Grandpa Duck

You say that the strategies were the same in that 2003 game as they are today? I think not! When Chip Kelly came to Oregon as the OC in 2007, he brought with him the mesh, making quarterbacks who didn’t run the ball about as common as hen’s teeth, thereby also changing the pass rush and blitzing. It took a couple of years but all of college football began to mesh. The change in offensive strategy changed defenses dramatically. Chip also spread receivers to the sidelines more frequently than the offense had done previously, thereby not only changing how the defense was positioned, but also requiring faster and more agile linebackers. Chip also had the Ducks running a “hurry-up” offense throughout the game, where before it was used only at the end of the half and, provided the score was close, at the end of the game. Before that innovative change, time of possession was an important statistic. Today it is often irrelevant. The faster pace of play put a greatly increased emphasis on conditioning and increased substitutions which requires deeper rosters. Dr. J you maybe might just need to reconsider.

Dr J you’re relying on a game played in 2003, before most of the players in the coming NC game were born, and another game played in 2020, when they were still in high school? Really?

Stats are extremely misleading. We made more yards from scrimmage because we played a far longer field. They had three drives starting from inside our red zone, two of them with first and goal. Pretty difficult to accumulate yardage on that short of a field.

Cignetti and his staff definitely have an eye for talent. But, so do Dan Lanning and his staff. The NC is not a destination. It’s a journey. It will be a journey next year for Ohio State, Georgia, Oregon, Indiana and 130 other teams,

Obvious late hit with no flag!

Hennon 2000: As the poster (under my real name as author of the article) who wrote the article about Dan Lanning needing to notify the officials about IU roughing Dante Moore, it pleases me that others recognize that requirement. If the IU illegal roughing is not flagged, it likely will be a long evening for OBD. And thank you for a well thought out and nicely written post.

The portal termination date is extended for playoff teams.

Great, but propaply scored too soon. The two pointer was super.

Now a late hit. The criminals are being sentenced.

Mari is just mildly upset with the targeting call.

I want the Rebs so LSU gets to bundle up another million bucks to Kiffin for his well deserved bonus money.

Kenyon Sadiq, under utilized for the last three or four games, will get more targets, and probably some plays in the backfield for pass protection.

Ducks 24-13 1 3 205

Lots of assumptions with only a few facts in this thread. Hard to disregard Williams’ missing the memorial for a teammate, but I will. Just suppose he wanted to renegotiate his NIL, and was denied. So his agent said: “Enter the portal and see what kind of offers we can get for bargaining stock.”

Solar, your “playing scared” supposition is a bit harsh. A QB has, as a primary obligation, to avoid getting sacked or getting hit while in the act of passing which often results in a turnover. At the time of the IU game Dante had been sacked only once in the previous four, maybe five games. IU sacked him six times and hit him late at least that many more. He definitely lost some faith in the pass protection, which was warranted and necessary for maintaining possession of the ball.