ducks. Beaver Nation thinks they will win the pac-12 but they did not say which year or which sport. Probably basketball in 2040, or maybe baseball in 2023. Maybe track in 2055, or competitive cheer in 2060. GO Ducks!
I agree Boise State looked very weak. What’s up with a three year starting QB who has three turnovers. The Beavs should have put them away early in the 3rd but too many costly penalties and poor decisions. They could have thrown this game away if BSU was able to compete. Still, good win for the Beavs.
Ya missed the fact that Nolan was spot on on most of his long ball throws, something that was missing last year. I saw 2 long balls dropped by his top recievers last week. Complete those 2 balls and State wipes out BSU. Nolan has vastly improved his long ball throws this year. Take note of that Pac12.
The blind man could tickle those ivories.
It really is amazingly disappointing how bad the Ducks have been going back to last year. Honestly, the program has felt hollow going back to the hiring of Willie Taggart. I hope I’m wrong but the Chip Kelly years may be the zenith. It was a fun team to watch and contrary to the recruitniks who laud Mario and his recruiting abilities, we had plenty of NFL guys on those teams.
The fade last season may have just been Cristobal fatigue… one foot out the door… etc. Need a larger sample size for this season.
Not sure it makes much difference, but both SEC losses by Oregon and Utah were in the heart of SEC country, not on the west coast in our home environments. Why don't they travel to our place?
$$$
Add time differences.
Someone just needs to sponsor a kickoff classic type game on the West Coast.
UF is supposed to play at Utah in 2023. But that was a ridiculous setup for Oregon.
Well the two teams that needed to show up this weekend didn’t. I wished Kelly didn’t leave. Need to find a coach that knows how to coach. Lanning should have benched Nix after the second interception or at least when the game was out of hand.
Nix feels like a stop gap. Is Thompson that shaky??
What about Jay Butterfield. Lanning could have put either of the back ups in for a quarter to see what they could do.
Butter's looked the best to me in the spring game. QB is a funny position, because it's not always the most athletic that excel at the position. I think Butter's should be given a shot and my gut tells me the coaches nor the fans would regret it.
If he at least stuck around through 2014 they probably would have an NC.
I was among the folks who thought Oregon could at least be competitive in Atlanta. Wow, was I wrong. I remember back to Chip's first game and how he stepped on a rake against Boise State. This team- and conference - has a long ways to go if it hopes to compete with the big boys of CFB ever again.
No one was expecting the Ducks to win unless your name was (I've got a feeling) Jerry Allen...
It's how they lost that has fans sleeping in late today (did I really watch the whole game).
My wife and I made our famous 'Lucky' Swedish Meatballs and watched the Pillage with my
Norwegian cousins. Not much was said during the game other than a lot of grunting and
drowning our Norske sorrows in our now traitorous meatballs.
John, your earlier comment on BSU not looking good is an under statement. I can’t remember Boise looking so bad. And Lanning’s debut…..I’m glad I chose Oracle Park for a nice Giants win!!!
Dear Cameron Rising, you’re a stud. A day later and a touchdown short of becoming a legend. Film doesn’t lie, you ran that offense and gave the Ute nation a chance to pull of a stunning finish. Keep you’re head up and play like a warrior. You don’t need me to tell you that life can be cruel and unfair. You’re team made some plays, so did Florida. The game came down to one play. They made it. Keep your head up. Shake it off and move unto to the next play. I’m an old Duck fan, but a bigger college football fan. Great match up that made all viewers feel either exhilaration and disappointment. Joy and pain. That’s life too Mr. Rising I sincerely wanted to encourage you and your team. Tough loss, but keep on keeping on, your damn good and be tough, life demands resilience on the road to greatness.
Let’s see what Ty Thompson looks like next week. Enough of the older classman transfer bandaids. These coaches make too much $ not to have Ty ready.
Yes let Ty shoot it out with Gunnar…..that has to be better than this week. I’m tired of the transfer in for a season or two “more experienced” quarterbacks. Let the kid play.
Your right
Great stuff John. The ducks lay an egg now time to sit on it and hatch a better rest of the season.
When haven't the ducks not laid an egg in pursuit of the grand prize in college football. Fact is the ducks are the greatest disappointment when it comes to d1 ball. I for 1 am
done waiting for the ducks to win in d1 football. Oregon only wins championships in track and who watches that? More money than sense is the norm down in eugenoland.
Good for the Beavs, but I hate to break it to them..
Boise state simply isn’t “Boise State” anymore
They are a mostly middling program nowadays
(I say this as an Idaho native)
Agree
Avalos is a big step down from the HC’s they’ve had there for the past 25 years.
100% agree about Andy
I think he's gone by the start of 2024 season at the latest.
I can't understand what the BIG sees in UCLA, a team that can't attract 30,000 warm bodies to a home game. I doubt many tune in to their TV's either.
Kalen DeBoer's offense is going to give every opponent fits this season, the new QB Penix could be 1st team all PAC when it's all said and done.
I feel for Duck fans... not a great way to start the season. Beavs--nice job!
If I were the North Carolina AD, I'd be readying Mack Brown's pink slip as we speak. I wouldn't wait for Tuesday morning unless I had to find him to fire him.
Brown's team gives up 40 points on six TD's to Appalachian State. That's just in the fourth quarter. But the team ekes out a 63-61 win anyway by stopping two two-point conversions because the Appalachian QB misses a wide-open receiver who I could have hit easily and then gets stopped about one inch short on a keeper. Then Brown's dancing in the locker room with the players after the game looking like he's auditioning for post-retirement career as a drag queen. Please just get out of here now.
Editing note in your paragraph on Utah... It's RUN not RAN in this sentence:
He could have tucked it and ran.
On it. Nice catch.
:-)
Really……….
Yes :-)
in addition to his wonderful new photographer, yes Canzano has hired an editor......
Ha. Love the Chip Hilton name - books from my childhood!
John, I as sick. I just wrote a good piece on substack.com today on my birthday, and somehow I was stupid enough to push the wrong button on my computer. It may be lost. In summary, I said USC would win and cover this week, the Pac-12 will not have a team again in the final four after just one week, that Larry Scott ruined the pac-12, that Alabama, Ohio State, Georgia, and Clemson would be the final four, how thankful I was to be 71, and much more. I have a printer, and next time i spend two hours wriitng something, I should print it before sending. Glad I am a very strong Christian, as what I wrote was my best yet. It had a story about wagering on football in Oregon in person on football. It had a tour of the federal prison complex in Sheridan, Oregon, which is next door to the casino I bet at. Cash only, and the casino there and the one in Lincoln City, Or. pay you in cash if you win. If you bet on the Ducks in Aruba, and they win, what do you do if they do not pay you? Offshore wagering is not smart. Draftkings might not pay you if you win, and what do you do? They take your credit card from jump street, charge you, and if you win good luck getting paid. I once won $50,000 in a single NFL season by betting 2,200 per game on Joe Montana and the 49ers. They won and covered the spread 13 weeks in a row! My 2200 per game grew to $26,000! The year was 1984. I paid texes on 49,000 dollars! Maybe it was beginners luck, but when you hand the clerk $2200 for one game, you either get $4200 back or zero. Makes watching the game just a little more exciting. I do not bet with my heart, and will not bet on the Ducks to win or lose, again. I am a lifelong Duck, and sure glad I chose them over the Beavers only 60 years ago when my late father gave me the choice in Hillsboro, Oregon. God Bless you, John, and would love to meet you. I am in sw Pdx. Donnie Roberts donnie1683@comcast.net and on substack Donnie Ducks Latest