A weekend to forget for both the Ducks and the Beavers. Both teams still had a chance at halftime. Beavers up 7-6 and Ducks down 14-0.

So if you're an Oregon or Oregon State fan you probably looked up Sunday morning and saw the sky was falling.

It's predictable. That's what college football fans do.

You see there's only 12 or 13 college football games a year so when your team loses it really stings. Some fans want their coaches fired (firemikeriley.com), and some people want a quarterback change (see Canzano's column).

In the NBA it's not as bad. If the Blazers go on a 4 game losing streak no one wants Nate McMillan fired.

But that's the beauty of college football. Every game is huge. Every game takes on a life of it's own. Games get broken down and re-lived for 6 days. Then it's time to do the same to the next game.

Now back to the Beavers and Ducks.

Big week once again for them both.

Oregon finishes at home against Arizona and on the road at Reser. Two wins is a possibility. But then again I wouldn't be stunned if Oregon goes 1-1.

Oregon State finishes with Stanford (on the road), Oregon, and at Hawaii.

Maybe 2-1... but then again 0-3 could happen.

Once again the beauty of college football is the fact that every week brings with it a different set of circumstances and possibilities.

Game on.

Ron
RPivo@kgw.com