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Some of the snarky fans, jpri, actually attend the home games and root the team on.
BTW, 8:00 p.m. crowd was WAY better than afternoon game.  Very pleasant temps and pretty good vibe in the building, at least in 1H.

Chryst was excellent (surprisingly).

I think that his first long sideline pass came on 3rd and 2 when JJAW maybe had half a step on the defender.  Perfect ball.  Some might question whether that is a high percentage play on 3rd and 2, but there is no disputing that it was perfectly executed by Chryst and JJAW. So good for them.

Agree with others that the OL was very good and looks to be improving on a weekly basis. That is #1 basis for hope (that and a much-improved Chryst).

I'm guessing the timeout on the fourth and 2 by Oregon was due to the fact that Stanford had 10 players on D (on a down where a fake was not out of the question).  Whatever the basis, it was a fortuitous turn of events as Stanford just smothered the subsequent punt attempt (and as soon as it was blocked it was a TD - not a Duck in sight as the ball tumbled toward the end zone).

Was really hoping Love would get one other big run (35-40 yards) to log another MONSTROUS game.  As it was, the Monster fizzled after Q1.  Do you think that was because Stanford went away from Love or Oregon closed the gaps?

I'm not sure why any team ever passes on Stanford - or more particularly, why Oregon didn't run it on every down in 1H.  That was alarming with Phillips and Kalambayi out.  But the D gave Oregon nothing in the 2H . . . and they liked it!

Seriously, I give the Oregon fans credit for sticking it out and remaining outwardly upbeat/friendly when their team just got canned on the field.

P.S.  The fumble by Costello on fourth down didn't matter - that play was going nowhere anyway.

[teejers1]

Some of the snarky fans, jpri, actually attend the home games and root the team on.
BTW, 8:00 p.m. crowd was WAY better than afternoon game.  Very pleasant temps and pretty good vibe in the building, at least in 1H.

Chryst was excellent (surprisingly).

I think that his first long sideline pass came on 3rd and 2 when JJAW maybe had half a step on the defender.  Perfect ball.  Some might question whether that is a high percentage play on 3rd and 2, but there is no disputing that it was perfectly executed by Chryst and JJAW. So good for them.

Agree with others that the OL was very good and looks to be improving on a weekly basis. That is #1 basis for hope (that and a much-improved Chryst).

I'm guessing the timeout on the fourth and 2 by Oregon was due to the fact that Stanford had 10 players on D (on a down where a fake was not out of the question).  Whatever the basis, it was a fortuitous turn of events as Stanford just smothered the subsequent punt attempt (and as soon as it was blocked it was a TD - not a Duck in sight as the ball tumbled toward the end zone).

Was really hoping Love would get one other big run (35-40 yards) to log another MONSTROUS game.  As it was, the Monster fizzled after Q1.  Do you think that was because Stanford went away from Love or Oregon closed the gaps?

I'm not sure why any team ever passes on Stanford - or more particularly, why Oregon didn't run it on every down in 1H.  That was alarming with Phillips and Kalambayi out.  But the D gave Oregon nothing in the 2H . . . and they liked it!

Seriously, I give the Oregon fans credit for sticking it out and remaining outwardly upbeat/friendly when their team just got canned on the field.

P.S.  The fumble by Costello on fourth down didn't matter - that play was going nowhere anyway.