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When USC was lined up to come out of the tunnel their fans coaches and players were chanting "Overrated". They couldn't be bothered to cheer about themselves in that moment, being so focused on us, but in hindsight that's exactly what they were doing cheering about themselves.

I think there is an argument to be made this was Dan Lanning's finest win as Head Coach of OBD. Better than the Ohio State and Penn State wins. The sheer level of adversity seen so far this year, then the adversity he dealt with in real time with Dante being brutally injured, by taking charge of the players, getting his players focused, ensuring all the assistant coaches and players do their job at a high level against Riley's best team at USC by a significant margin. Dan Lanning is a winner. Our Ducks program is a winner. People love to hate on us, but we had class and resilience that is undeniable and will earn respect especially from recruits they may have been considering OBD and USC Riley and USC are losers and their own fans are disgusted with EVERYTHING they saw. They had the talent to compete, the wind at their back at home playing their A game in weather more to their liking, against a backup QB and still got beat bad enough to give up in the end.

I think they meant it was Oregon's first time beating USC 5 straight.

I wonder if Riley's heated seat also has a cooling feature? (snicker)

I wonder how many, if any teams have won a D1 natty with a QB who started the season as a backup.

lol. Go get em Dan! 10 years in a row!

The way the players responded to Dante's injury, speaks well of coaches and team culture. Was a good win. Raiola's composure was evident of experience. His passes could be a bit more decisive, less soft. A long season, more growth needed.

I do feel relieved after obsessing all week about what a second loss in September would do to the Ducks' chances of reaching the CFP, WHEW for now!

I think the Oregon D stiffened up knowing that it was all going to pretty much be passing plays and they were unlikely to get the plays that were murdering them... the quick dump offs behind the LoS. Those dump offs were absolutely the thing keeping USC going.

Raiola looked great today and many of the commentators on my favorite dawg forum suggested that perhaps he should become the Ducks starter (while acknowledging that Lanning will likely hand the job back to Dante, not willing to "Wally Pipp" him for an injury). I'll be rooting for both guys as the season plays out. But be forwarned that the power B1G teams are quite aware that Dylan is a statue in the pocket and that his efficiency passing goes way down when pressured. So our offensive coaches need, IMO, to work the offensive front hard to improve their pass protection if/when Dylan comes to play a lot.

Sure, OBD was up by 14 and had 99% chance of winning. But with 1:30 left and USC driving, did anyone find it strange that they didn't call timeout or even try to get out of bounds. Did they just give up? With the way Jayden Maiava had been throwing the ball against Oregon D all night, I would've expected them to be able to quickly score and try an onside kick. What am I missing?

This was a good USC team. Did you see their defensive tackles? They are beasts. And USC always has a good passing game. I agree that the slide was late, but the defender accelerated through the play even after Dante was on the ground. It should have been some kind of hit on the ground, but not enough to send him to the hospital on an ambulance. This was a quality win and one of their biggest recently. The O line and D line continue to get better. The Ducks still have some scheme and play calling issues, but it is getting better. Dierre Hill had a much better game. He is now trying to do what he is capable of doing, which is finding open space and breaking arm tackles and NOT trying to outrun defenders or run them over. We all thought we would know what kind of team the Ducks are when they play USC. Well we now know they are a team that can finish games vs competition. They are good enough to be a playoff team. They are good enough to challenge the best of the best and have a chance IF they play their best game. But at this point, I don't see them being better than the best teams in the SEC. But the Ducks are improving. They may keep improving each week and get to that level if all goes right. USC is coming back to what it used to be. But they are not there yet. USC should win a lot of big10 games this year. Finally, I am starting to think the Oregon linemen are not so bad after all, and scheme has a lot to do with it. If the opposing D is loading the box, send the play somewhere else. If the opposing O is max pass protect, then send more blitz packages.

If you want to score, it helps to have a B1G Johnson. 😍 Dylan Raiola: Magnifico! Sending out an SOS. Boise State and OK State winning on the road helps the PO cause. After a 4-week emotional rollercoaster, it's a good time for a Bye.

A good win for both the team and Duck fans. The best part was that it was the first time in years that the Coliseum was sold out…evidence that SUC fans were gaining confidence that Riley is their guy, and they had an elite team…The Ducks gave them a reality check.

Our D needs to improve dramatically for us to contend for the B1G and go to CFP. But the O will be more than fine with Raiola!

Paid Assassins

It was simply an absolute horrific cheap shot with the intent to harm and damage Dante. Did you see the other targeting hit on Dylan late in the game as well? It obviously wasn't as successful, but the attempt was clearly there. Quite the culture they have down there in South Central.

You take the hit as it was and subtract the post hit celebration and it's just a hard hitting targeting penalty. We'd still be talking about it but not as much. It would be a "that's a brutal hit and it's football so that happens. Hope Dante is ok. That was clearly targeting" And that would mostly be the end of it. But with the celebration it also denotes some element of intent in the play. We still cannot prove it as I noted in my article... But the celebration towards the Oregon sideline, followed by the communal celebration on the Trojan sideline, I didn't see coaches talk to Stephens either but that comes down the cameras... All of those celebrations make it feel like this was intentional. That the drive was to hit Dante and take him out of the game. Hoping for the best for Dante.

Honestly this is the perfect time for a bye, allows us to give all the snaps to Raiola, prepare for a really inventive offense, and a general reset after the adversity of the first 4 weeks. Wish we had a bye later in the year though since it's going to be a long stretch of games to end the regular season.

Social Media is disgusting anyways, but it's always startling to see how many people on X would agree with Simms that it was somehow Moore's fault. I think Moore slid a little late compared to most QB slides, but the USC defender one hundred percent knew what he was doing, the forearm to the head says it all, as well as the reaction.

Very surprised by this, I figured there would be a period where Notre Dame might have won 5 straight.

I feel better. Some of this is coming to terms with what this Oregon team is. I just don't think it's a team that will be a championship contender. It may be a team that improves through the season, it may end up winning 10+ games, but I don't see a team that will be a major contender for the natty. I could be totally wrong, maybe the O-line improves more than I think they will, Raiola might be "The" guy, the defense might lock it in, we obviously have talent. I just think for myself, I have lowered my expectations, and I'm more focusing on things like how much this team improves, can I see the coordinators improve (Mehringer was much better tonight!), is the effort there, can this team become more disciplined and control the things that they can control (penalties, effort, technique, etc.) I don't know if this is true for others, but I honestly think I've had more fun when I'm not worrying about things like championships, last two years I've been super critical about every little thing, tonight while I might have bellyached about some defensive things. I honestly had more fun watching tonight because I just wanted to win the game and play exciting football.

It's frightening to think about the possible outcomes for Dante. Watching that cheap shot is simply stomach turning to see. Hoping and praying that Dante has a concussion without any permanent damage.

I'm beyond impressed, and frankly, a bit shocked at the exceptional play & leadership by Dylan. To step into the game in such an emotional and difficult situation, in such a high profile environment, and lead this team like he did, is truly amazing. If our defense can continue to improve, and play like they did on the last couple of series, this could quickly turn into a damn good team.

USC has beaten Oregon ONE time in the last 15 years. I’m feeling great. Go Ducks! Hoping Moore is okay!!!