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Oregon D playing with their hair on fire. I love it.

Ugh good play by Utah, wasted opportunity for Oregon.

IKR? But I think that decision was partially based on confidence in his line and partially wanting to test out Oregon's.

Nice stop by the defense!

You have to really appreciate Nix's patience, leadership, and overall command of the offense on the field. Veteran play at its best.

I don't know about that. If you're a highly touted 5* QB recruit then you should be able to at least compete for QB1 or QB2 right away and coaches would have that as a reasonable expectation. If it's 3 years later and you're still not showing any concrete signs that you're "the man" then it's likely not going to work out. I'd also argue that Brown was a decent QB but like Herbert was hamstrung by Cristobal's stone age offense.

I don't think we need any more RBs...Noah is going to come back next season along with Dante Dowell and Jayden Limar. Add in any recruits for 2024 (most likely Jason Brown Jr. and Da'Juan Riggs) and you have a ridiculously stacked room. Like Kamikaze Kid mentioned, I'd rather they look at another veteran QB transfer to add some much needed experience to the QB squad after Bo leaves.

Oregon, 34-21, 2, 3, 224 This game won't be determined until the 2nd half of the 4th quarter, until then it'll be a nail-biter!

Can you imagine Whittingham with Oregon's resources? He'd run roughshod over the entire conference!

I think it would be a good idea for DL to find another mentor-type figure to bring on as an analyst to help out Will Stein. He's very intelligent and adaptable but is still rather green as an OC and it shows at times as we're all aware. TBH if someone like Mark Helfrich or Scott Frost wanted to consult part time for a year in that sort of role, I'd be all for it.

I feel like the hiring of Mike Cavanaugh is the most understated staff addition of the year. It wouldn't be surprising that his experience and guidance has directly led to substantial growth of Alique as a position coach.

Honestly I think the key to the game will be Nix pulling the ball and running. He has hardly done that at all this season and with a defense like Utah's, it's an absolute must to use that to spread it out thin so that opportunities can be created more easily for the running backs. Subsequently that opens up passing opportunities when they try to stop the run.

Bless you!

I think you hit it on the head. Occum's Razor....he works his butt off and it's the middle of the season and just into the meat of the toughest part of the schedule. He's probably just exhausted and maybe has a cold because it's that time of year. Dude needs a day off to recharge.

Calling USC's defense average is being very generous.

Cuz, um, he's all about the academic prowess...

You can bet NFL GMs and HCs notice this kind of stuff. It's shows a huge difference in maturity and character, particularly between Bo and Caleb.

If he did that I think a lot of NFL GMs are going to seriously question his work ethic. His draft stock would tank.

ASU was also sending 5 linemen to pressure Pennix often, resulting in him having to scramble out of the pocket and throw under pressure while moving. That greatly diminished his accuracy and made the job easier for the DBs.

Oops I meant Jaden Rashada. It's getting hard keeping track of all the players nowadays...at least for me lol

If Jaden De Laura were not injured they definitely would've had the upset of the year.

We absolutely should enjoy it. Every time USC does a face plant an angel gets its wings!

Hehe 😄

Evidently that Herbert block was worthy enough (and hilarious enough) to warrant its own article! Washington State defender falls asleep, gets rocked as Oregon stretches lead SATURDAYOUTWEST.COM Washington State fell asleep and Oregon made it pay in a major way in the second half.

2:20PT is a bit of a weird time from the norm.