Desert Duck

Oregon 38-13 3 TOs 4 Sacks 279 passing

100%. I think it definitely was a targeting call, but at a minimum, Addison should have been called for unsportsmanlike conduct following his horrendous hit. His gloating over Ferguson was beyond disgusting. Absolutely loved Dillon's reaction. UCLA played a lot of cheap shot, and dangerous, football.

I just found your write up from 2018 about Jerry's movie "Tranlated." Frankly, I had never heard of it, but I just found it for free on the Roku Channel and I'm looking forward to watching it tonight. I'm sorry for the loss of your friend. He sounds like a very wonderful person and someone I would have liked to have known.

I think that when perhaps a majority of fan expectations/hopes is the National Championship Game, or nothing... And knowing that OSU will be in town in 2 weeks, watching our offense perform nearly lights out for 2 quarters, and then get nearly shut down in the second half, is rather concerning and definitely not satisfying. In fact, if the expectation/hope is to play in NCG, last night, while showing moments of brilliance, was also quite disconcerting and unsettling. We all welcome the W, but nowadays, many just view that as the bare minimum price of admission. Even if it is a 21 point road win. If that had happened 40 years, and at the Rose Bowl, most of us would have been overjoyed. Oh how the times, and especially the expectations, have changed.

And you are correct that our D was the game MVP. They did a fabulous job last night!

Actually, Oregon's D gave up 0 touchdowns last night.

31/38 - 280 yards - 3 TDs - 1 Int

That Boise State win keeps looking better by the week.

It this beatdown on Georgia continues, they should slide down the rankings past OBD.

That's too funny. I didn't know that. I tried to attach a link to a bunch of the Cal players faking injuries in that game, but for some reason could not attach it. I was at that game and the Cal fake injury acting was absolutely unbelievable... and it just kept coming. But somehow, we pulled out one of the ugliest wins I've ever seen... 15-13. https://youtu.be/BEr6tHeuKnA?si=axz877sFYVm_TrWG

The greatest display of faking that I've ever seen by a mile was when we played @ Cal in 2010. It was a beautiful day at Strawberry Canyon, and Cal nearly succeeded in beating us. Here's one of just many fake Cal injuries that day.

I'm kind of wondering, with the number players having 'injuries' in a game, who needs time outs anymore?

If Oregon, Penn, and Utah all win and perform really well, Miami might drop 1 or 2 spots. But it also wouldn't surprise me is they didn't drop at all. I think the powers that be really want a highly ranked ACC team.

Luv these unis. And a yellow out looks so awesome in person, and on TV.

You might need some super-computer time to figure out the winner this time.

VT just got totally hosed.

Oregon 49-17 3 3 311

Go Scarlet Knights! 21-10 with 10 minutes to go.

Sorry... it was a temporary moment of weakness

I like "Scrap-12," but preferably without the 'S.' But if I was seriously looking for a conference name for this group of misfits, I like criticalducks "Pacific Mountain Conference." And I think "Pacific Mountain West" would work as well.

I was quite surprised by the amount of negative Dillion Gabriel talk there was around here during the first couple weeks of the season. Oddly, that also seems to have disappeared.

Bryce Boettcher has arrived in a massive, and timely, manner. This rockstar, 2 sport, former Oregon football walk-on, phenomenal athlete, is a beast stud. If he keeps this up, he's going to have a tough decision to make: MLB or NFL. Or maybe he goes Bo Jackson, and does both. Not to mention, the kid is a South Eugene grad! Go Axemen - Go Ducks!

I suppose it gives us something to talk about. The only team I see that has something to gripe about is USC.

The only thing that I think we can complain about is Miami jumping us and taking the #8 spot. But right now, after our rough outings in weeks 1 & 2, we're about where we should be. Just keep winning, baby, and all will be made right.

Great comments. I agree wholeheartedly with your o-line comments. If we were a couple more games into the season, I could see our team putting up 40 plus points on the Beavis. But it's not, and o-line line needs more time to gel. I think our defense will do rather well today. We're going to win today, but it definitely will not be a thing of beauty. For these reasons, this is why I have Oregon winning 31-20