MikeJ

Whew! I have to admit I was panicking a bit, but who can blame Oregon fans for that given recent history. Great news.

Looks like that newscast is real. Unless this guy Kamerman is completely up in the night the odds of Lanning leaving in my mind just went up to extremely likely. I'm really just sick of this tired old routine happening to us every other year. Constant state of recovery. It's just old.

I agree completely Nautique Duck, and Burch going down really hurt us in the championship game.

Ugh. What a horrific use of those 4 shots at the end zone. Only one actual shot taken at a receiver and it was a super low chance floater fade.

I have a sick feeling that this is the Pac-12's year to win the championship. Should have been us.

Bucky clearly isn't himself. He's going for 2 yards/carry. Jordan James 7 yards/carry. Why didn't we use Jordan coming out after that rest? That possession was critical.

Agreed ArkiDuck. Then let's see Jordan James a little in the second half. Zero carries in the first.

I wish we'd run it more in the first half. We have 25 yards rushing. 8 attempts. Bucky has had some of his biggest games against Washington this year and last. We just look one dimensional. We need a more balanced attack in the second half. But if something doesn't change with our pressure and/or secondary play on defense, it may not matter.

I'm sure I'm probably up in the night on this and it isn't a factor, but I wish we hadn't been favored by 9.5. One team out there seems pissed off and one team seemed (for most of the half anyway) like they expected to cruise to a win.

That drive was worth more than 7 points. Signs of life and waking up a little I hope. We start the second half with the ball. Quite a hill to climb at this point though the way these teams are playing. Ugh.

One team looks like it had an extra day of rest.

Well, we missed 3 tackles there, but at least their receiver fell down on his own.

If we don't get a stop here this game is in danger of being over. 3 points in a half?

Just not getting any pressure on Penix.

It just feels like we're leaning heavily on the pass and forcing things into tight windows without letting plays develop, first option only.

It's painful watching the mediocrity on both sides of this Florida-FSU game and knowing FSU is still in the running.

I hope not, but I hear you Charles. tOSU losing close today, the recent talk about Texas getting into the playoff, and Alabama pulling it out, it just gives you a nervous feeling.

Probably better UW won. There were a couple key plays where Cam could have easily taken off running for a first down and didn't for some reason, leading to punts. A few missed interception chances also. UW looked so shaky.

Ugly win indeed. The bad: lackluster performance, at Autzen, with too many penalties (although I thought we drew some ticky-tack calls), and the offense managed to score fewer points against SC than Colorado, Cal, Arizona, Washington, ND. Some genuinely weird play-calling as well. The good: if you're going to have a sloppy, flat, under-performing game, doing it in a win is good. And Bucky is OK (big scare there). Clearly Lanning and Nix weren't happy with the performance, so maybe a good reminder/wake-up call approaching the Civil War.

I've been a Utah fan for almost as long as I've been a Duck fan (and always root for Utah unless they're playing Oregon). I graduated from Oregon in 1990 and from grad school at Utah in 94, have lived in Salt Lake for 32 years. I'll miss the games against the Utes and the Pac-12 schedule at Rice-Eccles Stadium. Utah is a great program and is going be at or near the top of the Big-12 on a regular basis.

I think Utah will contend for the Big 12 title right away and probably win the conference as much as any team going forward. TCU and Utah will be vying for it for a while. The Utes will have a great chance to make the CFP.

Congrats to Matt. I'm not sure how much of the load he was carrying as co-defensive coordinator, but it represents the loss of another high-level member of the staff. I'm hoping for not only a great new coach/recruiter, but someone we can keep for a good stretch of time. The ability to attract great coaches carries with it the likelihood they'll get poached and move on to bigger opportunities, but stability is also important. Observing Utah over the years (I've lived in Salt Lake City since graduating from Oregon), coaching stability is one thing they've really benefited from.

I agree Smith72, that one really frustrated me because I'm literally talking at my TV set before that play that we need to just run it again. They couldn't stop the run. We had 2 timeouts and 40 sec left, 2nd and 5 from their 16. Just don't put it at risk. Heartbreaking.

Ugh. I don't know why we didn't run it there. They haven't been able to stop the run, we have 45 sec, 2 timeouts left, and have 2nd and about 5 from the 15 or so. Why put it at risk.

I was sad to see him go. I know we're loaded at RB now, but I thought he looked fantastic last year and was set to be our top back. I think he's going to be great for Cal.