Second reply (don't know where the first went)
I am good friends with a big Ducks fan and we support each other's team. After the first Utah debacle this season past, I tried to bolster his sagging spirits by noting that ...if Mario is worth his salt as a coach, the staff will analyze this game, make adjustments, and the rematch in the Championship game should be better. Sad to say I was wrong and the rematch looked like a replay of the first. It looked to me as if the coaches' heads were elsewhere and that they had quit on their team.
I am glad that my team's coaches did not do that in its rematch with Alabama. My Dawgs were in a defense they hadn't used much all year and got hammered in the SEC Championship game. It is a bit of an oversimplification, but they adjusted by going back to the attacking defense that they had used so successfully all year and pretty much handled the Crimson Tide. The good news here for the Ducks is that Dan Lanning had a lot to do with this adjustment, convincing other coaches to revert to what his guys do best.