Oregon didn’t just win in Week 2. They humiliated Mike Gundy ‘s Oklahoma State so badly that it had Gundy throwing digital haymakers at Dan Lanning . A 69–3 massacre in Eugene that had folks digging through record books just to confirm how bad it was for Mike Gundy’s Cowboys. Dante Moore was surgical. The Ducks averaged over 10 yards per play, and the defense straight up bullied OSU into just 9 first downs all night. But for a former heartbroken Duck, that historic win didn’t spark joy. It reopened old wounds.
On September 7, former Oregon Ducks tight-end George Wrighster unloaded on his namesake podcast , refusing to get caught up in the hype. “This game, I expected this to happen. Twenty-eight-and-a-half point favorite,” he said. “I am too nervous to get excited. That’s the t