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Thanks for another fine article, Alex. Obviously, Bo is the MVP and main man in OBD's charge to the playoffs. But I have to give a hoop and a holler to one other ... just because of a post of mine from a year and a half ago. Mea culpa. I railed against ever throwing to Bucky again ... as in his first Ducks game he dropped the first two passes thrown to him. And now I can't recall a drop since then. Bucky, you have my apologies. You are a monster on the field and a gentleman off. I hope you get the All-American status you deserve.

All good posts and reasoned speculation. But as they say in Tejas, "Hey y'all. He ain't leavin' Oreegun."

--the winner ... Ducks, of course --the score ... 42 - 35 --the amount of turnovers Oregon creates ... 3 --the number of sacks Oregon records on the opposing team ... 3 --the number of passing yards by the Ducks ... 288 GO DUCKS!

--the winner ... Ducks --the score ... 24 - 21 --the amount of turnovers Oregon creates ... 2 --the number of sacks Oregon records on the opposing team ... 3 --the number of passing yards by the Ducks ... 288

Great keys, Alex. But I would add one caveat to our rushing attack. I fear that BI and JJ, even though practicing, will still be nursing some ouchies due to their injuries against WSU. Hopefully each of these rockets will be healthy enough to ignite the Duck's rushing attack. But even at less than 100%, each is capable to go for 100. GO DUCKS!

These are wonderful shots. Many thanks for taking all the time to bring these to us, Charles. Kudos!

Yep. The refs definitely gave the game to the mutts. What in the world is going on?! These guys in stripes have made the previous years' questionable ref performances look good. I guess if you're a mutt, you can mug any receiver or downed player you want without penalty. I hated watching this game almost as much as last week's.

Ryan, thank you for the article. But I think you've been a bit too harsh on the Duck's performance and the OC especially. There are solid reasons for most of the play calls, none of which were designed to make us the fans ... excited. As noted above, the Ducks almost lead the country in scoring. And you simply can't have 60-point offensive outputs every week. The desert air might be getting a little depressive down there in Sierra Vista lately. Irritability can come easily. I know, I've spent too much time there. I suggest heading over to the Huachucas for some javelina hunting in order to clear football frustrations.

the winner ... Ducks --the score ... 44-24 --the amount of turnovers Oregon creates ... 2 --the number of sacks Oregon records on the opposing team ... 2 --the number of passing yards by the Ducks ... 288

There seems to be a bit of an overreaction by some to the game and plays called or executed. Hindsight is always 20/20. Critique the play call when it's made. To do so after the game is playing to the hindsight business. If any of the plays challenged here would have worked ... we'd be cheering Lanning's boldness or the players' skills. I realize that fans will be fans through the good and the bad times. For sure the outcome of this game was mighty depressing. But keeping a measured balance within all of us would be wonderful to my old eyes and ears ... and to yours, I suspect.

I have no complaints. The team played their hearts out. The coach was aggressive and there is no looking back. This game showed me that the boys played with a lot of grit ... getting a couple of bad non-calls from the refs and down a couple of DBs. Great game. We just ended up on the short end to a very good team. NEXT UP! GO DUCKS!!

--the winner ... Ducks --the score ... 28 - 24 --the amount of turnovers Oregon creates ... 2 --the number of sacks Oregon records on the opposing team ... 4 --the number of passing yards by the Ducks ... 277

AMC, where did you see this about Aydin? Just last week DawgsWire, On3, and 247 all had him projected to Georgia.

Bo said last week that the first 6 plays were scripted. I speculate that was from the OC looking to see what the Stanford defense had planned for certain play types. I obviously don't know if that is true, but it's something that I would try. If that is the case (and planned) for the fuskie game, the coin flip won't matter. If that speculation is ignored, I'd always choose to defend the opening kick.

Let's hope he can get into the 1st round NFL draft like Sauce did. He sure has great measurables.

Thanks for the fine article, Ryan. I enjoy your writing. I'd just make one comment about the last word in it ... "respectable". The phrase was "... it is comforting to think that in only three short decades they have become, at the very worst, respectable." As it was italicized, I realize the word was intended to carry more meaning. But I'd like to add a modern era addendum and elucidate the phrase with "Since 2000, the Ducks have amassed a whopping 73%-win percentage." Further, these are the teams that were playing during the most important time when almost every Duck player/recruit has been alive. Yes, the Ducks have improved over time. But WOW have they ever. I don't know where that percentage lies with regards to teams such as Alabama (and their annual games against The Sisters of the Poor Univ. teams), but it's not far behind. By the way, Alabama also had a reasonably poor historical record prior to 2006.

This string of games ... this season ... this conference ... what a wonderful time to be a Duck fan!

Doubt has killed more dreams than failure. Ducks by 14!

"They're all about clicks. And we're about wins!"

I thought Reed subbed in admirably when Khyree went down.

Home field to Mutts. Equal passing. Edge to Ducks on running. Larger edge to Ducks on defense. No sweat. Ducks by 14! If it rains a lot, Ducks splash by Mutts by 21. 😆 Have faith, mates.

'Tis great to have you back educating and entertaining us, Ryan. Great article. Keep them coming, please.

--the winner ... Ducks --the score ... 35 - 7 --the amount of turnovers Oregon creates ... 1 --the number of sacks Oregon records on the opposing team ... 3 --the number of passing yards by the Ducks ... 288

And now this. Sad state of fandom. Colorado State player, family receive death threats after hit - ESPN WWW.ESPN.COM Colorado State's Henry Blackburn and his family have received death threats after his late hit to Colorado star Travis Hunter, AD Joe Parker said.