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    Oregon vs. Texas Tech: Updated point spread, predictions ahead of Week 2

     

    Injury List:

     

    On the Oregon side of things, the Ducks look to be pretty healthy coming into this game from what we can tell. While a lot of players missed the opener — Noah Whittington, Evan Williams, Mase Funa, Kris Hutson, Casey Kelly — it appears that there are only two at the moment that we feel comfortable ruling out:

    • LB Jestin Jacobs
    • OL Nishad Strother

    For Texas Tech, a pair of defenders are expected to miss the game on Saturday, per head coach Joey McGuire:

    • LB Jacob Rodriguez
    • LB Isaac Smith
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    Oregon vs. Texas Tech: Updated point spread, predictions ahead of Week 2

     

     

    Week 2 college football picks, odds, lines, 2023 best bets from proven expert: This 3-leg parlay returns 6-1

    Barrett Sallee has locked in his top three college football picks for the Week 2 college football schedule

    One of Sallee's top Week 2 college football picks: He's backing No. 15 Oregon (-6.5) on the road against Texas Tech in a 7 p.m. ET matchup on Saturday. Oddsmakers are clearly expecting to see the rubber band effect in play here after Oregon defeated Portland State 81-7 while Texas Tech lost 35-33 in double overtime against Wyoming as 13.5 point favorites.

     

    However, Sallee is looking at this perplexing line as an opportunity with Texas Tech clearly reeling on defense and Oregon's offense firing on all cylinders early. Oregon averaged 10.1 yards per play while piling up 729 yards of total offense and had four players score multiple touchdowns in its Week 1 win. Bo Nix went 23 for 27 for 287 yards and three touchdowns and looked like one of the most improved players in the country after transferring from Auburn to Oregon last year.

     

    Meanwhile, the Texas Tech defense gave up 171 rushing yards to Wyoming and the offense struggled to take advantage of the fact that they outgained their opponents 431-320 and won the turnover battle 2-1. The Red Raiders will be tougher at home but Oregon will be looking to make a statement with a power-five road win as the Ducks look to earn their way back into the College Football Playoff for the first time since its inaugural season in 2014.

     

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    Barrett Sallee has locked in his top three college football picks for the Week 2 college football schedule

     

    Friday Forecast: Saturday Football staff picks for Week 2 CFB slate

     

    No. 13 Oregon (-6.5) at Texas Tech

     

    SD: I generally believe in what Joey McGuire is building in Lubbock, but this is a talent mismatch. I don’t think the Ducks will be intimidated by the hostile environment. This line is too short. PICK: Oregon 

    • PH: I don’t know how you recover from losing to Wyoming (on the road) in Week 1, but facing Oregon doesn’t sound like a great recipe for success. Even if it’s close for a while, I’ll take Bo Nix putting this away late. PICK: Oregon
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    • DP: Oregon is the more talented team. Oregon has the better quarterback. Ducks by double digits. PICK: Oregon 
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    • ES: Texas Tech lost to Wyoming (with all due respect to Laramie, Wyoming). I do not care that they are playing at home, Oregon might win this game by 3 touchdowns. PICK: Oregon
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    "My first thought when going back to game film was checking to see if Oregon went into a “contained-rush”where the pass rushers are pushing the pocket to collapse it on the QB and create a throw downfield, yet maintaining their balance and footwork to prevent the quarterback from scrambling. The PSU QB had demonstrated great speed and elusiveness in the first drive, and that strategy would not have been a surprise to me.

     

    Yet that was not the case; Oregon was not implementing a contained-rush, because when timing out every snap that had a pass play by Portland State–it was evident that the Viking game plan was to throw the football quickly. I timed out throws by the Vikings to only be: two seconds, 2.5 seconds, 1.5 seconds, one second, two seconds, two seconds, etc. You get the idea; they were throwing the ball immediately, as they knew their offensive line would have trouble with Oregon’s defensive pressure.

     

    Above you see an example of when the PSU quarterback held the ball for three seconds, and he was hit by No. 98, Casey Rogers, as he threw the ball incomplete. Every time it went longer than 2.5 seconds–the Viking QBs either were running for their life, or throwing the ball away. My Duck-Buddies, you cannot get sacks in 2.5 seconds, and it was a sound strategy by the Vikings."

     

    I agree with you Charles.  Great analogy on players out of assignment as to why PSU had a great series of plays resulting in a TD.  What is going to be interesting to watch for, in what you said above, is in the TT game.

     

    This team is similar to WSU teams with the Air-Raid offense.  Very difficult to get sacks due to the speed and accuracy of the QB getting the ball out to his receivers.

     

    I believe Oregon seen enough film on TT to come up with a great defensive game plan.  If our players stay within their assignments, will help forcing their QB keeping the ball longer than 2.5 seconds.  The results will bring great dividends in this game.

     

    Texas Tech Red Raiders Wyoming Cowboys
    1st Downs 26 24
    3rd down efficiency 7-17 6-15
    4th down efficiency 2-2 2-2
    Total Yards 431 320
    Passing 338 149
    Comp-Att 31-47 18-34
    Yards per pass 7.2 4.4
    Interceptions thrown 1 0
    Rushing 93 171
    Rushing Attempts 33 44
    Yards per rush 2.8 3.9
    Penalties 7-69 3-15
    Turnovers 1 2
    Fumbles lost 0 2
    Interceptions thrown 1 0
    Possession 25:58 34:02

     

    The stats are telling.  TT only had 93 total rushing yards in the Wyoming game.  338 yards in the passing game.  If we can disrupt their passing game?  Whoa!  Game over.  We take the crowd out of the game early, increasing 3 and out possessions.

     

    Thanks again Charles for the great work pointing this out in this article!  I feel the so called media experts were blinded to this as well as the other article, "New Secrets: Lanning’s Stunning Substitutions" information.  Again, they missed it!

     

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    CFB Week 2 Bets: Oregon vs. Texas Tech and Auburn at California | BEAR BETS

    Chris “The Bear” Fallica and Geoff Schwartz break down the best bets of week two of college football as the Oregon Ducks take on the Texas Tech Red Raiders while the Auburn Tigers travel to the California Golden Bears. 

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    On 9/5/2023 at 3:37 PM, DucksWinTheDay said:

    Duck fans wearing GREEN in Lubbock?

    The official color selection for Oregon fans to wear is white.

     

    Here's a breakdown of the schedule featuring what color to wear:

    • September 2nd vs. Portland State - Wear Yellow
    • September 9th @ Texas Tech - Wear White
    • September 16th vs. Hawaii - Wear Green
    • September 23rd vs. Colorado - Wear Yellow
    • September 30th @ Stanford - Wear Black
    • October 14th @ Washington - Wear White
    • October 21st vs. Washington State - Wear Green
    • October 28th @ Utah - Wear Green
    • November 4th vs. California - Wear Yellow
    • November 11th vs. USC - Wear Black
    • November 18th @ ASU - Wear White
    • November 24th vs. Oregon State - Wear Green

     

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    Will be a very nice stadium with great upgrades when completed.  The LED system and new turf will be fully operational for the game.  Expect some work arounds for the game.

     

    Gameday Guide

     

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    Tech foes to have makeshift dressing arrangement for '23 season

    Opposing teams to dress in trailers in east parking lot of Jones AT&T Stadium as a temporary work-around

     

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    On 9/5/2023 at 2:16 PM, RedRaider said:

    FYI TO ANYONE ATTENDING THE GAME, we are doing some major stadium renovations and it will cause delays getting into the stadium, especially since it's the first game and the staff will need to work out the kinks. I suggest showing up at least 15 minutes prior to when you think you need to be there

    Will be fun for fans with all the new renovations you are doing to the stadium.  All towards a great game time experience.  I had to move around a lot.  One of the cities I lived in was Waco, TX.

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    So game time temperature on the field, maybe 107 with a sellout crowd of 60,454.  All that body temperature will compound on-field temperature.

     

    This is at 7pm start time temperature.  The only saving grace is a low humidity index level.  Today's humidity level is 24%.  Let's hope it stays low.

     

    One bright spot for this game, TT just put down a brand new turf just in time for this game.  They also added a new LED lighting system.  TT haven't had a lot time, practicing on this new field.  It will be sort of new to the team.  Maybe with the new field it will not be a disadvantage for the Ducks.

     

     

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    More photos from Oregon's 81-7 beatdown of Portland State

    Fifteenth-ranked Oregon blasted Portland State 81-7 on Saturday. Here is a collection of a several dozen photos from the blowout win. 

     
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    Fifteenth-ranked Oregon blasted Portland State 81-7 on Saturday. Here is a collection of a several dozen photos from the blowout win.

     

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