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Embarrass them so badly that they never schedule another game with the Ducks. Not interested in going to the game, and giving away my tickets this week.

Huh? Too much. I'll go with -yards rushing...

Hold them to 3 and out every set.

Great question Charles, I don’t think that whatever I say will stand up to the standard coach Lanning has. I have to remember that the starters have yet to surrender a touchdown. I would love it if the younger subs could play up to the starter standard but that’s just my druthers. If anything I would like to see the O-line play to the normal Oregon standard which they haven’t to this point in the season (and they still haven’t given up a sack). The level of play that this team has show. Has blown the roof off of any expectations that I had preseason, so it’s hard to adjust realistically as to who or what this team is. Beat the Beavs, cover the spread, no injuries is about as good as I can ask. Go Ducks!!!

Disciplined execution. I expect a base gameplay with Dan challenging the team to beat the Beavs in the trenches straight up with power and speed. No need to get fancy. Basic blocking and tackling to wilt an inferior opponent over time.

Beaver fan (after the game)..."What's the fastest way back to Corvallis"? Duck fan..."Just keep going downhill".

Cover Me! (No injuries, please.)

Against the completely putrid Beaver running game.... < 3.0 ypc. No rushing score. GO DUCKS.

No punts! Score on every drive.

Hang a hundred on those dirty rats!

Dominate LOS on both sides, particularly in the run game. Be efficient and minimize penalties. Don't show much to Penn St. Keep everyone healthy. Am I asking for too much? 🙂🦆

I second that emotion. The Gators vs the Fighting Marios deserves it’s own thread! Just set him up with sure victory and then let Mario work his magic!

Gat, take down Mari-oh-oh Saturday, please! 😍 Hopefully, with GameDay in town, Miami goes down to your Gators and then to the Seminoles in Tallahassee on 10/4. And on 10/4, Florida Swamps Texas and puts another nail in the Arch Madness coffin. When in the heck will the Gators play a half-decent team? 😁

Improved run defense. We shouldn't need run support from the secondary unless the numbers dictate it. Gap control, beating blocks, setting the edge, staying low, and improved tackling where the pile doesn't keep falling forward for 2-3 extra yards. Save the stunts for next week.

Noticed Dakorian was running stride for stride with Dierre on the 64 yaed TD.

Gotta love how he referred to the students in Corvallis as, "Aggies." Historically, Never Quite Good Enough...

Play clean like we did last week. But this week we play to our standard. We didn't do that last week!

Oregon and Oregon State set to continue football rivalry through at least 2032Next season will mark the first time Oregon and Oregon State will not face each other in football in more than 80 years. But a multi-year agreement to restore the rivalry starting in 2027, as reported by The Oregonian/OregonLive last week, would keep the series alive through 2032, according to a spokesperson for Oregon athletics. oregonliveOregon and Oregon State set to continue football rivalry...The Beavers and Ducks will not meet in 2026 for the first time since World War II.

Crispness

Bryce Boettcher: "I love playing in Autzen."

No penalies on both offense and defense - Again!

I am curious as to what others want from the team in this game against Beavis? Sure, win handily, get the young-guns some playing time....but what would YOU sell the team on in preparation for this game? My theme would be "Precision," as we want great technique applied, and when done--the results will be great stops on defense, and great blocks that create explosion running plays. Precision on running passing routes, precision in delivering the ball...thus it is not outcome-based, since we know where that is going, but based instead on the process? Thoughts?

From ESPN's Bottom Ten 7. Oregon Trail State (You have died of dysentery) (0-3) Full disclosure: I am currently writing this in a hotel room in Corvallis, where I'm working on a "College GameDay" feature about the platypus trophy that the Beavers and Ducks will play for this weekend. I am ... pretty ... sure ... they're ... messing ... wItH ... THEE ... hOtEl ... WHYFY ... 2 ... kEEp ... mE ... frum ... FY-LING ... this ... STorY ... And this is funny about ucla 4. ucLa Boo'ins (0-3)In related news, sources are also telling us that after firing head coach DeShaun Foster, UCLA officials attempted to see if the NCAA would let them return to the Pac-2, but their calls kept getting kicked to voicemail because the NCAA lines were tied up with all of the UCLA players ringing the transfer portal hotline.

I must've experienced my Mandela Effect moment. I would've testified to the fact that I saw a Penn State vs Iowa game in 2009 where Penn State was wearing their white unis during the Whiteout. But you are absolutely right.

Kinda does invite other rivalry week prank memories? Growing up in Southern California, I recall a Crosstown Rivalry Week prank from the 1960’s that, while not as cordial, was pretty funny. The prank was based on the usual response by USC frat boys to traditional UCLA efforts to unscrew and steal the brass sword from the hand of the campus statue of Tommy Trojan. The traditional response was, of course, for Trojan fraternities to share a weeklong, overnight statue camp out vigil. What the USC fraternities didn’t know that year was that the UCLA plan had changed from targeting the sword to targeting the protectors. What reportedly occurred on the night of the prank was that sometime between 2 and 3 in the morning, a helicopter w/ searchlights was heard approaching the USC campus. Thinking it was LAPD looking for someone, the vigil campers didn’t give it much thought, until it came to hover directly above them, and then released from a Bambi Bucket (the canvas bag beneath fire fighting helicopters) what was described by those on the ground as, “a ton of cow or horse manure”. Investigators later confirmed that a UCLA frat boy involved in the prank did have a family connection that gave him access to such a helicopter.