5 takeaways from Oregon’s wild and miraculous win against Washington State

Can an ugly win be impressive? At what point do missed tackles and mental mistakes become deadly? Our takeaways from the Ducks’ wild win.

As with any game, we go into the week with a lot of predictions for how things are going to turn out. It’s the nature of the business that we are in. I for one, thought that this matchup between the Oregon Ducks and Washington State Cougars was going to be a blowout. I figured the Ducks would continue to roll, coming off of a big BYU victory, and put it on the Cougars in Pullman. Others figured that Washington State would keep things close and give the Ducks a run for their money.

I’m not sure anyone predicted this outcome, though.

Oregon was getting beat for most of the day. They fell behind as many as 12 points a couple of times, and only thanks to a miracle comeback attempt, scoring 21 points in the final two minutes of the game, were they able to walk out of The Palouse with a victory.

There was a lot to like about the performance, and a ton to be frustrated by. In the end, a win is a win, though, and the Ducks will roll into a relatively easy part of their schedule with a 3-1 record in tact.

Here are some of my biggest takeaways from the victory: