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It seemed like the last Ducks football coach had no Bye week plan, just more building on that toughness.

My first favorite Duck team was basketball, with Steve Belko coaching and Stan Love, Billy Gaskins, Bill Drozdiak playing...then the Kamikaze Kids in , "The Pit", then and always, the best place to watch a game! Love Ducks basketball!!!

This could have something to do with why negotiations between the Pac-12 and ESPN, Fox bottomed out.

I don’t know, they have a hard time answering the phone, I guess. The Michigan AD reported a strange ringing noise in his office to the maintenance department.

Weren't expected but are logical. What?

So far this season, once the Ducks have taken a lead, they've kept it. This is what happens when you aren't employing prevent offense.

This is going to be very fun then! UCLA has had a very favorable schedule, but against Utah they showed what Bill Parcell said, 'You're as good as your record says you are'. I didn't see a weakness in their game against the Utes to exploit.

That would require Washington to be Bowl eligible.

I like the scenario where Oregon wins its games, and USC loses to Utah, UCLA and ends up playing in the Jimmy Kimmel Bowl.

It's contagious at ESPN, David Pollack had WSU as his underdog pick when they played Oregon.

UCLA looks scary good, DTR seems to have been there forever, and as they say, he has a lot of weapons, and the Bruins D [played like Chip's at Oregon, the Utes got a lot of yards, but not many points.

Oregon 52 Arizona 27 3 turnovers 3 sacks 276 passing yards

Great article, lots to ponder. On the Beavs, some Beavs fans could feel that I'm insulting, patronizing them by not hating on them, and they could be right. Everything about Washington makes me sick, while I don't want to lose to the Beavs, a loss to them is more like a step off the curb into a puddle so deep I have wet socks the rest of the day. Red Zone. It's definitely not better when you need to score on a breakaway 60 yards run instead of pushing it in from goal to go at the 9, and penalties are a big part of why it gets tough in closed quarters. If our O Line is truly dominant inside the 10, a touchdown should be automatic.

Oregon Alum here and I've never hated the Beavs, that is reserved for the uskies. I absolutely don't want to lose to them, nevermore than back in the 70's in basketball. But generally, when the Beavs are playing I want them to win.

Great post! It isn't 'touchdown, Bucky Irving!' 3 steps after he gets the ball like it was for LMJ. But Irving has absolutely put the pop back in the running game for the Ducks.

I'll go the other way. Give me Saban's vanilla over Leach's spoiled milk every time.

For me, this is the floor, as bad as it gets for Oregon uniforms. This week's doesn't create a quiver.

I can definitely see that, and from the opposite end, Chip's, "faceless opponent" is myopic. To win consistently I think a team needs to be malleable, to see that adjusting is a strength, not a weakness.

Right along with all the Natty's Alabama has won is there 50 some winning streak against unranked teams. Just looking at it, it isn't that impressive. But, to the point, it's very impressive how Alabama, year after year doesn't let down, Ever Texas, earlier this season would, could, have been an L. But they pulled it out. Last week Georgia was losing to unranked Missouri, but they won at the end. Oregon did it at WSU. That' a good trait to pick up.

Like Willie Mays in the '74 World Series.

I think theeOhio State would get in over the third SEC team. I would guess another round of Alabama, Georgia, Ohio State, Clemson.

Well said. I think the Ducks will continue to improve and be much better than they were in Week 1. But I don't think they improve to elite which is what the teams in the championship game are. So, win the Pac-12, win the Rose Bowl, those are goals within their reach.

I don't dislike Utah, I rooted for them to beat Florida. But in this case, I'm all in for UCLA. UCLA at Oregon, after a BYE, Gameday, Oct.22.

Okay, so WSU is going to take care of USC. Done. But what about Utah at UCLA? If the Bruins are still undefeated after that, Chip has something cookin'.