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This. Some will argue OSU now has the best loss in the country, not Oregon. When we lost we only dropped one spot. OSU will NOT fall below us on Tuesday. Similar worst case scenario will be Alabama beating Georgia by a couple of points. How far will Georgia fall? If things get really ugly this way, I could see the committee throwing up their hands and just sticking with zero and one loss conference champions to spread the wealth in the final season of the stupidly restrictive 4 team playoff with 5 conferences. Then it is just a matter leaving out the least competitive conference/conference champion.

It's going to be tough for Nix to win with a final performance like that by Jaden Daniels to beat A&M. It's a weird argument/comparison to make between Nix and Daniels. Is it better to make the biggest impact for your team compared to have a hypothetical crappy QB, or is it better to get your team to win more important games that really needed the expertise relative having a hypothetical average QB? Absent that, it is a stats comparison which people ignore number of minutes played, and ignore the impact he has as an on field coach helping the coaching staff.

I will say this, we match up talent and schematically much better with the Beavers than the Huskies. I would say they are at opposite ends of the matchup spectrum. That being said we should still win, but I am not expecting this to be a dominant win, just a close win.

Ah man. I didn't think that was the best job for Smith either, but it's done now.

It took 4 games, but DL finally won a rivalry game. Here is to him turning over a new leaf of never losing a rivalry game.

If Bama was a single option I would pick them, but Michigan would be a fun game. Maybe they are trending down now, but they were the most similar team to us for most of the year.

It's a pretty classic reaction across football that anyone that beats Oregon must be really good and anyone that Oregon beats must not be very good. It's been that way for a decade. It's a tell that they just don't like the new kid on the block. With the way Lanning is building this team and bringing a wrecking ball to the Big 10 2.5 team dynamic I believe that will begin to fade rapidly.

That was easily the most conservative play call of DL's HC career to punt on 4th and 3 from the 40ish yard line.

YES! Turn over on downs. Need another score for the beauty contest! Dominate!

I hope our running game can tire out the Beaver D. They are never on the field this much, except in practice.

Thank you Manning! Great 5* play man. Staying step for step down the field with these fast receivers. We need him confident going into next week.

Dolorus again. I remember seeing his high school tape and how he just had a determined nose for the ball. He was special then, despite his low star rating. Texas dominated Texas Tech. We need to dominate through the finish to keep our playoff dreams in sight. Can't let them back in the game.

Right down the middle. Camden may have caught a bit of determination after the pathetic miss. He knows dang well he is better than that. Enough is enough. Then he shanks the kickoff out of bounds. Jeesh.

Such a big stop. We need to wear down their OLine. Just keep overwhelming them.

He looked a little pissed the way he kicked it too. I'll take it as a good sign. Beavers get the ball to start the 3rd. We need to stick with our strategy of making DJ beat us rather than Jonathan Smith.

Bo for Heisman baby.

Ugh. Missed. A pick 6 would be nice about now.

Franklin and Tez are un-guardable.

4-0 on possessions. Keep going. Can't back off until the 4th quarter ends!

JS said every possession matters, and he is absolutely right. Ducks up 2-0 right now. Keep going.

That drive was such a DL thing to do. Give them a taste of their own medicine first thing. So in your face.

Ty's elbow was hit on the interception. I'm not holding that against him. There are still a few throws he needs to work on his accuracy and he is late getting the ball out to the open receiver too. If you extrapolate his improvement from last year through to next year, it is conceivable he can play well enough to be the guy.

Ducks 46-17 3 4 415

Today begins the revenge tour...a dish best served cold.

I think his technique is decent, he just doesn't have D-1 speed to make up for being the slightest bit out of position like Addison does.