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.

My wife and daughter were screaming like banshees on the first couple of OBD series... they were initiating the 11 month old boy they were babysitting into the DUCK family.

He ended up clapping and screaming "Go Ducks", too.

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.

I was not surprised by the defense. They only gave up 200 yards. I was surprised by the offensive output based on injuries at WR. I also heard Eugene was going to get a lot of rain based on weather reports earlier in the week, so I was also expecting a run-heavy offense like the last two games.

I was not surprised by the Ducks winning the game at home. Covering the spread against a team that has no fight on the road was no surprise, either.

My surprises:

A non raining Duck football game! Who knew........

Taking the opening kickoff and driving down the field to score. It has been awhile!

Sadiq and Johnson getting 12 catches for 153 yards. Some of those were big catches on 3rd down for 1st downs. Where has that been most of this year?

Benson and McClellan stepping up to get open and make some great catches. With Moore and Bryant out those wanting to prove themselves capable, did just that.

And for the secong game in a row, DM is actively reading the D and calling successful audibles.

These are areas that needed improving by the Ducks! And the results show that improvement.

It does not bode well for the Trojans that the Ducks are improving and have an extra day to heal, plan and practice.

Go Ducks. For this Duck fan beating the Trojans and then the bastard leg-lifters is the cherry on top......

I thought they would try and run more and would not sling the ball around like they did. Moore and the skill players played fantastic. Two more to go.

7 hours ago, oregon123 said:

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9 hours ago, woundedknees said:

My wife and daughter were screaming like banshees on the first couple of OBD series... they were initiating the 11 month old boy they were babysitting into the DUCK family.

He ended up clapping and screaming "Go Ducks", too.

Well done, WK... & family. Way to start the lil dude off right!

I just wish I'd got it on video. It was pretty funny!