David Marsh

I didn't know this stat... but also... why am I not surprised????

Might be able to throw the ball this game. I wouldn't mind seeing the passing game gets going. Granted... will we have enough receivers to throw to? I hope so... waiting to see McClellan break out.

It's the same amount of games regardless... The bye just moves. If you miss the conference championship game you get. A bye that week but play a week earlier. Worst scenario is making the championship game and losing it and needing to play a first round game anyways.

Exactly! We don't belong here and are disruptive Interlopers!

I'm sure they have some... It might sprinkle and they'll need a full parka and umbrella for that..

I'm sure one has.. Also ... I've seen enough "Duck Hunt" signs at this point for multiple lifetimes. Get more originally people!

Our color pallet is just problematic right now. I'll leave it there because I've said it a million times. These uniforms are fine. They have green and yellow which is nice to see after so much black and white this season.

I feel the no.5 seed is a stretch. Too many SEC teams on the way. Also the 5 seed puts Oregon on the same side as Ohio State still. I would like to only meet them in the title game. I think Oregon can take anyone ranked ahead of them in the rankings.

It's unlikely for us to make the game for sure. I would love to play it and win it but not at the expense of a better playoff run. The format needs to change for sure.

I'd take 6 over 5. I would rather not be on Ohio State's side of the bracket. I think Ohio State will hold onto the No.1 spot as I don't see them losing this year to Michigan and I feel they would probably beat Indiana in the B1G title game. I'd take being on the Indiana side of the bracket for sure... I think we win in a rematch.

Number 6 is the dream spot in all of this... it's possible to hit but not sure how likely.

A decent portion of the national media is on board with Oregon being rough enough. The observant ones have been paying attention to Oregon in the Pac-12. But so many in the B1G that are either B1G centric or team centric just don't know Oregon or seem to want to know Oregon. The four Pac-12 schools were brought into the B1G because the media wanted them. Not so much the conference. Many schools in the conference were resentful about having to travel to the west coast last year and I can't imagine their feels have changed too much this year.

But Washington jumped around at Wisconsin just like Oregon did... Shouldn't that result in a win for them?

Good news... We did just make Iowa hate us and not just for our uniforms. We blocked them from a playoff shot completely now because that's loss number 3. Their other two losses are to in-state and out of conference rival Iowa State and historical B1G member Indiana. We are the newcomer that ruined their playoff chances.

Both ref groups are bad but for different reasons. The Pac-12 refs were flag happy and replay happy. They threw flags at almost any contact all the time. It was frustrating from a Duck perspective because we often wanted to be the more physical team and we'd get flagged for breathing on Washington State receivers funny. Sure they also missed plenty of calls but they threw loads of flags. What made it more difficult from a viewer's standpoint was that they would also go to replay for what felt like forever and did it frequently. Pac-12 refs were really just awful for slowing down the game. Occasionally it felt like they tried to put their thumb on the scale. Namely whenever we were in a close game with Stanford. But it always felt like the biggest Pac-12 ref crime was slowing down the game to a crawl. The B1G refs are the opposite. They rarely throw flags and let things just play out. That is... unless you're a blood blood. Other B1G fanbases warned us upon joining saying the refs and the conference always seemed to work to protect their blue blood teams of Ohio State and Michigan. Remember against Ohio State last year how they didn't take a look at that obvious fumble on Ohio State's first drive? If that fumble stands that's 7 points off the board for Ohio State! Again Iowa I saw Bear Alexander held on a majority of snaps without a call. The no-calls are egregious. Both conferences have/had bad refs but for different reasons.

I mean... Yeah... Oregon is the program that has made the transition to a new conference the easiest and is thriving. Not just in football but other sports as well. But I'd also like to say ... Oregon was fine staying in the Pac-12 if everything were to align to stay. uSC and UCLA jumped ship... Then Colorado... And then the rest of the four corners schools had offers from the Big 12. Washington said they'd leave and they'd need to take us... And we went with it. We were 5th out the door. So if we are finger pointing. Sure we'll take some blame but only what we're due.

I think it really is better. The problems for the defense have often come when the offense has failed to set them up for success. Just think if two more of Oregon's drives ended in touchdowns? They certainly has a couple drives that felt like they should have resulted in points if not for a penalty followed by a third down drop and that third down play that resulted in Dante falling down. Those two drives score touchdowns... And the defense looks even better. That final drive by Iowa should have been stopped for sure. But holding an opponent to 16 points is darn good.

It also feels like the refs are a bit in on it too. I said feels like ... I'm not promoting a conspiracy. Bear Alexander was held for so much of the game without a flag. There were some non flag PIs Iowa got away with. Meanwhile... Oregon got dinged on a PI call that was a non call. We did probably get away with a PI in there too but still. Did Iowa really play zero penalty football? Yes, they had one with kicking the ball out the end zone for the safety but the safety would have potentially happened anyways... So I'm not counting that one. But Iowa didn't play a zero penalty yards game. Make no mistake we are not welcome in the B1G still.

Davison was one of the names mentioned as being a bit dinged up before the game. He was going to play but I think they were going to try and limit him a bit. Though I LOVED the two runningback packages as Davison and Hill on the field together make a great combo... It was the combo on the field that scored the only Duck touchdown yesterday.

I think what happened was that Dante was exposed in terms of his receiver target preferences. His 1A and 1B Dak and Sadiq were out and then 2 Bryant goes out and he just looked a bit uncomfortable in terms of who throw to. Johnson stepped up big at tight end and he'll be deadly for years to come. McClellan is growing into a big threat but he a had a big time drop on third and long that should have been a clutch first down. Benson, probably 2b or 3, was quiet for most of the game until he wasn't and made some big time plays. I think Dante is going to have to work with this receivers a bit more and build some more trust outside of 1a and 1b. Probably didn't help matters that the first series was three incomplete passes. 1 was Dante's fault, 1 was Whittington's fault and 1 was kinda a mix of both sides where the ball placement wasn't great but the receiver could have still got it. Then wrap it up with an end zone interception and... Yeah the passing game has some work to do without Dak and Sadiq. Also... Do we move Whittington to receiver? https://fishduck.com/2024/10/should-noah-whittington-switch-to-receiver/

or or or... did you you know... Bryce Boettcher plays baseball?????

Get to the 7 min mark in the unafraid show and he says that the officiating was atrocious.

I saw too many and I haven't sat down to study the film. They were also super generous with all the short yardage gains for a first down for Iowa. That fourth down pile didn't look like he made it... But they gave it.. And there was another tackle on a RB in there that he might have barely gotten the line to gain but they placed the ball an extra yard for him. Feels like we are certainly on the outside of the conference still.

No... From what I've seen these injuries emerged from this last week of practice. Dak had a non-contact injury which sucks but they happen sometimes. Harley with a twisted ankle... They also happen not sure there's much a S&C coach can do to prevent that from happening. Sadiq apparently was begging to play today but from a health perspective they said no. He's been dinged up but from the sound of it he's played through it.

I'll rewind and say that drive had several bad defensive plays. 3 and long and Iowa gets a long pass. Fourth down and they get another long pass. Yeah that lady play stings as it resulted in points but that drive should have ended long before that play.