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Kudos to the o-line: No sacks and no fouls against the offensive line against Ohio State!

SCO Ducks!!!

After watching the re-play, Oregon left a lot of points on the field (e.g., missed FG, botched extra point, the wide open play above, the failed 4th and goal conversion where we ran right up the middle for no gain). I'm really impressed with how Oregon matched up against "the most talented team in the history of college football." Derrick Harmon and Matayo Uiagalelei were the best lineman in the game and consistency blew up the line of scrimmage - hurrying the QB or tackling the RB for a loss. Can you imagine what we would have done if Jordan Burch was healthy?! I'm sure that both coaching staffs are confident, if the two teams face off again down the road. Oregon has to continue to get better and play a clean game to beat a program like Ohio State but they proved that they could match up and get the victory on Saturday evening.

Not knowing the clock rules and time management, inside one minute to go, is inexcusable.

Oregon received verbals from two 2026 4-star defensive tackles after the Ohio State game! Must have liked what they saw against the Bucks. And we are not done, yet.... Coach Lanning: "If you see any good players, tell them to come [to Oregon]."

I realize that there are different coaches, with different rules, but if LGB got a second change after punching an opposing player in the face, then I hardly think that spitting in the face of opponent (though disgusting and disrespectful) should be treated more severely. Just my $0.02.

You'd think that someone with half a brain would have seen those results and paused the release of the FPI rankings this week...

Same here. Missing the Ohio State game and writing an apology letter seems like sufficient punishment to me. I hope that he learns from it and moves on.

I respectfully disagree. I just re-watched the entire game. Sure, there might have been some missed calls against the Ducks but please show me the blatant/egregious calls that went against the Bucks. I can point out multiple that went against Oregon: 1. No replay review on Basa's interception in the first quarter 2. Missed defensive/holding PI on Evan Stewart with 7:16 in the first quarter (TV announcer watching the replay: "It looks like a lot of grabbing and holding there.") 3. Offsetting ineligible receiver down the field call on Oregon's offense with 7:16 to go in the 3rd quarter (I'm not a rules expert but I didn't see anything there, neither did the TV announcers, and the player who they called the penalty on wasn't even in the game) The officials also could have called defensive PI on the throw to T. Ferg. in the first quarter, since there was contact, but I'll give them the benefit of the doubt. There was also the play stoppage to review whether E. Stewart stepped out, when he was clearly in bounds, and Oregon was trying to go up tempo inside the red zone. Luckily, these calls didn't cost Oregon the game but when you are going up against an evenly matched or more talented opponent, it's hard enough to win. The officials need to make the obvious calls/decisions and the questionable/missed/judgement calls should balance out over a 60 minute game. I just don't see the offset to the above missed calls.

Question for those more knowledgable than myself -- wouldn't the man in motion (in this play Tez Johnson) be the first option on this play? I'm surprised the DG only looked inside on this particular play. You also have 2 CBs for 2 WRs (without safety help), which you think you'd like with Oregon's WRs... Hopefully, DG will learn from it, which will only benefit Oregon down the road.

Another questionable call by the refs came at the 7:16 minute mark in the 3rd quarter, when they called an ineligible receiver downfield on Oregon to offset a blatant PI call by Ohio State's defender. The Oregon player they called the penalty against wasn't even in the game, LOL. I'm not a rules expert but the announcers didn't see anything when they watched the replay. Luckily, Oregon converted on 4th down but this is just another example of the refs putting their fingers on the scale to the benefit the traditional B1G power, Ohio State. (Hopefully, Oregon's AD sends these plays into the B1G Conference.)

But in any model overall record should be more important than margin of victory, right? They have a two loss team (Ole Miss) ahead of an undefeated team with two victories over current top 15-20 teams (including the #2 overall team)?

Then with 1:25 remaining in the second quarter down 6, from around mid-field, on 3rd and 9, Coach Stein decides to take another deep shot to Tez Johnson, this time?! Of course, DG sits calmly in the pocket and tosses the pass to Tez in stride like he is playing catch in his backyard. Man, these coaches showed some big ones. I have no issues taking deep shots but the situations they decided to take them were B1G (as failure to convert would have killed drives and possible momentum). Ohio State also had all 3 TOs remaining. Kudos for Oregon's coaching staff for playing to win.

Yes, I can. Their model is clearly broken. There is no way that 7 college football teams are better than Oregon, including one they just beat in a head to head matchup! Does anyone else have 2 victories against current top 20 teams this season?

Rewatching the game, the play call to go deep to Evan Stewart was a ballsy call in the situation by OC Will Stein (note: the TV announcer said that he changed the play at the line of scrimmage, so he must of saw something in the coverage). It was 2nd and 12 on Oregon's 23 yard line, and Oregon was down by 8, early in the second quarter. Ohio State seemed to have all of the momentum at that point. If we missed, it would have been 3rd and 12 against one of the best defenses in the country. Kudos to Stein and Lanning for taking the shot and to DG for putting the ball on the money to an open E Stew. Great play! Then Coach Lanning decides to play dodgeball off the Ohio State up man on the pursuing kickoff. Think they were taking some shots and playing to win?!

There were also two defensive pass interference penalties that were not called against Ohio State in the first quarter. One against T. Ferg. and the other against E. Stew. The second one against Evan Stewart with 0:54 remaining in the first quarter was blatant and right in the middle of the field. The Ohio State defender (#1) was grabbing, holding and all over Evan Stewart (#7) the entire play from his break to the attempted catch. As they were watching the replay, the TV announcer said: "It looks like a lot of grabbing and holding there." I know that the officials want to let the players play and I don't expect every call to be made but, come on, they get paid to make the obvious/blatant calls and, under no rules, can a defender grab, hold and tackle an offensive player before the ball arrives. The result of the two series: a punt and missed FG.

Example of Autzen's impact: 2 false start penalties and a delay of game (-15 total yards in penalties) on Ohio State's possession at the end of the first quarter, up one point

I respect that you tried your best, as an official, and I'm sure you made some incorrect calls in games but those likely tended to balance out during the course of a game/match so that neither team benefited. What I saw on Saturday was different, as the calls were tilted in Ohio State's favor (the traditional B1G power that wields more influence in the conference than any other program). Why didn't the replay officials stop play to review the first quarter potential interception (note: the TV rules expert thought that it was an interception) but they stopped play later in the game to review whether Oregon's receiver stepped out of bounds when Oregon was trying to go up-tempo? Did you see the end of the last few Miami games? You can't tell me that that was honest officiating. The problem is that the officials are paid for by the conferences and they know who are writing the biggest checks. Again, a solution for this would be to go to national collegiate officiating, so that the officials are hired, trained, evaluated and paid by the NCAA (the conferences/schools would then pay the NCAA a fee). Thanks to Charles, we can respectfully disagree on this forum.

There may be better QBs in college football but there are no QBs who are more battle tested and proven, under pressure, than DG. He is a big game QB and plays better when the pressure is on. There is no one that I would trust more with the game on the line and the ball in his hands. 2023: Texas 2024: Ohio State 2024: Next???

Coach Day also claimed that defensive PI should have been called on Oregon CBs the last few passes of the game, including on the Oregon DB on that play, during his post-game press conference. Unbelievable. I guess the players take their cues from the HC. "Well, we did a great job again down the field and continued to fight. But on the one play, their DB's grabbing on Jeremiah, Jeremiah's fighting there and they called the flag there and that cost us...And then the next play on the wheel to Emeka (Egbuka), there was contact there. But again, we're not going to go back and look at those things. It doesn't matter at this point." -- Coach Ryan Day, Post Oregon Game Press Conference

Love the clips with all the doubters being proven wrong…

Oregon’s offense was trying to go uptempo. Ohio State’s defense needed a free time out. The replay officials obliged, even though E Stew wasn’t even close to stepping out of bounds.

These are mostly 18-22 year olds coming off the biggest win of their lives and getting pats on the back from everyone. I hope that Coach Lanning and staff can keep them focused and motivated but it can’t be easy.

Luckily, for Oregon, I believe that DG would rather win a national championship than the Heisman.

No need to apologize. If it were Ohio State kicking then the B1G refs would have enforced the penalty from the end of the run…