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This is absolutely the case! Davison forces the other team to back off its edges and gives our tackles time to settle-down. World and Harkey are good but not great, we are certainly missing the Connerly and Cornelius combo of years past. But if both have time to settle they are both significantly better. The middle of our line is where it's strongest with Poncho and Pregnon opening up solid run lanes. I don't know if there is a way to fix our offensive line pass protection from the tackle spot besides running the ball up the gut and hitting the opposing team in the nose.

Not only do I agree with your running back rotation and analysis, I think Davison's running style (up the middle) plays to the Ducks O line strength. The offense really seems to bog down when they start off by trying to win the battle of the edges then lose them against a good defense. This just seems to set up the third and longs that fail with bubble screens and short passes. Davison gives OBD that Stanford smash moth attack that I think would be a great way to start a game with. A long bruising drive to start the game could soften up the D making them more vulnerable to explosion plays off the edge later. OBD have the personnel to do it but for some reason haven't chosen to start off a game that way yet. Seems like Iowa would be a great [;ace to start.

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I'll add this... I have been critical of Whittington in the past. I can probably go through and dig up all the articles I have promoted runningbacks over Whittington. Last year I know I was saying Whittington needed to become a receiver instead. The funny thing is that whenever I make an article like we seem to get a great game out of Whittington. Almost like he is trying to prove me wrong. Whittington is a good Runningback but he is not an elite back. He lacks the size of Davison and that size and physicality makes yards. Davison has a level of physical running that outstrips Jordan James from last year to be honest and I think he is a bit faster as well. Davison is a truly special back and he can be a tone setter for this team if they let him and this team needs him to be that tone setter. Iowa is up next, after a bye, and Iowa has had good defenses and if the Ducks want to get some early points on the board they are going to need to let Davison get some early carries and gain some solid yards to set up Moore and the receivers. It's an added bonus that Davison is also a fantastic blocker which is part of his size advantage. At best I have seen Whittington delay good linebackers at worst he gets thrown aside and doesn't impede them at all. I have seen Davison destroy linebackers as both a pass protection blocker and a run blocker.

Amen David! Many of us were thinking as you suggested, but you laid out the case extremely well in your article. I also love the top featured picture of the article, as it is the same as what our forum background picture is at the moment. For those looking at this forum on mobile phone, they cannot see our photo background to the forum. But for those on desktop, (as I am) or laptop....you can see Davison scoring in the rain. For those who use a Pad to view the forum....can you see this background picture?

Great article! Since I agree with pretty much everything, I'll keep this brief: RB1, RB2, and RB3 should be Davison, Hill, and Whittington, respectively.

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David I agree with all you have said. Thanks for writing what many of us see. OBD Forum is blessed to have your contributions. Thank you! For what it's worth, I feel that Jordon Davison gets to the hole quicker than Noah Whittington or Jayden Limar. It seems to me that those two are looking for the home run and waiting for the hole to open. When a RB is waiting for the hole and looking for it to open he's a sitting Duck (no pun intended). He is not at full speed. Getting up to the linemen and trusting them that the hole will be there leads to more positive yards. Davison and Hill are more explosive and get to the line quicker thus more positive yards. This also results in moving the pile forward for yards after contact (YAC). Running backs are taught to trust their linemen, follow the foot path, and explode into the hole.

I think Davison will be like Royce Freeman who ended up being the feature back after settling in during the 2014 season. I really like Noah as a change of pace back as stated in your article. He reminds me a lot of CJ Verdell. He's great when the holes are big, but lacks the vision to find the cracks. I'm looking forward to seeing how this RB rotation evolves.

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That's the problem with these bigger blue blood programs. There are many stakeholders who want to see an immediate return on their investments. Texas and Auburn have traditionally been the worst. Their boosters have a lot of power and they make sure the coaches know it.

I actually think he will be Jonathan Smith's replacement. He started his head coaching career up in Michigan, so I think it's a good fit. In fact, I'm sure MSU already has the wheels in motion.

Not really a trend but a tendency: Oregon playing better on the road than at home. Against Iowa that may become a trend. Offense needs to get established early with the ground game behind Davison so the RPO and passing opens later on. Defense needs to shore up run D by bringing Theinemen or Flowers/Johnson down into the box to help with spotty play by the LBs. The current Oregon by -2 sounds about right.

The Duck offense has done fantastic against bad defenses this year and even better against all around bad teams. Oregon’s offense has struggled against teams that have competitive athletes to their own. We saw this at Penn State (yes Penn State, still has some quality athletes), against Indiana, and now Wisconsin. The Badgers’ greatest weakness seems to come more from ... Oregon RB Rotation Needs to Change

Iowa is rising out of the offensive doldrums, that's for sure. They have forced me to do other than semi-doze through their games.

I agree with the assessment that there are no slam dunk favorites for the Natty this year. The Dawgs? they share one thing that also characterizes the Ducks--a youthful roster populated with talented players, many of whom are not very experienced. I also concur that the Young Dawg defense just ain't what she used to be. Give it a year. It is good for college football that there are no clear-cut favorites and that any number of teams could break through to capture the Natty. It is going to be a very interesting playoff season that's for sure. The win at all costs mentality is shaking up the field as witnessed by the high-profile firings at such high-profile places as Penn State, LSU, Florida, and possibly very shortly at Auburn, Wisconsin, and others that I have heard rumblings about. Owing a coach tens of millions in buyouts seems to be no impediment these days. I also noted the impressive victory by the Fuskies over Illinois this last Saturday. How long would you guess it will be before the Fuskies become a real pain for other teams in the B1G? I did pick them over Illinois by the way. I thought the Illini were clearly a bit overrated.

Have you followed Nike Stock lately? lol It will take time for Nike some time to get back on track. It would be interesting, if true, how they structured a vesting schedule. Personally, I would make it merit based, and upon hoisting a Natty trophy the vesting schedule starts.

True. But... and it's a big one. How many Lannings and Cignettis are out there waiting for their opportunities to be found? There are some for sure. The reality is that all those programs aren't in search of a new head coach but a new head coach and program manager. The expectations have never been higher and the job has never been more difficult in terms of all the moving pieces. A head coach now has take care of: all the duties of head coach for game day, recruit, be in contact and work with NIL programs, recruit their own team, and soon will probably be in on negotiating salaries for players. Oh and they're expected to have their program in contention to make the playoff right away. There is no patience anymore. We are about to witness the biggest coaching carousel ever and many programs will hire a WORSE coach than the one they just fired.

Dan has been there in the SEC and is done with that, I think. How many more millions of dollars does Dan want or need? When he says he wants his sons to graduate from the same school, I believe him. Dan is likely to get another nice bump in pay staying in Eugene. The Nike deal is nice. How about the monthly retirement from Oregon PERS when he retires at 60?

The firing after beatdowns goes on, and the exit fee is irrelevant. LSU went large in the NIL arena, including one million dollars of Brian Kelly's money, and did not get a satisfactory ROI. Want a 60-something coach who has won wherever he has coached, Houston coach Willie Fritz. The ripple effect from all of these firings will be like a tsunami rolling in. The best coaches will be coaching in the playoffs through January. These new hires need to happen before the December recruit signing date, no? As Charles asked, who besides super-agent Jimmy Sexton are you going to call? His client, James Franklin, will find a new gig. I don't think Brian Kelly, unless he so desires, will be unemployed for too long. Just when you think CFB couldn't get more weirder ... 🤪🤑🙃Happy Halloweenie! This will likely keep Auburn coach Hugh Freeze and Wisconsin coach Luke Fickell employed. And likely take many top assistant coaches elsewhere. I imagine Dan and friends are in touch with the agents representing LSU 'committed' recruits.

As a side note I’m not superstitious but I hope they never wear the Grateful Dead unis again. They looked great, but counterculture and football don’t mix and the that game proved it.

I think the writing is on the wall for Novosad, and Moga to hit the portal. I think Dante comes back next year and Smith jr might be looking better than we think. If all that shakes out the roster still has Moore 5* Smith jr* Thomas 3* and Beavers 4*. Almost identical to the roster this year.

Novosad was on the injury list for several weeks as “questionable” before being cleared for Rutgers. I read somewhere it was a lower back issue / strain. If you follow the timeline of the injury report, my guess is that he probably didn’t practice for 3-4 weeks. It is reasonable to assume that Thomas earned the QB2 job during that time by passing Moga on the depth chart. With likely limited to no practice reps from Novosad, the staff probably felt more comfortable with Thomas the last 2 games. Is Novosad even eligible for a medical redshirt? He suited up, traveled with the team to Rutgers, and has not been on the injury report for the past 2 games. I was under the impression that if you travel, suit up and are not listed as “injured”, a medical redshirt is probably not a realistic option.