Mykael Wright still isn’t over the Pac-12 refs in Oregon’s loss to Stanford

Do you remember the numerous crazy flags at the end of Stanford vs. Oregon that cost the Ducks the game? Mykael Wright does, and he isn’t over it.

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Hopefully by now, you’ve been able to move on from the Oregon Ducks’ brutal loss to the Stanford Cardinal back at the start of October. At the time, the No. 3 Ducks fell to the unranked Cardinal on the road, 31-24 in OT after a game where offensive coordinator Joe Moorhead was sidelined due to a medical emergency, and RB CJ Verdell was lost for the season with a dislocated ankle and broken fibula.

The loss felt like Oregon coming back to earth after their triumphant win over Ohio State earlier in the year, and while they were able to bounce back and win 5-straight games after, it was still a tough one to swallow, particularly for how it happened.

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If you’ll remember, the Pac-12 referees were characteristically bad in that game. With the Ducks leading 24-17 late in the game, Stanford was trying to drive for a game-tying touchdown. A bogus roughing-the-passer penalty on Kayvon Thibodeaux and a completely missed false-start on Stanford gave the Cardinal a goal-to-go opportunity from the 4-yard line with less than 10 seconds left. That’s when the most egregious call of all came.

With no time on the clock, CB Mykael Wright was called for a holding penalty in the endzone, giving Stanford one untimed down, where they were able to convert and tie the game, sending it to OT. We know what happened then, with the Ducks being sent packing after their first loss of the season.

It’s a swinging doors moment for Oregon in the 2021 season and something that Wright is still not over.

Now that Wright is heading off to the NFL, he may soon be able to put that memory past him, but it’s fair to still be salty about a victory being snatched away from you. I know that many Oregon fans can agree.

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