"Trust the process" is what I saw. I'm a believer!

3 hours ago, Desert Duck said:

We were at a large wedding reception during the entire game. I was sneaking peeks on my phone, but caught the 2nd OT on the TV in the bar.

OH MY GOODNESS. UNBELIEVABLE! AN INSTANT CLASSIC.

Can't wait to watch the entire game tonight.

My condolences Desert Duck. You missed one of the greatest College Football weekends ever. I gotta tell ya-I would have been HEATED. My wedding was the last week of February. No way football season gets sacrificed in my household. That woman hates men. That husband better not be a college football fan. I'd make him do up and downs for a week if he is.

Edited yesterday at 07:25 AM1 day by Mike West

What a great game!

Interesting to me that Dierre Hill and Jordan Davidson both burned their redshirts last night while Makhi Hughes did not even make the travel team. It would not be surprising to me to see Hughes redshirt himself and transfer.

All my concerns about the toughness of both of our lines over wins against overmatched teams was for naught. The Ducks were finally tested against a worthy opponent and they have rarely looked so solid. This was a great win on both sides of the ball for the Ducks. I suspect the coming game against Indiana will also rank right up there as one of the best.

12 hours ago, Desert Duck said:

We were at a large wedding reception during the entire game. I was sneaking peeks on my phone, but caught the 2nd OT on the TV in the bar.

OH MY GOODNESS. UNBELIEVABLE! AN INSTANT CLASSIC.

Can't wait to watch the entire game tonight.

Funny, at the last Duck home game, just before it started, I and the people sitting around me got to wondering why anyone would schedule a wedding on a Saturday during college football season!

12 hours ago, Dave23 said:

D was outstanding except for that brief moment they got a little too cocky and forgot to tackle or play coverage. Super gutsy game against a really good team. Definitely a signature win for lanning.

Yes, that "brief moment" allowed Penn St to score 21 unanswered points in 10 min. Kinda disappointing to see that, a 17 - 3 win would have oh so sweet, but glad Ducks weathered the storm!

1 hour ago, Santa Rosa Duck said:

Interesting to me that Dierre Hill and Jordan Davidson both burned their redshirts last night while Makhi Hughes did not even make the travel team. It would not be surprising to me to see Hughes redshirt himself and transfer.

If he did not even travel, this is what I would expect.

If Dan Lanning had any idea that the two freshmen would become what they are becoming, he would have never gone to the Portal.

If Hughes knew that he would be sitting behind two freshmen, he would have never come to Oregon.

More thoughts:

1. Dan Lanning's reaction to winning was priceless, and his comment was notable: " These players have an elite level of focus". Bookmark that.

2. Dante's reaction after winning was very interesting, he wasn't happy as much as it was pure relief and exhaustion. I think he final put those UCLA demons in the rear view mirror.

3. I haven't seen so many plays with an RB lead blocking since the death of the I - formation. Davidson saw the most snaps of any RB for this purpose.

4. Hill is our best running back with the ball in his hands, and everyone knows it. As soon as he gets to be reliable in pass blocking he'll be RB #1.

5. Raise your hands if you didn't know that the top of the blades of grass are considered "down". I sure as heck didn't. Prior to ultra high definition tv slow motion replay it wasn't relevant either. Maybe Dwyer was actually down and technology wasn't good enough to capture it

6. I also didn't know kicking someone's foot to make them trip over themselves was a 15 yard penalty. The yard duties strike again.

7. I could do just fine without playing a Knowles' led defense ever again. 17 points at the end of regulation and I thought our offense played great. That defense is up there with the prior Ohio State and Michigan defense.

Edited yesterday at 04:36 PM1 day by Solar

12 hours ago, DrJacksPlaidPants said:

No sacks and only four penalties in that environment against a solid defense. DL had those guys ready to go. When they didn’t succumb to the noise to start the game I thought they might pull this one out.

Sad thing is that every single penalty killed a drive. That's how small the margin of error was in that game.

Also... The Harkney unsportsmanlike probably won't have been called in 90% of games. I couldn't see see it.

However on the whole the refs did just let them play it out. I saw a bunch of uncalled holds on the Penn State offensive line and I saw Isaiah World get away with some holds on Sutton as he got worked last night.

It was a physical and brutal game.

1 hour ago, Solar said:

Davidson saw the most snaps of any RB for this purpose.

He had some pulverizing blocks that will become legendary...

21 hours ago, Annie said:

Funny, at the last Duck home game, just before it started, I and the people sitting around me got to wondering why anyone would schedule a wedding on a Saturday during college football season!

Exactly. And this is a serious University of Oregon family who loves the Ducks. I just think some sort of dark forces were at work when this wedding date was scheduled. It's a good thing we love our cousins or we wouldn't have been there.

On 9/28/2025 at 12:24 AM, Mike West said:

My condolences Desert Duck. You missed one of the greatest College Football weekends ever. I gotta tell ya-I would have been HEATED. My wedding was the last week of February. No way football season gets sacrificed in my household. That woman hates men. That husband better not be a college football fan. I'd make him do up and downs for a week if he is.

Last week of February... now that's what I call 'proper planning.'

Edited 3 hours ago3 hr by Desert Duck
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