If you actually held stock in the Oregon Ducks and had to watch your net worth rise and fall with every play of the game on Saturday, I’m sorry.
You probably needed a cigarette when all was said and done.
That’s the type of day it was for Dan Lanning and his squad in a thrilling, arguably miraculous 44-41 win over the Washington State Cougars up in Pullman. Oregon scored 29 points in the fourth quarter, including 21 in the final 4 minutes of the game. In a contest that featured boneheaded personal foul calls, an officiating crew that looked to be making up rules on the fly, and a Ducks’ comeback attempt for the ages, we learned a lot about this Oregon team.
We learned that the Ducks aren’t going to roll over when being put to the test under Dan Lanning, and that should give fans more confidence than anything.
As far as the individual performances go, there was a lot of good, and a lot of bad. Some guys, like Troy Franklin and Bo Nix, continued to soar. Others, like Brandon Dorlus and DJ Johnson, made such boneheaded decisions that it left many fans with heads in hand.
As we do every week, let’s identify players who saw their stocks go up, and a few who might have seen a slight dip against WSU: