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Well, Oregon drops its second game in a row, this time losing to #1, Stanford, 70-63, The third quarter was the black hole for the Ducks in this one, go into half, up by one, start the 4th quarter, down 13. Erin Boley's foul trouble hurt, play making and experience were gone with her on the bench. But some great play from Maddie Scheer and Sydney Parrish, kept the Ducks going, as well as from Te-Hina PaoPao. Get those Cal Bears on Sunday, Ducks!

The Ducks face a tough challenge as they go up against Stanford, on the heels of their tough loss against UCLA. this is what happens when you're in, have won 3 times in a row, the toughest conference in the country.

In the first game of Wild card weekend, as the Colts go to Buffalo, 10:00 PST, on CBS.

Very good, Mario, now get some great QB's & RB's to do their stuff behind those guys!

Hopefully, Justin won't have to be as good at this in the coming seasons.

It's very hard to defend the Pac-12 for anything, but saying that it manipulated the schedules to give advantage to Oregon & USC, is right out of Washington's pity bag. By the way, an obvious manipulation of schedules was the one that didn't have Washington playing a road game until they were to play the Ducks, in Autzen. Of course, they ended up not able to play that game. Wilner didn't mention that.

Very true. This season is all about evaluation, not definitive conclusions.

With all due respect to. CJ, Travis & CHB, none of them are the level of running backs that championship teams have. Dollars hasn't shown he is either, but has shown a skill set different from mainstays. The quarterback position is wide open, Shough will have the advantage of experience, limited as it is. If he can come into the spring with a positive attitude, set on being the obvious #1, it would be a huge benefit to the team.

The big problem is that Mario really doesn't think there is a problem. His response after any loss is that it hurt and that the team, the players, the coaches, will work even harder to make sure it doesn't happen again. Never has he given any indication that any adjustments are necessary. With the recruiting success, it will get harder for it not to get better. Mario wants to succeed. He wants to make Oregon the Alabama of the West. Will he take a look at what Alabama has become? The Tide averaged 50 a game this season, their WR won the Heisman, the QB was 3rd, its RB was 5th. That isn't "prevent offense." It's going to be fascinating to watch what happens next season.

If ever anything can be a sure thing, Justin being named, ROTY, should be.

This is really getting boring. Every game the Ducks play in Boulder against the Buffs looks the same. Colorado looks like a final four team, and Oregon looks like anything but #17. They had an 11-0 run in the middle of the first half. But of course it didn't last, the Buffs had the lead at halftime, and put the game away in the first 5 minutes. As ICamel said, every time it looked like the Ducks would get back in, they'd go on another run. Not that it made any difference in the game, it certainly made it worse that the female announcer sounded like she was a student at Colorado.

This is definitely true, and what you said about winning streaks is definitely in play here. The Ducks have a 3 game winning streak going against Stanford, including a 40 point blowout, in their place. This game isn't really at "their" p[lace, but it's clearly a road game for Oregon. It's easy to say that there is a lot more pressure on Stanford in this one. They're #1, they're the experienced team. It isn't that the Ducks have nothing to lose, they certainly aren't going in with that attitude, But, every minute this game goes on, and the Ducks are close, Stanford is going to be the team sweating.

But maybe Pac-12 champion Oregon—which lost a few top defenders, along with Sewell—would've had a better record and a stronger case for a College Football Playoff berth. I'm sure not going to argue with this.

So far, under Dana Altman the Ducks had a lot of success, regular season championships, conference tournament wins, a Final Four appearance. But the one thing they haven't done is beat the Buffaloes in Colorado. They get another chance today, at 2:00 on FoxSport1.

The Ducks are definitely primed to beat the Cardinal. They had a bad game against UCLA, and still almost won. I don't think they liked it, there's a bitter taste in their mouths. I'm sure they respect Stanford, but there's no intimidation.

There hasn't been an Oregon team with as much depth as this season's Lady Ducks. Graves could get an honorary degree in Geometry for putting all the pieces together.

This makes sense, Boise State would be step down for Avalos and Moore, and there's not a Jerry Jones at Oregon for Avalos to get away from.

So, how about Oregon players getting ROTY in the NFL & NBA?

Staring the game at 2:00 is much better than at 8:00, even for a basketball game.

That's how they win championships in Washington. Since it was announced that Oregon would play in the championship game, Wilner, and Andrew Nemec, made it their responsibility to make sure that everybody knew Oregon didn't deserve to be there. After they won? Didn't hear much about Oregon being the second team to repeat as Pac-12 champions since Stanford did it in 2012, 13. No team has appeared in the championship game 3 years in a row.

Angela Dugalic was as close to Sabrina Ionescu as I've seen in the game against UCLA. She almost was enough for the Ducks to beat a very talented, veteran UCLA team, when the Ducks were just off. Many times it looked like the Bruins were going to pull away and turn this game in to a blowout, but Dugalic didn't let that happen.

That's the key. You don't have to look back to what Chip did in the past. Look at what Alabama did this season; led the FBS in scoring, nearly 50 points a game, and the defense held opponents to 20! A wide receiver, Devonte Smith, of Alabama won the Heisman. His teammates, quarterback, Mack Jones, and RB, Najee Harris, finished 3rd & 5th, respectively. Alabama, Ohio State, Clemson, LSU last season, the best teams in football, all have explosive offenses, allowing their playmakers on offense to torch opposing defenses.. It's the way teams get in to the Playoffs now, and the recruiting you've done is getting Oregon to a similar position. Just Do It.

Whenever, and wherever, the game is, Oregon will be there, looking to extend their 3 game winning streak against the Cardinal.

Justin is poised to not only best Marcus in the NFL. but to surpass former Duck, and Chargers quarterback, Dan Fouts. But for meltdowns at the end of games, the Chargers are in the playoffs this season. Next season with a new coach, and key defensive players back, the Chargers will be one of top teams in the AFC.

This is really fascinating to think about. The QB battle is definitely one of big questions about next year. Typically, Shough would have the inside track to be the starter next season. But what did the subbing with Brown in the Fiesta Bowl do to his confidence? Does he see himself as the incumbent? Or, maybe he see's that he has even more to prove than the other contenders. Does he think it will be easier somewhere else?