Threw together a quick little article on some of my initial thoughts on the game... couldn't help myself. A win is a win but that was ugly.

Quick Quacks - Oregon v Boise State

Oregon beat Boise State 34-27 and here are a few quick take aways on the game.

Never, Ever, Never, schedule Boise State!

2 minutes ago, Jon Joseph said:

Never, Ever, Never, schedule Boise State!

Oregon is theoretically allowed to give a competitive effort every game.

3 minutes ago, Jon Joseph said:

Never, Ever, Never, schedule Boise State!

Keep scheduling them, I have a defribrillator patent.

Actually, I think this is better than opening with Portland St and not knowing what we haven't got.

I think the coaches will coach as if this is a loss.

This challenging game against BSU will pay dividends in future games, especially on the road.

The Ducks showed that they could make in game adjustments.

The Oline gave Dante time to read his progressions and Dante delivered big time. That wasnt always the case last year.

The Broncos came ready to play and smacked the Ducks in the mouth. The Ducks did not panic. They dominated the 2nd half and beat the best G6 team in the country.

This game tested the Ducks metal. It will pay dividends against the Trojans.

Go Ducks......

I have serious reservations on Drew Meringer's play calling abilities. Both those 4th down plays were absolutely atrocious.

17 minutes ago, kirklandduck said:

I have serious reservations on Drew Meringer's play calling abilities. Both those 4th down plays were absolutely atrocious.

I think the play calls in the second half were MUCH better.

The fourth down play calls were awful. But so much of the bad play calling came when the Ducks got cute rather than good ol straight up football. When the Ducks played straight up it tended to go well... Vertical passes and running the ball with Davison.

Play calling must improve.

I am so tired of players making mistakes and there are no consequences, they stay in the game, and they don't get pulled. Evan Stewart shouldn't be the punt returner, 3 terrible plays, almost cost the team the game. 10 penalties, absolutely unacceptable, but players just stay in the game, pull them!

You line up offside, you're out of the game, be smarter, it's a standard, and it starts from the first game, Cignetti wouldn't accept this sort of effort in terms of fundamentals.