McKee left the game for just one play, then returned to fire more strikes into the middle of the field—13 yards to Benjamin Yurosek, 13 more to Bradley Archer—and suddenly the Cardinal were on the Oregon 31 in the final minute. Then, another Ducks defensive penalty for a hit on McKee, this time roughing the passer, followed by one more slant to Yurosek to the Oregon 3-yard line. From there, Stanford transitioned from slants to fades, trying to use its tall receivers to win jump balls in the end zone.
This is a David Shaw tradition. We're going to test people outside. If we don't make one, guess what, we're going to come back and do it again. On what appeared to be the final play of regulation, they came back to the fade. It was not the most egregious of penalties; it was the third flag of the drive on the Ducks; and it extended the game to one untimed down to decide whether it was over or would continue to overtime. Gifted with that final chance, McKee came to the line of scrimmage planning one final fade.
He saw the coverage he wanted on the left side of the field and glanced in the direction of receiver Elijah Higgins, tipping him off that the pass was coming his way. Then McKee lobbed it into the Northern California sky and everyone in the stadium held their breath.
When Higgins came down with it, Stanford suddenly and improbably had life. From a second-and at its own four with less than two minutes to play, it had tied the game. Other than the aforementioned pass, the other 11 plays were all runs. The goal of the drive was to kill the clock. It failed on multiple levels. On the final drive of regulation, even after Thibodeaux was sent out, keeping two defensive tackles in the game borders on the nonsensical.
Oregon has never and will never make injuries an excuse under Mario Cristobal. But losing Verdell for any significant time is going to be hard to overcome. The fourth-year junior had 19 carries for 96 yards and four catches for 39 yards.
The Ducks may need to lean on Dye more than ever before. The failed fourth-and-goal run at the end of the first half was just half of the equation. Cookie banner We use cookies and other tracking technologies to improve your browsing experience on our site, show personalized content and targeted ads, analyze site traffic, and understand where our audiences come from.
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Overall, we give the Pac office high marks for resourcefulness and the coaches kudos for flexibility. Assuming the Ducks and Beavers tip off as scheduled on Sunday, the conference will end up playing of the games on the original league schedule. The teams were willing to play three games per week and, crucially, the conference had options for creating windows for makeup games in the final weeks. Because the presidents waited so long to decide on the football restart — then insisted everyone move together on Nov.
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