Oregon went into Kinnick Stadium this weekend and beat Iowa at their own brand of football, winning with the running game, special teams and defense, 18-16 on a cold, wet Saturday afternoon in Iowa City.
Before the game the voices of college football's podcasters, analysts and talking heads busied themselves forecasting doom for the Ducks. One by one they trotted out the worn, dated assumptions about Oregon not being physical enough for a bruising Big Ten game.
Kirk Herbstreit came on the Pat McAfee Show and whispered, "Oregon loses Saturday." Saturday morning on ESPN College GameDay he doubled down on the doubt.