But I've never been less concerned with an Oregon loss in my history as a Duck football fan.  Consider the facts:

1. Stanfurd is a good football team.
I think many of us forgot about the fact that Stanfurd was a sleeper pick to contend for the Pac-10 title at the beginning of the year.  They play disciplined, old school football.  They're well coached.  They have an elite running back.  They weren't a team we could just run over and move on, and everyone (AtQ, the team, the coaching staff) knew it.

2. Stanfurd played damn near a perfect game offensively.
The PI penalties hurt.  But Andrew Luck played out of his mind, threading balls to receivers who were well guarded.  The offensive line was disciplined, and our lack of a pass rush gave Luck plenty of time.  They only committed three penalties. Oh, and Toby Gerhart's a beast.  I'm really glad I'm never going to see him again. 

3. This loss didn't change a thing.

Realistically, we weren't going to the national championship game.  The only thing this loss did is lost us come of our cushion in the Pac-10 race.  We knew looking at the schedule that:
A. We could lose one game, provided it isn't Arizona.
B. Even if we lost to Arizona, they still have the meat of the Pac-10 schedule left, including USC and Cal.

None of that has changed.  So I'm not worried.  I not only have been drinking the Chip Kelly Kool-Aid, I've been making it for him so he can concentrate on football.  Plus I always thought he never used enough sugar.  But that's beside the point.  We've already seen with this team that they can come back from a loss.  We're still in the driver's seat to win the Pac-10 and go to a Rose Bowl.  Now on to more important matters...

Tako tried a new beer!

On Saturday, I tried Rogue's Morimoto Soba Ale for the first time.  It was a really interesting beer brewed with roasted soba, or buckwheat.  Incidentally, buckwheat is not a kind of wheat.  It is more directly related to rhubarb, and is ridiculously healthy as far as beer ingredients go - high in potassium and vitamin B, and fat free.  It had a great taste for a beer that also tasted light.  If you've ever had soba noodles, you know that it has a certain richness that udon or ramen noodles just don't deliver.  That flavor translates well to beer, especially since soba noodles are best cold.  It's a great beer to go with lighter foods, like pasta or seafood, and it's a great beer for the drinker who doesn't want a lot of hops, but still wants interesting flavor. 

Keg Stickers!

Keg stickers a plenty this week, not the least of which goes to LeGarrette Blount, for doing all the right things and making a concerned effort to turn his life around.  The reinstatement is irrelevant, this Keg Sticker is for self-motivation and a desire to change.  The rest of the best of the past two weeks:

• ochocokid, for consistently being the one to comment on a thread two days after everyone else has ended discussion.  That takes dedication. 
  
• Quinn, for making this Jersey Contest side bet my one salvation.  I would've given up long ago otherwise.  I almost want to lose because I've got some great ideas for my Quinn song.  But just almost. 
  
• Dominic, for starting my basketball jones nice and early.
• benzduck, for his awesome write-ups of Duck football suckitude.  It's comforting to know that the holier-than-thou attitude is only really confined to the younger set who only know the Bellotti and Kelly eras.
• My fantasy football team, for moving to 7-2 on the season.  Booyah.

And finally, these poor souls Need a Beer:

• Nick Alliotti, who not only needs a beer, but needs a Robin Williams intervention.
• JasonStern, for getting his first FanPost ripped apart.  Personally, I love the spirit.  Jason, you came out opinionated and fiery.  I like that in a pilot.  I mean, blogger.  You no longer need a beer.  This round's on the house.  Welcome to AtQ. 
  
• Chip Kelly, for having to deal with a loss and the inevitable, "Look, they might be losing the Rose Bowl so they're bringing back their thug running back!" media shots.  Get this man a Corona!
• Mike Bellotti, for leaving at halftime of the men's exhibition game against Lewis & Clark.  Although I can't help but assume he was leaving to get a beer.  So maybe he's okay by now.  Oh, and grow the moustache back please.  Thanks.

Jovial atmosphere yadda yadda yadda sing drinking songs and praise Juju.