Coach Dan Lanning trolled the Ohio State Buckeyes as his Oregon Ducks scored one of their most satisfying wins in recent memory, winning 41-28 in Columbus behind 257 passing yards and two touchdowns from Dylan Raiola. Lanning gave coach Ryan Day his flowers after the Buckeyes loss as fans began wondering what the future holds.
The Ducks aren't mathematically eliminated from the Big Ten Championship race yet, which gave Richard Johnson of CBS Sports a chance to break it all down.
“Oregon has a path to make the Big Ten title game, they're gonna need some carnage around them…A very key matchup in all of this is next week, USC and Indiana, USC's gotta beat Indiana next week…There's gonna be carnage in these conference races coming home, don't tell me it can't happen, don't tell me it's a 1% chance, it can happen.”
The Ducks will welcome the Michigan Wolverines to Eugene, Oregon in Week 11 as they seek to continue the regular season with a win before heading to Michigan State and welcoming the Washington Huskies.
Article Continues BelowLanning's team's schedule looks highly manageable the rest of the way as the Ducks continue to look more and more like their old selves. New offensive coordinator Jay Johnson has Dylan Raiola firing on all cylinders at quarterback while the Ducks have shuffled star players including Evan Stewart (in this week) and Jordon Davison (out this week) in and out of the lineup.
The Ducks have a path to a Big Ten title, and it's looking clearer each week. They do need some “carnage,” as Johnson put it, but there is hope, and that matters quite a bit in Eugene.