Inevitably there are going to be some people who will bring all kinds of alternate scenarios where we would have lost. I think this is nonsense. Regarding Freeman; yes, he is a great player and his absence no doubt had an effect on the game. We were missing our best deep threat receiver and Tommy was hobbled by cramps for most of the second half. Our best DT was nowhere near 100% either and DPE was rusty. If we tally up everyone who either didn't play the game, didn't complete the game, or wasn't at 100%, there's no telling which team was affected more. Secondly, Oregon not running out the clock to end the first half and going for two every time are being floated as reasons we won. That isn't who Oregon is, they've won a lot of games, including blowouts of ranked teams doing just what they did today. They attack and they constantly look to expand their lead, it's what they do. The fact that it didn't work against us shouldn't be seen as them screwing up, it should be seen as us rising to the occasion. Enjoy the win, everybody, the team earned it.
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Good post...And might I add, even before the season started, had our top 4 inerior d-line players decide to leave and lost Foster on the O-line.... Happy for the team and coaches, they had more than their share of "gut-punches" last year, glad to see them come out on the plus side this time.
FANtastic and rational. And guess what the O players weren't tripping over land mines when they were unsuccessfully trying for TWO yard two point conversions. THAT WAS BLACKSHIRTS and our D-LINE !!! Think of that ; that was great defense. GBR
The gut punches were self inflicted. We should have won a minimum 10 games last year. It doesn't take a genius to know we had to run the ball last year but this staff continued to throw the ball with a QB that makes horrible choices routinely.
I'm glad they have chosen to run it more this year. We should be 7-0 heading into Wisconsin. I would like to see Riley call the plays. Langsdorf wants to throw it, too much for my liking, especially in the red zone.
Does Oregon win with Royce? Probably...but who cares...getting hurt is something that happens. The Skers took advantage of it like they should have.
Injuries are a part of the game. Good win for us. We should win at least 10 games this year if healthy.
I think it's an interesting question, and one I am not really in a position to answer since I've never seen Royce play. That said, though Royce has a tremendous reputation and would no doubt have picked up plenty of yards in the middle of our defense, I think the speed of the other backs on the edge killed us time and time again. I might have traded a few Royce runs for some of those...
I think this staff makes proper adjustments at halftime. I also believe we would have lost that game if not for being able to pass the ball.
I think they would have gotten the same production, a different way.
Well stated. The what if and but people out there are not living in reality. But since they what to play this game let me play too. If Wilbon catches the lateral, which he should have, we score a TD and we get to 42 points And if Riley kicks the FG in the first half instead of going for a 4th and 8 and failing, we score 45 points. But we didn't, so we only win 35-32. A lot more if and buts in the game too.
Exactly I don't think with the production they still got out of their backs that they had much of a drop off.
