kirklandduck

I like Oregon's first half schedule. 5 games + bye week, toughest opponent would be Texas Tech. That will give the team some breathing room to get used to the new OC and figure out the defense. Plus the bye week comes right before playing the Fuskies so that extra prep time will come in handy.

The author also seems to completely discount the growth of streaming as a media delivery platform. In 10-15 years sports are going to be provided by just about every streaming provider, cutting into traditional channels in a big way.

Given the really tough schedule OBD has next season, I'm glad the 3 OOC games are relative cupcakes. With all the new players coming in and a new OC, they'll need every one of those games to iron out wrinkles in the offense and defense before Pac12 play.

I think he hurt his draft value some going to USC. If he stayed at Pitt he could have put up another season of ridiculous numbers and be a top 10 or top 5 pick.

Wow. How do you lose a game where the other team gifts you 4 INTs? By sidelining your best player for the entire 2nd half. Absolutely unbelievable. There are going to be some hard questions asked of the head coach by ownership.

Feels like Brandon Streeter got screwed at Clemson. Only on the job as OC for 1 season and they had a significant improvement in offense during that year. Impatience is the key to failure.

He sounds like a commissioner version of Willie Taggart.

If DL and TL bring out his full potential, then Matayo and Dorlus should stand to benefit. Imagine lining up all 3 of them to pressure the opposing QB??

Wow the defensive line is getting rebuilt in a hurry!

It was pretty obvious that the defensive linemen and linebackers, for the most part, were ill-suited for the kind of defense DL and TL wanted to run. Given the sheer number of recruits and transfers on defense coming in, they're looking to address it very quickly.

Well that was slightly less than competitive.

Great article Charles! I agree that DL is probably taking this route but taking it slow since he's only going into his 2nd year. First obvious play I think we'll start seeing this "de-recruitment" method is at defensive line given the sheer number of high school recruits and transfers he has coming in at those positions. The end result will be at least 2 layers of quality depth and a string of transfers out by the time Fall practice starts.

I think even if TCU plays a perfect game again it won't win against the Dawgs. Georgia is a better team than Michigan and won't make the same kind of mistakes Jim Harbaugh's team did. I agree with you, TCU will put up a good fight but Georgia covers the spread.

Congrats to coach Figg, big step up!

I don't know, OBD played well enough to beat UW if it weren't for a few bad play calls. If the play calling gets a little more rational and the defense improves from bad to just mediocre, I like Oregon's chances of beating the Puppies and even USC.

True. But remember the majority of new players are high school recruits with some transfers. It'll take a while before the freshman are properly developed to provide real depth.

While this certainly speeds up DL's ability to improve the team, it still takes time for transfers and high school recruits to learn new systems. I'm preaching patience on this one.

Love these analysis articles, thanks Coach Boles! I'm sure Ferguson and McCormick are licking their chops at the prospect of running this play...being able to rumble through a big gap for big yards.

Didn't Harbaugh say that he was done entertaining NFL interest?

Interesting and hilarious factoid...

Star ratings help and are a good general indicator of potential success at the college level. But that success is also dependent on development by coaching. Cristobal was not a good developmental coach.

OBD had more than one penalty for too many men on the field. Players are not hustling off the field enough.

I really didn't need a shot to the ticker after all that Christmas ham but I'll take the win...

I can't faut the defense much so far. They're actually getting some pressure on the QB. The offense keeps putting them in bad situations.

Bo still doesn't look right when he runs. I think he still has an issue with that ankle