David Marsh

Just watching Mario be Mario. Lots of runs that go right up the gut with a pile of dust and in to the teeth of Texas A&M. Van Dyke being mostly wasted as a quarterback throwing screen passes and more passes laterally than vertically. Also just saw him throw to a receiver for a two yard gain when they needed much much more than two yards on their down. The kicking game looks pretty underwhelming too. Makes me feel good about where we are with Lanning right now.

I feel this is one of the first games in a long time where we saw our talent advantage really take hold of the game. I don't count FCS teams and I don't count games against the likes of Ohio State where they actually have more talent than us. Today our Oregon Ducks played to their talent level and not down to the talent level fo BYU.

On the year! All the times the quarterback has gone down it has been outside of the pocket.

LaDuke made some plays early on and I heard his name. Haven't heard Sewell too often. Granted BYU really focused on trying to attack the edges. Sewell anchors the middle more and I get the feeling a lot of teams are trying to run away from Sewell. The secondary had some good moments but was inconsistent over the course of the entire game. The center of the Oregon defense has been getting good push for the past few weeks, even against Georgia the center of their offensive line was pushed backwards. The next step for the front seven is getting pressure on the quarterback himself and getting him on the ground. That will take the secondary holding their coverage longer and more consistently.

I did already commit to rooting for Washington once this year... Against any LA team (I believe they are playing UCLA this year). And that feels bad enough. But it would help elevate Oregon and the PAC if the conference racks up some good non conference wins. We did our part by beating BYU today.

Lanning is learning but I think he has a real vision for this Oregon team. This team is improving scary fast.

Really bad. At this point I guess I want Washington to be ranked so we can crush their dreams in Autzen. They haven't played in Autzen since 2018 ... And we crushed their dreams that year too.

I think the pass was actually to Seven. Irving came back and recovered the ball. That play was executed very poorly and probably should have been drawn up as a forward pass so at worst it would be incomplete.

The Huskies are beating Michigan State right now which raises the question to root for or against Washington... A Washington win would be a good boost for the conference over the B1G ... But it's Washington... And it feels dirty to root for them. So I'm just hoping the stadium catches fire and everyone loses.

Secondary still has a long way to go on the whole. But that secondary has made some serious improvements over the course of the last few games.

Everyone is still judging Oregon on that week one game. It was a very bad get for Oregon. But this team is far more than that. If Oregon were to play Georgia next week it would still be a loss but Oregon would look a whole lot better. Who knows ... There is the possibility we play Georgia again this year.

The pistol is fine.. as long as Cristobal isn't using it. I think you said it yourself at one point Charles that Oregon of the Kelly/Helfrich era used it from time to time along with Clemson and even Bama. It's not an every down formation but it has its uses , its a sometimes formation. I did like the use of the I-formation. I also loved those two gutsy 4th-and-1 calls from Lanning and I LOVED how in both of those calls BYU assumed QB sneak but they did a handoff to a runningback instead and it completely fooled BYU. It's going to make future QB sneaks all the more effective if the defense isn't sure what Oregon might do from that formation on a short yardage play. And all those scores under 2 mins... oh this is a fun Oregon team again.

I feel those struggles emerged more when they were burning the clock down. That does disrupt the normal tempo. It should be corrected. I don't think it is a chronic problem though..

I feel it should be. I also feel Lanning may have learned a lesson here as well. BYU wasn't quite out of it when TT came in. It was a bit early to put the back up in. Make sure the opponent is dead and buried before the starters come out.

It also feels like BYU is getting tired and Oregon is just going at them and challenging them.

Nix is playing the hero today but he is not playing hero ball. He is taking what is given to him and the rest of the Oregon team is helping to give him a lot today!

That 4th and one call felt like Lanning was playing to WIN! It had some risk but it was calculated and the play came with a twist. That was a great and gutsy call.

Looks like we are using the pistol... Sometimes... Just like how it is supposed to be used.

I want to see Oregon's talent to show out. We have the talent advantage and I want that to be clear in the final score. I also feel like we shouldn't have a Cristobal era type win where we just win by one score and a last minute defensive stand to win the game. I want to see Lanning play to win this game and Oregon win by at least two scores. I know that is easier said than done but we have the talent and I want to see it work and Oregon's culture take hold.

Well if Cristobal beat Jimbo I wouldn't be too surprised. But I would also expect Cristobal to drop a game or two that were surefire wins. Remember we did beat Ohio State but had a bunch of close calls in games that should have been blow outs.

I appreciate what Cristobal did for Oregon but at the same time I am glad he is gone. I'm also glad that Miami payed US 8 million dollars in the process. Let's Be Thankful For the Coaches Who Have Left Oregon FISHDUCK.COM In the last five years Oregon has seen two head coaches leave for their dream jobs. Willie Taggart didn't even finish coaching the...

This uniforms feels more appropriate for a black out than just black. Its close to black but still green.

Adams is certainly the poster child in many ways for a successful transfer quarterback. It is a shame he was injured because if he played the full season healthy I do believe Oregon would have made the playoff that year and he would have gotten an invite to the Heisman ceremony, winning it is a different story but he would have gotten an invite. None of the other transfer quarterbacks Oregon has brought in have been anywhere near as electrifying and good. Adams was really something special and I am sad we only had in for part of a season.

The pressure to play Herbert was magnified by the coaches burning his redshirt at the end of the firs game of the year. I think with the new redshirt rules (well newish) where players can four games and still redshirt has given coaches more flexibility. We saw more of Thompson last year than we would have with the old rule, the coaches would have had him redshirt. We just need to see those quarterbacks develop. I would love to see Thompson take over as starter but I also know as a fan I don't know if I am patient enough to wait a year for him to figure it out.

Mariota and Herbert had that sort of thing going for them as well. Neither were vocal leaders in their time at Oregon. I think for Thompson he needs to feel more comfortable in the offense. He looked like he had a grasp of it but not the same level of control that Nix has of the offense.