The Oregon Ducks dominate the Washington Huskies for the sixth year in a row

by jtlight on Oct 24, 2009 5:47 PM PDT in Football Comment 51 comments

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The Oregon Ducks destroyed the Washington Huskies yet again. This game wasn't even close. The Oregon defense proved again that is was dominant, and made the most dangerous QB in the Pac-10 look pedestrian. In the last 3 quarters of the game, Jake Locker looked scared. Every time he went back, he looked indecisive. There were few people to throw to, and the Oregon defense made Jake Locker look terrible. There wasn't any one player that did this, but it was the entire defensive unit that made Jake Locker look silly today.

As Duck fans, we've endured most of the college football prognosticators picking against Oregon today. But our team proved them wrong today. The Ducks dominated every aspect of the Washington Huskies today. It took a bit getting there, but the defense never gave Jake Locker a chance, and in the second half, the offense kicked it into high gear, scoring 21 straight points.

Now, that's not to say the game was perfect. It was not. Penalties killed multiple Oregon drives yet again. And though Oregon was able to overcome those this game, the Ducks will will not be able to against the best of the conference.

Yet, It is so satifying to beat Washington by more than 20 for the 6th straight year. There's a lot of work left to do. These Ducks are very good, but they have a lot left to prove. The biggest game of the season awaits us next week. The Ducks are at home, and are sure to find an Autzen that is as crazy as its every been. This victory is great, but it just moves us one step closer to where we want to be.

But for tonight: 6 straight years of 20+ points! GO DUCKS!

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And this one was a comprehensive win

Points were the result of work in all three phases.

Work on tackling, snaps and getting away from punts you won’t return.

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by skywaker9 on Oct 24, 2009 5:48 PM PDT reply actions 0 recs

Penalties ~~killed multiple Oregon drives~~ kept multiple Washington drives alive

by grimc on Oct 24, 2009 5:51 PM PDT reply actions 0 recs

Some of which were legitimate

Many were not.

We actually did a good job of overcoming offensive penalties today.

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by skywaker9 on Oct 24, 2009 5:52 PM PDT up reply actions 0 recs

Bair’s goofs were ridiculous, though. He was responsible for what, 30-45 yards in penalties?

by grimc on Oct 24, 2009 5:55 PM PDT up reply actions 0 recs

And all those WERE legitimate

He’s been getting away with that in earlier games.

The Ward personal foul was also totally inexcusable, he clearly pushed the player down well after the play was over.

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by skywaker9 on Oct 24, 2009 5:57 PM PDT up reply actions 0 recs

I didn’t think much of Ward’s penalty. It was a shove, not a tackle, could’ve been a non-call just as easily. Bair’s consecutive facemask penalties made my head hurt.

by grimc on Oct 24, 2009 6:00 PM PDT up reply actions 0 recs

I actually think Ward’s penalty might not have been a penalty at all. The Husky player was laying on our defender, and it looked like Ward might have been making sure he was down. I think he was making a smart play.

by netminder82 on Oct 24, 2009 7:02 PM PDT up reply actions 0 recs

The only thing that would make this a penalty is if the ref blew the whistle

otherwise you are right, the guy wasn’t down, he was laying on top of an oregon player

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by haveasoda on Oct 24, 2009 8:04 PM PDT up reply actions 0 recs

The whistle was blown, but I think it was only a second or less before the contact

Could easily have been a no call in my opinion. Without the whistle, he would have been definitely doing the right thing. Remember Maurice Morris’s 50 yard run after rolling over a guy?

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by pualo on Oct 24, 2009 8:27 PM PDT up reply actions 0 recs

or LeGarrette’s against ASU last year

by echo31 on Oct 24, 2009 9:31 PM PDT up reply actions 0 recs

I apologize

I was at fault for Oregon’s somewhat disappointing first half. I was judging competitions at a law school, and was wearing a purple tie. When I was done, I went to a sports bar for the second half, realized I was wearing the purple tie, took it off and we scored 21 straight points. Never again.

by westspec on Oct 24, 2009 6:52 PM PDT reply actions 0 recs

Wow, I apologize too

I was watching the UCLA game at home. Right before the second half got started I realized I was wearing blue socks, so I took them off, and well, 21 points…curious. Guess I should have been more careful to begin with though. I will be wiser in the future, even when sitting on my couch.

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by AKDuck on Oct 24, 2009 8:13 PM PDT up reply actions 0 recs

I don’t think you deserve any mercy from this lot. Unless you burned said purple tie, then maybe we’re ok.

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by PacBellBoozer on Oct 24, 2009 10:53 PM PDT up reply actions 0 recs

these announcers on the usc osu game r retarded

‘what happens if oregon suffers a couple injuries from here on, and they lose a few games, thus affecting boise’s bcs rankings…. thats not fair! they had nothing to do with that. boise beat oregon when they were REALLY GOOD. ’

this is true, but its basically a given that we are not at all the same football team we were those first weeks.

by DUCKinNY on Oct 24, 2009 8:07 PM PDT reply actions 0 recs

that's nuts

Oregon wasn’t playing at near their potential that game versus Boise (the offense, at least). BSU was lucky to get the Ducks at their shakiest

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by Honka Playboy on Oct 24, 2009 10:46 PM PDT up reply actions 0 recs

Neither was BSU

The amazing thing is we could have stolen that game without too much trouble given how many mistakes BSU made.

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by skywaker9 on Oct 24, 2009 11:10 PM PDT up reply actions 0 recs

The USCs of the conference?

There’s more than one USC? Hmm, maybe that’s how they do it.

by benzduck on Oct 24, 2009 8:21 PM PDT reply actions 0 recs

USC once again is incapable of closing out games

BRING IT TROJANS!

We’re ready:

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by skywaker9 on Oct 24, 2009 9:12 PM PDT reply actions 0 recs

The amount of points that OSU

scored on USC is making me salivate. USC’s run defense looked pourous. LMJ is going to have a field day.

by redwraith on Oct 24, 2009 9:24 PM PDT reply actions 0 recs

Their pass defense was very bad.

42-3, 65-38...So many scores to choose from!
"Nobody east of the Rockies talks about Oregon football, and that's just not right".

by Dixonforlife07 on Oct 24, 2009 9:39 PM PDT up reply actions 0 recs

"His name was David Paulson"

Hahaha awesome Fight Club reference

42-3, 65-38...So many scores to choose from!
"Nobody east of the Rockies talks about Oregon football, and that's just not right".

by Dixonforlife07 on Oct 24, 2009 9:39 PM PDT reply actions 1 recs

Nice game boys!

Awesome in all facets. Masoli, after the first quarter, looked great. He would have had an even better day if there hadn’t been three or four drops (Jamere Holland, for the love of all things green and yellow, please catch a pass!).

If there’s one thing I’m going to harp on, it’s this – NO FUMBLES ON PUNTS OR KICKOFFS. These things make my blood pressure rise.

I feel the need, the need...for speed!

by Gorbachav5 on Oct 24, 2009 10:53 PM PDT reply actions 0 recs

Its not that hard

The kickoff fumble was just stupid but the punt one was a bad decision not to get the f-k away when you aren’t fielding a punt.

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by skywaker9 on Oct 24, 2009 11:13 PM PDT up reply actions 0 recs

About Masoli

I thought they gameplanned his injury well – short, straight drops early, complimented by lots of inside handoffs. Well done.

I was worried on one play – he took it left, just crossed the line of scrimmage and dumped a pass at the feet of a receiver. He had a great running lane, at least four yards before he would have been touched. I was afraid that he was too gimpy to play, but he proved me wrong later.

Can’t wait to see what he’ll do with another week of healing

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by Honka Playboy on Oct 24, 2009 10:59 PM PDT reply actions 0 recs

And he played smart

Unlike Dixon he was careful not to take the hit when he could avoid it. Or at least not to take it near the knee.

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by skywaker9 on Oct 24, 2009 11:11 PM PDT up reply actions 0 recs

i WONDER IF WASHINGTONS DEF CORD WAS AS PIST OFF THIS GAME AS HE WAS LAST GAME AGAINST ASU. " THE MAN LOOKS LIKE A UFC FIGHTER"

by jojames on Oct 24, 2009 11:04 PM PDT reply actions 0 recs

Only question

Is will gameday come to Eugene, or go to Stillwater, OK for Texas/OK St.

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by skywaker9 on Oct 24, 2009 11:05 PM PDT reply actions 0 recs

FUCK STILLWATER!!!

Does anyone expect that game to be meaningful? HELL NO!

Does our Holliday Bowl win mean nothing?

A much needed bye week; and two whole weeks to focus the inner hatred of UW even moreso than normal.

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by CaDuck on Oct 24, 2009 11:26 PM PDT up reply actions 0 recs

Nope but this is ESPN

The eastern sports network.

Still, the gameday guys love going to Eugene.

Only problem is people are going to be real real drunk by the time the game starts with gameday at 7 AM and the kickoff not until just after 5 PM. That’ll just make it freakier though.

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by skywaker9 on Oct 24, 2009 11:29 PM PDT up reply actions 0 recs

Judging by the tweets from Moseley yesterday, Gameday was already making plans to head to Eugene. You have two teams in the top 10 battling it out at Autzen…on Halloween… with the winner in the driver seat for the Pac-10 championship.

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by dvieira on Oct 24, 2009 11:38 PM PDT up reply actions 0 recs

Its going to be downright freaky

Blackout, on Halloween, epic.

I wish I could have gotten tickets but I’ll have to settle for our throttling of ASU on 11/14.

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by skywaker9 on Oct 24, 2009 11:41 PM PDT up reply actions 0 recs

Ted Miller says it’s official.

HUCK THE fUSKIES.

by MarineCorpsDuck on Oct 25, 2009 7:51 AM PDT up reply actions 0 recs

Well… Now I need to make plans to drive down there Friday night instead…

It's spelled "S-H-U-F-E-L-T-H-I-M-S-E-L-F"

by JShufelt on Oct 25, 2009 8:08 AM PDT up reply actions 0 recs

Shu call me if you need a place to stay. I got plenty of extra space.

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by JConant on Oct 25, 2009 11:49 AM PDT up reply actions 0 recs

That might be a good idea. I’ll get in touch with you.

It's spelled "S-H-U-F-E-L-T-H-I-M-S-E-L-F"

by JShufelt on Oct 27, 2009 9:52 AM PDT up reply actions 0 recs

Same here.

Now you need to choose! Mwahahahaha.

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by qrsouther on Oct 27, 2009 3:07 PM PDT up reply actions 0 recs

trap game my ass

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by WhiteRabbit on Oct 25, 2009 1:54 AM PDT reply actions 0 recs

Check this out. I read about it on O-Live. Apparently the university has approved it.

HUCK THE fUSKIES.

by MarineCorpsDuck on Oct 25, 2009 8:21 AM PDT reply actions 0 recs

Hmm, weird!

I don’t know if I like it or not.

42-3, 65-38...So many scores to choose from!
"Nobody east of the Rockies talks about Oregon football, and that's just not right".

by Dixonforlife07 on Oct 25, 2009 9:15 AM PDT up reply actions 0 recs

I love it, especially for the Halloween night game. I could see why some people might not like it, but I love it. I ordered a hoodie and a tee.

HUCK THE fUSKIES.

by MarineCorpsDuck on Oct 25, 2009 9:28 AM PDT up reply actions 0 recs

Coaches Poll Blows Donkeys

12th my ass. Sagarin has it right::

1 Florida
2 Alabama
3 Oregon
4 Iowa
5 Southern California

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by Old Ducker on Oct 25, 2009 1:58 PM PDT reply actions 0 recs

Where are the 'horns?

by royroty on Oct 25, 2009 2:24 PM PDT up reply actions 0 recs

Up your butt and around the corner!

Seriously though, the win vs Oklahoma looks less and less impressive every week…That is the only halfway decent team they have played.

On Halloween; USC will die, Matt Barkley will cry, and all of the little bandwagoning Trojan fans will shout "WHY!?"

by CaDuck on Oct 25, 2009 2:27 PM PDT up reply actions 0 recs

The Sagarin ratings hate Texas. They have the ’Horns 13th. And the Sagarin ratings that the BCS uses (there are two different systems) have:

1. Iowa
2. Florida
3. Alabama
4. Boise State
5. Oregon
6. Cincinnati
7. USC
8. TCU
9. LSU
10. Arizona

It's spelled "T-A-K-O-T-U-E-S-D-A-Y-S-!-!-!."

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by Takimoto on Oct 25, 2009 5:31 PM PDT up reply actions 0 recs

Interesting. The Oregon, USC, and Arizona strength of schedules don't include each other yet.

by Bill Musgrave on Oct 25, 2009 5:43 PM PDT up reply actions 0 recs

funny story

Driving back from the beatdown of the Huskies last night, my 3 friends and I were looking for a good sports bar to watch the USC-OS game. We saw the Hooters in Tacoma and thought it would be a good place to eat dinner and watch the game. We walk in and there are 20+ TV’s with all the games on. We order burgers and 10 minutes later a bartender starts changing all the TVs to UFC extreme fighting. Right when all the games were getting good. We asked the waitress what the deal was, and she says it was their UFC special promotion they held every saturday night. We asked what if the Huskies have a night game on a saturday and its televised??? No answer….. they wouldn’t even switch one of the TV’s to the game!! No wonder they play such good football in the entire state of Washington, all the guys are watching human dog fighting…

by LODUCK78 on Oct 25, 2009 7:14 PM PDT reply actions 0 recs

"6 straight years of 20+ points!"

Seven, really, if you count next year at Autzen.

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by Al Orange on Oct 26, 2009 7:10 AM PDT reply actions 0 recs

I was actually thinking about that. It will be great to have the longest win streak in series history. As dominant as the Huskies used to be, they’ve never been this dominant in the series. GO DUCKS!

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by jtlight on Oct 26, 2009 7:26 AM PDT up reply actions 0 recs

Hey, how do I post a photo?

Probably a stupid question with an obvious answer, but I can’t figure out how to add a photo to a comment. It’s not a link to a URL; it’s on my home computer. A quick tutorial? Thanks!

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by Al Orange on Oct 26, 2009 7:29 AM PDT up reply actions 0 recs