The Oregon Ducks coaching staff came bounding toward the Autzen Stadium press box elevator at the exact same time I did Saturday night, along with a few other reporters. We all wedged in as best we could for the short ride down the main concourse.
The Oregon coaches were understandably pumped after defeating the Ohio State Buckeyes 32–31. But as is often the case with coaches and media interacting in the press box elevator, they kept their emotions muted until they could exit into the euphoric tumult outside. The coach right next to me, however, couldn’t resist grumbling one sentence under his breath:
