Chas Man

The impact of an athletic, high motor, play disrupting defensive line was on full display. I like to think that is where OBD are heading!

So, is it time for the Chiefs to go shopping for a new offensive coordinator? One bad game...

Don't forget T.J. Ward when mentioning Oregon's big hitters; perhaps the G.O.A.T. of Oregon defensive backs.

OBD are 25 and 3 with Will Stein as our offensive coordinator, with a perfect regular season and a Big Ten Championship. As a Duck fan since the Ice Age (over 50 years), with recollections of utter jubilation for winning the Independence Bowl over a 6 and 5 Tulsa team and memories of the infamous Toilet Bowl O to O tie with OSU, my reaction to complaining about Stein's abilities is...well, some things are better left unsaid, I guess.

Bamba is currently on a torrid pace of 1 for 8. He is 2 for 2 on his free throws. There is that. UPDATE: Well, now he is 4 for 12.

Time to focus on bringing in those OSU defectors!

With Carroll's passion for the game and Kelly's offensive ingenuity, I could root for the Raiders. Whoa, did I just write that? Somebody, anybody, take down the Chiefs, please!

Maybe Dana is keeping the bulk of the playbook under wraps. That would explain the appearance that this team doesn't appear to know how to run a play when the 3 ball isn't serving them well. When the Big Dance starts, Coach is going to hit our opponents with everything we have in our arsenal. 60 minutes of hell unleashed that catapults us back to the Final Four! Afternoon daydream is over. Time to wake up and get back to work!

Meh. Lost me for a while. Time to hit "Pause" on Dana ball.

3 for 16 from beyond the arc in the first half. Dana, are you coaching these guys?

Well, according to this very basic metric referred to as "Stop Rate", OBD have to find a way to do better, and that usually entails change. According to an ESPN article, here is an overview of the "stop rate" measurement: What is stop rate? It's a basic measurement of success: the percentage of a defense's drives that end in punts, turnovers or a turnover on downs. Defensive coordinators have the same goal regardless of their scheme, opponent or conference: prevent points and get off the field. Stop rate is a simple metric but can offer a good reflection of a defense's effectiveness on a per-drive basis in today's faster-tempo game. Great teams find a way to get stops in critical moments. The national champion Buckeyes earned their No. 1 finish by achieving a stop rate of 78.5%. (#1 on the stop rate list) That's a mighty impressive percentage considering their defense had to endure a four-game College Football Playoff run and a 16-game schedule that featured six top-5 opponents. OBD? They were 32nd on the list! We were just not very good at getting the D off the field. Not good enough to take us to the promised land IMHO. Final college football defensive stop rate for 2024 season - ESPN WWW.ESPN.COM We ranked the top defenses for the 2024 season based on how many times an opponent's drive ended without points.

Tez Johnson with a 48 touchdown reception with 1:21 to go in the half vs OSU. The situation is what makes it my favorite. OSU had just retaken the lead, 21 to 15, and had us behind the chains at 3rd & 8. I'm sure Chip Kelly was thinking, "Get us the ball back and we'll put more points on the board before the half." Not so fast my friend! Dillion drops back, looks left, then throws an absolute dime to Tez, who gathers it in at the 10 and glides into the end zone. Ducks retake the lead at the half and send a message to the Buck Nuts: This one is ours!

The Bills had a good chance to flip the script yesterday, but alas, they were done in by their own conservative play calling. They were in the drivers seat with about seven minutes to go, and each time they were faced with 3rd and short or 4th and inches, they ran the same play: Josh Allen quarterback sneak. Each time they ran the same play, KC packed the box and sold out to stop the sneak. Eventually, they did. Had Buffalo stayed aggressive (creative) in their play calling they'd be preparing to face the Eagles in SB LIX.

Hard to imagine this team making it past the first round in the tournament. Wildly inconsistent is their only consistent trait.

If Shelstad shows up we win. With 11 minutes to go he is 1 for 4 with a total of 2 points.

Looked like OSU could have used a 12th guy on the field on that drive.

Geez, leave it to Travis Hunter to do what the defenders could not: Put DM on the ground. Thankfully, he was uninjured, but come on man!

Looks like OBD are going to have a formidable O Line to protect DM (or whomever is directing the offense) next year. They just added the "top interior lineman" in the portal to their offseason haul! USC offensive lineman Emmanuel Pregnon transfers to Oregon Ducks WWW.OREGONLIVE.COM Pregnon is the third offensive lineman the Ducks have signed out of the transfer portal.

Unfortunately, our 2 former star quarterbacks have looked rather pedestrian in the playoffs. Probably more the supporting cast than anything, but I was hoping for and expecting more from them.

Nix to Franklin for the TD! Great start for OBD grads!

Still playin for clicks.

New ball game; 14 all.

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Gotta say that I'm surprised OSU only has 7 points in the waning minutes of the first half. Compared to 34 on OBD, you have to wonder what happened to our defense.

Yeah, they were gifted a path to the championship game (that belonged to the #1 seed) and they couldn't take advantage of the opportunity.