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Demond likes to see his receivers very open. He certainly won't throw many 50/50 balls, if any. And he likes an easy exit from the pocket. It's a tough matchup for him against our D. The one thing I'll say is if we put a spy on Demond it can't be Bryce or 54, that's too much of a speed mismatch. It has to be Jackson or Thienman.

We are a poor matchup for UW. Not to say they could never lead or never stress us, but our scheme severely limits their strengths, and then they are left being an above average team playing against tier 1 talent. Now if they come at us with a completely different approach than they've used all season they could give us real trouble for the first half, but it's unlikely.

UW is being given too much credit for playing well at home and for "blowing out" UCLA. The UCLA message boards are pretty unanimous that UCLA played a really poor game regardless of opponent. If you can still get 6.5 it's the deal of the weekend if not the season. I've said before that we can easily play the style of the teams that gave UW the most trouble, and do it way better than those teams. And we have the longest road winning streak in the country by a mile, playing better on the road than we have at home this season. -6.5 is a gift.

I believe this is the first time we've played UW over the Thanksgiving weekend, but I'm thankful it's here and we're ready to go. This is the championship game for UW and their at home where they've played way better than when on the road which is reflected in the spread being lower than it was for USC. Vegas is forgetting about our road record. We've arguable played better on the road than at home this year. And we can play the kind of ball UW has struggled with. DUBS DOWN!

I like the part where he said "it's not our fault teams become unranked after we beat them...ok maybe it is our fault, but..." All the press burst out laughing.

Such a strange game. This reffing crew is such an outlier to the rest of the B1G crews that let them play. Next season I would like Nike to test out their new cleats designs on the Autzen turf before the season. Since when does a kicker slip on a dry field kickoff? I hope Lanning makes it clear we won't be wearing that cleat design for anymore games, especially not our home playoff game. Happy we covered the spread despite the penalties, injuries and slipping.

Pickard is playing excellent.

Pickard is in. He has played better this year when in, but still..

Laulea is the one person we couldn't afford to loose.

I don't see how USC wins this game. They are down too many important players on the O-Line and at safety. Maiva is going to be constantly pressured, and his stats are really bad under pressure.

The November war of attrition is in full swing. We are best equipped to handle it. Lowe is next man up at WR. He was in the 2 deep last year, and should be even better now.

YES! There drive was easy, ours was even easier.

Got outschemed on the TD. I hope the offense is more ready than the defense..please no three and out.

This is our 12th game day since USC's last Game Day appearance in 2016. Absolutely hurts them that we've been relevant and they haven't. I hope Charles stops by their message board after the game if we win. Although maybe it will be quiet if we clearly play as the better team.

There is no defense for the perfect offense, which USC is capable of executing. We need to realize that USC's DL is much more stout than Iowa's. We could easily find ourselves down by two scores early if we try to impose our will with runs up the middle on 1st and second down with USC daring us with a loaded box and end up 3rd and long every series of downs. Yes we will ultimately wear down USC and holes will start showing up, but if it turns into track meet wasting drives early could put us too far behind for that to matter. Let's not go all Mario Cristobal here just because we have a good running game. Every play, every formation, every snap on offense needs to keep the defense guessing run or pass and who is getting the ball. Executing run or pass out of that should be about as random as rolling dice. Above all our Ducks have to want it more than USC and I expect USC to want it a lot. If we want it more each and every snap from the get go, I do expect USC to wilt at some point and we pull out a convincing win.

I'd be thrilled with Bama or Miami. And whoever we get, I hope it's 36 degrees and raining. Even dudes used to playing in snow would be complaining about how cold it is.

Excellent point. For players from So Cal, they know just about everyone they know will be watching the game and they will want to show out.

"This will mark GameDay’s first visit to a USC game since the 2016 season." "The Oregon Ducks have been featured on ESPN's College GameDay 11 times from the 2016 season through the current 2025 season." (USC will be number 12.) No wonder we live in their head rent free. There is nothing worse to their fans than simply being irrelevant while we steal the spotlight over and over... This will be our 3rd Game day appearance this year. I expect us to act like we've been there before. We'll see if USC can handle it.

We get a decent amount of pressures, we just don't get home for sacks as our strategy is to collapse the pocket without giving any escape routes to the QB.

Thanks David. So to clarify a little bit, we can do damage running or passing out of any formation, and now that we are using play action more, the front seven of the defense can't commit to run or pass until QB and RB are past the mesh point. While they are frozen for about half a second, the OL QB and RB are executing the offense at full speed. Football may be a game of inches, but inches come from motion (distance per time), so it's also a game of milliseconds, and 500 of them is a big advantage. An extra half second for Moore to survey the field would have a massive impact on yards per drop back.

I really wish we played all 3 West Coast schools every year. This USC matchup is a rivalry to USC although they would never think of it as such. They just think we are hogging the pedestal need to get off so they can step back on it, but the hatred is very rivalry like.

USC is significantly better in the trenches this year, although if they do have a weakness it would be pass blocking, but our defensive strategy is to pressure the QB without allowing escape lanes which is why we get home infrequently. We trust our secondary to hold up longer and defend the pass better. Makai Lemon, like Serrat is going to make some catches. There is no defense for the perfect pass and catch. I think if there is a weakness on USC's DL it's the edges. Their strength is in the middle.

Which teams have we struggled against with a high power passing attack? Indiana is the only one. Rutgers and Minnesota had pretty good passing attacks and they had little success. We have some of the best passing defense in the country statistically. It doesn't mean we are going to completely shut down their passing attack, but we can definitely limit them moreso than other teams have through the air. But they've also have had a lot of success on the ground. It's clear we are going to have to put up points. I think it will be first to 30 wins.

Good catch, I didn't notice that. One thing I have noticed, which Indiana and ever school afterwards exploited, is that Dante doesn't do well when the right side of the pocket collapses. He's not comfortable throwing and struggles to slide to the left. Moving Pregnon to the right helped with that I guess. And psychologically I think he handles the unseen blind side pressure better than the front side pressure. I also think he showed in this game that he has improved on these weaknesses, there were sometimes when the pocked was shrinking fast and he didn't get happy feet. Although maybe that confidence is more a function of our WRs running free all over the place with very little tight coverage. Minnesota's secondary is horrible tbh.

Johnson got a lot of run in this game showing the value he can bring as a pass catcher at any time.