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Great heavyweight title fight. The better team won. Twice.

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Left no doubt.

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Indeed.

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Thanks to Serena Morones for the pics. I watched with my wife, a Husky. I had no dog or duck in the fight. Clearly the better team won. And the better quarterback. Undefeated and beat the media's darling twice. Phil Knight cannot buy a win when it counts. I bet that hurts.

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Beating Ducks for PAC12 Chip? Awesome! Beating them 3 consecutive times? Priceless!

Go Dawgs!

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DAWGS!!!

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Huskies know how to win close games!! Didn’t love that we let them come all the way back and go ahead but way to persevere, DAWGS!!

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The record in those close games is remarkable.

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Not as dramatic as the earlier contest, but same point spread. Hats off to Washington in this classic tilt between the two Backstabber universities. I mean that sincerely!

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The Ducks and Huskies "had no choice" as they will tell you endlessly

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Hope you didn’t bet the house on your 38-21 pick John.

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I was on the same bandwagon as John. Then I read his column, and several others today that thought the Ducks were a foregone conclusion and then I suspected the Huskies would surprise everyone. Everyone not a UW fan had written them off. (For the record, I’m a Beav.)

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The Nike / Duck hype machine was in overdrive leading up to the game. The result was a Washington win. Hardly an upset for the higher ranked team

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Not sure I agree Brian. The games are won and lost by the players and coaches - not by the media or fans hyping the game up.

It may be fair to say that Duck players were over-confident and lost, but it I think it is because in the end the Huskies were better this year. I’m a Duck and have been for 50 years - I will admit we were out-schemed and pushed around in this game.

Hype doesn’t matter once the ball is kicked off.

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Dec 2, 2023·edited Dec 2, 2023

I am referring to the predictions of a blowout (10 points at the sports books and a lot more by pundits) for the Ducks, including by JC here. That is a result of hype. There was nothing leading up to the game suggesting the Ducks would blowout the Huskies. If it was the win over OSU, that completely missed the fact that Jonathan Smith let the players know he was gone before the game (and they would have guessed anyway by all the rumors and the MSU game on the scoreboard). OSU looked flat and I commented on that during the game to several on boards. It was unbelievable how they played considering the situation. The week before, the Beavers had held the Huskies to their lowest point total of the year. Some people interpreted that to mean the Ducks were a LOT better. Hype convinced them. The Ducks have a huge media machine and it shows in the big games when they fail to live up to it.

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Watched to the end of what would have been a great game if the two teams had not participated in the demise of the PAC12 for money. Despicable end to a great conference. Whoever they play in the. championship I will root for.

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The Oregon Fighting Ducks bow down to Washington; and with that, Pac-12 Conference football comes to an end. 😔

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I see George Kliavkoff grew a goatee. Was he trying to change is appearance or something? Git outta here!!

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Absolutely love this comment!!!

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Glad the Dawgs won, but they still suck. Go Cougs!

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Great pics Serena! Thanks for the memories of an epic game between two great teams; the Huskies had the edge and came out on top.

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Great game, eh? WINNING BY FIELD GOAL?

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Any pics of the mascot reunion?

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The cheerleaders fought to death for a field goal?

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Love the pics

Love the Purple

Love the win

Respect to the ducks

Is this “The Year” for Washington?

YES💪🏼🏈💪🏼

GO DAWGS

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I was told Oregon was the better team.

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No doubt now.

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Hey, man, Dawgs won by a field goal. Just one Charley Daniels Blues tune. Drjimxlaw64@gmail.com

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