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Uptempo is trying to wear down the D.

This has become a dogfight. We're about to learn how much fight the Ducks have in them. The last few minutes have shown me they can win this sucker.

Bo is carrying the team on his back right now.

This has become hard to watch. TT is making this look easy. Too easy. Caught flatfooted on that last pass. Not sure if the OL or the Defense is the more disappointing.

Wow, blast from the past: watching Ron Vander Kelen in that game was eye-opening for me. You had to pull for the kid as he kept passing and fighting. I was sorry to see him lose. But that game, more than any other up to that time, provided a terrific example of the power of the passing game. RIP Ron.

Best contest of the weekend in my opinion. Travis, the FSU QB seems highly capable. FSU could grab the conference championship and go further.

Putting up 81 points on a cupcake just doesn't pack the wallop of getting into a real dogfight and winning. I certainly don't yet have a fix on just how capable the Ducks are. Maybe you do.

Not sure Texas Tech's pre-season ranking was all that accurate. But I also didn't see the Ducks perform up to their ranking against a pretty overwhelmed team like PS. This coming contest will be a game. However from what I saw last night, we are nowhere near as ready as the Seminoles. They look like they're headed into the upper rankings, possibly to the playoffs if they can keep performing the way they handled LSU. Lots of talent. Their QB, Travis, is one gifted player, comfortable throwing any ball. I understand he's played in a ton of games, and he sure looked it: head and shoulders better than any other QB I saw this early in the season. FSU is back and ready. The Ducks will need to perform at higher level just to get through the PAC 12 this year. Lots of tough tests ahead.

One of the things that impressed me so much about Marcus Mariota was the way he conducted himself on the field. I can think of few highly talented athletes who combined their athletic gifts and accomplishments with behavior that was exemplary in its honest humility.

As a Duck fan I have great respect for the football Utes, their players and their coach. They represent the Pac 12/10 with class. And whenever they went up against any team except the Ducks I would inevitably find myself pulling for them and rooting for them. Cameron may not make it in the NFL and he may be clear-eyed enough to realize that possibility. So the college game is IT for him and I wish him well. Hope he recovers from his injury and comes back with all the fight he has always displayed.

The Cardiac Kids have to stop winning this way.

After watching USC/Cal last night I think the Trojans' D is a weak link. Cal almost put them in the L column. That could bode well for us if we match up with them in the PAC Championship.

Some people may put faith in these numbers. Good for them. Whatever floats your boat. I find the percentages vs. UCLA, CAL, and even OS weird.

On second thought the yellow socks and bottoms looked like the Ducks were wearing yoga pants! Not a good look.

I would love to assemble a highlight reel of Pac Officials' Greatest Calls. Starting with that horse collar.

Not our best look. Although I'm no fashionista, as my dear wife will testify. My advice: keep trying stuff. Just no more orange socks, ever!

Don't want to sound clueless but what is Wolfing? If it's anything like the silly first down motion or any of the other classless showboating I saw from Duck players I'm not a fan. Would like to see DL clean that up ... along with those awful penalties.

I'm beginning to think Ty is jinxed.

Giving credit where it's due, Ward is one shifty magician of a QB. Some of his quick darts, improvised lobs, and even that one play where he faked tossing the ball to a crossing player and kept it were eye opening. Wazoo's defense was a handful. But those sack-leading Cougs failed to get even one. Thank you OL for helping keep Bo safe and on his feet. Ultimately our offense prevailed, with better play calls than those unfortunate early calls in the red zone. (All those missed points!) And that big defensive pic six from Funa was a back breaker. All in all an exciting game and if it's any indication of what Wazoo is capable of going forward, their future opponents had better watch out. Ours too.

As a Ducks fan over on the East Coast I've never had the opportunity to attend a game at Autzen. My loss. But one of the reasons why I support the Ducks from afar is because they appeared to be a class organization. Maybe I was influenced by Marcus Mariota and the way he conducted himself in both winning and losing, on the field and off. There was also the example of Pre and others before him and since. Even Puddles, as the public persona of the Ducks teams, transcended the usual mascot archetype and softened it, lending an air of good spirited fun and friendliness that could be appreciated by Ducks' and their opponents' supporters equally. This incident has left a stain on this important legacy. It threatens to undo much of what was and is good about the Ducks and more than anything needs to be addressed forcefully. Still I believe it will take time, perhaps a long time, to undue the worst of this damage to the good name of the Ducks and the University. Now, everyone, from the students to the fans, from the players to the coaches, will need to comport themselves as we would like them to—as Marcus and Pre would expect them to—as models of good sportsmanship. Nothing more is needed. Nothing less will do.

Currently handing it to Michigan State with Penix (formerly Indiana U) displaying a hot hand and the fuskies lines looking stout. The new head coach did a great job at his former school with a lot less talent. Hate to say it but at this rate they should be formidable opponents when the Ducks play them at Autzen in November.

From what I know and have witnessed he is a talented, hard-working teammate and a decent individual. The world could use more like him.

Fix the damn tackling.

Watching this contest is bad enough but the game feed is only making it worse. What's up with that?

Regardless of that decision, I was quite impressed with West Virginia, especially their QB (a transfer from Georgia, I believe) and that WR who is destined to be heard from down the road. The intensity of play on both teams was damn high, given this was so early in the season. Great game. Unfortunate result for WV due to a weird pick.