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We just played two ranked teams on the road in a row.  We have one more ranked team left on our schedule (UW) on the road as Cal will tumble out of the rankings, and maybe one ranked team at home (WSU).  We should be able to win every other game (doesn’t mean we will win every game, of course), but we will need our offensive line to be better.

But gee, a 4-1 start to the season with wins over sc and Oregon is something I would take most years.

BC

Totally agree, especially because the loss does nothing to our PAC-12 chances. What matters now is how we go forward. A week ago, we were "great", now we "suck". What we were, doesn't matter. What we do going ahead does. It has been said that there are two "gimmies" on our schedule. I remember OSU from last year. Imagine the Chipster needing a victory to avoid an 0-12. There are no gimmies ahead. OTOH, none of the teams we will be playing, except UW, have exceptional teams in the same class as ND. We can still win the PAC-12. We can also lose any  of the remaining games. The OL needs to play better. If it doesn't, all the remedies proposed on this board matter very little.

Disagree we were "great" a week ago.  We were one bad snap away from a Notre Dame like final score.   I'll say lucky, but at this point in the season I have not seen anything better than adequate.

Even taking out Oregon, SC and SDSU are hardly pushovers, and we won both those games fairly handily.

BC

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We just played two ranked teams on the road in a row.  We have one more ranked team left on our schedule (UW) on the road as Cal will tumble out of the rankings, and maybe one ranked team at home (WSU).  We should be able to win every other game (doesn’t mean we will win every game, of course), but we will need our offensive line to be better.

But gee, a 4-1 start to the season with wins over sc and Oregon is something I would take most years.

BC

Totally agree, especially because the loss does nothing to our PAC-12 chances. What matters now is how we go forward. A week ago, we were "great", now we "suck". What we were, doesn't matter. What we do going ahead does. It has been said that there are two "gimmies" on our schedule. I remember OSU from last year. Imagine the Chipster needing a victory to avoid an 0-12. There are no gimmies ahead. OTOH, none of the teams we will be playing, except UW, have exceptional teams in the same class as ND. We can still win the PAC-12. We can also lose any  of the remaining games. The OL needs to play better. If it doesn't, all the remedies proposed on this board matter very little.

Disagree we were "great" a week ago.  We were one bad snap away from a Notre Dame like final score.   I'll say lucky, but at this point in the season I have not seen anything better than adequate.

Even taking out Oregon, SC and SDSU are hardly pushovers, and we won both those games fairly handily.

BC