Agree that Dykes deserves all the credit for our turn around. Stoops was supposed to bring, if nothing else, a good defense year after year. Well we were loaded on D last year and look what happened. This year our offense has been great, but we are losing games thanks to the defense.
If Dykes leaves I dont know where this program is going to go, because its pretty clear the offense is carrying this team and has a ton of talent that is being used extremely well.
As for the 4th down call, I dont see anything wrong with it. At that point, sure our defense had been playing well in the 2nd half, but Oregon couldnt stop us on offense. I like our chances a lot more if we go for it on 4th down with 3 mins left, instead of trying to force a 3 and out and then trusting Tui to lead us back downt eh field with the game on the line with maybe a minute to go.
Our defese still could have held Oregon to a 3 and out, or even a FG after the dropped 4th down pass and we are still in the game.