Some morning after thoughts from the tighter than expected win over Idaho

Wasn’t sure where else to put this, so it gets its own thread. Cam Ward had some words for SEC fans in the media and Gator fans at the Swamp. From ESPN:

Afterward, clearly perturbed that one of the biggest storylines entering the game was that the Canes never had played in an environment that loud before, Ward had a message for Gator fans.

"I played at USC," said Ward, who transferred to Miami from Washington State. "USC wasn't packed, but it was louder than this. I played in Oregon, it was louder than this. The Pac-12 gets misspoken for. Some advice to the fans: If you're going to be loud, you have to be loud when we're huddling. Can't just be loud once we break the huddle. By that time, there's no point. We hear the play. We communicated already. But it was a good atmosphere to play in. And I'm just excited now we were able to get a victory."

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Autzen fans know how, and when, to be noisy. Ward was letting folks in SEC country know that they have work to do to match the passion & football knowledge of some of our fan bases out West. Tip of the cap to Cam.

We will be traveling back to Portland in a bit, I already have the Sunday Morning Sidewalk piece scheduled for 10:00 am today but will probably not be on the boards for a buit as we park the RV, get everything put away and then pick up Fiji.

I thought Brandon did an exceptional job with all of the social stuff last night and it is very appreciated! We were able to get you perspectives on all five player interviews plus Dan LAnning's comments last night.

The game was not what many of us expected, so the Sunday Morning Sidewalk is my chance to look back from the morning after perspective.

Thank you everyone! The gamer thread last night was really a great thing. Lots of engagement and I like that kind of thing around here.

Good morning, our regular Sunday feature - The Fifth Quarter is up with the good, the bad, and the ugly from the offense, defense, special teams, and coaching perspectives:

Here is our article following Tez Johnson’s post game interview

Pretty good conversation here

Some notes from Gabriel following the game: