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I’m curious who has been to the most games.

Anyone here been to every home game and every bowl game this century? How about road games that aren’t bowl games?

Let’s hear what you got.

For the record, it’s not me. I only attend a game or two per year and I’ve only been to one Oregon Bowl game (2020 Rose Bowl win over Wisconsin).

I am looking to buy some new ducks gear for my family for Christmas and would love to make sure they have the correct color for the game!

a little late and after the fact, but with the debate about hunter or jeanty, i think understanding the full picture is worthwhile, even retrospectively...having already provided some hunter-centric analytical comments on other posts, i won't delve into them here...much has already been discussed in-depth about hunter's performance this season, and for good reason, his numbers justify heisman consideration, particularly on the defensive side

• top 3 PFF cover grade (90.9)? check...
• fourth-lowest fbs target rate of 10%? check...
• just 38 targets out of 378 cover snaps, half (185) which were in press coverage? check...
• gave up only 22 rec, 205 yds, 1 td, and an fbs-low 6 first downs in 12 games? check...
• 4 int, 11 pd, and 1 game-winning goal line forced fumble? priceless...er, check...

obviously all the stats go hand in hand, he's a lockdown corner and no qb wants to throw his way, but even these stats come with some caveats...in previous threads HERE and repeated HERE, my focus was mostly on hunter, particularly on the offensive end, but also to get a contextualized understanding of the narrative a little better...i'm not sold on hunter as a wide receiver, regardless of what the numbers say (against weak competition)...the narrative on some of his stats feels forced, and in a few cases lacks substance...his athleticism sets him apart and he is enabled to inflate his numbers on offense, but he hasn't developed truly refined receiver skills seen at the top end of college football and beyond (and that's not his fault or limitation, he certainly still can and might)...at this point he's good, but not elite...media machines love a good story they can maximize their profits with - that's hunter, and more power to 'em - but it's important to get the full picture...context matters

on the other hand, jeanty has been breaking all-time records, not just setting personal bests for his season but for anyone's season, with possibly more to come...while hunties will throw out stats like 53 first downs or 23 missed tackles after catch, jeanty has more than double the first downs (and is twice as impactful for his offense) + nearly 6x higher missed tackles, or over 100 more for a PFF single season fbs record (jeanty forced a 39% missed tackle rate while hunter's missed tackle rate was 25%)

• 121 first downs (40% of team vs 21% for hunter)
• 135 missed tackles (PFF record - 30% increase over previous record, 104)

jeanty's single season PFF record for yards after contact is 527 yds more than the previous record holder (jonathan taylor, 2017), and would still rank as the highest rushing total over anyone else in fbs this season by 222 yards (or a typical rushing game for jeanty)...just 10 yrs into PFF college, it's not surprising his efforts this season have established a new rushing grade record (blake corrum, 2022)

• 1,882 yds after contact (PFF record by 39% more)
• 97.8 rushing grade (PFF record, previously 96.2)

jeanty isn't just outrushing individuals, gaining 837 yds & 54 yds/game more than the next closest rb, he's outperforming entire teams, rushing for more total yards than 115 fbs teams out of 133 this season, or 86% of all fbs teams (excluding boise state)...jeanty generates 126% more all-purpose yards for boise state's offense than hunter does for colorado's, and accounts for a 2.6x larger share of the offense than hunter within their respective offensive units

• 2,613 all-purpose yds (43% of team's total offense vs 24% for hunter)
• 77% of team's rushing offense (vs 29% of colorado's passing offense for hunter)

scoring has been just as relevant as the yardage for jeanty, again surpassing 112 of 133 fbs teams in total rushing tds, or 84% of all fbs teams, as well as outscoring 23 fbs teams in overall total tds on the season

• most 200 yd, 3 td games this season (3)...no one else has >1
• five 70+ yd rushing tds (ties fbs single-season record, ladainian tomlinson in 1999)
• 180 pts (#1 this season)
• 2:1 td ratio over hunter

when looking at all these numbers, one big difference that starts to stick out between jeanty and hunter is the statistical imbalance overwhelmingly in favor of jeanty on a percentage basis time and time again...even with hunter's defensive & offensive analytics thrown in, jeanty's statistically dominant season feels too large to ignore and overcome, at least on paper...but the biggest differentiation is the amount of fbs records achieved by jeanty this season (whereas hunter has none, not even snap counts)...the history "books" won't just show jeanty going up against hunter, but also everyone that's ever come before him, setting the standard for future years...he's not just good, he's already elite

and while all these record-breaking stats are great and stand on their own, they don't carry much significance without looking at them in an even greater context, particularly when comparing two heisman finalists who play very different, unrelated positions that some may feel can't or shouldn't be directly compared to each other statistically...therein lies the difference, jeanty's impact on boise state's success and their reliance on him, far outweighs the impact hunter has on colorado's success (and that's no to downplay both player's significance to their teams, hunter certainly has won them a game or two single-handedly)...the fact is, colorado has other receivers still capable of producing the same statistical and having a similar impact on their offense's success...no one could replace

in a comment i made within one of the linked posts at the beginning of this post, there is a response from someone about jeanty's performance against oregon as a deciding factor (and de facto tiebreaker) in the heisman race, since it came on the road against the 7th ranked team at the time...all other metrics being equal (and i'm not suggesting they are), it's a fair point and worth exploring to truly understand what the numbers mean

for the sake of weighted comparison, i would also add that hunter didn't play a single game all year against a team that was ranked at the end of the season...for what it's worth, jeanty played 3 (@ oregon, @ unlv, and vs unlv) totaling 90 carries, 529 yds and 5 tds, or 176 yds/game at 5.9 yds/carry and 1.7 td (16 y/g, 1.4 y/c, and half a td less against ranked competition vs his season averages - though the #1 ranked, power 4 team is the one he maintained or exceeded his season averages with...does that say more about the #1 team, or about jeanty?)...even removing jeanty's conference title game stats (for equitable comparison, an element discussed below) creates negligible statistical variance (191 yds/game, 7.3 yds/carry, 28 rushing tds) from his season averages, other than a reduction in total accumulated yards for the season (2,288 yds)

as far as oregon, no single opposing player came close to jeanty's performance and only two other players ran for over 100 yards against the ducks #35 run defense (126 yds/game) this year, kaytron allen (124, 1 td) and nick singleton (105) for penn state in the big ten championship game (prior to this game the ducks run defense was #22 at 112 yds/game, meaning jeanty ran for 80 yds more than all other teams total rushing average against oregon in the regular season)...wisconsin's tawee walker (97 yds), ohio state's treveyon henderson (87), and purdue's reggie love III (93) are the only players that came close to 100 yards (meaning jeanty ran for nearly 100 yards more than any other opposing player vs oregon prior to the big ten title game)...jeanty had the most rushing yards for an opponent in autzen stadium since 2016 (washington's myles gaskin, against a historically bad oregon team that gave up 100+ yd rushers in 9 of 12 games, for an avg of 149 yds/game by those 10 players, with 2 other games having 96, 95, and 95 yd opposing rushers, or 136/yds game just from 13 players in 11 games...that 2016 ducks team had the 7th worst rush defense in fbs, giving up 247 yds/game, fourth worst in program history since 1956, behind only the 70's dark abyss in the Pac-8 of 1977's 279 yds/game, 1971's 269 yds/game, and 1975's 256 yds/game, but i digress...), and jeanty ranks #7 all-time in the past 40 years

for a better apples-to-apples comparison vs oregon, if you throw out 2016, only 3 opposing players had more impressive rushing performances than jeanty at autzen in the last 35 seasons (1990 is the furthest available reference for all game statistics) - houston's anthony alridge, oklahoma's adrian peterson, and washington's corey dillon, all against average to poor run defenses...while there are some elite names on this list, one of these is not like the others over the past 35 seasons when accounting for oregon's run defense during the regular season (excluded conf title games since it didn't exist until 2011, as well as bowl games and/or playoffs due to variables in attrition and time layoff for participating teams, not to mention none of these games were ever played at autzen)...wsu's steve broussard is the only opposing player that exceeds jeanty in a performance vs run defense comparison, though this occurred pre-1990 (there may be others applicable to this list that i'm not aware of)...also, if not for splitting reps with lendale white, reggie bush (20 car, 122 yd, 2 td + 3 rec, 43 yd, 1 td) probably makes this list considering all the big performances given up at autzen between 2005-07 (rough stretch for aliotti & co)...

the point of all this is to show that it's rare for opposing players to come into autzen stadium against a top 25 rushing defense and have the performance jeanty did (essentially only 3 times in the last 40 years)...and therein lies the difference that separates jeanty from hunter, that makes him in my mind more deserving for the heisman... jeanty's impact on boise state's success and their reliance on him, far outweighs the impact hunter has on colorado's success (and that's not to downplay hunter's significance to his team, he certainly has won them a game or two single-handedly)...the fact is, colorado has other standout receivers currently capable of producing the same numbers and having a similar impact to their offense's success...no player currently exists anywhere this season that could replace jeanty's impact, whether for boise state or any other team for that matter...and while hunter's defensive abilities are at or near the top, plenty of dbs exist that could produce close to the same similar numbers and have an equally successful impact on colorado

hunter's team had a relatively successful season (to past colorado results)

jeanty's team is in the playoffs (for the first time ever)

context matters...sco ducks

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* not-so-fun fact, the rueben mayes performance set the ncaa individual game rushing record at the time

** maybe not surprisingly, oregon state has consistently had some of the better individual rushing performances at autzen over the years (until recently), with 4 of 6 games consisting of a player going over 100 yds between 2005-2015, for an average of 147 yds/game by those 4 players...overall, 19 players have an average of 107 all-purpose yds/game in 17 games at autzen since 1991, when combining individual rushing + reception yards

*** including this year, 21 teams (16%) have made the playoffs since 2014's inaugural year (11% in first 10 years)...6 of 12 teams are new this year, boise state is one of the 6 (tennessee, penn st, asu, smu, indiana)

**** the 12 team playoff represents 9% of 134 eligible teams [side note: ncaa men's bball tournament contains 68 of 352 eligible teams (out of 361), or 19%...over the years the tourney generally hovers around 20% inclusion as the number of div 1 teams have increased, a reason for likely expansion to 72-76 teams in the near future...at present, the cfp would need between 24-28 teams to equal a similar inclusion percentage as the men's bball tourney...i wouldn't be surprised to see the cfp double to at least 24 teams (18%) in 5-10 years, provided there isn't a breakaway to a "superleague" by the big ten and sec, which very well could happen]

My roommate and I were able to purchase Rose Bowl tickets through the email sent to Ducks Pass holders but our seats aren’t next to each other. I heard they haven’t done student tickets for the Rose Bowl before, but do y’all think we could finesse just standing together? I’m stressed about it and want some clarity if anyone knows!

Bouncing back from a tough loss to UCLA last week, the Oregon Ducks rally to take down the Lumberjacks of Stephen F Austin by a score of 79-61. The Ducks are now 10-1 on the season

Box score

We’re not gunna make it to the game today - hoping someone can use our tickets and take their kids / friends to cheer on the ducks and peep the Big Ten Championship trophy!! We’ve got 3 tickets to give away.

The game is at 3pm today.

Go Ducks!

Can someone more linguistically inclined than me create an Oregon duck variation of the, "if a river is liquor, and I was a duck" toast.

Making a week long family trip to go down and watch our Ducks. We plan to take the kids to Disneyland and do some other stuff while in LA. My question is I was too late to get tickets that included any hospitality stuff. We wanted to make the most of the day so what else is available for us to do before the game? Does the “Mighty Oregon Tailgate” require passes? Just want to make the most of our day while at the Rose Bowl.

My 3D printed Autzen Christmas ornament…

Took what Cadmapper/OpenStreetMap had and made a few rudimentary alterations.

Is it particularly detailed? No. Is it to scale? Almost certainly not. I am fond of it. Yes, yes i am.

No coach of the year for Dan. No Heisman for Dillion. No Joe Moore Award for O-line. No national award for anyone on the #1, 13-0 team (outside of Bryce walk-on award).

Ducks still got a whole lot to prove/motivate them.

Don’t think this gives these guys a little more juice?

We can debate merits of each award, but when you’re a finalist (and a competitor), it fuels your fire—don’t care what the media quotes will be.

Edit: I guess I didn’t write this well enough.

I never said who should’ve or should not have won.

Yes, we all want to win the national title. This, again, has nothing to do with winning any individual awards.

It’s about the motivation of not being recognized. Does anyone watch Ducks vs Them? DL’s common theme is the disrespect. Here’s more fuel to the fire (no matter who you think should’ve won anything).

Anyone ever finished runner-up? Whether fair or not, it ads a little fuel to the fire.

Does anyone know what's going on with Jurrion Dickey? I've been saying all season that if the highest rated WR recruit in program history with a CRAZY amount of hype and talent can't see the field when when we had injuries like Tez and the suspension of Holden, then something is up and I would bet on him entering the portal. Anyone know if this has become a reality?

I worked at the duck store my freshman year in 2016 and obviously the aftermath of the Webfoot game most of the Webfoot gear instantly went on clearance. But I remember a lot of fans were quick to buy this hoodie and it was the only item from that line to sell out. A lot of younger fans in November/December were asking their parents for this for Xmas that year. Since it was the only thing from that drop worth buying I was curious if anyone in this sub still owns wears this?

How cool would it be to have a second #8 Heisman Winner??

Will tickets on the secondary market be cheaper closer to gameday, perhaps even on gameday, or should I jump on it now?

I may have missed an earlier post on this, but given our commitment to wearing a different uniform combo each game, what do you think we will wear for the playoffs? New uniform design all together? Or a unique combo of this years colors that we haven't seen yet?