Game Thread: Illinois at Oregon

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illiram
Duck Mess GIF by CATCHIN' DEERS
 
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fatboyslim
JSpence said:
I wasn't afraid of this game before Oregon got their spirit ripped out by OSU, but I had no inkling. This is nuts. This defense is REAL.
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It's not an excuse but I am wondering if that game had any kind of effect on the team, crowd, campus etc.
 
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Amelot
Joe Lunardi Today: When the Big Ten expanded its footprint to the West Coast for L.A. staples UCLA and USC, who could have predicted that its most impactful addition would come a year later with an invitation to ... Oregon? All the Ducks have managed in their first year of Big Ten competition is an undefeated football season, the top seed in the College Football Playoff and -- wait for it -- the best record (12-1) in the expanded Big Ten basketball conference. The Ducks were picked to finish sixth in the preseason conference poll, yet they have quietly crept into the top 10 of the national polls, claimed a No. 2 seed in our latest Bracketology and boast a 6-1 record against Q1/Q2 opponents (tied for second best in the nation). In fact, Oregon basketball's only defeat came at the hands of fellow Big Ten newcomer UCLA. The Ducks are otherwise a tidy 25-0 in the two major revenue sports since their alleged "step up" in class. Maybe we all had it backward. Maybe the Big Ten needed Oregon more than the other way around.
 
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Frank
GrayGhost77 said:
The talent was always there. Just needed the chemistry to develop. I think it's happening.
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I think everybody on this thread had some level of doubt, whether a shred or a full bucket, that the chemistry would ever be there with a basically brand new team. I'm amazed at how this team has come together and how each guy visibly cares about how the team -- and their teammates -- is doing. Our youth still worries me a bit but there's the potential to be special with this group.
 
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fatboyslim
Amelot said:
Joe Lunardi Today: When the Big Ten expanded its footprint to the West Coast for L.A. staples UCLA and USC, who could have predicted that its most impactful addition would come a year later with an invitation to ... Oregon? All the Ducks have managed in their first year of Big Ten competition is an undefeated football season, the top seed in the College Football Playoff and -- wait for it -- the best record (12-1) in the expanded Big Ten basketball conference. The Ducks were picked to finish sixth in the preseason conference poll, yet they have quietly crept into the top 10 of the national polls, claimed a No. 2 seed in our latest Bracketology and boast a 6-1 record against Q1/Q2 opponents (tied for second best in the nation). In fact, Oregon basketball's only defeat came at the hands of fellow Big Ten newcomer UCLA. The Ducks are otherwise a tidy 25-0 in the two major revenue sports since their alleged "step up" in class. Maybe we all had it backward. Maybe the Big Ten needed Oregon more than the other way around.
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He's such a tool. Him slobbering over Oregon and this beatdown in response is very satisfying for me.
 
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