Oregon's high-powered offense struck first on a call that wasn't reversed. Evan Stewart caught a two-yard pass from Dillon Gabriel, but replay clearly showed that he dropped the ball directly in front of the ref to boot. Sherrone Moore said he'll make a plea to the Big Ten about not reviewing such an obvious mishap by the officials.
The Ducks were about to get the pigskin back after another three and out, but their back up punt returner fumbled the punt to set up the Wolverines with short field position. Plays later, Davis Warren was running out of real estate on a scramble and found Tyler Morris for six to nod it up after one period.
The Oregon lead grew to 14 following a pair of Noah Whittington short touchdown runs. Gabriel extended it to three scores by halftime with a run right up the gut, No defender was in the vicinity to stop him.
Michigan football took its opening series of the third and cashed it in on a Warren to Peyton O'Leary touchdown pass. The winged helmets were gaining some traction heading into the fourth with it only being a two-possession game.
Unlike last week Michigan committed some boneheaded penalties and made some questionable play calls that cost them dearly. Oregon wrapped it up with a Jordan James score to put things out of reach in the final seconds.
Here's three of the takeaways from the fourth loss of the season.