#10 Oregon St. @ BYU

[Greenblood]

12:30 p.m. on ABC.

Going to be interesting without Mannion. This is one of those occasions where, whatever our feelings about the Beavers in general, they can potentially do the Ducks a favor in SOS when the final BCS rankings come down if they can win this OOC game. Basically, any team on the Ducks' schedule beating any team that isn't helps the Ducks SOS. Which is why recent Beaver and Cal victories over UCLA were good from that standpoint, as well as even USC coming back to beat Utah. (And why -- oh PLEASE -- it would be so great for Stanford to beat ND this week, and ND to fall to USC later on.)

[UOducksTK1]

I think this will be a very boring game. BYU's defense is even more "for real" than OSU imo. And without Mannion, it'll be evident in this game.

I say BYU 20-13.

[USUaggieDuck]

byu's QB ran a QB draw instead of kneeling on the final play just for kicks. he injured his knee on that play and is out for the year.

he was the backup. the original starter will be playing in this game (with 3 injured vertibrae). byu lost 2 starting linemen and their RB broke his arm and will be out as well. that said, no idea who wins.

[UOducksTK1]

byu's QB ran a QB draw instead of kneeling on the final play just for kicks. he injured his knee on that play and is out for the year.

he was the backup. the original starter will be playing in this game (with 3 injured vertibrae). byu lost 2 starting linemen and their RB broke his arm and will be out as well. that said, no idea who wins.

Didn't know this, but I'll stand by my score, home team still wins.

[duck55]

Vas is better than BYU's Riley. Reports of Wheaton missing practice. Tough game to grasp.

[Elduderino]

I like the Beavs in this one. Haven't been overly impressed with BYU. Dominant D and a pathetic offense (though I am a big Cody Hoffman fan; not sure how that dude got out of the PAC12).

Plus, I think we want as important a Civil War as we can get.

[UOducksTK1]

I like the Beavs in this one. Haven't been overly impressed with BYU. Dominant D and a pathetic offense (though I am a big Cody Hoffman fan; not sure how that dude got out of the PAC12).

Plus, I think we want as important a Civil War as we can get.

No doubt we probably want OSU to win, but will they? I don't think they survive BYU's D with no Mannion.

[karlhungis]

BYU wins a squeaker, 4-2.

[Duck07]

I think the Beavs can pull out the win due to their D and what I predict will be some effective PA passing. While they don't have the best run game, I believe they'll be able to keep BYU honest enough to get Cooks and Wheaton some looks. Much like the Wisconsin win, I think the Biebers hold on late for the win.

[Bud Lee]

All the injuries make this one a hard one to predict. If I had to guess, Beavers win 17-0.

[DAT#6]

It would be nice to see BYU not embarrass the conference again, but alas, I do not think that will be the case.

BYU 12 OS 10

[Greenblood]

The Beavers have been continually surprising me this year, and I'm going to say that they are a lot more than Mannion. I say they'll again "surprise" me (even if that doesn't really make sense) and win a low scoring contest. (And thanks to the Mod who added the ranking to the Beavers in the title of the thread.)

[AutzenMember]

BYU is also on ND's schedule, so an OS win helps to lower ND's future SOS also.

[stewbertwilloughby]

Does Riley Nelson remind anyone else of Masoli? Runs a lot, physically. Not a great passer. Makes plays happen, then makes a stupid decision.

[maxduck]

Good game by the Beavers.