After the dust settled on a crazy weekend of Duck football, here are a few observations I've made.

1. Donte Moore escaping that ruthless hit with "only" a concussion is a miner miracle. I hope he makes a full recovery.

2. Raiola is clearly the QB1 the Ducks need. The offense came to life the moment he walked on the field and everybody saw it.

3. Score pre Raiola: USC 7 OBD 3. After Raiola OBD 38 SUC 20. Again, Raiola is that guy.

4. Holding SUC to 27 points on their home field shows they have the potential to hold anybody in the twenties which should be enough against anybody.

5. After the hit, the Ducks had their metal tested and they rose to the challenge. A sign of growth since Stillwater.

6. Lanning kicking a field goal at the end of the half instead of going for it, another sign of growth.

7. The D getting 4th Quarter stops against a good offense on the road, another sign of growth.

8. The offense came to life when the down field threats became real. Check downs became real threats when the D was spread out.

9. Jamarie Johnson is a problem.

10. If the O line can give just enough, it's more than enough and that works for me.

16 minutes ago, The Kamikaze Kid said:

If the O line can give just enough, it's more than enough and that works for me.

AMEN

"Lanning kicking a field goal at the end of the half instead of going for it, another sign of growth."

YES!! I almost got a tear of joy in my eye when Coach chose to take the 3 😄

Coach is coachable and is learning!