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Still in the driver's seat to play a crappy Big 10 team in the Rose Bowl. The only thing the loss did was leave no more room for margin of error.
 
This is not too bad of a loss. I'll explain why.

1. We are still in the driver's seat for the Pac-10 and for the Rose Bowl. 2/3 remaining games are at Autzen, where we haven't lost all season. The biggest threat for the Pac-10 right now is (I can't believe I'm typing this) Arizona, but they still have a very tough schedule ahead with Cal and USC on the road, not to mention the Ducks (which will be a big game).

2. It is almost impossible to go undefeated in Pac-10 play. Only the most stacked USC teams in recent history have done it.

3. To be honest, the national championship game, even if we did win out, was highly unlikely. There's a 90% chance it's gonna be Texas vs. whoever wins the SEC championship.

4. This was, by far, the best game Stanford has played all year. They had an extra week to prepare, and you could tell that that helped immensely. I've watched several Stanford games this year, and that was by far their best performance. Luck was phenomenal (and the best QB we'll face the rest of the season), Gerhardt couldn't be stopped, and EVEN THEN we were able to battle back and ALMOST pull off an epic comeback. This team doesn't give up, and I think that could be the key to a win down the road.

So keep your heads up Duck fans!!!!!
 
the game was a win for the beavs/others in that we don't have to listen to "the game" and all you duck honks use the phrase national championship at all. while it was going to be a stretch to get there, all that hope is lost now.
 
bigbailes said:
the game was a win for the beavs/others in that we don't have to listen to "the game" and all you duck honks use the phrase national championship at all. while it was going to be a stretch to get there, all that hope is lost now.
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you listened to those who thought the Ducks would be in the NC game?
 
i didn't take them seriously but honks like jay allen and his idiot callers were too much last week.
 
Well in all fairness, the way the Ducks tore apart SC, SOME talk of a national championship WAS fair. The same would've been true if the Beavs were in the same position. But alas, its not meant to be this year...and now 95.5 and all the Duck honks will have to "settle" to using the phrase Rose Bowl. :)
 
The Ducks had no shot at the national championship because the BCS is screwy. I'm not an Oregon fan but they were doomed even after they beat SC because the systems are so unbelievably screwed up at this point. USC was dropping BCS points before the Oregon game despite winning.

Oregon still is in the driver's seat for the Rose Bowl. A very comfortable seat at that.
 
yakbladder said:
The Ducks had no shot at the national championship because the BCS is screwy. I'm not an Oregon fan but they were doomed even after they beat SC because the systems are so unbelievably screwed up at this point. USC was dropping BCS points before the Oregon game despite winning.

Oregon still is in the driver's seat for the Rose Bowl. A very comfortable seat at that.
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I dunno. We have to travel to AZ and play OSU. Those are going to be 2 tough games.
 
BLAZER PROPHET said:
I dunno. We have to travel to AZ and play OSU. Those are going to be 2 tough games.
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Look, I'm a big OSU fan and I think it's going to be deadly playing at Autzen this year. Our D is always really aggressive and that spells trouble against a spread/option offense.

We'll see, though, our O is starting to pick it up a bit the last 3 weeks.
 
yakbladder said:
Look, I'm a big OSU fan and I think it's going to be deadly playing at Autzen this year. Our D is always really aggressive and that spells trouble against a spread/option offense.

We'll see, though, our O is starting to pick it up a bit the last 3 weeks.
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I never underestimate any team in the civil war. Also, Riley is, IMHO, the best coach in the PAC-10.
 
BLAZER PROPHET said:
If UO had a down year and only won 2 games- OSU & UW, then I'd be content.
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I pity you then.. sorry BP you are a good poster.. but that in no way would leave me content.
 
Wheels if it makes you feel better, I sat down and watched the game this after noon and my DVR stop recording with 2 minutes left! Our ducks will be just fine! Rose Bowl here we come!
 
"THE" HCP said:
Wheels if it makes you feel better, I sat down and watched the game this after noon and my DVR stop recording with 2 minutes left! Our ducks will be just fine! Rose Bowl here we come!
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oh yeah I hear ya totally.. National Championship was never really an option with Boise St and other schools ahead of us. Bummer letdown obviously.. but being in the Drivers seat for the Rose Bowl is not bad at all.. I missed the last 2 minutes right before the onside kick too.. FSN alternate switched right after that last TD by Oregon.
 
That hurt my heart.

I'm worried about the Rose Bowl because we have a really hard schedule to finish it off. Especially at Arizona. I don't know if we can win that game.

Our defense makes me sad. :(
 
We need you guys to win at Tucson and we need USC to beat Arizona as well. If we take care of business that means the Civil War is for the Rose Bowl. That would be EPIC!
 
tlongII said:
We need you guys to win at Tucson and we need USC to beat Arizona as well. If we take care of business that means the Civil War is for the Rose Bowl. That would be EPIC!
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Has that ever happened before??
 
Actually I'm not sure now. I read on an O-Live message board that USC would go if there was a 3 way tie. The reasoning is that USC doesn't have any OOC losses while UO and OSU both have 1. Not sure if that's true or not. I thought OOC games didn't count when determining the Rose Bowl representative?
 
First thing: Fuck off, Beavs. You wanna throw the first stone? Really?

Second thing: Also for the Beavs: 95.5 The Game is THE HOME OF THE DUCKS. If you don't like Ducks talk, listen to 1080 or whatever ham radio station is carrying the Beavs game that week.
 
SodaPopinski said:
First thing: Fuck off, Beavs. You wanna throw the first stone? Really?

Second thing: Also for the Beavs: 95.5 The Game is THE HOME OF THE DUCKS. If you don't like Ducks talk, listen to 1080 or whatever ham radio station is carrying the Beavs game that week.
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No. We wanna throw the last stone. Really.
 
Nothing would be better than ending the Ducks chance at the Rose Bowl just like they did to us last year. It's what I've been dreaming ever since that night.
 
No. We wanna throw the last stone. Really.
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Like last year?

Actually I'm not sure now. I read on an O-Live message board that USC would go if there was a 3 way tie. The reasoning is that USC doesn't have any OOC losses while UO and OSU both have 1. Not sure if that's true or not. I thought OOC games didn't count when determining the Rose Bowl representative?
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I think there is some way to drop the third team in a three way tie, and then the other 2 decide it by head-to-head.

But again, all we gotta do is take care of business and we are in. Same with Arizona. The only two teams that control their own destiny. So that game in Tuscon is huge, but i'm not confident on the road at all.

Good situation to be in, but it could have been much better. Oh well.

Give up 51 points to Stanford and you deserve to lose, I don't care who you are. Our own fault.

Life goes on, though.
 
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If UO had a down year and only won 2 games- OSU & UW, then I'd be content.
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That's silly, man. We definitely need to expect more of our team than that. 2 wins in a year would be a catastrophe, no matter who those 2 wins are against.

IMO, anything under 9 wins is a failure of a season.
 
bigbailes said:
i didn't take them seriously but honks like jay allen and his idiot callers were too much last week.
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callers on sports talk shows are often idiots regardless of who they're rooting for. Prior to this weekend the Ducks were a looooong shot to play in the BCS title game so a caller uttering the words national champs is confirming their idiot status. Why let idiots bother you?

Probably the same reason this thread was started.

STOMP
 
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