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Notable quotes from Dan Lanning after 55-10 win over Hawaii

“We’re not gonna be satisfied with that result. That being said, I did think that are we really close to playing a complete game.”

There were many positives to take away from the 55-10 victory for the Oregon Ducks on Saturday night against the Hawaii Rainbow Warriors. There were some frustrations as well.

It was all front and center for head coach Dan Lanning after the game. He started the postgame press conference by talking about how the Ducks’ nine penalties made this victory a little bit less sweet than it could have been otherwise.

While the nonconference schedule is behind the Ducks, Lanning and his squad now look to an intriguing Week 4 matchup with the Colorado Buffaloes. Before we get to that, though, let’s take a look at what Lanning had to say after the win on Saturday:

Photo Gallery: The Ducks had a great time with their big 55-10 rout over the Rainbow Warriors

Photo Gallery: The Ducks had a great time with their big 55-10 rout over the Rainbow Warriors.

Oregon wanted to make a statement in its last non-conference game of the season right before the grind of the Pac-12 season begins.

The Ducks made that statement and then some with a 55-10 win over Hawaii in front of a sold-out crowd inside Autzen Stadium Saturday night. Bo Nix was an efficient 21-of-27 passing for 247 yards and three touchdowns, with two of those scores going to Tez Johnson.

While the offense was lighting up the scoreboard as usual, it was the defense that was perhaps the most impressive as they kept the pass-happy Hawaii offense off the board for most of the night. Only a late touchdown put the Rainbow Warriors in double figures.

Here is an exciting night of Oregon Duck football in photos.

Ducks Wire Player of the Game: Tez Johnson shines in win over Hawaii

Whether it was returning punts or catching long bombs, Tez Johnson showed why Oregon got him in the transfer portal.

The first time Tez Johnson touched the ball against Hawaii, it was on a 15-yard punt return that was very close to being a touchdown.

That set the tone for the Ducks and Johnson as Oregon crushed the Rainbow Warriors, 55-10. After that return, Johnson scored two plays later on a 49-yard reception from brother Bo Nix, and the Ducks were off and running.

Johnson, a transfer from Troy, had his best game so far as an Oregon Duck. He finished with four catches for 77 yards and two touchdowns.

His second score came early in the third quarter on a 12-yard touchdown over the middle where his speed was just too much for Hawaii to handle. Johnson’s speed is going to be too much for most teams to handle. He showed why the Ducks wanted him as soon as he hit the transfer portal.

Besides his receiving yards, Johnson had 48 punt return yards to give him 125 total yards.

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Instant Reactions: Ducks jump on Hawaii early and often in rout

Oregon was hitting on all cylinders on both sides of the ball in a rout over Hawaii Saturday night at Autzen Stadium.

Covering a line as an almost 40-point favorite is a daunting task for any team — even for the No. 13 team in the nation against a Mountain West opponent.

After 60 minutes of football between Oregon and Hawaii, it’s easy to see why the Ducks were favored by so much.

Oregon scored on each of its six first-half drives to take a 38-3 lead en route to a very easy 55-10 win over the Rainbow Warriors. The Ducks move to 3-0 for the season and finally get to look toward their Pac-12 opener with Colorado next Saturday.

Quarterback Bo Nix was efficient and the defense was a lot better than it was last week, especially the secondary. It’s a bit surprising how much they improved in just six days, and it was against a team that likes to throw as much as possible. But Oregon wasn’t fazed and held Hawaii well below its average total yardage.

This is the first time Oregon has defeated Hawaii since 1969.

Social media reacts to Oregon’s blowout win over Rainbow Warriors

This game was nowhere near as stressful as last week’s game. Oregon fans were happy about that on Saturday night.

We knew coming into the game that it wouldn’t be much of a contest between the Oregon Ducks and Hawaii Rainbow Warriors.

That was confirmed when the Ducks forced a three-and-out and drove 59 yards in two plays to go up 7-0 within the first 58 seconds of the game. From there, the route was on.

It served as a nice and relaxing evening in Eugene, which was much appreciated after the stressful game that came against the Texas Tech Red Raiders a week before down in Lubbock. While scoring was plentiful for the offense, it was the Ducks’ defense that really put on a show, clamping down on Hawaii’s solid passing game and making life hard on the Rainbow Warriors.

In the second half, a lot of young players on the roster got a chance to see the field and get some valuable experience as well. Here are some of the best social media reactions to the day:

Ducks Wire Roundtable: Predictions, opinions for Oregon vs. Hawaii

The Oregon Ducks will finish their nonconference schedule this weekend against the Hawaii Rainbow Warriors, and it’s going to be an important weekend when it comes to cleaning up their execution and getting prepared for a tough Pac-12 slate ahead.

A week from now, Oregon will host Deion Sanders and the Colorado Buffaloes. A couple of weeks after that, they will head to Seattle to take on the Washington Huskies. From there, the schedule is an endless gantlet of games that could push the Ducks to the edge. That makes this weekend’s game against Hawaii important when it comes to shoring up schematic issues on both offense and defense and most importantly, getting everyone healthy into the conference slate.

To preview the action, Ducks Wire writers Zachary Neel, Don Smalley and Miles Dwyer made predictions and offered opinions on what we might see.

Here is your second regular-season Ducks Wire roundtable of the 2023 season. Enjoy.

Injury Report: Jestin Jacobs is closer to making his Duck debut

Injury report: The Ducks are still missing some key players, but they are getting closer to returning to action.

The Oregon Ducks injury report is still relatively small as they enter the third game of the season with Hawaii. However, it would be nice to have those on the list back on the field and contributing in the near future with conference play on the horizon.

And the injured aren’t backups and true freshmen. They figure to play a big role in the 2023 season and it’s just a matter of time before they do just that.

But the Ducks aren’t the only ones dealing with bumps and bruises. Hawaii will be missing a team captain and linebacker not only for this game, but for the rest of the season. It was a defense that was already having its share of problems and losing a player the caliber of Logan Taylor doesn’t help the cause.

Here’s the injury list for the Hawaii-Oregon game set for Saturday.

How to watch, listen, stream Hawaii at No. 13 Oregon

Can’t make it to Autzen for the football game? Here’s everything you need to know about tuning in on Saturday night.

Oregon finishes its nonconference season on Saturday night as the No. 13 Ducks host Hawaii out of the Mountain West.

It would be easy for Oregon to look past the 1-2 team whose only win came last week over Albany, but the Ducks need to look good before an up-and-coming Colorado team comes to Autzen next week.

The rest of the television schedule hasn’t been announced yet, but this could be the last time Oregon appears on the Pac-12 Network. The entire state of Hawaii will most likely tune in not only to watch their team but to see some Hawaiian natives who play for the Ducks.

For those not going to the game, here’s how you can watch, listen and/or stream.

3 Keys to victory against the Hawaii Rainbow Warriors

Much like against Portland State, this post will be more of a “Keys to success,” than a “Keys to victory,” because victory for the Ducks is a near-certainty. These are things I as a fan want to see in order to feel optimistic heading into conference play, and the rest of the season.

Cohesive blocking up front

Against Texas Tech, each of the Ducks’ offensive linemen worked well to block their own assignment, but when it came to tag-teaming blocks downfield and communicating, they struggled. Against Hawaii, I want to see this issue begin to dissolve. I don’t expect the problem to be solved in one week, but I do want to see improvement along the O-line so that they are armed and ready for the meat of Oregon’s schedule.

Defensive Consistency and Comfortability

As Dan Lanning mentioned after Oregon’s game against Texas Tech, there was a lot of panic on the defensive side of the ball. This week will be the Ducks’ last easy week before the two-month gauntlet they are about to face, so it will be important to start to getting things worked out now. I want to see the defense be more consistent — whether that in pass coverage, pass rush, or being organized against the run — as well as more comfortable, and avoiding those moments of panic.

Throwing the ball down the field

Last Saturday, the Ducks were most successful on offense when they were throwing the ball more than 6 yards past the line of scrimmage. There must’ve been 20+ swing passes to an RB in that game, which is a good play, especially with Oregon’s RB group, but an offense can’t succeed at full capacity doing it as much as the Ducks did. When Bo Nix is throwing the ball down the field, good things happen, like his connections for TDs with Troy Franklin and Tez Johnson. Now, throwing down the field requires good protection, but that should hopefully improve for this week as well.

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7 major questions for the Ducks to answer in Week 3 vs. Hawaii

Does Jordan Burch show up? Will the penalty problems go away? Can Oregon’s secondary step up to the test? Our biggest questions for Saturday.

We entered the 2023 college football season with a lot of questions for the Oregon Ducks. With so many new faces on the roster under year two of Dan Lanning, there were a million different things that we couldn’t wait to see play out in Week 1 against the Portland State Vikings.

Unfortunately, because of the level of competition, we didn’t get a ton of answers. A week later, with a thriller down in Lubbock that the Ducks were able to squeak out against the Texas Tech Red Raiders, we were actually left with more questions than we were answers once again. So now, going into Week 3 against the Hawaii Rainbow Warriors, there are a lot of things that we still have yet to learn about the Ducks.

With all of that being said, let’s look at what some of those big questions are going into Saturday: