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AD Rob Mullens needs to weigh in on the state of Oregon's football program: Issues & Answers

Paging Rob Mullens.

Hey guy, you've got some splainin' to do.

Oregon's athletic director chose to promote offensive coordinator Mark Helfrich when Chip Kelly bolted for the NFL in 2013.

Now the program is in free fall. The Ducks have lost four games in a row. The last two have been humiliating blowouts to Northwest rivals Washington State and Washington.

The Washington loss was the worst of all possible worlds for Mullens:

-- It was a 70-21 crushing that could have been worse had UW coach Chris Petersen wanted to be sadistic about it.