DanLduck

Steven A, For the record, I almost picked uw and I had the exact score! But, alas, I could not do it. I guess I too watched the first game over too much. I also love all your posts and appreciate all you do to help this site. I know you're a true blue (green) Duck fan. OK, bring on Liberty.

IMHO, UW made better adjustments from 1st game. They brought in an extra blocker every time and picked up the delayed linebacker blitz. They tweeked something on their quick out passes so that our lb's were blocked when they reacted quickly. We slowed these down much more in 1st game. I think our db's did a great job. Probably the best group of WR's in CFB, and a QB that throws laser guided missiles. You cant stop them, you can only try to minimize them. But our run defense gave up too much. I also think they keyed on stopping Bucky so well that he started doubting and he played poorly for him. I think for whatever reason, Bo was not his best. Even then he was pretty amazing. All in all, we played perhaps worst game of the year, and lost by 3 pts to a very good team. We are a very good team. Gotta give credit to UW. They did beat us. The officiating didn't cost us. We didn't make a lot of mistakes. 3 of 10 3rd downs, gotta give some credit to defense. I hate losing. I hate losing to UW more. But our guys had a great run and an amazing year. Our coaches will keep learning and improving. Our recruiting classes will continue to be great. We are on the right trajectory. Sco Ducks!

This too has been a concern for me about this game. UW has had too many obvious gratuitous calls go there way this season that have helped them win close games. Their db's seem to get away with more interference then our db's. You would think the Pac12 refs would want to be auditioning for jobs in the B1G, as they will need more refs! Well, can only deal with what you can control. Here's hoping for a well officiated game.

The portal isn't even open yet. No "official" offers from schools can be made, thus no NIL offers can be made. This is all speculation ar best, more likely a hoax to spread discontent before tonight's game. FEBU

Oregon 38 - 35 1 - t/o 2 - Saks 325 - yds pass. CAM Lewis kicks winning FG

I think I read Utah's QB is returning, Cam Rising. Would be his 7th year I think. What kind of degree is he working on?

Making 2020 a free year gave everyone extra time if they wanted it. But man, I've never seen so many 5+ year seniors! However, if anyone can use another year to develop, it's DJU. He has the physical attributes, big body, strong arm, but he has yet to put it all together on the field. Good luck to him. Maybe MSU?

Pretty interesting that it all comes down to this one game. Which is exactly what we wanted this past September. If Bo plays great, he should win the Heisman. We win only if Bo plays great. That makes him pretty outstanding in my book. My hope is Bo and Troy and Tez light it up fri night and our entire d line make it to Penix often. Then all this teams hard work will bring the goal to fruition, playing for and winning a natty.

With the expanded playoff, there should be fewer player defections like there are now for bowl games. It will diminish regular season a little, can't help that, but will encourage many more teams to fill those last 8 spots. So I think it's actually a bigger win. I think that adding the wildcard spot in MLB added a ton to many teams season, and to all those fans. I see the same thing happening for college football. And with all the changes, conference wise, NIL, transfers, etc, CFB needs all the help they can get.

Kids change their mind all the time. Playing for championship on a winning team still matters more then nil. At least to the better players. This doesn't mean Colorado is losing everything, it just means some of the hype is settling down. Reality has a way of doing that. If neon Dion continues to rely on transfer portal for his front line guys as opposed to recruit and develop, he will have a steady diet of 4 - 8 seasons.

With Oregon at #5, highest ranked 1 loss team, a win over #3 UW puts them in guaranteed. Bama at #8 would only make it to #4 with a win over UGA. FSU lost its starting QB, they will struggle with Louisville. Quite possibly lose. But with a win, FSU is in. Michigan will win, they're in. Texas will win, but if Bama wins UT will be out cuz Bama will have a better win, as OSU is ranked #18, and the SEC bias will give Bama the edge. Unless, if Texas wins huge, and Bama doesn't, they might get in over UA. Either way, we are in with a victory over #3 UW and Pac-12 championship.

It's not every day you get a chance at a re-do. And yet, here we are! I think we win and cover, but, I think UW has some kind of mojo going for them this year. It's very hard to go undefeated, in fact this is first and only time since we went to 12 teams someone has. And yet they have not looked great doing it, but they still got it done. Like I said, some kind of mojo. When you're outplayed, and still win? So I'm a little concerned. I think we need Bo to be the mvp of this game and be as sharp as he has ever been. We have played hard every week, no reason to doubt now. And our DB's will need to play great.

But wins and losses at season end resonate more.

Assume the following: Michigan wins. FSU wins. Oregon wins. Texas wins. Alabama wins. The final poll is: #1 Michigan #2 FSU #3 Oregon #4 Alabama Reason, Texas beat #18 OSU Alabama beat #1 UGA Texas gets the Fiesta. Big 12 weak conference.

I also think if Alabama wins they move to #4. So, Mich wins, they're #1. FSU wins they're #2 Oregon wins they're #3. Texas wins and 'Bama wins, Texas gets the Fiesta. Reason, UA beat #1 UGA, Texas beat #18 OSU.

This basically guarantees the Ducks make the playoff with a win over the hated Huskies. Awesome. OK. Take care of business Ducks. Win in Friday!! Woo hoo! Scooo Ducks!!

Interesting stat: 2023 was lowest forced turnover year by half, compared to 2010 and 2012. Yet our points per game are very close to those 2 years. Our high point total for those 2 years was due in part to high # of turnovers leading to short fields. But this year we still scored a high average per game with half the # of turnovers. Suggests to me a very efficient offense. Well done Will Stein Well done Bo Nix. Well done Ducks!!

Oregon, Texas, Alabama all won. Only Oregon beat a ranked team. Alabama needed a lucky bounce. Nothing changes the order of those 3 from the past week. So going into championship week, Oregon is still highest ranked 1 loss team. Oregon beats UW, a top 4 ranked team, they're in. Undefeated Michigan is in. Winner of SEC is in. Oregon will be in. Last place a toss up between undefeated FSU from the weak ACC or 1 loss Texas from weak Big12. Only way this changes is if chaos reigns supreme and several underdogs win championship. IMHO.

I don't think coach Lanning's loyalty is such he would jeopardize a win for any one person. My guess is they don't have a good enough replacement for Cam. So, I think our best bet as fans is to send Mr Lewis positive vibes in any way, shape or form we can. He is what we got, so someone send him your lucky rabbits foot.

Teams slammed D'anthony Thomas all the time, no penalty. Pac-12 refs must resent Oregon for the demise of the Pac too.

Those beavus helmets!

I agree. My prediction was 45 - 17. It's a matter of who wants it more, and which team is better prepared. Oregon has played to its standard pretty much every game. The guys look prepared and ready every week. I see no reason for that to change tonight. I'm hoping for an onslaught to make last year's debacle a distant memory. Let's send our seniors out victorious.

He isn't going to make 10M per year in the big. He won't leave till they fire him.

I was there! It was wonderful !!

My favorite was 2010 at Reser. It is the only Civil War I have attended in person. My wife and I returned from our Hawaii vacation that day, and just made it in time for the start of the game. Very first play for OSU resulted in a sack by Casey Mathews. A nice start. We won 37 - 10 and went to the first BCS championship game against Auburn. After the game, we stood at center field and took a selfie standing on the Beaver. All in all, a great memory.