Jon Joseph at Fish Duck does a great job of reviewing the history. In the Dan Lanning era when the Ducks have lost, the team typically responds with a surge of focused play and big wins.
In 2023 they lost to Washington by a field goal, then rattled off six straight wins, none closer than 10 points. The year before they got blown out by Georgia in the opener, then followed that with eight straight wins, scoring 40 points or more in every one of them.
No one likes to lose, but sometimes losing clarifies the mission.