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Always a scary thing to predict what happens in Pullman, but I think you're right. If the Ducks continue to improve at the same pace as the last two weeks we should beat WSU. Would love to see the Sewell and Flowe combo start to destroy opposing offenses too. I like the staff's attitude of not risking further injury, though Flowe's injury is minor. Without looking a tape specifically looking at Sewell I can't tell what was happening with him. His name certainly wasn't called often and I think a lot of the time they were playing toward pass coverage and he wasn't even on the field. We'll see with WSU, they are likely to be pass first and coverage will be important.

It's really nice, since the pundits are often looking for everything they possibly can to doubt the Ducks. But there were also a lot of people here that were picking BYU. I picked the Ducks, but thought it would be close. Who really expected this? I think what we and the pundits learned today is that this can be a very good football team and shouldn't be judged by the Georgia game alone.

That drive sealed it with or without the field goal. Time eating drives seal games. Duck back in control.

Bo throwing some blocks.

Play calling has something to do with it too. Running only when they know you're going to run, playing the gaps, then have to pass with a long way to go.

That Int wasn't on Ty, hit him in the worse possible place, right in the hands. A couple of bad calls there. Knee down, interference. We took the foot off the gas too soon.

Holding call was questionable.

Unfortunately for BYU, they are not built to come from behind.

He had a good check down on the third down play, up 31 just check it down, don't force it.

First Oregon punt of the game 6 minutes left in the third, dominance!

2.6 yards per rush for BYU, 5.4 for Oregon. We win a lot of games like that.

Bo 8-9 for 135 a TD and 0 ints, running the ball down their big physical throats. They haven't stopped us yet. Keep it going Ducks! We're not totally shutting down their offense, but we're getting stops and getting off the field. Missed field goal helped.

Dawgs are sure rolling!

Yeah, we've go a pretty physical O line too. Right now only we have stopped ourselves, BYU hasn't stopped us.

So far looking great! Spoke too quickly, too many mistakes in the red zone. Go Ducks, score anyway.

It may take him a while to reach his potential, but the potential of a Flowe and Sewell combination playing at the top of their potential is scary good.

I was thinking the same thing. As demoralizing as that loss was at the time, this GA team may simply be that good. Certainly Oregon could have played better in that game, but Oregon moved the ball at least a little on this crew in the first game under a new coaching staff. Hopefully there is enough improvement to take out BYU at home today. Either way Oregon is going to be much better this year than many may have thought after the GA game.

I'm really not asking the Ty question right now. I wasn't able to see the game Saturday, but Nix was 28-33 with 5 TDs. I know the competition was not high level, but that's a hell of a game at any level. The one errant throw that could have been picked off became a TD. If it had been a int. he would have been 27-33 with 4 TDs and 1 INT. That's still a great game. We'll see how the rest of the season unfolds, but as of now Bo has had a not great game against maybe the best defense in college football this year and a great game against a not so good defense. BYU may be a better measure.

I think he hasn't really followed Oregon football closely the past few years. He is assuming Lanning is transitioning from a Chip Kelly team not a Mari(no O) team. I think the Oregon offense is moving more toward a speed based offense now than the past few years, not less. Baylor, he says, had the fasted guy on the field at wideout, and they didn't get deep on BYU. How many of those guys did they have. Oregon with put several guys out there at the same time, plus a few tight ends that can get deep. I don't think he really watched the Oregon/Georgia game. Georgia' offense beat Oregon on the perimeter, not the power game inside, 60% of their plays were passes, many swings and screens. I just don't think the guys is very good at what he's trying to do. At BYU or even neutral may BYU wins this, at Autzen Ducks by 10.

Going out on a limb here. Oregon 38-27 3 4 261

Now add the offense doing what the offense used to and we are cooking up something really tasty!

My understanding is Chip did the analytics on it and found that going for it on fourth in the red zone statistically had a better outcome than kicking field goals. It was situational but in many situations it was the best choice.

Not what I would prefer, but totally understand. Thanks for all you do to keep this up and running. One small requests. I don't mind adds, but it becomes a problem (that I just encountered) when they pop up and block actual content. Is there anyway to stop that?

As I recall, I sometimes don't recall correctly so take with a grain of salt, Oregon's O line was pretty banged up at the end of the season. That can make a lot of difference on the O-line. A split second loss of lateral movement (due to injury) is the difference between a completed pass and a sack, a 6 or 8 yard run and getting stuffed for 1 or 2. Here's to healthy players all year long for everyone.

I'm not sure he will need to put up 30+ for Oregon to win. Oregon looks to be pretty stiff on D. If the Oregon front 7 can slow down the Georgia run game, not completely stop it, it will make Georgia's passing less effective since it relies on play action. If we need to rely on bring up a safety to stop the run, then the play action passing is opened up. Bo needs to be solid, with the offense coming up with three or four big plays and scoring touchdowns when in the red zone (or before getting there). Both teams need to limit turnovers to win. I'm still thinking it will be a close game. Will be hard to beat the defending national champs in their home state, but they'll know they've been in a ball game.