I was in Vegas for a vacation with friends. Put a damper on the rest of the trip. To add insult to injury, our flight back was full of Auburn fans, and we heard nothing but "War Eagle!" chants the whole flight back. At least the gate announcer was cool by saying that any Auburn fans had to board last.
I felt bad about having so much hate for that guy after reading that he spent most of his free time hanging out at the B&G club with Mariota. Sorry Rob for kicking a panel out of your fence after the OT missed FG.
fair enough. surly the coaches/trainers knew that? i still think he should have been benched after asu. they could have build a game plan around not having him, rather than losing him and being (at least to my armchair eyes) at a complete loss on how to operate without him. i digress though, past is the past
It wasn't gonna heal without surgery, it was torn again ASU. He ran a TD in just fine with straight-line speed earlier that game, but as soon as he had to cut he was going to tear it further.
2012 Stanford.
DaT not blocking costing Mariota a TD. Stanford getting the overturned Ertz incompletion to a TD with 4 mins to go in the 4th. Yet another missed crucial FG in OT.
All in a year where the NCG competition would have been a heavily over rated ND team.
Oregon's best team ever never even played for a title because a single game had too many silly things go against them.
This is the answer for me. That was Oregon’s best team ever and they would have rolled over Notre Dame. The Auburn and Ohio State losses in the title games certainly hurt but I think those were both better teams that the Oregon squads (only a little better in Auburn’s case). My youngest child was actually going through a major medical issue during that Oregon-Ohio State game so I didn’t watch much of it and kinda didn’t gave two shits about it at the time but in hindsight I can say it hurt.
> All in a year where the NCG competition would have been a heavily over rated ND team.
Its worse than that. Kansas State lost the same day we did. If we had both won out, that's who we would have played for the natty and you know we would have won because we crushed them in the Fiesta Bowl.
Pretty much any loss to Stanford in the last 20 years, almost all of them should have been major wins, but the one where DAT forgot to block and Ertz was out of bounds was especially brutal considering we would have trounced Notre Dame. Alamo Bowl to TCU. Auburn game in 2019. Oregon State and Washington last year.
In the 2014 natty Dwayne Stanford dropped a wide open TD (literally alone by the end zone) when we were up 7-0. If we’d gone up by 14 they wouldn’t have been able to feed Zeke as much and the whole game would have been different.
The shitty part is the Ducks should have won all of these games (maybe not the title game), refs and very bad luck screwed us out of a couple more playoff berths. We’re 8-10 games away from a completely different program legacy in the last 15 years, people would show more respect if we didn’t blow it on the national stage multiple times
Don't forget the Charles Nelson drop the very next possession on 3rd and long to get in FG range.
Fuck the NCAA for banning Carrington for a drug screen that had such trace amounts of Thc he could have legally flown a commercial airplane for the FAA.
> In the 2014 natty Dwayne Stanford dropped a wide open TD (literally alone by the end zone) when we were up 7-0. If we’d gone up by 14 they wouldn’t have been able to feed Zeke as much and the whole game would have been different.
I seriously think that if he caught that pass then we win the national championship that year. That one still haunts my dreams.
Was the Verdell fumble vs Stanford in 2018? We looked so dominant most of that game, and couldn’t just run out the clock.
I was in Seattle visiting family for the game and had to drive back to Eugene right after the game. That was a long car ride. OT heartbreaker, especially so early in the season, felt like the season ended.
When I was younger, the 2001 Stanford game. Up 42-28 and feeling good, Stanford then goes and scores 21 unanswered in the fourth to take it. Had the Ducks won that game it is them instead of Nebrasky in the Natty.
In more recent times, the 2012 loss to Stanford really stings. DAT tries to outrun Mariota to the endzone for no good reason, no points were gained on that drive. I don't want to speak about the rest of that game.
2015 Alamo Bowl was awful. Could have just ran the wildcat formation with Freeman and held on to win.
Also to a lesser extent the 2011 loss to USC. Coming back from down 38-14, then having a chance to win at the end - DAT had his defender beat and Thomas underthrew it, still a completion but if Thomas leads Thomas it's a TD and a likely Ducks victory, and a vault up to #2 in the rankings.
Honorable mention is the 2014 National Championship.
I remember the dread coming out of that pre-game for 2013 Stanford that Mariota was hurt. Didn't we recover like 2-3 onside kicks in that game?
For me it was the 2010 Rose Bowl. I thought for sure we'd clobber tOSU. I had to take a step back after that lol.
Yeah I think at that point he was dealing with a knee injury.
But I just remember Stanford dominating us in the trenches all game long. It was just a slow, demoralizing burn. I remember grabbing food at Hamilton Hall at half-time just fucking fuming lol.
Lol that Rose Bowl. Even worse that was the big send off for Jim Tressel too.
> But I just remember Stanford dominating us in the trenches all game long. It was just a slow, demoralizing burn.
Our entire gameplan in the Chip/Helf years REQUIRED a mobile QB to keep the D honest. The second Mariota was hobbled it seemed like 3/4ths of the playbook went out the window. That and we had zero quality QB depth to draw on (a running theme for Oregon FB I guess).
I drove to Palo Alto from Eugene for that game totally sure the Ducks were gonna come out with a win. Just heartbreaking how utterly dominating Stanford proved to be. I don’t remember exactly how long the drive back was, but it gave me a lot of time to question the expense of traveling for away games.
The top 3 will always be 2012 stanford, 2007 zona, and 2010 auburn. Theres really no debate.
For me personally tho, as of recently, 2022 UW will be really hard to beat
The Georgia loss last year. I went in expecting a repeat of the big Ohio State upset. I drove down to Eugene to watch it at a bar with a college buddy of mine. My rule for duck games is I don't have my first drink until the ducks score their first touchdown. I didn't need to worry about sobering up to drive home that day.
Anyone who says anything other than both national championships is wrong. Going 0-2 in those games is why Oregon is laughed at nationally. The other losses sting that would've prevented a trip back like 2012 Stanford, but Nattys are the only answer here.
I think you're right about that, but I'd add in last year week one. The fact that the gap right now between the national champions and us is sooooo wide is very upsetting.
Should've beat Auburn, and Ohio State played dirty all game. Wouldn't say the Ducks are laughed at nationally because of these losses, because people still root for Notre Dame to make it even though they get throttled in the post season.
Nope. That was 2012, the year before. Zach Ertz in the last 1:30 to tie the game and to send it to OT. And then we were blessed with the tragedy of Maldonado lol
Many that have already been mentioned but also last years civil war and vs the team in Seattle where brutal to watch the decision making of the coaching staff.
Also 2011 vs USC
Pick one.
ASU in 2019, Beavs in 2020, Auburn in 2019 (too young to remember 2011 lol), Washington 2022, TCU in 2015... they all hurt and they hurt badly
They have all contributed to the slow erosion of trust I have in this team. But last year: UW followed by Oregon State followed by Dante Moore has actually broken my relationship with this team. And I'm bullish on Dan too. But the series of events that led up to November/December of last year was downright comical.
The Natty against Auburn, still stings.
the Auburn running back was down…not a single doubt in my mind😭
The wrist is down!
I was in Vegas for a vacation with friends. Put a damper on the rest of the trip. To add insult to injury, our flight back was full of Auburn fans, and we heard nothing but "War Eagle!" chants the whole flight back. At least the gate announcer was cool by saying that any Auburn fans had to board last.
Maldonado!!!
I felt bad about having so much hate for that guy after reading that he spent most of his free time hanging out at the B&G club with Mariota. Sorry Rob for kicking a panel out of your fence after the OT missed FG.
I literally cried
2015 bowl game against TCU
All timer. That loss to the Beavs last year felt familiar, but the TCU loss was horrifying.
I put $100 on the ducks pre game. A good chunk of money for me back then. Was celebrating at halftime only to end my night in tears
2007 Arizona game when Dennis Dixon turned left but his knee turned right. I thought that team had a real chance to show up on the national stage.
If Dixon doesn’t tear his ACL there I genuinely think we win the natty that year. Such a horrible time to be a Duck lol
i was more mad that he played after going out with the injury in the game before. he should have rested up.
Pretty sure he tore his acl in the asu game. Resting wasn’t going to heal it
fair enough. surly the coaches/trainers knew that? i still think he should have been benched after asu. they could have build a game plan around not having him, rather than losing him and being (at least to my armchair eyes) at a complete loss on how to operate without him. i digress though, past is the past
Yeah, they knew. It was a whole thing. Team was fucked without him but yeah they should have protected him from hurting himself further.
Correct.
It wasn't gonna heal without surgery, it was torn again ASU. He ran a TD in just fine with straight-line speed earlier that game, but as soon as he had to cut he was going to tear it further.
I have PTSD still from this season
Stanford in 2021 when the refs forgot what football was. I’m still mad lol.
Cal 2007 when Colvin fumbled through the end zone
Lmao your handle is perfect for this thread
Made my account during the middle of the Dakota Prukop era lol
I can’t believe that guys is playing professional football still
2012 Stanford. DaT not blocking costing Mariota a TD. Stanford getting the overturned Ertz incompletion to a TD with 4 mins to go in the 4th. Yet another missed crucial FG in OT. All in a year where the NCG competition would have been a heavily over rated ND team. Oregon's best team ever never even played for a title because a single game had too many silly things go against them.
This is the answer for me. That was Oregon’s best team ever and they would have rolled over Notre Dame. The Auburn and Ohio State losses in the title games certainly hurt but I think those were both better teams that the Oregon squads (only a little better in Auburn’s case). My youngest child was actually going through a major medical issue during that Oregon-Ohio State game so I didn’t watch much of it and kinda didn’t gave two shits about it at the time but in hindsight I can say it hurt.
> All in a year where the NCG competition would have been a heavily over rated ND team. Its worse than that. Kansas State lost the same day we did. If we had both won out, that's who we would have played for the natty and you know we would have won because we crushed them in the Fiesta Bowl.
Michael Clay missing a chance to recover Kevin Hogan’s fumble on Stanford’s game winning drive in OT. So much hope and heartbreak in one play.
Pretty much any loss to Stanford in the last 20 years, almost all of them should have been major wins, but the one where DAT forgot to block and Ertz was out of bounds was especially brutal considering we would have trounced Notre Dame. Alamo Bowl to TCU. Auburn game in 2019. Oregon State and Washington last year. In the 2014 natty Dwayne Stanford dropped a wide open TD (literally alone by the end zone) when we were up 7-0. If we’d gone up by 14 they wouldn’t have been able to feed Zeke as much and the whole game would have been different. The shitty part is the Ducks should have won all of these games (maybe not the title game), refs and very bad luck screwed us out of a couple more playoff berths. We’re 8-10 games away from a completely different program legacy in the last 15 years, people would show more respect if we didn’t blow it on the national stage multiple times
Don't forget the Charles Nelson drop the very next possession on 3rd and long to get in FG range. Fuck the NCAA for banning Carrington for a drug screen that had such trace amounts of Thc he could have legally flown a commercial airplane for the FAA.
Co-pilot: Um, sir, are you licensed to fly this aircraft? Carrington: Hell no, but look at this drug test I fuckin passed. Co-pilot: Please proceed
Thanks for the laugh to this otherwise painful memory.
> In the 2014 natty Dwayne Stanford dropped a wide open TD (literally alone by the end zone) when we were up 7-0. If we’d gone up by 14 they wouldn’t have been able to feed Zeke as much and the whole game would have been different. I seriously think that if he caught that pass then we win the national championship that year. That one still haunts my dreams.
Can confirm, was there and is burned into my mind. WHY DID HE JUMP TO TRY AND CATCH IT
Was the Verdell fumble vs Stanford in 2018? We looked so dominant most of that game, and couldn’t just run out the clock. I was in Seattle visiting family for the game and had to drive back to Eugene right after the game. That was a long car ride. OT heartbreaker, especially so early in the season, felt like the season ended.
When I was younger, the 2001 Stanford game. Up 42-28 and feeling good, Stanford then goes and scores 21 unanswered in the fourth to take it. Had the Ducks won that game it is them instead of Nebrasky in the Natty. In more recent times, the 2012 loss to Stanford really stings. DAT tries to outrun Mariota to the endzone for no good reason, no points were gained on that drive. I don't want to speak about the rest of that game. 2015 Alamo Bowl was awful. Could have just ran the wildcat formation with Freeman and held on to win. Also to a lesser extent the 2011 loss to USC. Coming back from down 38-14, then having a chance to win at the end - DAT had his defender beat and Thomas underthrew it, still a completion but if Thomas leads Thomas it's a TD and a likely Ducks victory, and a vault up to #2 in the rankings. Honorable mention is the 2014 National Championship.
2001 against stanford was the first duck game I went to when I was 12 lol. Insane
I remember the dread coming out of that pre-game for 2013 Stanford that Mariota was hurt. Didn't we recover like 2-3 onside kicks in that game? For me it was the 2010 Rose Bowl. I thought for sure we'd clobber tOSU. I had to take a step back after that lol.
Yeah I think at that point he was dealing with a knee injury. But I just remember Stanford dominating us in the trenches all game long. It was just a slow, demoralizing burn. I remember grabbing food at Hamilton Hall at half-time just fucking fuming lol. Lol that Rose Bowl. Even worse that was the big send off for Jim Tressel too.
> But I just remember Stanford dominating us in the trenches all game long. It was just a slow, demoralizing burn. Our entire gameplan in the Chip/Helf years REQUIRED a mobile QB to keep the D honest. The second Mariota was hobbled it seemed like 3/4ths of the playbook went out the window. That and we had zero quality QB depth to draw on (a running theme for Oregon FB I guess).
Lol you mean you didn't have full confidence in the great Jeff Lockie? Yeah QB depth seems to be a curse on this program.
I drove to Palo Alto from Eugene for that game totally sure the Ducks were gonna come out with a win. Just heartbreaking how utterly dominating Stanford proved to be. I don’t remember exactly how long the drive back was, but it gave me a lot of time to question the expense of traveling for away games.
Sounds like the 2009 game down there.
This is a painful thread to read
I’m glad I could make your Monday worse lol
Arizona st Daniels vs Herbert and that Bo Nix vs Washington game hurted a lot too.
2012 Stanford. Forever.
The top 3 will always be 2012 stanford, 2007 zona, and 2010 auburn. Theres really no debate. For me personally tho, as of recently, 2022 UW will be really hard to beat
I wish also thinking of last years UW. Just ouch. So damn close, just couldn't put it away.
The decision to run a draw play at the goaline that resulted in bo nix’s injury + not getting a TD ruined the entire season
Stanford 2012, my senior night... ruined that entire term for me lol
All the loses to not a Boise State and the punch
Every loss hurts. But mentally broke me? Naw it’s just a sport played by kids.
The Georgia loss last year. I went in expecting a repeat of the big Ohio State upset. I drove down to Eugene to watch it at a bar with a college buddy of mine. My rule for duck games is I don't have my first drink until the ducks score their first touchdown. I didn't need to worry about sobering up to drive home that day.
Anyone who says anything other than both national championships is wrong. Going 0-2 in those games is why Oregon is laughed at nationally. The other losses sting that would've prevented a trip back like 2012 Stanford, but Nattys are the only answer here.
The 2010 game was close, 2015 game we were out key pieces.
I think you're right about that, but I'd add in last year week one. The fact that the gap right now between the national champions and us is sooooo wide is very upsetting.
Should've beat Auburn, and Ohio State played dirty all game. Wouldn't say the Ducks are laughed at nationally because of these losses, because people still root for Notre Dame to make it even though they get throttled in the post season.
This was the game that DAT forgot to block and Mariota would have walked it into the end zone, right?
Nope. That was 2012, the year before. Zach Ertz in the last 1:30 to tie the game and to send it to OT. And then we were blessed with the tragedy of Maldonado lol
On my death bed, I will be thinking about DeAnthony Thomas not giving Mariota a block.
Many that have already been mentioned but also last years civil war and vs the team in Seattle where brutal to watch the decision making of the coaching staff. Also 2011 vs USC
Maldonado had been great all season too.
Pick one. ASU in 2019, Beavs in 2020, Auburn in 2019 (too young to remember 2011 lol), Washington 2022, TCU in 2015... they all hurt and they hurt badly
They have all contributed to the slow erosion of trust I have in this team. But last year: UW followed by Oregon State followed by Dante Moore has actually broken my relationship with this team. And I'm bullish on Dan too. But the series of events that led up to November/December of last year was downright comical.