Ducks choked
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They stuck themselves in the foot the first half. They could have, should have, put the game away early. Instead, mistakes cost them. You let a team stay in the game, they often find a way to win. I started watching the Cougar game, so I didn't watch much of the second half. But, they got outscored 21-7. The new Ducks are the same as the old Ducks.
Herbert is average. He is terrible at sustaining drives. He disappears for large segments
Seriously. Auburn has a heap of talent but they were going against a true freshman quarterback playing in his first game. Come on man, that's not a game a conference favorite loses.
Both teams had opportunities to score more in that first half and both made plenty of mistakes. I would've expected the freshman QB Nix to struggle, which he did, but he was the one who made the big time plays, not the Sports Illustrated cover boy Justin Herbert.
That Natty that some Duck fans expect this year is going to be a little tougher to get now...and we are only at week 1 of the season. I love it.
Glad Cougar
They'll probably win just enough conference games to make the Pac look crappy again and Auburn will be 6-6 or 7-6. I don't know how many games there is in a season anymore.
He looks good when he can sit back and play catch. A lot of QB's have a tough time with pressure but he looks like a different guy.
He also threw the final Hail Mary from the 35 about 10 yards out of the end zone! Not good.
Herbert is a great quarterback and doesn't deserve this abuse. Anyone could see that the sun was in his eyes on that pass, and the wind carried it too far. With all those Auburn defenders hanging on him, Joe Montana and Tom Brady could not have made that throw.
they have a crappy coach, and his seat just heated up
They lost to a very good SEC team on the road. It is tough to win on the road in the South, I would not have bet on the cougs if they were on the road vs Auburn. Oregon is much improved this year.
Both teams were on the road. Game was played in Arlington TX. They may indeed be much improved this year, but it looked like the same old Ducks of last year that choked their season opener vs. Stanford.
Glad Cougar
Glad Cougar
Was this a one-off? Seems like I see the Cougs, the Mutts or the Ducks heading down south to battle LSU or Auburn every other year but scarcely do I see the SEC heading west. PS I don't consider Texas - which is home to one SEC team and driving distance for the rest - to be a "neutral" game for coastal teams. It's like the Ravens claiming any game at RFK is "neutral" because it's not in Baltimore. Stop throwing away games like this as one of many jobs to do in rehabilitating the conference image.
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The SEC isn't gonna leave the South. The PAC 12 should mandate all non conference games have a home and home contract for all other Power 5 conferences. If that means you never play a conference, fine.
He is their 3rd coach in 4 seasons. Firing him now would be bad news. However, once you decide that a coach isn't the answer you're best off moving on him then.
If it were me... I'd offer Stoops and Meyer $8,000,000 per year. Whoever says yes first gets it.
It’s one of the “neutral” site games versus a BCS opponent the SEC teams schedule.