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Exactly. It's almost like a completely different team in that regard from last week. That's just great coaching.

Defense caused for 2 huried passes on the 1st and 2nd downs, then a tip and pick. Now that was just impressive.

I was just re-reading the definition of targeting, and I don't see how the refs could have called it any other way.

Dang refs again!

You are correct. I just got a little bit excited there 😆

Am I the only one who thinks the targeting call on Manning was the correct call?

UA actually has a very respectable offense. But yeah... we've had some big defensive breakdowns.

An impressive half of Duck football, with the exception of a few defensive breakdowns. But UA has a very respectable offense. And the Ducls are a much more disciplined team this week. Last week we had 14 penalties for the game. This week we only have 2 penalties at the half.

Thanks for the correction. Whew!

Whew... thank you for the correction.

What a stupid play. And now we lose him for half of the UCLA game.

Mario may likely be the least popular person in Miami tonight.

Apparently. His QB has so far thrown 36/47, 454 yards, & 3 TDs

Oregon's bye week coming up next week could not be better timed. Unfortunately, UCLA has a bye week next week as well.

In my humble opinion, the only territorial/border change Arizona needs to make is to extend the border down south about 70 miles to the Gulf of California. Arizona would really appreciate some ocean front property.

It should be a great game, especially since it's in Eugene.

Exactly. And ASU stinks.

Two weeks ago, I thought that then 4-0 UCLA was likely a pretender. I also said that I thought they might likely be 4-3 after 7 games. I was wrong. 42-25 UCLA with 9:26 in the 4th.

Sorry... and don't hate me: Arizona 44-41 2 3 273 And GO DUCKS!

Watching it frame-by-frame makes it even mo-betta.

Thanks for the reminder. Admittedly, that does slip my mind on occasion. That was a huge handicap for Helfrich to walk into. I still don't think he was going to be the answer long-term, but will never know for sure.

Correct... 1995. The Knight's put up a matching donor fund for the Moshofsky Center, which shifted the $15 million fundraising program for the Mo into overdrive. Construction began in '97 and the Mo was opened in '98. But I particularly like that the Knight's first huge gift was to renovate the U of O library in 1994. And pretty much since that time, the construction projects have not stopped throughout the entire university.

As usual, the Beavers are wrong. When you look back at what Brooks had to work during his tenure from '77 - '94, which was very-very little, and even though he only had 3 seasons with 8 or more wins, most of us realize that what he accomplished was actually rather amazing. I feel like he virtually willed that '94 to the Rose Bowl. And Belotti following up that Rose Bowl team with another 9 win season in '95 -- also in part a testament to Brooks, was beyond impressive. To your point, Oregon showed first that they could win... and win with very few resources. And about that time, the Knight's came into serious, serious money -- and fortunately for the University of Oregon, they have been phenomenally generous with it to his beloved alma mater. Because, as said beautifully in wonderful movie The Right Stuff: "No bucks, no Buck Rogers."

Helfrich got "Chip Kellied." Chip and his unprecedented Oregon 87% winning record, 4 straight BCS trips, and 1 NC trip, ruined it for any coach who was going to follow him. I don't think Helfrich was going to be a great coach for us long-term, but had he followed anybody other than Chip, more than likely, he would have had at least a few years to try.

Everything changed for Oregon football when Phil & Penny Knight bought in. Everything.