We were beginning to make plans with our friends at Ducks Wire. We saw that Oregon had a 31-10 lead over Oregon State late in the third quarter of Saturday’s football game in Corvallis. This was a done deal, folks.
Oregon State’s problems at quarterback are well known. USC benefited from four interceptions against the Beavers on Sept. 24 in a 17-14 win no one anticipated — not the win itself, but how it came about. Oregon State’s quarterback that day was Chance Nolan, who subsequently got injured. Replacement Ben Gulbranson has not been any better than Nolan. Oregon State simply cannot throw the ball, especially not down the field.
Down 21 points with 19 minutes left? Goodnight, Irene.
Or so we thought.
Our plans with Ducks Wire to collaborate on USC-Oregon Pac-12 title game coverage were scuttled.
Oregon State 38, Oregon 34.
Here’s how it went down, with a lot of stunning, ridiculous facts and decisions included.
Ducks Wire helped us with this report, as did Jon Wilner of the Wilner Hotline: