At one point Saturday afternoon, we were actually looking forward to writing up this report card. Oregon was up 31-10 in the third quarter and nearly every phase was playing well and on point.
Then the meltdown occurred and a nice day in Corvallis turned ugly quickly and the Ducks suffered a 38-34 loss that will be difficult to forget.
It would be easy to do a report card for the first half of the game and then a separate one for the collapse. But the report card is for the entire game as a whole and there are some good parts to what happened yesterday. We won’t ignore the 28-3 Oregon State run (quite literally) to end the game, but we won’t dwell on it either. The coaching decisions kind of speak for themselves, so we won’t dive into every questionable call made on the sideline.
Here’s the final report card for the 2022 regular season.
Quarterback
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Grade: B
The month of November would have gone down so differently if Bo Nix hadn’t injured his ankle. Oregon probably would be preparing for the Pac-12 title and a College Football Playoff berth.
Nix was more mobile than he was last week, but he was far from 100 percent. There were several passes that fell short that normally would have been on target. Overall, he was 27-of-41 for 327 yards and two touchdowns.
Running Backs
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Grade: C
Noah Whittington and Bucky Irving combined for 29 carries and 134 yards and a touchdown. Jordan James also played the most he has all season with nine carries for 27 yards and a touchdown. But there were a few times when the Ducks had a short-yardage situation and couldn’t convert. The goal line stand at the end of the game was a lowlight. The backs and the offensive line share the blame for not being able to push it in for the game-winning touchdown.
Receivers/Tight Ends
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