Preseason predicted to make it to finals game.

Close call game 1 - it's OK, hey it happens. Boise St does this to a lot of teams and always plays Oregon tough.

OK St - what a bunch of pretenders.

Ptd St and USC - everything is still on the table and all looks good.

UCLA - the season is over.

Nebraska - they can still go to playoffs, just can't lose anymore games.

Illinois - the low point, rock bottom, sucked down the toilet. The program has never done less with more. (which is probably true at that point)

Northwestern - if these Big10 teams lose these key games, Oregon can still win the conference.

The hype, both good and bad is way overblown.

The talk will be way over the top whether Oregon beats OSU or doesn't. That much I am absolutely sure of.

I appreciate the levity.

But they really looked like different teams each week.

I mean they’ve started 4 different QBs: Moore, Thomas, Raiola, and Raiola’s inept twin brother.

Crazy year for sure. These same things are said in a half of football every Saturday. The receipts are in the 100's of game chats

This is why I sip vs gulp the Kool-Aid.

Hey, Everybody, break out them yo-yos! 🤪

To be fair, pre-season there were high expectations with a few hedges.

One hedge was the O-line, talented but not very experienced (that showed early, still does but not as much, we'll see about tomorrow's game).

Two was baring injuries. Well, we have a very early draft pick QB out, several very talented receivers out, now our #1 running back coming into the season out, two offensive linemen out... all of those on the offensive side of the ball. It's no wonder the offense has under performed.

Three was two inexperienced coordinators. Neither the offense or the defense looked like a top five team unit early. The defense has recovered and is looking much better, the OC was let go and at least last week the offense looked much better.

So, all of the hedges have come to pass, some with profound effect on the team's performance.

Well, if we lose to tOSU, it will be the 4th loss. Then the season really is over, ain't it?

Beat everyone, and nothing is off the table... YET!

Right now this team needs to just concentrate on a winning record. Sometimes seasons, get derailed look how they were rolling along when Bill Musgrave broke his collarbone.

Oregon has always been a bit like the Black Knight in Monty Python’s Holy Grail. We never think we’re out of the fight.

1 hour ago, DuckFan93 said:

Then the season really is over, ain't it?

Playoffs, yes. And a bowl game, yes.

Bonus, more practices for the non-millionaire DLinemen since I assume the "pro ready" guys will sit along with Poncho and Wilson.

17 hours ago, Log Haulin said:

Crazy year for sure. These same things are said in a half of football every Saturday. The receipts are in the 100's of game chats

They say the same things about Texas. That is for sure.

Both the SEC and Big10 are much better conferences for bringing in so much new competition.

I can almost see the Big12 going to the Big 10 AND the ACC going to the SEC and making two super conferences.

21 hours ago, GODUCKS15 said:

This is why I sip vs gulp the Kool-Aid.

Every year I tell myself to just sip the Kool-aid, but I don't. I just end up gulping that stuff down like it's AG-1.

Give me another 54 years of being a fan and I might actually learn to sip.

Yeah... who am I kidding. GO DUCKS!

18 hours ago, BroncoSas said:

Right now this team needs to just concentrate on a winning record. Sometimes seasons, get derailed look how they were rolling along when Bill Musgrave broke his collarbone.

Bill Musgrave... Now there's a wonderful name from the past. What a great kid and such a fine QB. As you may recall, he started as a redshirt freshman the season following Chris Miller getting drafted by the Atlanta falcons.

I remember his first game was at Colorado and he shocked everybody and led us to a win.

His second game was at Ohio State, and he nearly led us to a big upset win.

We have truly had some amazing quarterbacks over the decades.