#13 Oregon @ Texas Tech (Sept. 9, Sat 4 PM FOX)

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Ducks going chrome/white/white in Lubbock

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[woundedknees]

Some kinda Storm Trooper thang going on?

[UOducksTK1]

Ya storm trooper enough for me. Those look good!

[nogerO]

Oregon is a 7 or 7.5-point favorite, over/under is a very healthy 68.5 points.

I'm in at 6.5. It's college sports, so home field is a huge deal, but Ducks should come out with a 7+ victory, I hope.

Is this game in Lubbock or at Jerry’s house? ESPN is showing Jones AT& T stadium?

[gogreen55]

Is this game in Lubbock or at Jerry’s house? ESPN is showing Jones AT& T stadium?

This game is going to be at Texas Tech's home stadium in Lubbock. Their stadium just happens to be called Jones AT&T Stadium and Cody Campbell Field.

[duckfan96]

IMO the ducks run the ball and run the ball some more. Like the stormtrooper game in Seattle. 300
-350 yards rushing

Oh yea ducks win 56-21

[wlduck]

Also, it's projected to be about 100 degrees when the game starts.

This is probably the biggest Texas Tech non-conference game in a long time. Crowd will be loud. They are 48-2 at home since 2000 against non-conference teams. And I bet they will bring their A game after that poopy performance against Wyoming.

100, with 35% humidity. So not that bad. And 48-2 vs how many ranked teams?

Three digit degree weather is definitely going to give them an advantage. And you're missing the heart behind the 48-2 record statement, the crowd and the team will bring their A game.

I expect Oregon to win, but I expect Texas Tech to put up a good fight.

I’ll add one more factor to be a little concerned about. Altitude. Consider that TT started out dominating Wyoming and then gradually the momentum shifted. Wyomings stadium is at 7200 feet elevation. Texas Tech is at 3400 ft. So the difference in elevation between TT and Wyoming is roughly similar to the difference between Oregon and TT. By itself not a huge factor, but when combined with the heat I think our conditioning will be tested.

[Duck07]

Rewatching parts of the TT-Wyoming game on youtube, one thing that clearly stands out to me with Shough is his sideline passes. Wyoming dropped a Pick-6 and eventually picked one off against him but those throws to the sideline need to turn into takeaways for us.

He showed no problem throwing to a covered WR in 1v1 and trusting his guy to win the matchup which struck me as an upgrade from his early years where that indecision showed up often. He had some nice looking throws down the seam and into the deep 1/3 of the backend when he was given a clean pocket to step into.

Conversely, we saw in the 2nd half where the Wyoming DE's were starting to overwhelm the Passing lanes and this was without the threat of anyone at DT for Wyoming creating pressure up the middle. We should end up with a few sacks on the day but I see the more important aspect as simply forcing him off his base before he throws and then being ready for him to be a running threat in this game. They will absolutely run a QB draw on 3rd/6 in this game and we better not get punked by it because they've shown it.

I feel good about this game because of our Offense but I'm excited for the prospects of what it can mean for our Defense if they go out and play well in this one.

[GrandpaDuck]

I'll be interested to see if they let Bo run in this game. I would imagine that they would just as soon not but if the offense isn't moving will they unleash him? You want to win but you also don't want to see your QB dinged up in a non-conf game at the beginning of the year.

If he does run hopefully Boettcher has given him some good sliding tips. (Linebacker, Baseball player, assistant QB coach )

[UOducksTK1]

Rewatching parts of the TT-Wyoming game on youtube, one thing that clearly stands out to me with Shough is his sideline passes. Wyoming dropped a Pick-6 and eventually picked one off against him but those throws to the sideline need to turn into takeaways for us.

He showed no problem throwing to a covered WR in 1v1 and trusting his guy to win the matchup which struck me as an upgrade from his early years where that indecision showed up often. He had some nice looking throws down the seam and into the deep 1/3 of the backend when he was given a clean pocket to step into.

Conversely, we saw in the 2nd half where the Wyoming DE's were starting to overwhelm the Passing lanes and this was without the threat of anyone at DT for Wyoming creating pressure up the middle. We should end up with a few sacks on the day but I see the more important aspect as simply forcing him off his base before he throws and then being ready for him to be a running threat in this game. They will absolutely run a QB draw on 3rd/6 in this game and we better not get punked by it because they've shown it.

I feel good about this game because of our Offense but I'm excited for the prospects of what it can mean for our Defense if they go out and play well in this one.

As much as I don't like Shough's game he doesn't throw many interceptions. Much of his throws are easy short throws or check downs. He had only 4 interceptions last year and 3 the year before.

But about the bolded part, yup. We gotta make Shough beat us throwing downfield on 3rd down situations (he won't). He can take the WR screens and check down throws all day. But I would love to see us shut him down from any 3rd or 4th down conversions from his scrambling.

[nogerO]

Is this game in Lubbock or at Jerry’s house? ESPN is showing Jones AT& T stadium?

This game is going to be at Texas Tech's home stadium in Lubbock. Their stadium just happens to be called Jones AT&T Stadium and Cody Campbell Field.

Thanks. I figured it was something like that.

[buckmarkduck]

With the talk about heat, I saw last week LSU wore helmets with AC built in. Do we have those also?

[gogreen55]

With the talk about heat, I saw last week LSU wore helmets with AC built in. Do we have those also?

I have no idea if the Ducks use it or not, but this article explains the technology behind it and says a few other programs have inquired about using it. I think describing it as a very small fan inside the helmet, that circulates air, is more accurate than what most people would consider actual AC in the helmets.

https://www.si.com/college/lsu/football ... ned-helmet

[StevensTechU]

As a person who currently has a freezer in his basement that he needs to refill with refrigerant, I hope the helmets don't actually have AC. I don't wish that kind of maintenance on any support staff.