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Penn State and Illinois are doing us a favor. Sparing us from seeing the carnage.

This type of play will have a negative effect on recruiting. Kids want to win. The "family atmosphere" isn't enough to entice the best to come to Oregon. They must have positive results. Wins, Conference Championships, Bowl wins, Playoff wins, National Championships. These are the expectations of the folks who pay the bills. Oregon fans like an exciting brand of football. You cannot change that. MC needs to remember that he was hired to do a job. Win the Oregon way. Because I guarantee that the millions of Duck fans aren't going to change. A win is a win, yes. But I want to enjoy watching a game. I want to enjoy the experience. The brand of football we've seen of late hasn't met the expectations of the job description MC was hired to do. The man needs to do the job he was hired to do! Of course, this is just my opinion. But somehow I don't feel alone. Go Ducks!

Don't give up hope.

Just before the hit to the head, to me it looked like a Bama player got away with a facemask as well.

To me, this only reinforces my opinion. Top ten recruiting classes that equate to poor performance on the field? ... Something is definitely wrong.

I decided I was going to gather a comprehensive list of Oregon's statistical data, and compare it with say ... the Beavers. Not because I'm a fan of the swamp rats, but because it should put into perspective just where Oregon is so far this year, and hopefully not where they are headed. I'm, not going to list every stat possible, there are other websites for that. Let's begin with offense. Scoring Offense: Oregon: Rank - #26, 35.8 ppg Oregon State: Rank - #25, 36 ppg The Beavers have the ever-so-slight edge here, which pains me to say. Rushing Offense: Oregon: Rank - 25th, 210.40 ypg Oregon State: Rank - 16th, 229.00 ypg Here we see that the once proud Pac12 Rushing champions are falling to the Beibers... Again, this sickens me. Passing Offense: Oregon: Rank - 81st, 210.80 ypg Oregon State: Rank - 87th, 207.60 ypg Oh, Joy! Wait, this still feels like a loss. Total Offense: Oregon: Rank - 50th Oregon State: Rank - 41st I mean, what world are we in where this stat happens?!?!? Turnover Margin: Oregon: Rank - 2nd Oregon State: Rank - 23rd Finally! Something to be proud of. Too bad it's not enough. Sacks Allowed: Oregon: Rank - 67th, 10 sacks allowed Oregon State: Rank - 12th, 5 sacks allowed "Best Oline Coach in America" .... Interceptions thrown: Oregon: Rank - No rank, 1 thrown Oregon State: Rank - No rank, 5 thrown Well, not bad. Actually, pretty good. WTG AB. And now for Defense. Scoring Defense: Oregon: Rank - 49th, 21.8 ppg Oregon State: Rank - 46th, 21.6 ppg Bend AND break? .... Maybe. Maybe not. Could be much better. (Georgia, anyone?) Rushing Defense: Oregon: Rank - 59th, 134.20 ypg Oregon State: Rank - 26th, 106.60 ypg Oh, c'mon! Passing Defense: Oregon: Rank - 113th, 275.20 ypg Oregon State: Rank - 100th, 252.00 ypg No surprise here. Total Defense: Oregon: Rank - 92nd Oregon State: Rank - 61st Nick Aliotti would have something to say about this. Sacks: Oregon: Rank - 70th, 10 sacks Oregon State: Rank - 47th, 12 sacks (there are a lot of multiple way ties) So, yeah... KT was out a bunch. I'm taking the mulligan. Interceptions: Oregon: Rank - 3rd (Tie), 9 Oregon State: Rank - 3rd (Tie), 9 This one surprised me. Time of Possession: Oregon: Rank - 102nd Oregon State: Rank - 32nd *I know Chip Kelly doesn't care about TOP, but that was when he was scoring truck loads of points per game. In Mario World, TOP is of greater significance. According to powerrankingsguru.com, Oregon has a SOS ranked 58th, while the Beavers are 66th. Not much difference there. All in all, I understand that numbers do not tell the whole story, but are a good indicator of where your team is at any given period during the season. If we are to follow that, we must conclude that the Ducks are pretty much on par with the Rodents up the road... In other words, not very good so far this year. As always, Go Ducks!

Ouch!!!! Dang. Poor kid.

Oregon finally gets into a rhythm right as the first quarter ends... Let's hope they can carry the momentum into the second quarter.

Fixed it for you.

Time to pull AB? Or give him time to settle down?

I had a feeling that this was gonna be a let down game for Oregon. They are playing terrible on both sides of the ball. Very sloppy. Ducks are getting exposed. They need to fly straight - like now!

Oregon 24, Furd 38. 3, 2, 225 Sadly.