GrandpaDuck wrote:My out of left field prediction for star of this game is Jordan James with 3-5 TDs.
Not much other to say then this is the ultimate jinx game for Oregon. A crap team that has a history of spoiling great Oregon seasons with both good and crap teams. Maybe the most important prep for this game would be an exorcism or purchase some Purging Stones from Oswald of Carim .
Outside of 2021 every time Stanford spoiled Oregon’s season they were legit good, in 2021 it was just a typical Mario game where his team played down to the opponent’s level and when you consistently do that you will eventually lose. As for 2001, 2009, and 2012, those were good Stanford teams, and 2012 especially was just a coach drastically under-preparing his team. I don’t see Lanning having the same issue Mario had and Chip sometimes had, if Oregon is the superior team it’ll be over by the end of the 3rd quarter at the latest.
You know I was thinking the 2001 Stanford was a crap team as they had lost to WSU the week before the Oregon game and beat Oregon on fluke after fluke play, then I didnt pay much attention but looking now at their season they weren't as bad as I thought they were at the time. 2009 they were 5-3 before we played and we were immensely confident. That game though was the start of a big finish for them and launched them on a several season run of being very good. Both those teams turned out to be much better than they looked prior to us playing them. We dont want to be a launch point to a strong finish again. (Not expecting that to happen but not much to talk about in what should be a mis-match.)
Edited to add, Ertz was laying out of bounds when he bobbled the ball.
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OregonFan4Life wrote:No word on Florence? I thought I heard that he got injured at the end of the first half.
I’ve seen people saying that, but he was on IG and didn’t say anything about being hurt. He did however play the video of the kid disrespecting the O, and said that guy is to blame. He’s why they got the ass whooping.
So maybe the next game (UW), we break out something fresh. The shoes were cool, but use that tech to make a jersey or give us something new like a green jersey that fades to black. Something unique that reminds the football world we still flash better than the rest. Unis have been pretty vanilla so far this year.
