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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.

This confirms what I felt intuitively about Coach Lanning from day one. He at least partly came to Oregon because he thought Eugene would be a great place to raise his family. Who can blame him!

I appreciate the Georgia fans who have been on here. You have all shown nothing but respect. Living on the east coast and now in Ohio, I understand the perception problem of the PAC. Some is just timing, who stays up to all hours of the night and morning to watch west coast football (which is way too often played at night on the west coast, hint, hint), but some is a lack of performance in recent years in big games a bowl games. I have had a little problem with some general SEC fans. I think the conference is often over rated as from top to bottom. Yes, Georgia is always good, Alabama is always good. Sometimes the two best teams in the country. Then there are three or four teams (which ones rotate from year to year) that can give GA and Bama a decent game. Then there is the rest of the conference that both GA and Bama can regularly beat by 30+ points. I expect this game to be really tough for Oregon to win, but I think some of the betting spreads I've seen are way off. Oregon is better than those SEC teams GA and Bama usually beat by 30+. If Chemistry comes together, coaching staff proves to be as good as I think they are, Oregon may be a lot better than those teams.

No Alabama? or anyone else in the SEC?

Most Georgia fans I've heard use words like serviceable for Bennett's physical talents and elite for his leadership. I've also heard some about their running game being necessary for him to be a successful passer. He lives off of play action.

I was describing this to my wife and couldn't do it without tears.

I think QB needs to work a bit like every other position on the field. We want depth everywhere and we play multiple players at each position when we have the depth to do it. We have three very talented players at QB. Play all three! Yes, Nix gets the most snaps, maybe all the snaps the first game, but the others need to play too. What happens if once again we have two very talented QB's getting no snaps and Nix is injured in practice the Friday before the BYU game? Either Ty or Butters comes in to a huge game with little or no experience in real game situations. But what if each of them gets a quarter vs. Eastern W.? They at least have their feet wet a little before diving in head first. Later that same scenario could play out before any big game (or a not so big game could turn into a big game, because suddenly we are starting a QB with no experience). These guys need game experience or we really don't know just what they can do. Who knows, with a chance to prove it, both may be better than Nix.

I think the potential is there for everything you say, I would even think that if this offense really gets clicking top 10 isn't out of the question. Things have to come together though, chemistry needs to develop with a QB that most of the guys haven't played with before (if Nix indeed is the day one starter). If one of the young guys over takes Nix then you have a very inexperienced, though very talented one. I am expecting what you are, but it may take some time. In any case, Georgia is also replacing a lot of players, so they may take some time to gel too. We may do better there than a lot of people are expecting. We don't want to over look anyone, but we should easily beat Eastern Washington. Then BYU will be tough but at home, we should have some kinks worked out by then.

Well this person seemed to be able to mention in a short article everything that could possibly go wrong and didn't seem as interested in looking for what could go right. I expect more things will go right with this staff than wrong. Will coach make a few rookie mistakes. Sure. Will they be worse than the glaring game mismanagement of no O Mari...? I double it. And I expect there will be a bit more passion for the whole season than last year too.

Thanks this analysis is very helpful and not as gloomy as the original post here. It is easy to concentrate on the negatives of a player, especially someone like Bo. Playing at Auburn is not easy, the expectations are way high compared to the strength of the program. Especially considering they are always playing in the shadow of their next door neighbor in Tuscaloosa. Bo's numbers are no spectacular, but they are solid. When you consider that his offensive line was often outplayed by the other teams defensive line his number aren't bad at all. Also, he was actually having his best year before injury last year. As for comparisons to AB. I will look to the eye test. I've seen Bo play several times for Auburn often against very good competition (Alabama 3 times). I've never seen Bo look as bad as AB did against Stanford or both games vs. Utah. Never.

He makes some good points. In the end geography will matter. I think he is also thinking more long term, which almost no one else is doing now. There are other issues with the Cali. schools, going east will eventually mean travel issues, no matter what the money involved is. There are more than just football teams involved. All the non-revenue sport will have to travel too. That will mean big money for travel, fatigue for the athletes, time issues, academic issues... Will this be enough to overcome the billionaire media moguls determined to get their way no matter what? Who knows at this point, but it will be interesting to watch. I am suspecting that conferences will differ according to which sport it is. Non-revenue sports my need to be more geographically based. While football and basketball can spread out more.

Well, practice is just about to start and a starter has not been named yet. We are not even sure Nix will walk out and take the first snap. My best hope for this season has always been that the coaching staff will not be hesitant to pull a guy who is not having a good game. If Nix starts, we have two guys who can come in and maybe they are hot that day when Nix isn't. My biggest problem with last year was that sometimes AB was playing just awful and the Ty and Butters didn't get a chance to come in and see what they could have done. If Nix has those days, I hope they will let the other guys come in. There is no way they could have player worse than some of the games Brown had last year.