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7-1 Oregon vs 1-7 Colorado

Personally, I would like to see Oregon up by 40 going into the 3rd quarter and be running the 2nd string after to safeguard the starters for the Utah game. That game worries me, even though it is at home. Utah and Oregon have similar blueprints.

OfaFeather wrote:Personally, I would like to see Oregon up by 40 going into the 3rd quarter and be running the 2nd string after to safeguard the starters for the Utah game. That game worries me, even though it is at home. Utah and Oregon have similar blueprints.

We play uw first, then vs Utah and at OSU.

I'd expect a mostly vanilla playbook in this game and I hope we rotate a lot of CBs in this game so they're all prepped for the DeBoer passing attack.

Colorado is ranked number 130 of 131 D1 schools in rushing defense. They give up 319 ypg and 5.95 ypr. If we don't see 350-400 yards rushing and passing only when need with the play action I will be disappointed. Our pass defense still sucks IMHO.
Oregon 56, Colorado 24.

Colorado is back to playing respectable football. I think we'll see a very similar result as the Cal game.

It would be very sad to see key Oregon players get injured in the second half of a game that should have been wrapped up in the first half. After this game, every game will require all hands on deck. BTW, what's the latest injury report?

73duck wrote:It would be very sad to see key Oregon players get injured in the second half of a game that should have been wrapped up in the first half. After this game, every game will require all hands on deck. BTW, what's the latest injury report?

Is uw that much better than Cal or UA? I bet by the 4th qrt we have a 3 score lead.

buckmarkduck wrote:

73duck wrote:It would be very sad to see key Oregon players get injured in the second half of a game that should have been wrapped up in the first half. After this game, every game will require all hands on deck. BTW, what's the latest injury report?

Is uw that much better than Cal or UA? I bet by the 4th qrt we have a 3 score lead.

Yes they are much better. Their QB play has been great and may people would argue our pass defense is not stellar.

bellsduck wrote:

buckmarkduck wrote:Is uw that much better than Cal or UA? I bet by the 4th qrt we have a 3 score lead.

Yes they are much better. Their QB play has been great and may people would argue our pass defense is not stellar.

Our pass D is terrible, one of the worst. Eight games in I would expect improvement. Perhaps this game will be better. We also need much improvement on special teams and third down defense. Ugh. Go Ducks!

Our pass D isn’t nearly as bad as people are making it out to be. If you remove garbage time the numbers look a lot better. Arizona has the best WR corps in the conference and we shut them down. UW passes 100x a game so they will get their yards but it’ll be the same story as every other game: when we score on every possession and hold the other team to FGs, we win easily.


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Oregon has opened as 30.5 point favorites against the Buffs.

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Agree about our passing D... it's pretty decent in the minutes that matter. Also much better in the redzone. Most opponents get their yards and points against our backups during garbage time. That's something to worry about next season, but honestly the transfer portal takes the stress off of that.

pezsez1 wrote:Agree about our passing D... it's pretty decent in the minutes that matter. Also much better in the redzone. Most opponents get their yards and points against our backups during garbage time. That's something to worry about next season, but honestly the transfer portal takes the stress off of that.

I'm not too worried about next year, as I think, outside of Bennett Williams, most of the secondary should return. Also, these are valuable reps for the backups. Lots of great CBs get burnt early in their college careers, because it's a very difficult position. The only way to get better is to see reps, and I feel like we've seen improvement from Manning, as well as some of the safeties. Florence is seeing PT as a true freshman, so he'll only continue to get better. I'm optimistic about the DBs going forward. I wouldn't turn down a solid CB in the portal, but wouldn't be super concerned if they didn't get one, unless Gonzalez unexpectedly leaves after this season.

droop10 wrote:

pezsez1 wrote:Agree about our passing D... it's pretty decent in the minutes that matter. Also much better in the redzone. Most opponents get their yards and points against our backups during garbage time. That's something to worry about next season, but honestly the transfer portal takes the stress off of that.

I'm not too worried about next year, as I think, outside of Bennett Williams, most of the secondary should return. Also, these are valuable reps for the backups. Lots of great CBs get burnt early in their college careers, because it's a very difficult position. The only way to get better is to see reps, and I feel like we've seen improvement from Manning, as well as some of the safeties. Florence is seeing PT as a true freshman, so he'll only continue to get better. I'm optimistic about the DBs going forward. I wouldn't turn down a solid CB in the portal, but wouldn't be super concerned if they didn't get one, unless Gonzalez unexpectedly leaves after this season.

He gone, and it won’t be unexpectedly.

Everythingsducky wrote:

droop10 wrote:

pezsez1 wrote:Agree about our passing D... it's pretty decent in the minutes that matter. Also much better in the redzone. Most opponents get their yards and points against our backups during garbage time. That's something to worry about next season, but honestly the transfer portal takes the stress off of that.

I'm not too worried about next year, as I think, outside of Bennett Williams, most of the secondary should return. Also, these are valuable reps for the backups. Lots of great CBs get burnt early in their college careers, because it's a very difficult position. The only way to get better is to see reps, and I feel like we've seen improvement from Manning, as well as some of the safeties. Florence is seeing PT as a true freshman, so he'll only continue to get better. I'm optimistic about the DBs going forward. I wouldn't turn down a solid CB in the portal, but wouldn't be super concerned if they didn't get one, unless Gonzalez unexpectedly leaves after this season.

He gone, and it won’t be unexpectedly.

In hindsight, "unexpected" was probably a bit strong, but I think it's far from a sure thing. Draft projections have him all over the place and very few have him slated as a first round pick, so I guess it depends on what he hears in January. If he's told that he's a potential day 3 pick, then perhaps he decides he'll benefit from coming back.