Well, it is pretty clear Oregon and Stanford are nowhere near as good as they normally are.
We don't look even remotely close to a #4 team and Browning looks nothing like a Heisman guy that can knock Lamar off his horse. Pretty horrible job by Browning and the offense. This game is probably going to seal the fate of Browning being a legit Heisman option unless things turn around big time.
Admittedly, guys are dropping passes and not helping him but nothing about Browning is screaming top offensive guy right now.
This might be more a team that is very good but that has played a schedule that isn't near as good as people initially thought.
But on the taunting penalty, as my coach used to say, you can save face or you can save your *ss, you don't get to do both. Someone that concerned about what someone is saying to/about them is clearly not as focused on what they need to do to win the game. Someone calling you out all game doesn't matter if they lose, only if they win. So you focus on making sure they lose, not saying crap back to them.