Oregon walk-on QB Taylor Alie to start Saturday

Washington State doesn’t have any quarterback issues, but it has had problems defending the pass. Luke Falk is racking up the passing statistics, putting the ball in the air at least 40 times each game this season and completing a healthy 72.6 percent of his throws – which is fourth-best in the nation among qualified signal-callers.

Falk threw two first-half TD passes to Gabe Marks and another to Tavares Martin for 27 yards as Washington State took a third-quarter lead – but the Ducks’ pass defense, which had been abused in earlier, games, held up for a while, thanks to a pass rush that reached Falk.

Like Frost said, there’s a hundred things.

Washington State (2-2) and Oregon (3-2) will each be looking to get the win in this one. “We win as a team, and we lose as a team”, Helfrich said, when asked about the play at quarterback.

Anu Solomon returned from a one-game absence and re-ignited the Arizona offense in the Wildcats’ 44-7 rout of Oregon State on Saturday.

“I was proud of our guys I thought they were tough and hung in there”, WSU coach Mike Leach said. “It’s something we’ve got to work on”.

The weekly quarterback mystery is becoming something of a theme for the Oregon Ducks this season.

Starting the game Oregon football looked off the mark.

However, the Cougars came up big when it counted the most, paving the way for the upset win.

This was supposed to be a bounceback year for Washington State and yet another run to the College Football Playoff for Oregon, but it has turned into a year of disappointment for both teams. Falk spiked the ball, then hit Dom Williams on a fade route in the end zone for a touchdown, and Powell’s PAT tied the score at 31-31, taking the teams to overtime. “All of a sudden there would be mishap”. “Everyone needs to dig down and find a few energy to close it out”.

Vernon Adams Jr., who has a broken index finger, sat out of last weekend’s 41-24 victory at Colorado while backup Jeff Lockie and former walk-on Taylor Alie tag-teamed for the Ducks (3-2, 1-1 Pac-12). Arizona rushed for 368 yards. Freeman answered the call, running for a career high 248 yards and three total touchdowns. It was another classic example of the Ducks “not finishing”, as so many of them uttered in their quiet postgame interviews.

The Pac-12 office could be hearing from Oregon about the way officials enforced clock rules during Saturday’s double-overtime loss to Washington State. However, two crippling Keith Harrington fumbles, uneven special teams play (I know, I’m just as stunned as you are) and very bad officiating threatened to once again relegate the Cougars and their fans to saying “almost”. OregonLive.com “We moved the ball pretty much the whole game”. It’s those one or two plays in this game that if you finish the game is over.