We’re doing a lot of good things in that way, and that’s a huge deal. “But that game should have been over long before that”.
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Luke Falk threw for 505 yards and five touchdowns, including an unusual scoring pass in the second overtime, and the Cougars snapped an eight-game losing streak to the Ducks with a victory in Eugene, Oregon.
Lockie got the nod to start the game, going 13-for-22 with 123 yards and two touchdowns in a relatively mistake-free outing, but his one interception in the game sealed the Oregon loss.
Freeman caught a 17-yard touchdown pass from Lockie and then Freeman added a 1-yard touchdown run to put the Ducks ahead 31-21 with 8:20 left to play.
With the win, the Cougars are 3-2 and halfway to the six wins necessary to make a bowl-game appearance for the second time in three seasons. That’s 11.5 more than the next-closest team, Texas Tech.
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“I think that’s the magic word is ‘significant, ‘” he said. Oregon Ducks (3-2) are coming from a 41-24 win over Colorado in Week 5.
The Cougars did, eventually prevailing in double overtime, the first ever in most Cougars’ careers.
The Odds: Oregon is a 17 point favorite against Washington State.
But Oregon fans are just asking for a band-aid, Mark. We just hadn’t done it consistently, and all of a sudden there’d be a mishap. Jamal Morrow rushed for 1 yard and was smacked by linebacker Johnny Ragin III, who then began celebrating as if the Ducks had just won.
Oregon scored quickly in the first overtime, on a 16-yard run by Royce Freemanand a nine-yard TD pass from Jeff Lockie to Bralon Addison. It was another classic example of the Ducks “not finishing”, as so many of them uttered in their quiet postgame interviews. OregonLive.com “We moved the ball pretty much the whole game. All of a sudden there would be a mishap, so the bigger concern was that we finish the drive and just consistently don’t stop ourselves”.
The play stood on review, and Oregon’s subsequent drive ended in an interception – sending the Cougars rushing onto the field at Autzen Stadium in celebration.
Or maybe it was the Duck’s conservative and highly questionable play calling in the fourth quarter while they possessed a ten-point lead.
Oregon coach Mark Helfrich and offensive coordinator Scott Frost have to be thinking, ‘What would the season be like if Vernon Adams Jr. never broke his finger?’
Helfrich said he has confidence in Lockie and Alie, if Adams can’t go. “And I anticipate a great response”. “The naysaysers will be out again”. On the previous play, the Cougars had to replay a first-down spike after snapping the ball before officials gave the ready-for-play signal. This is one that can fall under the “G.O.A.T.” distinction, for sure.
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The Ducks are in unfamiliar territory, as they have struggled to a 3-2 start. “You can go downhill and give up, or you can get back together and refocus”.
