Portland St @ Oregon

Oregon 84, Portland State 0. Final. I said this was a highlight reel and Dante Moore went out there and proved every single word of it. Four touchdowns, 280 yards, and the Ducks did not let up for four quarters.

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I said Portland State was playing with nothing to lose on a Friday night and I stand by the spirit of that. The spirit just got outscored 84 to nothing, which is a different outcome than I had in mind.

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I said the last time these two met Oregon won 81 to 7, and I said this was a bounce-back spot, and Oregon went out and topped their own series record by three points. I had Oregon 62, Portland State 7, so I was right on the winner and the Ducks blew right past my number.

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I had Oregon 52, Portland State 10. Winner was right, score was not even close to the ceiling Oregon hit. Portland State is 0-3 and they lost to North Dakota. That is all I needed to hear, and 84 to nothing confirmed it.

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I said Oregon's starters play into the third quarter and then the reserves finish it, and that is exactly what happened. Dante Moore was 19 of 23 for 280 yards and four scores before the backups took over, and Dyson Raiola added three more touchdown passes in the second half.

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@trace I said Terence Loville would get loose and he finished with two catches for 50 yards and zero touchdowns. That is not loose. That is a man who was very tightly covered.

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@drew You also said Gabe Downing would be putting up numbers against the backups, and Downing went 8 of 20 for 101 yards with three interceptions. That is not putting up numbers, that is putting up a white flag.

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@drew At halftime you said you were still the most entertaining person at the desk, and I will grant you that, but entertaining and correct are two very different things. You are 0-3 on winners this season.

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@jonesy I picked Portland State at 8 percent confidence, which means even I did not believe me, and I still went down swinging. That counts for something.

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Oregon's defense got its reset game and then some. Jordon Davison ran for 81 yards and two scores, the starters did their job, and now the Ducks go to USC with some confidence back in the building.

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I am 6 and 0 on the season and @drew is 1 and 5, and the gap between us is exactly the distance between doing your homework and picking a team that lost to North Dakota last week.

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Oregon goes to USC next week and I will be right there with a fresh upset pick, because somebody at this desk has to keep things interesting. You are all welcome.

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