Week 9 CFB Discussion

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Not sure how there wasn't a Week 8 thread so figured I'd get this started now.

[StevensTechU]

Duck07 slackin'

[OregonFan4Life]

Excited for tonight’s game, first good Thursday night of the season I think. As duck fans who do we want to win, WSU or Utah? It’d be nice to have a good win over Utah but WSU winning helps our current SOS. Unfortunately Utah choking the game away against Florida is hurting the PAC-12.

[StevensTechU]

Excited for tonight’s game, first good Thursday night of the season I think. As duck fans who do we want to win, WSU or Utah? It’d be nice to have a good win over Utah but WSU winning helps our current SOS. Unfortunately Utah choking the game away against Florida is hurting the PAC-12.

Utah. Want to have maximum wins against top 25 opponents as we can.

[Duck07]

Duck07 slackin'

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Looks like Cam Rising has a supposed knee injury and isn't going to play tonight except in an emergency capacity.

[DuckzRule]

Looks like Cam Rising has a supposed knee injury and isn't going to play tonight except in an emergency capacity.

If he truly stays injured during our game against the Utes I dunno if it will be a good thing.

[webfoots2001]

Looks like Cam Rising has a supposed knee injury and isn't going to play tonight except in an emergency capacity.

If he truly stays injured during our game against the Utes I dunno if it will be a good thing.

How would Oregon have a better chance to win be a bad thing? Making the playoffs is nearly impossible with the way they played against Georgia. This season is about winning the conference championship game and hopefully am the Rose Bowl. The defense isn’t good enough to compete against Alabama, OSU, or Georgia.

[bellsduck]

Looks like Cam Rising has a supposed knee injury and isn't going to play tonight except in an emergency capacity.

If he truly stays injured during our game against the Utes I dunno if it will be a good thing.

If he's available in emergencies now, he will be fine before we play them

[OregonFan4Life]

PAC-12 refs sure can’t pass up a controversial targeting call.

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Utah was lucky to get out of Pullman with that win.

[Duck07]

I thought Utah was real susceptible to the QB Run last night and that Ward often was holding onto the ball too long looking to pass rather than take the quick yards the defense was giving up.

I doubt Utah will clear the box the way they did on the TD rush last night against the Empty set but if they do, Bo may not average 10 a carry but he'll pick up those 1st downs if they play that far back.

[StevensTechU]

Really impressive that Utah won without so many players (QB1, RB1, RB2, TE1). I love the Ducks, but we definitely wouldn't have pulled that off.

That targeting call on Jackson from WSU was tough, but I think it was the 'right' call (per the letter of the law). If it's going to illegal for defenders to lower their head, the same needs to apply to offensive players. The double standard makes it incredibly difficult to defend physical backs.

[Greenblood]

Excited for tonight’s game, first good Thursday night of the season I think. As duck fans who do we want to win, WSU or Utah? It’d be nice to have a good win over Utah but WSU winning helps our current SOS. Unfortunately Utah choking the game away against Florida is hurting the PAC-12.

Utah. Want to have maximum wins against top 25 opponents as we can.

I agree with STU and so glad that Utah got it done. While technically, since we'll have played both teams, any result should ultimately be a "wash" for our SOS, I do think we want the opportunities for victories over as many highly ranked opponents as possible (and thus Utah remains a likely possibility on Nov 19). This isn't the BCS formula situation anymore; we want to look as good as possible in the beauty contest for the CFP Selection Committee.

It would also be cool, if both teams were to continue winning until they meet (Utes host Arizona and then Stanford before going to Autzen), if there could be another Top Ten matchup in Eugene this year-- though I don't think that's likely.

[Tray Dub]

I'm a little ambivalent about making the playoffs so I'm just gonna root for whichever team I like more. Our resume will be what it is, and if we end up in a Rose Bowl instead of a playoff semifinal, fine by me.