Good Luck Ducks, Week 5: Things That Go Quack in the Night

 

Oregon's turn at #Pac12AfterDark sees them hosting the Cardinal. 

 

Last week, Oregon's offense dominated the Washington State Cougars in both their rushing and passing attacks. That is, of course, if you happened to change the channel when the team got into the red zone. After nearly three quarters of total frustration, the Ducks figured out how to get in the end zone and then really put the screws to their opponent. In the blink of an eye, Oregon turned a frustrating loss into a triumphant road win, as they hope to take that momentum into a night game back in Eugene.

By night game, I mean a late night game. The kickoff is scheduled for 8:00 PM local time, which means that it will be past midnight on the east coast before we even reach halftime. I'm sure all of those poll voters will be staying up until dawn to watch the game in its entirety before casting their votes. Tonight they meet a Stanford team which has had a pretty brutal schedule to start things off as they face their third consecutive ranked team. Goofy things certainly happen during the Pac-12 late shift, but Ducks fans are hoping that nothing... too goofy happens.

Notes and other things:

• So the Cougs kinda Coug'd it last week, after all, didn't they? I mean, I guess that's one perspective. Without the pick six that Cameron Ward threw that didn't make it over the line, it was certainly setting up to be more of a nail-biter. Of course, if Bo Nix hadn't thrown a first half pick six of his own...
• That being said, Bo Nix has been been very impressive aside from those incredibly costly turnovers. It's hard to fully point fingers at the quarterback or the play-calling, but it's nice to see a QB throw the ball down field from time to time again.
• The Ducks are looking to avenge an embarrassing upset loss to a 3-win Stanford team last season, their only non-Utah, non-bowl game loss in that frustrating mess that was 2021. Something tells me that they will.
• The combination of extremely late start and warm October weather has the potential to create a certain... atmosphere tomorrow night. Let's hope that Oregon can use that to their advantage instead of having everyone passed out by the third quarter.
• Will the Stanford band be in the house, up to their usual hijinks? Hopefully they leave that stupid tree "mascot" at home.
• Game time is 8:00 PM PDT on FS1 in Eugene. Go Ducks!

Another Variety Pack

Buckstorecards is still all about variety. 

Just a couple of weeks after receiving stuff from Sportscards From The Dollar Store (see last week's post), another package showed up in my mailbox. This one was, once again, full of goodies from several major sports. My favorite thing about receiving cards from Canada is that there's often O-Pee-Chee goodness inside of them. This time, there were a bunch of OPC cards from the '70s, which is great news for me and my collection.

How do we know these cards are O-Pee-Chee from looking at the scans?

Check the backs! The 1971 O-Pee-Chee set had some of the coolest card backs around. Look at those crazy floating heads just bursting out of the middle of the card! (Sorry, boring 1975 backs.)

I've been in the Honus Bonus Business lately (HBB?), and this card of the former Cardinals shortstop added to my collection. I'm starting to actually make some headway in this weird, weird set.

I always get hockey cards in these packages, which makes me feel like a bad hockey fan... because I am a bad hockey fan. Maybe this season will finally be the year that I watch some games before the playoffs start. (Didn't I say this last year?)

As always, some excellent Ducks cards were found here. I just scanned a couple of them while saving some whoppers for game days. This low numbered DeForest Buckner card from his rookie season looks great, even though the Ducks don't usually do red.

And here's Marcus Mariota on a numbered card from the brand new Score set. I'm hoping for a big bounceback season from Marcus, who recently worked with his alma mater to assist in hurricane relief efforts in Hawaii. Knowing what he's capable of, it will not surprise me to see him on the leaderboards this NFL season.