Oregon crushes USC by 3 touchdowns in the Coliseum, defense steps up in a big way
by jtlight on Oct 30, 2010 11:58 PM PDT
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It was a crazy first 3 1/2 quarters in the Coliseum, but Oregon does what it has always done, dominated over the final two quarters, and after some early offensive and special teams mistakes, went on to beat the USC Trojans by 3 scores.
While the offense will get a lot of credit for piling up 599 yards and 53 points, I am very impressed by Oregon's defensive performance. USC is the most talented offense Oregon has faced this season, and likely for the rest of the season. They came into the game averaging 7.3 yards per play. They averaged only 4.4 yards per play on the night, better than Oregon's season average.
After looking weak over the first few plays, the Oregon defensive line stepped up, holding USC to only 3.1 yards per play. They forced USC into multiple 3rd and long situations, and USC was only 7-17 on 3rd down on the day.
Cliff Harris, Talmadge Jackson III, and John Boyett all had great games, and held the USC passing attack to a mere 5.4 yards per attempt, far less than their season average of 8.6 yards per attempt.
I could get very used to beating USC by 3 TDs in the Coliseum. This was a team and fanbase that still thinks it's 2005. Lucky for us, it's not. Oregon dominated both sides of the ball, and proved itself to be the far superior team on the field. It's a great day to be a Duck. Enjoy it everyone. I sure am.
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I don’t think the score is indicative of how dominant this win really was. To start the second half, USC made a great defensive play to force an interception for a short field. They also had a big return with a penalty tacked on that gave them ANOTHER short field. They might still have scored, but there was at least 14 points that wasn’t on the defense.
What I found most impressive was how our secondary rose to the challenge and was able to stay in coverage for long periods of time as Barkley moved about the pocket. They’ve taken their lumps by many that call them “soft” but I felt they had a helluva game as a unit tonight
--Dominic, Addicted to Quack
Autzen Stadium is where great teams go to die." - J. Brady McCullough, The Michigan Daily.
Dominant win despite plenty mistakes, some stupid penalties, and even a few turnovers. That kinda stuff used to get you killed against SC. It didn’t tonight because we’re better. Lots better. How cool is it to play a flawed game and still win by three touchdowns?…against USC?…in LA???
I love football. I'm takin' that as a compliment.
Redefines cool, for this Duck fan at least...
by gamedaytribe on Oct 31, 2010 7:08 AM PDT up reply actions
man, i can’t wait to watch this game. i was at a wedding all evening and had a friend texting me updates at regular intervals. it was pretty intense—the back and forth through much of the game, and not being able to see or hear what was happening—relying only on short sentence fragments.
i’m about to watch the reply now before heading to sleep.
man, sounds so great.
What's crazy is that Oregon played a good not great game
I would give our special teams a C at the most and will killed ourselves with penalties over and over again. Did I mention that we won by 21?
It’s pretty damn remarkable to look back at this as a game we could have played better. Turnovers, special teams, and penalties helped USC quite a bit. In the past we had to pray for a flawless performance to just stay with them. Tonight we were tough but far from perfect and we blew them out in their house.
8 down, 5 to go! Go Ducks!
by JonathanPDX on Oct 31, 2010 12:30 AM PDT up reply actions
DT even went through a stretch in the early third that reminded me of Robo-Masoli – namely inaccuracy and getting locked onto a single target. That would have killed us in years past. But he made adjustments and the rest of the team was good enough to pick him up during the very brief times he struggled. It’s extremely encouraging.
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That's what Chip Kelly has been saying
You can always get better, and when you are fighting to be the best you are fighting your own limits as much as you are fighting the other team…
"Good evening Blazer fans, wherever you may be!"-Bill Schonely
A very gratifying win.
And a win that, based on my pre-season predictions, I wasn’t expecting. Another dominant second half. Another example of how these Ducks are simply not fazed by adversity. Another huge game by LMJ, who I have to credit with never showing any frustration when he was bottle up for much of the first half…so much maturity for a young guy. Lots of stars on both sides of the ball tonight. I though Talmadge Jackson had some great plays and the O-line was mostly on their A-game.
In Chip I trust. In Nick, not so much.
USC is the past
We are the present and future.
As they say, to become the King you have to kill the king. We did so last year but we made sure that he was really dead this year.
Only our FIFTH win in the Coliseum since 1950, unreal…
"Good evening Blazer fans, wherever you may be!"-Bill Schonely
Crushed, Dominated.....Really?
Uhh, I think the Trojans actually had the lead midway through the 3rd.
You can't put sanctions on the fkn endzone! Bowls are for salad!
We scored the last 24 points on you
That’s pretty dominant.
Don’t be ashamed, we do that to everyone.
"Good evening Blazer fans, wherever you may be!"-Bill Schonely
Granted, you dominated the last 20 minutes.
You can't put sanctions on the fkn endzone! Bowls are for salad!
We played our game
Never once did it feel like you guys really controlled the game.
That’s what we do to people, you plod along closely, thinking you’re still in it and then BAM its Oregon up big and its over.
Unless you’re say UCLA and you just get your ass kicked the entire game.
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by skywaker9 on Oct 31, 2010 12:46 AM PDT up reply actions 1 recs
Our offense was dominant
but tell me you weren’t nervous halfway through the 3rd quarter. How many passes hit Paulson and Davis and Maehl and Tuinei in the hands only to have them dropped? How many INTs could our DB’s (I’m looking at you, Eddie Pleasant) have had if they were on their games?
Saying we dominated this game is like tOSU telling us they dominated the Rose Bowl. We simply did not dominate on both sides of the ball, and that’s as close a 3-TD win as you are going to find.
All that said, we played far less than our best and still won going away in LA against a good USC team. That says something in and of itself. But not dominant.
I mean listen, we’re sitting here talking about rankings, not a game, not a game, not a game, but we’re talking about rankings.
by HoodRiverDuck on Oct 31, 2010 9:00 AM PDT up reply actions 1 recs
Disagree completely.
Before USC’s final drive, Oregon had a 600-308 yardage advantage and a was averaging 7.3 yards per play in comparison to USC’s 4.3.
USC got some big plays to keep the game close in the third, but Oregon dominated on both sides of the ball, and the box score shows that pretty decisively.
--AddictedToQuack, SBNation's Oregon Ducks blog
Yardage argument is exactly what tOSU fans bring up about the Rose Bowl
after they argue about the importance TOP (lol).
I’m just saying ‘dominant’ is not the word I would use, at least how I define it. And trust me, I cannot stand arguing for DFWTrojan here. We dominated UCLA. We dominated UNM. I’d even accept that we dominated WSU. None of these teams were ever truly in the game. We dominate USC for the last 25 minutes of the game, great. But those 14 points they scored immediately after halftime but a burr in my ass, and if they didn’t put a burr in yours too, then the green Kool-Aid is definitely working its magic.
I mean listen, we’re sitting here talking about rankings, not a game, not a game, not a game, but we’re talking about rankings.
by HoodRiverDuck on Oct 31, 2010 9:13 AM PDT up reply actions
After they took the lead in the third, I got a bit nervous, but the game hadn’t changed. We had controlled both lines throughout the game.
It wasn’t domination like new mexico, but Oregon controlled the game on both sides of the ball.
And that’s why the Rose Bowl comparisson is not correct. Ohio State shut down our offense, but never controlled the game when they were on offense. Also, the yardage differential in that game was much closer.
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by jtlight on Oct 31, 2010 10:50 AM PDT via mobile up reply actions
I think I'm basically just making an annoying semantic argument
I think of domination as stepping on your opponent’s throat from the opening kickoff, and never letting it up. See: Stanford 48, UW 0.
I will buy that we controlled the game despite being down in the 3rd quarter. I thought USC did a better job of pressuring DT than any opponent to date. I thought our defense had a good but not great game. Our run defense was excellent, our pass coverage (CH OMG) was excellent, but USC still managed to stay in the game despite it. Mostly because we kept making bad mistakes.
Our penalties were HORRENDOUS. Our special teams was the usual ulcer inducing variety. LMJ was so-so in the first half and sick nasty in the second. DT was very good…. I couldn’t tell if our receivers were dropping passes or he had too much mustard on them, but I believe a ball that hits you in the bands should be caught. Either way, he played better than his completion pct shows.
Anyway: convincing win, yes. Just not my version of dominant.
I mean listen, we’re sitting here talking about rankings, not a game, not a game, not a game, but we’re talking about rankings.
by HoodRiverDuck on Oct 31, 2010 11:34 AM PDT via mobile up reply actions
As for DT, he was good except for one stretch in the third. Some of those passes were dropped, but on others their secondary made good plays to knock the ball out. I don’t blame receivers for all of those.
And yeah, we had some pretty darn stupid penalties (although that roughing the kicker call made me furious – that was garbage; those refs had no clue).
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Decisive win, yes; Domination, no
USC scored 32 points. Had the lead in the 3rd qtr. Had 27 first downs. 27 FIRST DOWNS.
USC had two drives stall at midfield, and two unsuccessful drives into the Duck redzone. The score does not show how close this game was. USC converts on 1 of those red zone opportunities in the 4th, Barkley recovers the fumbled snap exchange that Oregon scored on with the next play, USC recovers Thomas’ fumbled snap exchange.
This game was fairly close, actually. But, a decisive Duck win, nonetheless. No doubt left behind as to who the best team was.
Really looking forward to Autzen next season after LAne has a chance to restock the pantry that Pete left dangerously thin. Good luck winning the BCS, Mthr Duckers.
You can't put sanctions on the fkn endzone! Bowls are for salad!
I agree it was not domination
But using what ifs only gets you so far in showing that. The game could have been closer, and while my memory might recall it being more dominant, my heart reminds me I was comfortable til Boyett intercepted Barkley. The ducks definitely had a few favorable bounces…but so did the Trojans. It could have been a bigger blow out, just as it could have been closer. What if Thomas doesn’t fumble at the end of the first half? What if the tipped ball to start the second doesn’t fall into the path of Casey and instead the Ducks score a TD on that drive? Turnovers and bounces are part of the game. Great game to watch though.
I hope SC can stay competitive in the coming years. There’s no doubt that the PAC is stronger (in national perception and reality) when the Trojans are good.
"It's not about style. It's about winning the game. That's it." - Chip Kelly
by Duckfanatic10 on Oct 31, 2010 2:00 PM PDT up reply actions
er...
NOT comfortable til Boyett intercepted Barkley. Oops!
"It's not about style. It's about winning the game. That's it." - Chip Kelly
by Duckfanatic10 on Oct 31, 2010 2:01 PM PDT up reply actions
Please.
We can play that game as well:
If it weren’t for a freak fumble at the end of the half and an even freakier INT to begin the 3rd, Oregon is up 43-17 and it’s over right then.
by BigGreenWreckingMachine on Nov 1, 2010 7:02 PM PDT up reply actions
I thought our defense had a good but not great game.
I think was the best performance our defense has had this year. USC is a very talented offense, and Oregon held them to 4.4 yards per play. Their longest run was 12 yards. The Oregon defense kept USC from getting into the normal offensive rhythm that they excelled at, and forced USC to play a gameplan where they would have to execute on every single play. And when they didn’t, they locked USC down on 3rd downs.
It was a great performance at every level, and perfect coaching gameplan for the opponent.
As far as the semantic argument, I think that you’re partially right. It wasn’t typically dominant. But Oregon controlled both lines, but even when Oregon was making mistakes, Oregon was still dominating the most important battles on the field, and that led to the points and yards disparity at the end of the game.
As Dom said in the first comment, this game wasn’t as close to the 3TD score. Oregon controlled throughout, even when they weren’t in the lead.
--AddictedToQuack, SBNation's Oregon Ducks blog
I actually like the test we had.
DT was not 100% on, had a couple bad stretches.
Couple of turnovers / bad breaks put us in bad position.
Looks to me like we showed the ability to stay calm and overcome… and then some.
Nice mini-test for something else that might come up down the road.
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by Bill Musgrave on Oct 31, 2010 3:45 PM PDT up reply actions
I’d give the overall performance about a B. Too many mistakes and penalties that let USC stay in the game.
And we still won by 3 touchdowns. The team didn’t fall apart for stretches like it was prone to do last year. We never had consecutive drives with 3 and outs.
We haven’t had a road performance this good since the 2008 Civil War, and it there was still a lot of room for improvement. It’s freaking exciting.
--AddictedToQuack, SBNation's Oregon Ducks blog
We haven’t had a road performance this good since the 2008 Civil War, and it there was still a lot of room for improvement. It’s freaking exciting.
I think that is a perfect corollary of last night’s game. And I was nervous as hell until the 4th quarter of that game, too.
And I can’t agree more with your last sentence. I feel like a fat kid with the keys to Baskin-Robbins the last month or so. We’re finding things to bitch about while winning by three scores. It’s ridiculous.
I mean listen, we’re sitting here talking about rankings, not a game, not a game, not a game, but we’re talking about rankings.
by HoodRiverDuck on Oct 31, 2010 10:27 PM PDT up reply actions
We changed to ball control in the 4th.
We were burning clock, going down to 5 on the play timer for 10-12 plays a drive. Every once in a while would throw in a couple of fast plays and boom, a score.
The commentators said USC was gassed in the third. Maybe we were getting tired too, because normally when a team is like that, we step on their neck go faster.
Speed Endurance Talent is how Track Town USA plays football. Win The Day
That lead was provided by a freak interception and a good PR by Woods.
You offense had real problems sustaining drives longer than 60 yards for most the night, Matt Barkley had his worst game of the season, your running game had over 100 yards less than what you were averaging previously.
Oh and a finesse offense beat your defense with between the tackles running from the the middle of the third quarter on and your defense could do nothing to stop it. That’s what Oregon’s offense.
So, a deficit in the 3rd, is a
crushing victory by the whistle? I see how you Ducks fly. Fast and loose, as evidenced by the cheap shots.
You can't put sanctions on the fkn endzone! Bowls are for salad!
So your football team
couldn’t cash the check that your mouth has written for the last 6 months and of course you come over whining about cheap shots. Figures.
Go back and see if in the 239 yards that LMJ was rushing for on your grass away from Autzen (you know because Oregon isn’t very good on the road, right) if you can find out who the best RB in the conference is, or is it still Polk/? One thing is for sure, he doesn’t where crimson and gold.
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Smackdown all the way from Italy.
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by QuackQuackAttack on Oct 31, 2010 8:55 AM PDT up reply actions
That Boyett hit was pretty out of the blue for him and I think it was a mistake on his part.
You got the automatic first down on that play anyway from Lewis, what are you complaining about?
Ça plane pour moi.
I’m not sure that was an intended illegal hit anyway. I think he was intending to lead with his shoulder and just barely caught the H2H part of it. Quinn’s right, that’s out of character for him.
If DFW really wants to talk, how about the ripping off of LMJ’s helmet early in the 4th and forcing him out of the game to fix it?
"Hawaii doesn't win many games in the United States." -Lee Corso
I agree. I felt like Boyett was letting up there and the helmet contact was incidental.
However, that doesn’t constitute a “dirty play” by any means, and anyone who wants to convince themselves of that is just grasping at straws for an excuse as to why their team just got anally violated by the Oregon Ducks.
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by qrsouther on Oct 31, 2010 10:55 AM PDT up reply actions 2 recs
HAHAHAHA
Poor baby. What a bunch of sore losers.
Poor baby is something that a baby might say
You can't put sanctions on the fkn endzone! Bowls are for salad!
This is not the ESPN message board, we kinda expect a few more sentences per post, on average.
Thanks for your hard work so far, those posts look really well composed.
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by Bill Musgrave on Oct 31, 2010 3:57 PM PDT up reply actions
Ooh, good one.
And “Matt Diddy” is the epitome of maturity.
Don’t know about these other guys, but I’ve lurked enough at CC to know the kind of garbage you deal in. Matt Daddy’s right.
Going to be interesting seeing what happens to 'SC over the next couple years.
Barkley’s around for at least another year, and Woods is only a true Freshman. They’ll only get better.
On the other hand, the depth is already strained, and that’s going to get a lot worse before it gets better. As it is, the Trojans are staring down the barrel of another 4+ loss season and could very possibly finish in the bottom half of the league this year.
You have to wonder how Kiffin’s going to manage to get those 5-stars on board, and keep them on board, as it becomes more and more obvious that the glory days in Troy are over, at least for the near future.
And the scholarship limits will hurt
It will indeed get worse before it gets better.
"Good evening Blazer fans, wherever you may be!"-Bill Schonely
Actually it will get slightly better next year, then get worse
If we get kids to enroll early and count towards last year’s class (which wasn’t filled) we can have slightly more scholarship players than this year.
"I have a commanding voice." - Ed Orgeron
The problem is finding people to enroll early. Two kids USC were counting on this to EE won't be able to......
So it’s looking like they might get only 5-6…..if that.
Kiffin – or his replacement – will be fine. It’s LA. Great weather. Supportive fan base. Pretty good school. A rich history of winning football and putting players into the NFL. I suspect USC will continue to pile up top recruits. At the same time, Oregon will likely continue to increase its reach into Texas, Florida and other key areas to pull in the kind of players that can keep Oregon competitive at the top of the Pac-X for years to come.
In Chip I trust. In Nick, not so much.
That didn’t look like a Supportive fan base yesterday. Nobody showed up for GameDay and easily half of them were Duck fans, and the game wasn’t even sold out.
Yah, "semi-supportive" fan base, that can't fill the Coliseum despite 17 million people in the metro area.
Supportive when they win, meh when they don’t.
Gameday, for the #1 team in the nation, and like 12 people show up.
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by Bill Musgrave on Oct 31, 2010 9:44 AM PDT up reply actions
in their defense, its Laker season.
Life is about growth. People are not perfect when they're 21 years old. - Bill Walton
It's not just Laker season
LA fans are the epitome of fairweather, no matter what the sport.
Way off
USC improved dramatically from the game last season.
The depth actually gets better, even with the sanctions. USC is at it’s lowest roster point today. Thanks Pete Carroll.
A year or two for Lane et al to recruit their own players. The best young skill players in the country at QB/WR/TB.
USC will be back before you know it. We actually took a big step this year, and Kiffin has only been here for 1/2 a season.
You can't put sanctions on the fkn endzone! Bowls are for salad!
part of me agrees with this. If not for a couple of ball bounces, USC could have been undefeated coming into this game. I’m not ready to toss them aside as “crappy” just yet
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You can never toss aside USC. They have a tradition that dwarfs any other Pac-10 team, and will get great recruits forever.
I’m glad we’re on top now, but you can never count them out.
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fortunately for us, Lane Kiffin still gets to coach them.
Life is about growth. People are not perfect when they're 21 years old. - Bill Walton
lol, still unimpressed w/ lane?
i thought usc had some awesome plays last night. some real chess matches to look forward to between lane, harbaugh, and ck.
You can't put sanctions on the fkn endzone! Bowls are for salad!
Yeah, that toss sweep on 3rd and 12 from the shotgun was a sweet call
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by TennesseeQuackAttack8 on Oct 31, 2010 5:06 PM PDT up reply actions
did you just put Kiffin in the same league as Harbaugh and CK?? i’d rather have Riley, Sark and even Stoops as coaches before Kiffin.
Life is about growth. People are not perfect when they're 21 years old. - Bill Walton
ok,
let’s count how many times Stoops and Sark finish higher than Jim, Chip, and Lane in conference.
Riley I completely agree with. USC wanted him.
You can't put sanctions on the fkn endzone! Bowls are for salad!
With the great "talent" you mentioned, shouldn't he finish at the very top every year?
With great talent, wouldn’t anything less be bad coaching, bad motivation, bad strategy, bad eadership?
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by Bill Musgrave on Oct 31, 2010 6:05 PM PDT up reply actions
Hilarious.
Enjoy your excuses, we’re looking forward to more “chess matches” with Kiffin.
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by Bill Musgrave on Nov 1, 2010 7:44 PM PDT up reply actions
Is this like beating level 1 on "Chessmaster 7000" over and over again?
"Hawaii doesn't win many games in the United States." -Lee Corso
You're right, Kiffin sucks
USC is in a death spiral. No way UO loses to USC for the next 10 years, or that SC is back in the Rose Bowl in 2 years. No way. Not. Gonna. Happen. Kiffin is the worst coach in America. The players hate him. He can’t recruit. No talented coaches want to work on his staff. Our offense is not really a top 15 offense due to his OC skills. He’s just turrible.
You better hope you’re right. I already know that you’re not. Hehe.
You can't put sanctions on the fkn endzone! Bowls are for salad!
You're starting to sound like a Washington fan.
I repeat: I look forward to the “chess” matches with Lane Kiffin.
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by Bill Musgrave on Nov 2, 2010 5:20 AM PDT up reply actions
I'm not sure you really understand how much the scholarship reductions are gonna hurt the team
you’ve avoided the injury bug pretty well this year throughout the season. imagine what happens if 3 of your defensive starters happen to miss a couple weeks
"Hawaii doesn't win many games in the United States." -Lee Corso
We'll be deeper during sanctions
Than we are right now. Plus, Kiff and CEO are much better talent evaluators than PC and his son were in his last few years. Finally, no, we have not avoided the injury bug. Did you notice our fullback playing a few series at tailback on Sat.
We shall see. It won’t be easy, but things actually will be slightlly easier for us going forward.
You can't put sanctions on the fkn endzone! Bowls are for salad!
As a Raider fan I disagree with this statement.
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by QuackQuackAttack on Oct 31, 2010 5:42 PM PDT up reply actions
Cliff Harris played an absurdly great game.
He only gave up a few small plays here and there. I was insanely worried about Robert Woods killing us. Granted, he had some yardage, but failed to make any huge plays on offense.
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. . . maybe.
Health of a player is the most important thing. I really don’t mind him sitting out again against Washington.
"We don't feel pressure because we know what we're doing." - tChip Kelly
I think we can win just fine without him
It’s more important to make sure he has no sign of concussion.
Rocky Top
anyone hear it sung at the Col?
"It’s the first time I’ve seen some absolute, unadulterated craziness out of that guy. I thought he was going to punch me and I was totally accepting of it. I was planning a reason to thank him if he did."--B. Wilson, re: Buster after Game 162
Congrats, Ducks. It's BCS or bust now
god, I can’t wait for basketball season.
Damn, my eyeball tastes good.
um…not really….BCS or Rose Bowl. hopefully we have PAC 10 champ wrapped up before Civil War.
Life is about growth. People are not perfect when they're 21 years old. - Bill Walton
I think he meant BCS bowl, which the Rose Bowl also is.
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by QuackQuackAttack on Oct 31, 2010 8:59 AM PDT up reply actions
You've got a great shot at the NC now - those are rare opportunities. BCS or bust
Good luck
Damn, my eyeball tastes good.
Via @PeteThamelNYT:
Oregon’s Cliff Harris on why teams can’t match Oregons tempo:"It’s like saying, ‘O.K. today I’m going to go run 15 miles.
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He's an absolute quote machine. I love CH13.
"(Kelly's) got a veteran team that is the favorite to win the Pac-10. His choice of Thomas reflects only one belief: He’s our best QB today."-Ted Miller
by TennesseeQuackAttack8 on Oct 31, 2010 8:29 AM PDT up reply actions
i think him and CK should start a traveling comedy show.
Life is about growth. People are not perfect when they're 21 years old. - Bill Walton
I think next week's game will be somewhat of a comedy show.
"(Kelly's) got a veteran team that is the favorite to win the Pac-10. His choice of Thomas reflects only one belief: He’s our best QB today."-Ted Miller
by TennesseeQuackAttack8 on Oct 31, 2010 8:37 AM PDT up reply actions
He is, but I wish he'd leave it to Chip.
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by Bill Musgrave on Oct 31, 2010 9:46 AM PDT up reply actions
Via @Prehmmr
The Ducks are also 13-0 when leading at the half and more impressive 17-0 when leading after three quarters under Chip Kelly.
what are the chances we sign him to another new deal this off season at this pace??
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More than that
Oregon has NEVER lost a single game under CK when even leading at the end of 1.
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So, I woke up this morning and I had 32 text messages on my phone asking me various questions about the win last night and the ducks overall. Is this what it feels like to be an ESPN analyst?
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No.
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I apologize to Chip Kelly.
I was worried that this team might not be able to handle having the bullseye on their back. I was worried that being the #1 ranked team in the nation would be a burden too heavy for the team to handle.
While Oregon may still not go undefeated this season (four more Pac-10 conference games are NEVER a gimme……..outside of UW), it won’t be because of outside pressure or any perceived expectations. This team is unbelievably focused and it shows.
I can breathe and finally truly enjoy this #1 ranking now, no matter what happens. It feels freaking fantastic.
Yes! Yes! In the face!
Sigh...
From Matt Hayes of the Sporting News:
We really don’t know anything about this Oregon team—other than it can score a boatload of points against some bad defenses. And we may not know anything until/if the Ducks play in the national championship game. Let’s not forget that this is the same team that lost badly to Boise State the past two seasons.
Emphasis mine. If by “same team” you mean a team that’s a year more mature at most positions with a different (better) QB, and several new contributors at key positions, including much more depth than last year. But yeah, it’s the same team.
Defending maligned chants since 2009
At what point do idiots realize
that our offense MAKES defenses look bad?
Also, the mens’ BB team should be favored to win the NCAA tournament every year forever since, you know, we won the first one.
I mean listen, we’re sitting here talking about rankings, not a game, not a game, not a game, but we’re talking about rankings.
by HoodRiverDuck on Oct 31, 2010 3:28 PM PDT via mobile up reply actions
I think Matt Hayes is an idiot.
There, I said it.
by gamedaytribe on Oct 31, 2010 3:41 PM PDT up reply actions
It is the same team, we lost what? 5 players off the 44
and everyone knows that CK has taken this year off.
Speed Endurance Talent is how Track Town USA plays football. Win The Day
And it's not like players learn, develop, mature, or anything. No, that would be entirely
out of his experience. This is why a freshman is the same a senior. Yes.
Infantile.
by gamedaytribe on Oct 31, 2010 5:03 PM PDT up reply actions
Please tell me you're really MCD's Mom
I have some things I’d like to talk to you about your son.
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I have no concern about what Matt Hayes may write. If he doesn’t know anything about Oregon with 4 games left to go in the season (2/3rds of the way through the season mind you), then one/more of the following must be true
1) he doesn’t follow Oregon
2) he doesn’t follow anyone that plays Oregon this season
3) he doesn’t research for his columns
4) he is being contrary because we’re #1 in the nation
I don’t care what combination of the above it is. Our offense be rollin’, he hatin’.
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Autzen Stadium is where great teams go to die." - J. Brady McCullough, The Michigan Daily.
At this point in the season,
Naysayers can do one of two things. Either jump on the bandwagon, or take their ball and go home to sulk. These people then make the same arguments that are either nonsensical, demonstrably false, or both. Oregon can do nothing to validate themselves in these peoples’ eyes.
Hayes is one of these, CFN’s Fiutak is another.
Right next to Hayes’ column about how Oregon’s win means nothing because USC sucks he was praising Auburn for proving so much against Ole Miss. He’s just committed to sticking his head further and further in the sand as the evidence piles up. For an alternate image, he’s curled in a fetal position in his closet, eyes screwed shut, fingers in his ears going “lalalalalala” rather than acknowledge that Oregon might be good.
Does anyone have an explanation for why Furd and Zona are ranked behind so many one-loss teams?
Is this just more of the usual “Dis the Pac 10” stuff, or is there some coherent, semi-rational explanation for the lack of respect?
by upper left corner on Oct 31, 2010 2:47 PM PDT reply actions
Boseko Lokombo had a hell of a game last night, too.
He made lots of great plays in the backfield.
by Dixonforlife on Oct 31, 2010 4:03 PM PDT reply actions 4 recs
NOOOOOO!
The NCAA cant find out that ATQ has been funneling Lokombo some serious green! Do we want to look like North Carolina!!??
Self anointed President of the Kenjon Barner fan club.
Matt Barkley, you read Twilight and have nothing on Darron Thomas!
by CaDuck on Nov 1, 2010 12:07 AM PDT up reply actions 2 recs
I might have said this earlier,
but thank you VERY much for kicking the crap out of USC.
For all the crap we give Wil Wheaton, he can still tackle better than Asante Samuel...
by OBrienSchofieldismyHero on Oct 31, 2010 8:48 PM PDT reply actions
Very much so.
I loved the Maehl TDs. All of them.
For all the crap we give Wil Wheaton, he can still tackle better than Asante Samuel...
by OBrienSchofieldismyHero on Oct 31, 2010 9:08 PM PDT up reply actions
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