Oregon’s mascot does 546 push-ups during season-opening shellacking of Portland State

Oregon’s mascot had a hectic afternoon during the Ducks’ 81-7 blowout of Portland State on Saturday. The Duck did a complete of 546 push-ups in between rankings during the Week 1 house opener. 

Oregon’s 81 issues have been essentially the most for this system within the trendy technology — 73 of that have been unanswered after giving up a landing early within the first quarter. The Ducks are the primary FBS staff to attain a minimum of 80 issues in a sport since UNLV beat Idaho State 80-8 on Sept. 26, 2015.

Oregon big name quarterback Bo Nix completed the sport 23-of-27 passing for 287 yards and 3 touchdowns. He used to be pulled early within the 3rd quarter after opening up the second one part with a three-play, 75-yard force that led to a 21-yard landing cross to USC switch WR Gary Bryant Jr. Nix’ different two landing passes went to vast receiver Troy Franklin, who completed with a game-high 119 yards receiving.

Ducks working again Jordan James completed with 3 touchdowns at the floor, and Bucky Irving added 119 yards and two touchdowns to energy Oregon’s speeding assault. Oregon completed the sport with 729 general yards of offense.

Oregon’s protection stepped up and recorded 3 sacks after most effective having 16 general sacks as a staff in 2022. The Ducks protection allowed 200 simply general yards, together with most effective 52 yards in the course of the air.

Oregon has a large check at the street subsequent week in Lubbock, Texas, to stand Texas Tech. Red Raiders beginning QB Tyler Shough up to now performed with Oregon ahead of shifting to Texas Tech following the 2020 season.