Oregon struggles again, survives vs. Boise State on late FG - ESPN

EUGENE, Oregon — Oregon's record may still be perfect after two weeks of the college football season, but it doesn't take a magnifying glass to notice that the team that began the year ranked third in the country has shown several blemishes.

After struggling to beat an unranked opponent for the second week in a row, the Ducks were able to find a way to win again Saturday, outlasting a tough Boise State team 37-34 thanks to Atticus Sappington's last-second, game-winning field goal.

The result left head coach Dan Lanning in a conundrum of emotions.

«We sure like sweating around here,» Lanning said. «I have a sense of relief because of the result, but there are certainly a lot of things to fix.»

Sappington's 25-yard field goal may have sent the Autzen Stadium crowd into a frenzy as the clock hit zero, but their elation was not so far removed from the boos that they showered the Ducks' offense with during the second half as they called three straight runs — the last on 3rd and 13 — to prompt their sixth of seven punts on the night.

«I hate to say this, but it's FEBU [f--- everybody but us], just focused on ourselves in that moment,» Oregon quarterback Dillon Gabriel said of the booing. «We dug our own hole. We had to get ourselves out of it.»

For the second week in a row, Oregon's offense looked, at times, discombobulated. It didn't mean that it still couldn't show its potential, as Gabriel threw two touchdown passes that traveled 59 and 34 yards, but the offense never appeared to find a rhythm that corresponded with the talent they have and the talent they brought in during the offseason.

«It's a team that's finding our identity together,» Gabriel said. «I think you see a bunch of guys being more and more connected as the