Some thoughts from an opponent fan....

[kckd]

I hope you guys haven't let this game make you doubt Lanning more than you already did.

There was a talent gap, and though people tried to say Lanning had some kind of advantage because he knew Georgia better than anyone else's coach, you guys were definitely at a disad due to your kids learning a new offense, defense, etc. in less than a year. Our guys were just doing what they've been coached to do for years with the exception of freshmen.

Honestly, I thought Nix would be better than he was today. For all of the Bad Bo stuff, I always thought he played well against us considering the gap in talent and coaching he had to deal with at Auburn. He generally avoided huge mistakes against us, but just couldn't make many game changing plays because our defense was really good. Outside of Bryce Young and Will Levis, I think he played better than any of the other QBs we faced last year.

Those Lbers you have are good ones. Losing Sowell to you guys hurt me bad. I really wanted him on our team. I follow recruiting, but not 24/7. But he was one of the few I really followed closely and was hoping we could get.

Don't be surprised if your team isn't as good as it was last year. Saban, Kirby, Pete Carroll, and quite a few very successful coaches struggled in their first years trying to get the kids to buy in to what they are doing, changing. I can't say for sure Dan will be good. Saban has had many under his tutelage and far more have failed than succeeded as a head coach. But I know Kirby believes in him the same way Saban believed in Kirby.

Any win you get from now own only helps us, so I'll be one of the biggest Duck fans not wearing green and yellow. Hope you have a great season and year. But that second year will tell you much more about Lanning than the first one. That's when you'll know if he got these kids to believe and buy in to what he's preaching. Good luck to you Ducks the rest of the way.

[Everythingsducky]

As close as Lanning and Smart portray to be, didn’t like that Smart came out and said Lanning knows Georgia has better players. Is that to take the heat off Lannings play calling? Rarely do you have coaches talk openly about talent disparity, regardless of truth. Seemed a very sh*tty statement by Smart.

[OregonFan4Life]

Thanks, appreciate that! Hopefully fans were cordial today.

No doubt there’s a really good chance your team repeats as national champs. Your teams was so talented, physical, and disciplined. Definitely what we hope to aspire to be someday, if that’s even possible. But man that was ugly today, that was hard to watch, I’m sure you loved every minute of it. Didn’t expect Stetson Bennett to look like Patrick Mahomes out there, looks like he’ll be playing on Sundays next year, he’s a baller. Good luck this season and thanks for stopping by!

[lukeyrid13]

Classy move to come over here and provide those kind words.

Sadly we got absolutely rocked on every single level. I think UGA is a playoff lock at absolute minimum but after playing Ohio St last year, there is a huge difference between those two teams IMO. Georgia was on another level across the board.

[Alan]

Georgia is one of the two, maybe three teams on a completely different level. They are very good and very talented. On to the next opponent.

[duck023]

Great game Georgia. I know their is a talent gap but Oregon is supposed to have much more talented players than the Chip Kelly days. So, I'm starting to wonder if recruiting 5 stars is even worth it. Unless you can stack them like Georgia and Alabama do, they are just prima donnas.

[Duck07]

Great game Georgia. I know their is a talent gap but Oregon is supposed to have much more talented players than the Chip Kelly days. So, I'm starting to wonder if recruiting 5 stars is even worth it. Unless you can stack them like Georgia and Alabama do, they are just prima donnas.

That must be it. Thanks for that insight!

[OregonFan4Life]

Great game Georgia. I know their is a talent gap but Oregon is supposed to have much more talented players than the Chip Kelly days. So, I'm starting to wonder if recruiting 5 stars is even worth it. Unless you can stack them like Georgia and Alabama do, they are just prima donnas.

I wonder what would happen if you call Noah Sewell a prima donna to his face.

[duck023]

Great game Georgia. I know their is a talent gap but Oregon is supposed to have much more talented players than the Chip Kelly days. So, I'm starting to wonder if recruiting 5 stars is even worth it. Unless you can stack them like Georgia and Alabama do, they are just prima donnas.

I wonder what would happen if you call Noah Sewell a prima donna to his face.

I'm a UFC fan, so I've criticized dudes and woman that would destroy me worse than Noah Sewell would. However as far as football goes has, he lived up to his expectations or could I legit argue Casey Matthews and Walker have made more of an impact at the LB position?

[Duck07]

Great game Georgia. I know their is a talent gap but Oregon is supposed to have much more talented players than the Chip Kelly days. So, I'm starting to wonder if recruiting 5 stars is even worth it. Unless you can stack them like Georgia and Alabama do, they are just prima donnas.

I wonder what would happen if you call Noah Sewell a prima donna to his face.

I'm a UFC fan, so I've criticized dudes and woman that would destroy me worse than Noah Sewell would. However as far as football goes has, he lived up to his expectations or could I legit argue Casey Matthews and Walker have made more of an impact at the LB position?

On a game-by-game basis, no you cannot legit argue Matthews or Walker would have made more of an impact than Sewell, who had he replaced Casey Matthews we'd be talking about our NC win over Auburn and the Rose Bowl win over Ohio State the year before. We got punked by huge QBs because we had tiny LBs. None of that is to denigrate Casey, who had he been the size of his brothers likely would have shared a similar career arc.

Further, I can't find the actual snap counts in the game yesterday but I don't recall seeing Noah much, if at all in the 2nd half.

[duck023]

Great game Georgia. I know their is a talent gap but Oregon is supposed to have much more talented players than the Chip Kelly days. So, I'm starting to wonder if recruiting 5 stars is even worth it. Unless you can stack them like Georgia and Alabama do, they are just prima donnas.

I wonder what would happen if you call Noah Sewell a prima donna to his face.

I'm a UFC fan, so I've criticized dudes and woman that would destroy me worse than Noah Sewell would. However as far as football goes has, he lived up to his expectations or could I legit argue Casey Matthews and Walker have made more of an impact at the LB position?

On a game-by-game basis, no you cannot legit argue Matthews or Walker would have made more of an impact than Sewell, who had he replaced Casey Matthews we'd be talking about our NC win over Auburn and the Rose Bowl win over Ohio State the year before. We got punked by huge QBs because we had tiny LBs. None of that is to denigrate Casey, who had he been the size of his brothers likely would have shared a similar career arc.

Further, I can't find the actual snap counts in the game yesterday but I don't recall seeing Noah much, if at all in the 2nd half.

Are you kidding me Oregon's defense did better than any defense did all year at containing Cam Newton. They even did better than Alabama. Before that game Cam Newton and a little speedy running back was their best weapons and Oregon's D shut them both down. That did allow Dyer to go off but Oregon did contain the big threats which is why Auburn scored only 22 points. Lamichael James having nowhere to run and Darron Thomas not being able exploit the bad Auburn DBs was why Oregon lost. Cam Newton would have tricked Sewell and scored 40 points while he couldn't trick the linebackers Oregon had that year. As much as I liked Darron Thomas Auburn keyed in on Lamichael James and forced Darron to beat them and he couldn't do it. If Oregon had Mariota that year, it would have been an easy game. They defense played great and kept them in the game if you made a linebacker replacement it would have been worse.

[Duck07]

You're a real fool to think that Noah Sewell is the problem here.

[duck023]

You're a real fool to think that Noah Sewell is the problem here.

It's not that he is the problem, but I don't like how Oregon without KT is an extreme drop off. It's like the other 5 stars can't live up to that level. There is another one besides Sewell that has been disappointing too I think his name is Funa or something like that. I'm not completely giving up on the stars as a way to find out who the best recruits are but at the same time I'd take Walker, Dye, Matthews over Flowe, Funa and Sewell.

[OregonFan4Life]

First, Sewell is arguably the most talented LB in Oregon history.

Second DT didn’t lose us that Natty, Chip did by trying to prove everyone that he was the smartest and going against all analysis and running it straight into Auburn’s strength. Whenever Chip passed DT was very successful, but Chip was persistent on running it and Fairley loved it.

[QuackininBama]

First, Sewell is arguably the most talented LB in Oregon history.

Second DT didn’t lose us that Natty, Chip did by trying to prove everyone that he was the smartest and going against all analysis and running it straight into Auburn’s strength. Whenever Chip passed DT was very successful, but Chip was persistent on running it and Fairley loved it.

Exactly! I remember him just play after play after play running right into the teeth of Auburn's defense, and that was a damn good defense, and I wanted to throw stuff at the TV.