#12 BYU @ #25 Oregon (Sept. 17, Sat 12:30 PM Fox)

[OfaFeather]

I think Oregon will play their hearts out but the OOC home streak will come to an end with a 10 pt loss. BYU’s team is bigger and more forceful that EWU, they out beefed a Baylor team that mainly recruits out of Texas. They also have an experienced secondary with perennially good play from their LB corps. Oregon still looked confused during the EWU game and we’re out of sorts and not completely dialed in. There were a lot of blown coverages with EWU receivers running free, dropped balls helped ORE out and their undersized Oline did a pretty good job keeping pressure of their QB except on a few glaring plays. Our QB to WR chemistry still doesn’t appear to be solid and our running game, while much improved, had few real big play runs and got stuffed far too many times by a smaller EWU defense.

Oregon still appears to be trying to find their chemistry, but they are a young team with an entirely new coaching staff. It will still take time but they will get there, this game was better than the UGA game, but Oregon is still learning the scheme and building trust. If the fan base can support them even in tough losses, I think there will be a solid team that emerges.

But he’ll, what do I know. They could blow out the Cougs and I could be totally wrong. I hope they win, but even if they lose, I will still be cheering my head off….and probably doing a little yelling at the tv, cause you know that makes a difference.

[SuperDuck]

Oregon opens as 6.5 point favorite against BYU.

Beating BYU may be a serious undertaking. They not only beat a ranked Baylor team, but they did it on the road and without their top two receivers. One or both of those guys may be back to play against the Ducks. You can be sure they won't be intimidated by playing at Autzen.

I really hope the Ducks play their "A" game.

I agree, but BYU was at home against Baylor.

Oops! Thanks for the correction.

[OregonFan4Life]

Good to see Oregon ranked again, but can someone explain to me how A&M is ranked above Oregon after losing at home to App St? SEC bias is such a joke.

[Duck07]

Good to see Oregon ranked again, but can someone explain to me how A&M is ranked above Oregon after losing at home to App St? SEC bias is such a joke.

You answered your own question. Frankly the Beavs should be ahead of us right now as well as WSU. If we win these next 2 games then I'll accept our ranking.

[pezsez1]

Frankly the Beavs should be ahead of us right now as well as WSU. If we win these next 2 games then I'll accept our ranking.

Word. The fact we're ranked at all shows how much respect we still have.

[StevensTechU]

IMO, rankings should be merit-based. But I think there's a strong consideration of 'what would happen if these two teams played', sort of incorporating what Vegas would put odds on a game. It's why even when Alabama loses, they're still ranked #2. If Texas A&M and OSU played on a neutral field, I'd bet the Beavs would be 7 point dogs. But I also agree the Beavers should be ranked ahead of TA&M. It's sort of a bad system.

[QuackininBama]

The ranking always have been a joke. If you listen to pollsters Notre Dame would have won 7 of the last 10 national championships. The SEC loses to a top 5 teams they drop 6 spots, we lose to a top 5 team we drop right out of the poll. I just ignore the rankings until they start posting the CFP rankings. While not perfect at least the committee TRIES to be fair about it.

[buckmarkduck]

I’ve always felt the rankings shouldn’t start until week 4-5.

[lukeyrid13]

Our weakness is on quick hitting pass plays and thankfully that isn't BYU's strength. I hope that they try and pound it on the ground as that plays into our defense more. If they were smart, they'd throw it around a lot this week.

Oregon
31
BYU
27

[UOducksTK1]

Toss up!

[Duck07]

The ranking always have been a joke. If you listen to pollsters Notre Dame would have won 7 of the last 10 national championships. The SEC loses to a top 5 teams they drop 6 spots, we lose to a top 5 team we drop right out of the poll. I just ignore the rankings until they start posting the CFP rankings. While not perfect at least the committee TRIES to be fair about it.

Where do you come up with this? I don't think ND has even had a single week of getting a 1st place vote in the last decade.

[Duck07]

Our weakness is on quick hitting pass plays and thankfully that isn't BYU's strength. I hope that they try and pound it on the ground as that plays into our defense more. If they were smart, they'd throw it around a lot this week.

Oregon
31
BYU
27

I'll be interested to see if Lanning and Tosh try and make a pocket and force them to beat us as a pocket passer as I'm also concerned about those QB scrambles, moving the pocket on 3rd and medium or if we try to attack them more.

Definitely time for a breakout game for Sewell.

[73duck]

The thing that concerns me about playing BYU is having 20-year-olds playing 24-year-olds. I have not checked the rosters, but historically many BYU players are coming back from two-year missions and have fewer players than Oregon leaving school early.

[greenyellow]

There'll be a special flyover, likely by B-2 stealth bombers, for this game done by former Oregon Duck Nick Reed.

Embedded Tweet

[chapelhillduck]

The thing that concerns me about playing BYU is having 20-year-olds playing 24-year-olds. I have not checked the rosters, but historically many BYU players are coming back from two-year missions and have fewer players than Oregon leaving school early.

Cam McCormick FTW


Sent from my iPhone using Tapatalk