Nebraska @ Oregon (Oct. 17, Sat 8 PM Fox)

[UOducksTK1]

The post game interview might be the most scariest part of last night.

Nebraska is not that great of a team, and who cares what Brock and Raiola’s attitudes were that whole game.

Not talking about how terrible the offense was and taking some responsibility for that is wild.

It’s scary because it feels like Lanning is out of touch with magnitude of the situation.

[squintsdd]

Win or lose, I was gonna be happy. Last night I got the privilege of sitting on the club seats with none other than Mike Belotti. I’ve gotten to know his nephew lately and his nephew invited me to the game, and I couldn’t say no to that. It was an honor to meet him. And for the OF4L haters, don’t worry, I behaved myself, mostly.


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Can't say I would turn that down either. I don't think you have any haters. We can all see you genuinely care for the team, but sometimes your "sky is falling" mentality is what gets to us.

[Phalanx]

A lot of Lanning hate on here. I think he came out smelling like a rose. The timeouts to end the first half blew up in his face, but really, that's a fairly common strategy and sometimes it gets the other team to press and make a mistake. It could have worked, it just didn't, and that TD wasn't legit anyway, so that isn't Lannings fault that the refs were on the take.

What did work amazingly well was putting Raiola in when he did and letting him run for that first down to get him juiced up. Suddenly, it was USC Raiola, and he just picked his old team apart. The positive momentum play was perfect timing. The hurry up and not letting them substitute was perfect. He suckered the other coach into burning all his timeouts. All we need now is the Ducks Vs Them showing old video from Monday saying this was the plan all along. I give Lanning full credit not only for resurrecting the game, but also infusing confidence into what might be next year's starting QB. He looked defeated and ready to transfer out after last week's game, and now he is totally back. It was an amazing bit of coaching and not lost on this Oregon fan.

I spent some time last night reading the game thread on a Nebraska forum and they think Lanning outcoached Rhule (who they are ready to fire). It was good to get that perspective after reading all the yuck here.

[pezsez1]

What did work amazingly well was putting Raiola in when he did and letting him run for that first down to get him juiced up. Suddenly, it was USC Raiola, and he just picked his old team apart. The positive momentum play was perfect timing. The hurry up and not letting them substitute was perfect. He suckered the other coach into burning all his timeouts. All we need now is the Ducks Vs Them showing old video from Monday saying this was the plan all along. I give Lanning full credit not only for resurrecting the game, but also infusing confidence into what might be next year's starting QB. He looked defeated and ready to transfer out after last week's game, and now he is totally back. It was an amazing bit of coaching and not lost on this Oregon fan.

Putting Raiola in the game was 100% the right call. But waiting until the fourth quarter after Thomas threw a pick? He should have given Thomas one possession after halftime and then made the change.

Props to Lanning though for keeping everyone focused and in the game.

[bellsduck]

Oregon got away with an illegal formation on 4th and 1 out of the timeout on the final drive. If the ducks get called for it and don’t convert the 4th and 6, fans would murder Drew. Drew got one heck of a lucky break the refs missed that.


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Did you come up with that yourself or trust some other ill-informed Twitter post?

[Phalanx]

Putting Raiola in the game was 100% the right call. But waiting until the fourth quarter after Thomas threw a pick? He should have given Thomas one possession after halftime and then made the change.

Props to Lanning though for keeping everyone focused and in the game.

I actually think Lanning put Raiola in at the exact perfect time. If Raiola had been in there longer, the juice might have had time to wear off. As it was, the Oregon offense punched Nebraska in the mouth and before they knew what hit them, the game was over. Look at the result: Brock knows he got every opportunity to improve, having three quarters to work. Other than that last field goal drive, he did very little and had no complaint about getting replaced. Meanwhile, Raiola had only positive experiences and outcomes after being put in a position that Coach knows he can thrive in. To me, suggesting he should have gone in earlier is like saying a team should go into their two-minute hurry-up offense for a whole half instead of at the end. It misses the point. The point was to land an uppercut and get out of there. A whole quarter was enough time for an 8-point deficit.

Anyway, look at the result. There was clearly enough time, because it happened, and it is now historical fact.