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    Oregon Football: Ducks Survive Dawgs, Monsoon of Early Miscues

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    The early miscues were the ugly interception and, in my mind, the poor decision to not have a returner back to catch the punt which culminated into the questionable safety. Nine points that were stuck on the scoreboard for a long time, were surmountable.

     

    I loved seeing AB go after it and prevent the TD after the bad pass. I love his guts!

     

    He's a warrior.

     

    I can see why his teammates love him. He's willing to chance getting injured. He's had two major knee injuries but he still risks another for the sake of the team. That's courageous! 

     

    I'm starting to feel like there are stats that don't account for the intangibles (I KNOW that's basically the definition of intangible,  LOL.). But it seems he almost always comes up with some play that cancels out his miscues. 

     

    And so does the team overall. 

     

    As I look back, I didn't have that bad feeling I've had as a Duck fan watching those miscues. I felt uncomfortably confident, they would right the ship.

     

     

     

     

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    Utah

    in Our Beloved Ducks

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    Stanford was deplorable.  Horrible "tackling ". In quotes because they literally looked like they were throwing the game to me because they seemed late to the ball and weren't wrapping up.

     

    I was expecting a lot more from them. The scores in their previous games were respectable.

     

    Anyway, Whittingham's teams over the years seem to be very inconsistent.  When they bring their A game, they can defeat anyone. Then they don't show up the next week.

     

    I think they'll be very tough at home.

     

    One of the more bizarre games the Ducks ever played was in SLC in 2014. The Ducks, 9-1 were rated 4th and the Utes, 6-3 were rated 17th. This is the game where Brown was injured so badly, his life was in danger. And there was the bizarre non-TD by Utah because the WR dropped the ball short of the goal line and Oregon ran it back for a 100 yard fumble recovery TD. 

     

    I'm hoping Oregon is still rated 4th and Utah is rated 17th and the Ducks take care of business and there are no injuries. 

     

     

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    No Thanks: ESPN Predicts Ohio State-Oregon Rematch

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    I don't want to lose a boat, but I think I have the same perspective as Mike. Basically, if I am shooting to be THE BEST, then I want to fear no one. 

     

    I don’t think the Ducks are good enough, yet, to win it all, but if they need to play OSU again or Georgia or whomever and they get their teeth knocked in, they'll learn from first hand experience what it is like to play at the the "next level".  And if they win or play competitively,  it will boost confidence.  It is a win/win.

     

    Alabama, Georgia, OSU, etc. didn't get "there" by playing ACC teams all season, for example. 

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