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I honestly wasn't, Minnesota isn't quite as good as a 6-3 team as you would expect, they aren't bad by any means, but I had faith that our offense would show up, and I felt like our defense was a good match to what the Gophers want to do. We were at home as well in good weather. Great showing by the Ducks tonight! Having Sadiq back is a major upgrade for our passing offense.

Just win baby! That is what the motto has to be, I'm not really bothered with playing the conference title game or not, our mission is simply to win as many games as possible, we have to win out just to get into the playoff from what I'm seeing. If that ends with us playing Indiana in the title game, so be it, I'm sure we'll love a chance to get some revenge. If we don't, I'm hopeful we'll end up between 7 and 5 so that we'll get a home game and not play the number one ranked team (right now I'm assuming it will be tOSU).

Like every year there are a couple of combos that are really really good, but there are just as many that are just not appealing. I would say the use of black should be restrained a bit, white is fine on the road, but it doesn't really work at home imo.

This is not disparage Ariza or really any of the other players that we've had that were 5 stars in the past, but it would be nice to finally have a 5 star play like a 5 star in their freshman season. Always love have great talent coming into the program. We'll need him to produce right away or we'll be relying on transfers to produce. Bittle will be gone, I would assume Shelstad will stay since he's too small and not quick enough to be a high draft pick, Simpkins will be gone, Evans and Stewart might still be around. Pryor isn't a scorer, after that they'll be a lot of offensive touches to go around. I'll be curious to see how Phillips and Lin develop this season. We could really use a high profile big man to fill the center/4 position that Bittle will be leaving behind.

I do like that they have improved with each game. Tonight was frustrating at times, but it was better, the shooting was better, Lindsay looks more comfortable, Simpkins shot better tonight, Shelstad is at least trying to make his presence felt, I would like to see him try to get to the rim more. I would also like to see Evans more involved. At times they try to force it into Bittle which just slows the offense down. I don't think this is a team that can go into their deep bench much. It might be a season where it's a pretty tight 7-9 man bench. 83 points is a much better showing compared to the previous two games. Huge step up when they play Auburn and SDSU, hope Shelstad is in better rhythm, maybe Pryor is back (they could use him). I'm always going to be hopeful they can rise to the occasion.

Part of it is that they just don't have much depth. I think the starting 5 is decent enough, but when you have Lin, Demir, Carter, and Kobzystyi just not being at that level where they can maintain the lead, it's hard. Stewart is a good 6 man down low, but there just isn't much depth. I'm hopeful Phillips is going to be good as a backcourt option.

It's embarrassing how unprepared they look, there is no movement, no continuity, they don't know their assignments, no cutting, just passing it around and then jacking up a 3. No ability to beat a man and take it to the rim, there's no attempt to allow anyone other than Bittle to work inside. It's awful awful offense. Positives would be Lindsey showing some shooting ability, Bittle is still a beast, but it's just not smooth at all. I'm sure Altman is very frustrated.

Just more of the same, uninspired on defense, shooting is a little better, but waaayyyyy too many 3 attempts, no commitment to pounding it inside. Some awful turnovers. It's just a very mediocre team right now. Recruiting in both freshman and the transfer market has to be better.

I hate the idea of just playing cupcakes, I don't want Oregon to be one of those teams who chickens out of playing good teams from other conferences, let Ole Miss, Indiana and others be that type of team. That mentality infects a program to the point that they don't show up when it matters most.

Yes and no, do I think that against some teams (Rutgers, Northwestern, and Wisconsin) Oregon is holding some stuff back, probably, but I don't think we're deliberately trying to play possum. We're doing what we need to do to win those games. Iowa and Indiana it was just a mix of bad play, bad play calling, and some bad luck with injuries/bounces/officials. We aren't good enough to sandbag against the better teams on our schedule.

I expect us to look pretty good against Minnesota. USC and Washington are the games where I really have no idea what Oregon team is going to show up. USC can score but can't defend, and UW is decent at home, rivalry game, weather could be bad.

I thought we were better than what the score indicated, I just think we had some questionable play calling here and there, there was also the play where Iuli stepped on Moore's foot, that looked like it was going to be a TD or at least a first down, we basically did whatever we wanted in the ground game, but we would eventually shoot ourselves in the foot. It was just one of those games where it was always going to be difficult. Refs affected the game as well, multiple calls that prolonged drives for Iowa or stopped us, it was noticeable. I would say we aren't a top 5 team, and I don't think we're really a contender for the national title. Too much inconsistencies in our QB play, our line play, and our LBs are little bit limited for what you expect out of a team that wins a title. Need more pressure on the QB, need to be more consistently stout in the run D.

Yeah I saw it, there was a receiver like 10 yards away, but I was questioning it. I thought at the end of the drive you could have called it as well since there was no receiver in the endzone when he threw it out of the endzone. It really seemed like the refs had an agenda. I keep thinking how disappointed the ref looked when he announced the fumble that went to us. For that matter why did we have to call a timeout to get it reviewed? We literally did not receive one call the entire game, I don't think I'm forgetting something.

Question: How did Iowa not have one penalty other than the illegal kick? How is that possible in a game like this? Someone really has to look at these refs. If Iowa had 2 or even one penalty I could take it, but NONE!?

Whittington was outstanding, all the RBs were amazing. Wish we would have let one of them run the ball instead of Moore on that second to last drive!

MVPs are Sappington, Basso, and Ferguson-Reynolds! Moore was not good until that last drive. Credit where credit is due, he got it done when it counted most. They found a way, but that last defensive play will absolutely drive me insane that we had 4 in the box against a running QB!

Refs have to make it about them, Iowa holds the entire game and now they call holding, Refs are crooked.

I wasn't really against the idea of playing for a field goal, I just felt like it was a lot to ask a kicker who hasn't been shown to be reliable to kick a FG from 46 yards in the rain against the wind. He made it, so it was the right decision.

Where was that against Indiana!? That's not PI!

Defense has to be better, can't allow that.

Awful, his momentum was stopped, and then they allowed them to pull him across.

I'm fine throwing the ball there, but throw to a safer route!

Horrible pass, can't be throwing that, kick the field goal.

Awesome....another receiver out, if we win this game we should get a TON of credit (we won't though..get the credit I mean).

Safety!!!! Just keep making them long snap it!!!! Second one already!