Dr Hilarius

And Utah is the highest 2-loss team. The Pac getting a little credit.

I could not agree more. This team shows discipline that we haven’t seen in a long time. Penalties were cleaned up in 1 week.

It was pathetic. Good news is the coaches simplified things, and it’s much improved.

FG Lumber would have been the winner under the prior scoring. I added the score to demonstrate that the point spread gives a less accurate picture of the game that was played. IMHO

Actual Ducks 45 Furd 27 @EastBayDuckDad Ducks 48 (delta 3) Furd 27 (delta 0) total delta = 3 @Mic Ducks 45 (delta 0) Furd 24 (delta 3) total delta = 3 @FG Lumber Ducks 35 (delta 10) Furd 17 (delta 10) total delta = 20 IMHO, the official “we-won-by-x-TDs” is harder to get perfect but is a less accurate picture of how the game was played.

I think the closest to the actual score is more important than the point spread. EBBD and mic tie for first. On to the tie breakers…

coaches can be very risk-averse and close-minded

Ducks 42-10 4 turnovers 6 sacks 420 yds passing

That sure was a satisfying smackdown of the Fuskies.

Another former-duck-assistant-goes-back-to-alma-mater-to-head-coach fail.

For some strange reason I never thought the Ducks were out of the game. It’s not a brag, but a reflection of how much had changed in 3+ games. If Mari were running the show, I prob would have turned it off after the 3rd. But Dilly had the O moving all game. And there’s no question that the Ducks have more quality depth than the Cougs. So I kept the faith that we could/should win the 4th quarter. (Mari wouldn’t have scored 29 points in the whole game, let alone in less than a quarter.) But those are just the logical reasons. There’s also just something different about the way this team plays. They carry themselves differently. They make mistakes but don’t implode. They just do their business. They seem to be channeling different emotions. This new culture is led by DL, but the tragedy of Spencer Webb has surely changed the outlook. Both Utah and tOSU had 2 of their best seasons after losing teammates. I know I would be extra motivated to play every second of every game my friend couldn’t play in.

GA got spanked by AL 41-24 last year in the SEC champ game but dominated the Natty against that same AL team a few weeks later. Good coaching and players’ determination can fix things in a hurry. The last 2 data points have shown fundamentals and solid progress. Regardless, we are headed the right direction….

Streaming is the only option I have in LA to watch the Pac-12 Oregon channel. Spectrum only carries the Pac-12 LA channel. Watching re-runs of USC gymnastics while the Ducks are playing football is infuriating.

A) Only 48 penalty yards B) TDs on the last drive of first half and the first drive of the second half That’s how you win the Pac. We haven’t seen that consistently since the CK years.

I am looking forward to the Fishduck article explaining the RB situation. They start w a rando transfer who proceeds to miss two catches before even getting a hand-off. Then they switch RBs every drive or more, and the team’s top returning RB doesn’t get meaningful touches ‘til garbage time.

This is the point where the game goes on mute.

what? bo nix kick??!

Is Connorly playing?

who is irving??

I love the invisible green uniforms

The art of the back-handed compliment…

Pardon my tangent, but I have a working theory that the only game Mari allowed the OC to fully plan and execute (maybe be ever in 4 yrs) was tOSU game bc of the OC’s experience playing them at Penn State. It would explain why that game at the shoe was such an outlier and why the OC became so disgruntled.

I would consider a timeout before the first play from scrimmage in Atlanta a failure.

This!! I am a broken record, but I watched these games… Riley, Williams, and OK looked like whiners compensating for their ineptitude by accusing the refs, the opponents, the voters, and everyone else of being unfair. There is no there there. USC managed to find the perfect HC/QB pair to fit into its all-hat-no-cattle culture. I look fwd to Riley/CW/USC being exposed as pac-12 mediocrity for the next 2 seasons. I am a 3rd-generation Duck, and I was brought up to cheer for the Ducks first and the Pac second. So I held my nose and cheered for Darnold to beat Penn in the Rose Bowl. Thank goodness I never have to do that again!!

I’ve turned my hubby into a Duck-in-law.