Desert Duck

Great to see the Ducks continue rolling through the regular season. 49 points of offense, while nice, was to be expected. Especially given that of the 8 teams that have spanked Colorado, all but one have scored 40+ points on them. Regardless, it was another very solid win. But now comes the final push meat grinder: UW, Utah, @ OSU. Huge props to the Duck players, and to the coaching staff. This could end up being one of the most miraculous turn-around seasons ever. Two months ago, if you tired to tell me Oregon would be 8-1, I would have laughed at you. Fortunately, the joke is on me 🙂

Not a bad first Bo Nix half. 15/17 - 225 yds - 2 TDs - 0 Ints

Parties in "ongoing communication." Perhaps more like Ongoing Desperation.

Makes Bo's decision to bolt fron Auburn look even smarter.

That's exactly what I called as well. But Bo blew out my passing yard total.

EastBayDuckDad 41-24. Well done... again. And hopefully, as an East Bay guy, you were able to go to the game.

Why would you leave Nix in?

I predicted 24 points for Cal. I need 6 more points out of Oregon.

Please pull Bo out now. 27/35 - 412 Yds - 3 Passing TDs - 3 Rushing TDs - 59 Yds rushing

I'd like to see 13 more points from Oregon and 7 more points from Cal... since my predicted score is 48-24. But I don't think that's going to happen. That first quarter killed my prediction for total Oregon points.

Agreed. It doesn't feel like to me that so far we have 35 points and 501 yards of total offense, and Bo heading toward 400 yards passing.

We are quite good... against Pac-12 competition.

4 quarters and 4 OTs... and the result against an average at best UV team is 14 points.

Oregon will win, but it's a shame our defense is so soft and appears to have decided to mail it in today.

After getting up for UCLA and playing so well, so far, it looks like our team may have decided that they'd mail this one in.

Why would you stop running the ball? The run was crushing it.

BYU has completely fallen off the map.

Prior to UG, when was the last time we traveled 3 time zones to play an away game. I believe it was last year against OSU. I'm just not buying the impact that the time zone thing has on these kids. It's not exactly like they're traveling by wagon train, or even on the dog... aka Greyhound. And they're only there for a few days so it's not like they're even having to adjust to the time where they are visiting.

One thing I know is that the ASU football program is a total dumpster fire. Even though Dillingham is an Arizona native, ASU alum, with deep roots down here, I hope he realizes that if ASU come calling, he needs to treat it as if a Greek Siren is beckoning him. Cover your ears, Kenny, and avert your eyes. ASU is where coaches now go to die.

It was the Gawds-of-Football!

Here's what I know for certain... It would not be 49-3

"#AGTG I an blessed to receive an offer from the University of Oregon" Kid... you'll be 100x more bless if you accept the offer.

Oregon 48-24 3 4 288 Cal scored 13 points... against Colorado 2 weeks ago. They only scored 21 points against the Huskies last week, and everyone is putting up big points against the Puppies (Arizona put up 39 points on UW two weeks ago). Cal averaged 15 points per game against Notre Dame, WSU, CO, & UW. I just don't see them scoring much against our D. But it will be a perfect football weather day (69 & sunny), so I'm giving them 24 points. Plus, we'll be putting in a lot of backup players late in Q3, and most of Q4.

But Mullen's did listen to Joey & Co. Apparently, he put the full-court press on Wilcox (yes, another misplaced sports metaphor), made multiple offers, and Justin thankfully said no both times. I think the Gawds of college football have smiled on Oregon several times over the last few years. First, there's the fact that Florida came calling not once, but thankfully twice, to relieve us of Sunshine State heavy-duty anchor/baggage. Then, Justin said no to the Ducks. Followed by Lanning saying yes.

What a great article. I've never read Goodman's stuff before but based on this piece, he is an excellent writer. Loved this comment: "Think about it this way, all you Bo Nix truthers out there living in the world and walking into glass doors. If Nix is playing with Pac-12 players, then shouldn’t that make him worse?" In other words, if the Pac-12 stinks so badly, logically, Pac-12 receivers would have to be subpar too. So why, post-game one, is Bo completing passes at a rate of 75%, has a 17-1 TD to INT ratio, and has the 6th-best QBR rating in college football? Goodman poses a great question. I'll be honest, in June when Darren Perkins wrote the FishDuck article titled, "Is Bo Winning the Heisman a Total Pipe Dream," I thought Darren might have been hitting a different kind of a "Pipe." But here we are nearly five months later, and there is all kinds of talk -- way beyond just us Duck fans -- about Bo as a realistic Heisman candidate. I now find myself bowing down a bit to the "Prophet Darrin." Nix and Herbert are reminding me of each other in that they prove that the wrong coaches and program can pretty much destroy a great player, but that great coaches will elevate and free them to rise to almost unbelievable levels. Cristobal nearly destroyed Justin, until Cristobal virtually had no other hope of winning than to finally take the reins and chains off the kid in the Pac-12 Championship, and the Rose Bowl. Lanning & Dillingham, along with Prophet Darrin, saw the real Bo Nix, lightyears before I did. I hope the kids show up tomorrow in gorgeous Strawberry Canyon relaxed, and ready to have fun. It looks like it's going to be about 69 degrees and sunny. Perfect football weather, and perfect QB weather. GO DUCKS.