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It was a win. Nobody got hurt that I noticed. The uniforms were very cool. The game was played after most people were asleep.

Is there a prize for worst prediction? Asking for a friend.

Well...meh.

I think that's right. The Ducks are not up and down, not inconsistent (except for one game). They're just not very good. Why is the question.

No more bye weeks...too much exposure to coaching.

I can't wait for 2023.

Gettin' ugly in the crowd. And in my living room.

Long way to go.

It's a long, long way from over. C'mon, games ebb and flow.

The booing has commenced. Booing AB, the play call, the situation in general?

I have a couple of sieves in my kitchen. I don't need to see one in Autzen.

Charles, getting up in the middle of the night to keep things on the proper path is above and beyond. We do appreciate all you do.

I find it plausible that JoMo strongly believes it’s time for a new QB (and his full offense) and MC overrules him. That would make for certain friction.

Maybe more important, do we have JoMo?

In honor of that split championship, Husky retro uniforms consist only of the top half, just the jersey, paired with Miami pants.

He's an impressive kid in so many ways, and mature way beyond his years. Wish him the best and hope he can hold onto his ideals.

Those whom the gods wish to destroy, they first make optimists. Oregon 45-17, 1, 3, 350

Those uniforms are completely cool. I'm sure the kids (once they get off my lawn) will totally love them. This is one more thing that sets Oregon apart - no one else has the design chops Nike has - and I think it's a great advantage to put these uniforms to work. That helmet is awesome. Winning would help, too.

I know someone whose father's friend works with this dude whose cousin said a guy told him... OTH, there really are such thing as black swans.

I remember going to the USC campus for the first (and only) time and thinking...this dump is what everyone gets so excited about? I like to hate on USC even more than I enjoy hating on the Huskies.

My best case is that the coaches and all the players are as dissatisfied and cranky as we, and since they can do something to fix those things, they come out on fire and kick Cal's butt up and down the field.

Unless I'm missing something, Bradyn Swinson is not on the depth chart for Cal.

Leavitt does not have the star power nor the public relations glow USC thinks it needs to shine in the L.A. media market. They're too enamored of their public image to give the keys to a crusty, old, Pepsi-swilling dude (and I mean that as a compliment).

Hate me for this, but I think there is just way too much angst here about this team. The tenor of the comments has gone, from Ohio State to Stanford, from "Mario is a genius" to "Mario needs to get out of the way or be fired" The unrelenting and, I think the largely undeserved, negativity, is killing some of my interest in talking about the Ducks, but not watching them. The team is ranked 9 in the country and is 4-1, but many here seem to be on the ledge, ready to jump (and take the coaching staff with them). From my perspective, this team should never have been thought of this year as a top 10 team. It's too young, too inexperienced, and now, too injured to be that good. The hype about the Ducks has been largely about their recruiting, which has yet to be borne out (see above for reasons), which I think has let expectations get ahead of reality. Now, all that said, if this team is not really good in 2022 and 2023 and beyond, there is real reason for concern. Sure, there seem to be some coaching issues, but there always are for all us armchair quarterbacks and couch coaches. I'm confident someone will call me a sunshine pumper, but so be it.

Most fans, unlike the group here, are casual fans, and respond to one thing only, winning and losing. They couldn't care less about play calling or being boring. If a team is not winning, regardless if the defeats are 17-14 or 52-51, they'll fade away. A string of three wins, starting with Cal, and I predict the "fans" will be back.