Dave23

Thanks, Utah has brought nothing but class and sportsmanship to the Pac and not to mention a damn good football team.

Nix not running the ball or him being able to sling the ball with his normal velocity makes the offense one dimensional. Nix's deep balls were floaters and his short passes were very slow allowing coverage more time to converge on the ball. All of this combined frees up extra people at the line for run support. Seem to me there was five or six blitzing most plays either to crash on the running back or to put pressure a non-mobile Nix. Try to do that to Nix when healthy and he will shred a defense.

I like TT he's a great kid but the pressure at Oregon seams to have gotten to him and he seems unable to perform at a high level. Some time a change of scenery can calm the nerves, just look at Nick's this year. Personally I would be very happy if he transferred to Montana State as that's my other college football team with a long history of transfers between the two programs. He's got the talent and athleticism just needs to get the nerves under control.

If they wanted to catch the Utes D off guard they should have had TT throw deep. At least that would be more like a punt and if it worked out could have gone for a TD. The reverse doesn't work against disciplined D like Utah even if you make the pitch. With all the pressure they were bringing that little Texas route they ran earlier in the year would have been nice to see.

Wow Williams what a game, showed up big. Sewell played like the guys we know and love. The Whole D Line really showed up everyone of them made game changing plays!

He needs to funnel his inner Travis Dye, Kiko Alonso, Clay Matthews etc. When he shows up with heart and focus He's one of the best linebackers in the nation

Can't wait to see the stat breakdown on QB hurries and tackles for loss.

Perfect showing of how to play bend don't break.

That a boy Nix giving the win to the D. Classy!

Best game the Defense has played all year!

Loving Rogers steering up.

This defense is reminding me a little bit more the old bend don't brake plus take the ball away.

D's keeping us in the game.

Loving that D

Looks about right. Maybe Michigan at 2? tOSU looked pretty bad today.

Will LSU LeapFrog the Ducks or do the ducks move up to 6th? I doubt they dropped Tennessee out of the top five.

Looks like the big boys are taking over their perspective games. Let's keep dreaming for the afternoon game. Definitely watching the Tennessee vs. Georgia on my phone While the Oregon game is on the TV.

I think Dollars would be great at the position maybe better than Hutson as he's got moves after the catch.

Always love Aliotti, he was great at building depth by rotating his player and also keeping them fresh. Once the Ducks build depth on D and everyone knows the system we should be in much better shape against tougher opponents, especially if they can increase turnovers. The strategy of letting a team march down the field killing the clock and then holding them to a field goal while you score TDs is working well to burn the clock on both ends.

Penn State up 21 to 16 with 9 and 1/2 minutes left

After a while it's just embarrassing.

Penn State had two INTs on the first drives and tOSU can't run the ball. I love to watch the Buckeye's suffer.

tOSU is looking quite vulnerable and is down by one at the half to Penn State. At Penn State can pull this off it will certainly help Oregon move up the rankings!

DL's Game manager is top notch. The difference between a championship caliber team and a nine win team is the little things that coaches do at a high level. I can't recall a coach at Oregon that had this level of game management. Even Chip did a lot of things that were not in the best interests of using clock when we needed to. The onside kick was brilliant, knowing you're not going to get many stops on UCLA. Stealing a possession in this game was exactly what was needed and a game winning plan. This game could have easily came down to whoever had the ball last instead we got the lead and stayed in the lead. Running two plus minutes off the clock also brilliant as we all know how that can end up when you decide to run the ball and fight for the first down.

While the Ducks O will need to score in boat loads the D is going to need to get a few stops or a turnover to make the difference for the win.