I know I was surprised. I felt that with Dak and Bryant out, we were in for a tough road. But having the beast and Harkey back was much bigger than I anticipated.

The gophers looked pretty tough in other games,… Were you surprised?

Single Game completion percentage, Oregon top 4 games

.900 (27/30) Dante Moore – 11/14/2025 vs Minnesota

.870 (20/23) Marcus Mariota – 11/3/2012 vs USC

.857 (18/21) Dillon Gabriel – 9/7/2024 vs Boise State

.852 (23/27) Bo Nix – 9/2/2023 vs Portland State

I suppose an argument could be made that 3 of these 4 were in dink and dunk offense. But, Moore had some throws today that were not dink. Hard to remember those other games.

After watching the two monsoon games, and having a couple receivers out, I wasn't sure what we would see in the passing game.

They're been really bad on the road, so we shouldn't be too surprised I guess. But it's nice to dominate a team with a winning record.

Moore going 27/30 was great to see against a team that supposedly has a great pass rush per the stats.

I thought it was supposed to rain, but maybe that rain got diverted to So Cal for tomorrow..

6 minutes ago, HDuck said:

Single Game completion percentage, Oregon top 4 games

.900 (27/30) Dante Moore – 11/14/2025 vs Minnesota

.870 (20/23) Marcus Mariota – 11/3/2012 vs USC

.857 (18/21) Dillon Gabriel – 9/7/2024 vs Boise State

.852 (23/27) Bo Nix – 9/2/2023 vs Portland State

I suppose an argument could be made that 3 of these 4 were in dink and dunk offense. But, Moore had some throws today that were not dink. Hard to remember those other games.

After watching the two monsoon games, and having a couple receivers out, I wasn't sure what we would see in the passing game.

Johnson got a lot of run in this game showing the value he can bring as a pass catcher at any time.

It was really encouraging to see the Beast with 8 catches tonight. We need that level of production from our playmakers. Great night for Dante!

I was wowed by how well Dante slung the rock tonight. A truly awesome performance!

Ski-U-Nah - I wasn't surprised. When on the road, these Gophers tunnel. 😁

I expected the Oregon players to be better, especially the linemen. But I was surprised at how good the Duck skills players are. Amazing throws and catches. That is the kind of stuff we need to beat competitive teams. Very positive look from the backup receivers and TEs.

The pass coverage could have been better for the Ducks. Benson looks good returning punts - he wants to take it somewhere, not just settle for the catch. Benson looks way better than Dak in my opinion both returning punts and at WR.

Run defense was really solid. Matayo was active. LBs and DBs did a good job of flying to ball carrier and bringing him down without much YAC.

Oregon looked like a well coached team. Lanning and the assistants always have a body language of 'focus' and 'what comes next'. PJ was throwing hissy fits. Not a good look - it says: my team sucks so I need the refs totally on my side to even have a chance.

This is the kind of mediocre team (Minnesota), late season game, that Mario Cristobal would have played down to their level.

Ducks are set up nicely for the USC game. Just need to get some of those receivers back.

As the season winds down, the contenders will be separated from the pretenders - what are USC, Michigan, Texas, Georgia, Iowa, Mississippi, Oklahoma, etc. going to be doing?

I was happily surprised by the success of our offensive balance forcing a good, aggresive defense into more of a waiting game.