Spring Game - 4/29/2023

[StevensTechU]

Live on Pac-12 Network.

For those not in attendance and without Pa12N in their cable package, if you can figure out how to set up a VPN and pick an international location, just look up the Pac-12 Network International youtube channel and that'll be on the game.

[StevensTechU]

Great crowd. In real numbers, probably pushing 35k, so I expect them to announce 45k. Great weather, too. Doesn't get much better than football in Eugene with great weather. Wish I made the trip.

Ty Thompson has had a couple good shots, including a completion to Kris Hutson but he was pushed out of bounds. Besides those, some real, real boneheaded throws. Almost picked on the first play of the game behind the line of scrimmage. Overall, he seems like a kid who shoots above average on half-courters but can't make lay-ups or find the open man.

[StevensTechU]

Not sure if it's the second or third year in a row we've gotten Jordan Kent and Nick Allioti calling the game for TV, but I'm astonished with how little they know about the current players. So far, they said Justius Lowe is Keanon Lowe's brother.

[StevensTechU]

Troy Franklin beats DJ Beckum (son of coach Jawarski Beckum) on a go-route and hauls in a pass from Bo Nix for the first TD of the game.

[StevensTechU]

Lots of talent at WR. We know what we have in Franklin and Hutson, but Johnson, Holden, Kasper, and even Lowe are flashing. Ty Thompson is getting going on this drive.

Edit: Thompson gets lucky to not throw a pick on 3rd and goal. Threw it right at the linebacker.

[greenyellow]

Defense looks improved. Took a bit for the Green team to get going but good to see them get at least one TD in the first half. Ty Thompson looked decent on the 2-minute drill but he's got a long ways to go before people will feel comfortable with him taking major snaps.

[greenyellow]

Feels like it's been a while since Oregon has had a speedy WR like Tez Johnson.

[greenyellow]

Thompson really showed some good touch on that downfield throw to Hutson. Now he needs to be able to do the short and intermediate ones.

[StevensTechU]

Thompson definitely doing better in the second half. I still don't see a Ducks QB on par with what we know we need to be successful, but respectable backup.

Not a lot of pressure on the QBs. DBs that will play in the fall have generally played well.

[greenyellow]

Novosad has had a couple decent throws but you can tell he's still processing a lot as a mid-year enrollee FR.

[Duck07]

Great crowd. In real numbers, probably pushing 35k, so I expect them to announce 45k. Great weather, too. Doesn't get much better than football in Eugene with great weather. Wish I made the trip.

Ty Thompson has had a couple good shots, including a completion to Kris Hutson but he was pushed out of bounds. Besides those, some real, real boneheaded throws. Almost picked on the first play of the game behind the line of scrimmage. Overall, he seems like a kid who shoots above average on half-courters but can't make lay-ups or find the open man.

Honestly just knowing we're comfortably above 20K seems awfully huge for the program. A ton of places, especially in Seattle, had terrible attendance numbers.

[StevensTechU]

Thompson throws a TD to end it, one play after DeCambra jumps his pass and hits him in the hands but drops it. Second should-be INT for Thompson on the day. A day that was truly all over for TT, which I guess is a step up from where he's been before.

Again, good coverage by scholarship players on the day. Not perfect, but inspiring confidence in me, at least.

They did, in fact, announce a crowd of 45k, as I guessed haha.

[greenyellow]

Based on the game and with continued attrition, they're probably going to look to add another couple WRs and LBs.

[greenyellow]

[73duck]

The first Thompson play looked like a backwards pass to me; the defender should have scooped it up.

The difference in the backup QBs is that Thompson made fast reads and then threw the ball at defenders. Novosad made slow reads and threw the ball when the receiver was no longer open. Nix did not have a great day, so maybe we need to credit the defense for making the QBs look bad.