Oregon lost to Colorado. Mediocrity doesn't win, and I wrote my game column about that. Also, Oregon State showed up at halftime of its game... and lost to Boise State, which showed up for kickoff and stayed all the way through.
Going A-Z on all that matters....
A) Oregon doesn't have an abundance of great playmakers. Watching the Ducks get out-classed and out-performed on Saturday against Colorado reminded me of something Timbers coach Caleb Porter told me on the way to winning the MLS Cup last season. Porter quoted an old axiom whenever I pointed out how well his team was playing: "Sometimes it's not the X's and O's, it's the Jimmy's and the Joe's.