<body><div><figure><img src="https://img.particlenews.com/image.php?type=thumbnail_580x000&amp;url=3LytwF_1FN8blOx00" alt="https://img.particlenews.com/image.php?url=3LytwF_1FN8blOx00" width="640" height="400" ></figure>Contributor, 750 The Game.comChris Rock is one of my favorite comedians. I follow the comedy world a lot and consume a lot of standup comedy, online and in person. Rock has some of the best bits and comedic timing of any comic of my lifetime. He released a Netflix special a few years back called ‘Selective Outrage’ and yes, it’s worth a watch if you haven’t seen it already.The title of that special was all I could think of when I saw some of the commentary following Oregon’s 84-0 blowout win against Portland State. The moral grandstanding because Oregon scored a touchdown with under a minute to go while already leading 77-0 is exhausting. The matter is a textbook definition of a number of terms including the following: Selective outrage, non-controversy, manufactured drama, or making a mountain out of a molehill.Oregon pulled its starters at halftime after amassing a 49-0 lead over the Vikings. Portland State played the game to get a $590,000 paycheck from the Oregon athletic department without having to travel on an airplane. The Ducks play the game to get an easy win, work out kinks on their team (there are several), and get young players a chance to see the field who likely won’t play the rest of the year.Dan Lanning’s job isn’t to protect the feelings of the team on the other sideline, it’s to prepare his team for the present and future matchups they’re going to face. Akili Smith Jr. saw his first collegiate action while QB3 Brock Thomas got some more reps as well. Also, I’ve noticed the people who are upset that Oregon allowed their 3rd and 4th string players to play when they had a chance aren’t affiliated with Portland State. Did the Athletics Director, President, or Head Coach of Portland State make a damning statement I’m not aware of? All three of those individuals at PSU are fully aware of why the game was being played and what was to be accomplished. The riding of the moral high horse has come exclusively from folks who wanted to write a story about Oregon that didn’t really exist. Dan Lanning’s post-game press conference wasn’t filled with chest-pounding moments about how great his football team is. The mood amongst Oregon fans after the game isn’t that everything is fixed and the Ducks are right back to being a national title contender. None of that matters to folks like Bill Oram at ‘The Oregonian’, who wrote a scathing indictment of the Ducks blowout win over Portland State.If you’re opposed to FCS “buy/guarantee” games then that’s fine. Faulting a team for using those games as a real chance to get players reps in a real game setting is misguided and comes off as phony. Has a single player or coach given a single hint at extreme satisfaction with the Ducks at 2-1 on the year? I’m certainly not, and I have not gotten a single ounce of that sentiment from anybody surrounding or inside the organization. We all know the season is going to be all but defined at USC this week, and everyone knew But hey, when Dave “Softy” Mahler gets a chance to take a shot at the Ducks because of a late touchdown certainly that isn’t a hammer in search of a nail. When someone like Lloyd Cole of KSL Sports (a Utah based media company) is publicly calling Dan Lanning a d-bag, I sense I know what’s really going on.Oregon was one of 3 major college football games on Friday and there’s no compelling story to write or takeaway to have in an 84-0 football game. The best way to draw attention to the only action taking place was, apparently, to paint Dan Lanning as some evil villain because he gave a 4th/5th string true freshman RB his first career touchdown. Pretty good strategy, it seems.Oregon needed a feel-good, get-right sort of game against the Vikings. They got that. I have no serious or major takeaways about the Ducks right now that I didn’t already have, and won’t until I see them play USC on Saturday. That’s all that matters–Portland State is behind us now.Spencer McLaughlin is an Oregon Ducks football contributor to 750 The Game. He also hosts the “Locked On Oregon Ducks” and “Locked On College Football” podcasts and has work featured throughout the season here.</div></body>

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Chris Rock is one of my favorite comedians. I follow the comedy world a lot and consume a lot of standup comedy, online and in person. Rock has some of the best bits and comedic timing of any comic of my lifetime. He released a Netflix special a few years back called ‘Selective Outrage’ and yes, it’s worth a watch if you haven’t seen it already.

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Chris Rock is one of my favorite comedians. I follow the comedy world a lot and consume a lot of standup comedy, online and in person. Rock has some of the

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