Bo gotta go

[duck023]

It's pretty clear that we'll likely see TT at some point this weekend and he's either going to look capable of running an offense and going through progressions or he won't. My only question once the backups get their opportunity is that if TT still looks like he needs more work processing will we finally see JB?

Frankly in the new era of Transfer Portal and wanting to be a Playoff team, I'm not sure how much development teams will be able to afford out of their QBs. Typically a guy just has that ability to process or not and as it relates to the team's success, that's really going to come down to the Defense getting their stuff together.

People aren't realizing just how awful that Defense was and focusing more on the Offense when the scheme and play-calling looked great by and large.

You are clearly trolling. You told me Ty Thompson would save the program 2 years ago.

Now you're just making stuff up

You did actually say that, but I wanted to believe it too so I'm also at fault. However, you calling me a troll every time we disagree is something you should work on, I was obviously joking about you being a troll.

[buckmarkduck]

Geoff Schwartz tweeted something to the effect that MC wouldn’t play TT, and now Lanning won’t play him. So that should tell you everything you need to know.

[StevensTechU]

Geoff Schwartz tweeted something to the effect that MC wouldn’t play TT, and now Lanning won’t play him. So that should tell you everything you need to know.

And then in the times we've seen him, he's looked bad. That should tell you everything you need to know.

[dthomas=ddixon]

Didn’t we end up with TT because all the other top teams basically stopped pursuing him? I thought we got him mainly by being the only “big” school that kept after him.


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[StevensTechU]

Didn’t we end up with TT because all the other top teams basically stopped pursuing him? I thought we got him mainly by being the only “big” school that kept after him.


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Nah, he was a pretty hot commodity. Had a host of suiters.

[Duck07]

We were bitching on here that he didn't win the Elite 11 over Caleb Williams and STU was on his assessment from the start. It's not a guys fault that someone over ranks them and that's how I view TT and I hope he keeps working to be the best QB he can be.

[northbeachsf]

Backup quarterback = Most popular guy on the team

I'm far from a Bo fan, but interesting that we're fixed on quarterback when the defense stopped Georgia zero times.

100% agree with this. Did anyone watch the spring game? Bo was the best QB on the field by a long shot. I don't think he is "the guy", but clearly he is the guy that give Oregon the best chance to win right now. Coaches are not interested in losing a bunch of games on a gamble that someone might develop.

I think Butters was actually warming up and it looked like he might go in for that last drive, but Lanning decided to stay with Nix. I am guessing that Butters is the No. 2 right now.

[Autzenoise]

The fact that there is a possibility that TT is number 3 behind Butters, didn't transfer and hasn't come out and complained leads me to believe that TT has confidence issues.

Just an observation, but to me it makes sense.

[dd10snoop28]

Nix looked like he played good tbh.

[lukeyrid13]

Just in a vacuum, watch this (every offensive snap) and tell me Nix didn't actually play a solid game. The 2nd INT was horrific. No excuse at all. But outside of that, he had command of the offense, escaped pressure, made the right reads etc.

[pezsez1]

I do think it was a mistake to not give TT minutes in that dreadful fourth quarter. If anything else, why risk injury to Bo in a game that is so wildly out of hand? That said, I'm done calling for TT to get meaningful snaps because he clearly isn't good. He would have been our starter at some point last season if he had any kind of pulse.

I'm going to enjoy watching football this season, but I'll be managing expectations until we get a real QB on the roster. Hopefully our defense hits its stride at some point and we at least make some noise this year.

[dd10snoop28]

Just in a vacuum, watch this (every offensive snap) and tell me Nix didn't actually play a solid game. The 2nd INT was horrific. No excuse at all. But outside of that, he had command of the offense, escaped pressure, made the right reads etc.

Who is our OC? He dialed up some great calls on 3rd downs.

[Jesseisabeast]

If Bama played Georgia tomorrow and the score were 10-3 entering the fourth quarter there would be anxiousness to see the offenses step up but NOBODY would be suggesting that their programs needed to shake everything upside down. The concern would be getting a drive or two going to win the damn game.

Last Saturday the ducks defense was so bad that Georgia scored touchdowns every single possession until the game was a forty point romp. Nix played subpar but the defense was so historically bad that it’s created junk data. Until the ducks make a team punt a few times it doesn’t effin matter who plays quarterback.

[GrandpaDuck]

I would love to hear from someone knowledgeable who was at the game or someone who has seen the all-22 film. Every completed pass was within 15 yards of the LOS and most well within 10 yards. I would like to know if the Oregon receivers ever, regularly or never got separation past 10 yards? From the broadcast camera angles it was really hard to see what was going on downfield.

[Duck07]

I would love to hear from someone knowledgeable who was at the game or someone who has seen the all-22 film. Every completed pass was within 15 yards of the LOS and most well within 10 yards. I would like to know if the Oregon receivers ever, regularly or never got separation past 10 yards? From the broadcast camera angles it was really hard to see what was going on downfield.

I would start with a few things, the first being that you're using an arbitrary standard by focusing on regular separation downfield. That requires the OL to hold-up against the Pass Rush long enough to let the WR run those routes as well as the Game-plan being focused on trying to run those routes. We're not operating with the QB under center and running a 3,5,7 step route progression in our offense and it was obvious from the routes that wasn't the plan.

The 2nd thing is that we got a great look at what a CFP level defense with future NFL guys on it. So when you compare how WRs in the NFL get "open" what you often find is that you also have a QB who can deliver the ball in those given windows. Take Herbert and Keenan Allen - Keenan is not beating guys with speed but because he knows how to place his body throughout a route to give his QB a window to deliver. Separation doesn't have to be burning a guy or making them look silly because the guys who are good don't let that happen to them.

So what I saw is that within the scope of the offense called vs a defense that gave a lot of soft zone looks (kirby said they played a bend dont break) players like Chase Cota were running quality routes so that had Nix looked his way more often, he would have had a clean option. He should have gone Cota's way on both INTs imo. The first likely would have drawn defensive PI and the second would have been a first down with the potential to pick up a few more yac or else you keep dink/dunk with the RB flare. I thought had he thrown a 2nd half pass to Cota, (on the big collision with the Safety) that had he thrown it on a rope rather than a floater that Cota scores as he would have had time to try and make a move against the defender but that was a zone defense from what I could see.

Terrance Ferguson also looked good in his breaks and open field blocking but the offense was just designed to attack on crossers, screens and then try to open things up once the defense comes forward. I actually had the thought in the 1st half that the WRs look better simply catching the ball, UGA just did a far superior job of tackling as well as being in a guy's pocket. You want to be a NFL QB/WR then you better be able to win routes against those type of Secondary's.

There were certainly times we did try to get downfield but UGA wasn't having it and notably Nix got burned the first time through to Seven, who right now isn't known for being a 50/50 WR. This week the OL will hold up better, the deep routes off the screen action will get a Safety burnt and we'll score a lot of points from getting the ball to our playmakers in space. I'm really not worried about the Offense in this game.