[JohnR34231]

UCLA and Oregon are near CFP level teams.   And if either one can get through the season with 1 loss they should be in the CFP.

Oregon may be. The jury is still out. UCLA is not, not even close. They have major issues. That makes our loss even harder to take. We were in the game with them even when we didn't have any offense at all in the first half. The UCLA pass defense is suspect. We passed well against them. Fresno did also. DTR is not a good passer. He misses lots of receivers. When UCLA is playing a defense that can't stop the run, that doesn't matter. At the CFP level, they can stop the run and will dare DTR to beat them in the air. He can't.
Obviously, the rest of the season will demonstrate the reality of the situation, one way or the other. UCLA isn't CFP class IMHO, but is a fair to good team. That may be enough to win the South as nobody in that division has looked real great this year.

Oregon had a hard time stopping the run last night too.  They gave up over 200 yards rushing to the 15-game-winless Arizona Wildcats last night in Eugene.  Actually, AZ outgained OR with 435 total yards and probably would have beat the Ducks if they wouldn't have given up 5 turnovers.  Yes, net FIVE giveaways.

Yet the Ducks still won the game by 22 points.
The only game I've seen them in is Ohio State. They beat the Buckeyes in Columbus with two of their best defensive players out with injuries. If OSU is anywhere near as good a team as they are supposed to be, the Ducks certainly looked like a playoff team  in that one.

[JohnR34231]

UCLA and Oregon are near CFP level teams.   And if either one can get through the season with 1 loss they should be in the CFP.

Oregon may be. The jury is still out. UCLA is not, not even close. They have major issues. That makes our loss even harder to take. We were in the game with them even when we didn't have any offense at all in the first half. The UCLA pass defense is suspect. We passed well against them. Fresno did also. DTR is not a good passer. He misses lots of receivers. When UCLA is playing a defense that can't stop the run, that doesn't matter. At the CFP level, they can stop the run and will dare DTR to beat them in the air. He can't.
Obviously, the rest of the season will demonstrate the reality of the situation, one way or the other. UCLA isn't CFP class IMHO, but is a fair to good team. That may be enough to win the South as nobody in that division has looked real great this year.

Oregon had a hard time stopping the run last night too.  They gave up over 200 yards rushing to the 15-game-winless Arizona Wildcats last night in Eugene.  Actually, AZ outgained OR with 435 total yards and probably would have beat the Ducks if they wouldn't have given up 5 turnovers.  Yes, net FIVE giveaways.

Yet the Ducks still won the game by 22 points.
The only game I've seen them in is Ohio State. They beat the Buckeyes in Columbus with two of their best defensive players out with injuries. If OSU is anywhere near as good a team as they are supposed to be, the Ducks certainly looked like a playoff team  in that one.