Desert Duck

I hate to say it, but that grieving-loser UW fan is somewhat right.

The Huskies remind me a bit of Nebraska. They once played some pretty good football, in a land far, far, away.

Can this be the time of the Duck? Sure. Absolutely. If Oregon can put together four solid quarters on both sides of the ball, we win the game. It's that simple. But, while very doable... that is a big "if."

I'd like a requirement for "winningest head coach" of 4 years, and as head coach at the same school. I wasn't sure we'd ever have another Oregon coach with a good shot of exceeding Chip Kelly's 4 year winning record of 86.8%. But Lanning is certainly going for it. After 3 years, 87.3% is just crazy nuts.

Props to Indiana for breaking the curse of the bye. And breaking it in style.

Well... the clown certainly got the clicks he was looking for.

Well... I don't think Indiana's defense is going to be any easier than TT's. Next game, if our offense doesn't show up, we'll be headed home.

Somebody needs to break the so-far 0-6 playoff 'Bye' curse. Perhaps it will be Indiana.

It would be an interesting study to attempt to determine when degradation begins. I'm guessing you're right and that it's about 14 days. After that, I think it starts working against a team.

Just the 3rd Oregon defensive shutout in the last 13 years. So unbelievably impressive. And what makes this all the more amazing to me is that it comes on the heels of giving up 500+ yards to JMU.

Our offense has got to figure some things out before we play our next game. 1 offensive TD on a short 5 yard field, is not going to cut it next time. But holy crap... our defense has just been insane today. Nobody in their right mind predicted that our defense would hold the high octane TT offense to 0 points.

So true. And yet, somehow, here we are... 23-0 -- against a team that supposedly had one of the best offenses in the nation. Amazing. Our defense was beyond nails. What a wild and rather bizarre switch between our offense and defense between this game and the JMU game.

"Bye-Bye" -- As in 0-6... so far. This ridiculous playoff format has got to be changed.

The crazy thing is that with a net of 3 TOs going our way, and how dominate our defense has been, we should be up by about 28 points. Our offense has got to figure some things out before we play our next game. 1 offensive TD on a short 5 yard field, is not going to cut it next time. But holy crap... our defense has just been insane today. Nobody in their right mind predicted that our defense would hold the high octane TT offense to 0 points.

Too soon. While unlikely, TT still could win this. One more offensive series and then pull Dante.