Dr Hilarius

I’m with you @Desert Duck. I hold my breath every time Nix keeps it. And the dude doesn’t slide—he lowers his shoulder. 👎 But he rarely fails.

I respectfully disagree. There are only 3 top 25 B1G teams, so at best, a 1-loss non champ will have 2 top 25 wins. A 1-loss Pac champ will likely have 4 top 25 wins.

@Charles Fischer For once, the Pac is getting respect. A 1-loss Pac champ will get in before a 1-loss B12 champ or a 1-loss non-champ. The B12 is nowhere near as good as the Pac, and it’s not even debatable.

Is it just a coincidence that we play a top-25 team, blow them out, then the win is less valuable? 3 times this season already

Those huddles on the first few series were chef’s kiss!! The Ducks took the crowd and the Utes’ DC out of the game on the (2nd—oops) snap in the game.

WaPo Agrees The Ducks are a complete team.

Are there any stat geeks out there who know the last time OR held THREE opponents to under 7 points in a season? Let alone in only 8 games? Also, Portland State scored more on the Ducks than Prime, Ferd, and Utah did. Just sayin…

U$C will not be ranked tomorrow. 🤣🤩

I am salivating for the U$C game—it could be a bloodbath. Whoever said on another thread that in the game against U$C, “Utah didn’t find its offense, it found U$C’s defense,” is a genius. We can’t overlook Cal, though, it will likely be more competitive than U$C.

Wow—I missed that. Excellent!!🏆

Congratulations @TerryM9!! You nailed the score… 42-6 🏆

I am curious how far off all the score predictions were this game. Did anyone see keeping the Utes out of the endzone?

Wow—I did not have TT on the field on my bingo card.

Seriously, I turn away for a second and Utah is already punting.

I really was not expecting this. Still a lot of football left, but I’m glad I’m a Duck fan.

K Jackson spotted in the field

Loving the huddle!!

Sweet! looks like they’re booting OK off Fox

I love the question, my answer is, “No.” Everyone else sucks and is overrated.

While I’m riding the Williams hate train, I posit that all of his snottiness was on display last year, and the sports media crowned him the-best-player-in-football anyway. It further proves the sports media’s superficiality and why so many Heisman winners flunk out of the NFL.

2 data points to support your great assertion: - He sharpied “FUDGE UTAH” (hint, not fudge) on his fingernails for last year’s pac championship. It was prominent enough that I saw it a bunch of times throughout the game. It was not even clever—just pure vulgarity. - After he was sacked for a safety against Tulane, he sat pouting on the sidelines and didn’t even watch his defense get rolled for the loss. I don’t care how dangerous a scorer you are, if you’re a snot, you’re bad for business. That Riley coddles this behavior just further proves Riley is not a serious person.

On paper, UU in SLC seems like the toughest, but this year’s Civil War will be one for the record books. The emotion will be off the charts. 2 top-10 teams? Totally possible. Winner goes to Vegas? Totally possible. Uiagalelei sacks Uiagalelei to seal the win? For sure!

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Thanks for those quotes, @Charles Fischer! It just occurred to me that I really like all the PAC coaches this year. I can’t stand Riley, but I love him for U$C.

I hesitate to opine on this bc I don’t want to jinx it, but Dickert is correct on this point.