STANFORD, Calif. -- Oregon on Saturday lost for the second consecutive week against a Top-25 opponent, as expected.
This time, however, there was no silver lining.
Not when the offense completed three passes in the first three quarters.
Not when the defense, which entered the night among the country's 10 best against the run, allowed the nation's leading running back 115 yards and two touchdowns on his first five carries.
Not when a punt was blocked and returned for a touchdown. Later on special teams, a kickoff return got two Ducks hurt.
As those injured players, Tony Brooks-James and Bryson Young, trudged to the locker room under the supervision of team doctors -- where they joined UO's starting left tackle and right guard, who also missed the second half due to injury -- Ducks fans began following them out of the exits as early as the third quarter.