Coming into this game there was reason to think that Michael Penix Jr. might struggle throwing the ball. The forecasted rain from earlier in the week didn’t materialize but the wind was a significant factor with seemingly a consistent 10+ mph breeze and gusts up to 30 or so. Also, Oregon State has one of the better secondaries in the Pac-12 and earlier in the year held Caleb Williams to 180 passing yards when USC scored just 17 points.
It turns out that it was in fact one of Penix’s worst games of the year. For the first time this season he failed to eclipse 300 passing yards despite throwing more than 50 passes leading to just 5.