With the 12 team format, your team can blow a game and still make it in. Alabama's season is not over from their loss. Ohio St lost twice last year and then won it all.

The Ducks did not execute that game. It wasn't like the 2011 game vs LSU when they got beat by better players. Losing one of these November games would put the Ducks in the emergency room. Finishing strong would show the team is resilient.

What I like about the Dan Lanning era is how the team bounces back after losses. They are not going to do a Penn State - lose a close game and then sink to the bottom of the sea.

Since Iowa basically played Indiana fairly even, this next game might be like a re-match with Indiana.

Oregon is still healthy, as healthy as any team can be in November. That actually means more than a perfect record.

You're right it wasn't.

It was still a major bummer of a loss though. Oregon just played so poorly. They played a solid game against Penn State then went on a bye and returned looking quite bad.

And again I stand by my belief that if Penn State had beaten Oregon they would still be a top 10 team with some signs of life in them. Oregon ripped the heart out of that team and threw it on the floor.

Oregon can still achieve a deep playoff run... They just need to improved each week.