Desert Duck

Exactly. Win out, and we could get in. And I say this as a guy who is often a glass-half-empty person. So I'm really doing my best Coach Lasso imitation here.

If Coach Lanning and Brandon Staley are not long lost brothers, after what we saw today, I'd almost be shocked. Okay... I'm not exactly serious, but I wouldn't mind seeing a blood test. (sorry, but I find laughter is often the best medicine to conceal my abject pain, plus the cold beer I'm about to grab)

LOL... Stop... you're killin' here. Seriously, I'm laughing so hard I've got tears in my eyes. I remember that Maldonado shank and that one hurt like hell too. I used to say for years that being a Duck football & basketball fan is a lot like being a Cubs fan. But I'm not so sure anymore, as we may have it worse. They at least finally won the World Series.

LOL... Thank you for making me laugh and for your kind response. And we need to have those beers I referenced sometime when I'm up in Eugene.

Charles - With all due respect, I would think that if you are going to publicly isolate one person to call out on the carpet, that it might be Coach Lanning -- who it seemed on multiple occasions was trying awfully hard to do his best Brandon Staley imitation. And yes, Cam pulled it right and it probably was all mental. Cam looked healthy, there was no wind, conditions appeared to be dry, the snap & hold were excellent. And he pulled it right. Crap happens. Sorry, but to publicly call him another Maldenado, is a bit over the top for me. If this conversation was you and me over a couple of beers, then fine. But this is a thread that I would not mind seeing deleted.

I certainly did not see lethargic play by this team today. With all due respect, regarding that part of your comment, I have no idea what you're talking about.

Thank you for the rational voice. There were so many places on the field where we lost that game. It always seems to be the last play that most remember though. But they still played one helluva an exciting game though... even though they about gave heart failure a couple of times.

We're Ducks so we're used to being led to the water, but not getting to drink. What a disappointment. Quite a game though.

Unfortunately, Lanning gambled about 3x too many today. What a shame.

They killin' me. Freaking killin' me.

They'll over-rule this

Stop...

Absolutely! I'm a big fan of 7 syllable words

Might he one of the great timeouts called in the entire history of Oregon football.

A bit if a repayment for those two 1st half 4th down stops on us.

Unfreakingbelievable

100%. Reminds me of Nick Foles

As someone else said, this is quite a game.

It was a weak call... but whether we win or lose this game, it won't be due to the refs.

Yep... spot on.

Like the TT game, we really seem to get stronger as the game goes on. I think these guys are pretty incredibly conditioned. 10 minutes ago, it was looking rather doubtful. Now we're right back in it

Franklin is something special

And it can win you games as well.

Given the situation, I'm good with the second 4th & goal attempt. Lanning came to win.

At this point I like going for it on 4th.