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Last night only 3 running bacls had carries. JD, NW and DH. That means 4 highly talented running backs did not get touches or perhaps even make the plsying field. If we hold DL to his response about you earn playing time in the game by your effort and performance, then those 4 other RB's need to step up in practice. For me, it doesnt matter who starts or how many carries they get. What matters is how well the O line blocks for them. NW ran into walls in the first 4 drives. The O line was standing straight up and not firing out and moving the Whisky front 7. JD may be the best all around back and his sample size so far backs that up. If we actually make the CFP and win a Natty then we are just halfway thru the season. The formula of who starts or not and how many touches they get may depend on who we play, too. Iowa is going to be a difficult road game, especially if the Duck O line takes plays off or comes out flat footed. Last night, Whisky made this a hard fought rock fight in a monsoon. OBD's kept fighting back until they got their footing. Iowa will be another hard fought rock fight but on their home turf. JD and all the backs will go as far as the O line takes them. Our Duck D will need to play their best game of the year because this may be a 7-6 ball game. As an old Duck fan, i am glad we have JD and all these great backs. GO DUCKS......

Ducks Top Wisconsin on Soggy Saturday Night, 21-7On3Ducks Top Wisconsin on Soggy Saturday Night, 21-7Jordon Davison carried the Ducks to a dominant 2nd half performance and a 21-7 win on Saturday Night.

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True freshman Jordon Davison is the best all around running back on Oregon’s roster. He should be starting and getting 20+ carries a game. I don’t know what the coaches are seeing. Whittington’s stats are misleading because he’ll have a bunch of runs less than 2 yards and then break a few to improve his YPC average. Last night, 9 of Whittington’s 14 carries were 2 yards or less (64%). That inconsistency puts an offense behind the chains and kills drives. Davison, on the other hand, might not break a 60+ yarder but consistently gashes a defense for 6-8 yard runs. Even when he is bottled up he seems to fall forward for a few yards. He grinds down a defense the more carries he gets. All of Whittington’s bigger runs came after that drive that our OL and Davison imposed their will and ran the ball right down Wisconsin’s throat, if I recall correctly. Unlike in nature, the thunder has to come before (and in greater quantities) than the lightning. Right now Oregon’s coaches have that backwards. I hope a reporter asks our coaches why Davison isn’t getting more carries based on his in game production. Oregon Ducks On SIThe Freshman Who Made A Case As Oregon's Best Running Bac...EUGENE – The No. 6 Oregon Ducks had a slow start on offense against the Wisconsin Badgers at Autzen Stadium. After going scoreless in the first quarter, the Duc Oregon Ducks On SIOregon Offensive Playmaker Earns MVP In 21-7 Win Over Wi...The No. 6 Oregon Ducks defeated the Wisconsin Badgers 21-7 in week nine of the college football season. The Ducks offense took a bit to warm up, and Wisconsin k

Dan Lanning Gets A Little Testy When Asked About Backup Quarterback Brock ThomasThe Oregon Ducks won their second consecutive game despite a slow offensive start against the Wisconsin Badgers. Coach Dan Lanning provided an injury update on quarterback Dante Moore postgame, while taking time to praise backup Brock Thomas. Oregon Ducks On SIDan Lanning Gets A Little Testy When Asked About Backup Q...EUGENE – The No. 6 Oregon Ducks gave a sluggish offensive performance against the Wisconsin Badgers, but still came away with a 21-7 victory. The Ducks’ defense

At 0:15 in the below video Akili Smith, Jr. shows off his wheels/athleticism. He is certainly faster and more athletic than Dante Moore. Very similar to Justin Herbert, IMO. Hopefully our coaches take advantage of his full skillset, like we did with Herbert in the Rose Bowl Game, especially if he’s up to 220/230, as reported. With that frame, he can absorb hits and dish out sole punishment himself. Akili Smith, Jr.’s upside is off the charts.

IMHO,Jordon Davison solidifying his position of best running back. Feed him the ball! Oregon Ducks On SIOregon Offensive Playmaker Earns MVP In 21-7 Win Over Wi...The No. 6 Oregon Ducks defeated the Wisconsin Badgers 21-7 in week nine of the college football season. The Ducks offense took a bit to warm up, and Wisconsin k

Always the bridesmaid🙄😁 I was hoping the Ducks would have that in the first quarter but not optimistic for some reason. Thanks for having fun with the scores Charles. The runner up prize was awesome!

What Mike West said. 😁Times how many times he posted. Also, what Charles and others said, a win is a win. Hopefully, this season is only half over, and OBD will play in 16 games. This Wisconsin game will be a distant memory. Such is College Football. Winning football games is hard. Especially in a monsoon, which hurts your team's speed and quickness advantage. Especially with a young football team. Especially with fourteen new starters. The last two seasons, the Ducks' QBs had more experience than any QBs starting in CFB. There will be erratic play out of Dante from time to time. The same guy who called plays last night called the plays in Jersey. The same guys blocked. Frustrating? Heck yes, but the winner of this game was never in doubt. Wisconsin has not quit on Luke Fickell, a coach who took the only G5 team to make the four-team PO field. Every B1G team has the defending conference champion in its sights. The coaches in the conference are competent. Winning in the Big Ten is not easy. Iowa, Michigan, Nebraska, and UW are 6-2. USC is 5-2. All of these teams have looked terrific on occasion and terrible at other times. All could be ranked, including Nebraska, with a win over top 25 Cincinnati. Compare the number of two-loss teams ranked in the SEC compared to the B1G. Texas and Alabama had tough games against unranked teams yesterday. Ole Miss and Oklahoma had several breakdowns in defense yesterday amid questionable coaching decisions. MO vs. Vandy was far from dandy.🤪 The SEC has many teams ranked in the preseason. Thus, many games are 'self-fulfilling' top 25 vs. top 25 matchups. The SEC is deeper than the Big Ten, although this was not evident in last year's postseason. OBD will likely drop in today's AP Poll, which doesn't matter. It will be interesting to see how the PO committee treats the teams, including 7-1 OBD, on the fourth of November. Come the 7th of December, it will be infamy if OBD is not in the top eight and hosting an opening game. Iowa had a Gophers sack fest yesterday. The week before, Minnesota sacked Dylan Riola so many times he looked like he was in a grocery store checkout line. In particular, a young team will not be the same team week after week. The B1G test for Dan and friends this week and next is to win the bye week over a group of experienced coaches who will have the benefit of playing on their home field. Kirk Ferentz is 130-59 in Kinnick Stadium, .687. I'm hoping for better weather on November 8th in Iowa City. Win the Bye Week! GO DUCKS!

Those are rare... The last one I can think of was Caleb Williams. He basically played without an offensive line. However, he couldn't win the conference so there's that.

It was great Duck weather!!

If we keep doing what we're doing, you're correct. They cracked the code. It's not that difficult. Somebody's grandson was predicting plays tonight. The TD pass Dante threw against Indiana was schemed to handle what Indiana and Wisconsin pulled on us. It actually happened in the Penn State game too. You know, the clinching TD in OT? That is what needs to be more of the offense, when necessary. So, in my ultra hack opinion, we start getting Moore out of the pocket more often, or we get beat in the playoffs.

Sadly I think he may have stuck with the ground game because they had a backup qb in there. It worked but they need to use the run to open up the pass more.

Cignetti is always going for style points. The Indiana stat is what it is in part to running up the score. They are still a good team and beat us so I am not trying to throw shade at them but they are absolutely running up the score on their opponents.

I think OBD are going to learn more from these experiences than games like Rutgers. Very grateful that Stein made the adjustment and stuck with the ground game. We can’t see what Dante is seeing down the field, but it doesn’t seem like he knows where he wants to go with the ball or what matchups he has when he calls for the snap. Is Stein calling plays with a less experienced QB in mind, or is he still running an offense for the two QB’s with the most games ever played? It would be interesting to compare the average release time from the last three seasons. Dante seems to get rattled a bit after those early sacks. I’m not sure why we have him running as much as he has with the 8 capable running backs we have.

I'd agree about the contention appearing status of the Aggies and Hoosiers. Ohio State may yet prove to be elite, but folks!!! Brutus hasn't really beaten anybody other than a very flawed Longhorn team. They have a lot of proven to do.

I guess the challenge the coaches face is convincing the team to compete against teams they think they're better than. Not impressed with the emotional or competitive maturity overall.

He's not a running QB. I wrote a couple of articles about him for my sister's paper. He is already better than he was in high school. If Stein can design a specific run package for him, he'll be deadly (or whomever at this point because Stein-for all my complaints is also getting better by the week-and he may be gone in Smith's era). I believe Jr. is going to be better than his dad was.

Didn't notice any obvious egregious injuries, this game. I always sort of dread playing games like this, due to the increased chance of injury. Count your blessings, OBD!

I thought rain might keep the score down...but the offense was flat again. Use the off week well my Ducks.

They're beating blocks because they know what we like to do, and they're aggressively attacking the point if attack. We're in a conference of very good coaches. They know DL and his staff pride themselves on physicality. How do you beat physicality? You go all in. It is no mistake that teams are trying to take away our running game. They've also schemed ways to bring pressure. Our staff wants to impose its brand. Teams are going to attack it with everything they have. What's the best response? Stop exclusively attacking teams the same way. That is exactly why constraint/sequential plays matter. I wrote a couple of articles about it. Check them out here. and here

Thank you Mike for making me feel better. I usually find myself to be one of the sunshine pumpers and right now I am finding I have quite a bit of continued frustration. More on that on Monday. But still it's nice to have a positive take on everything.

Lanning running out the clock when he could have got STYLE POINTS after the interception, was a class act. How many coaches in this position would have gone for another touchdown? Water was GOOD to Us!