CountryProf

The name sounds vaguely familiar..........I think he might the illegitimate little brother of Ducks Great Troy Dye.

Glad you made that point. It's all too easy to dwell in the disappointment we all felt last Saturday. Much better to look forward to the upcoming Journey and appreciate the development of these young men and their young coaches.

From what I've read, especially regarding later last season, Oregon's offensive line play was not optimal for multiple reasons. There were a lot of injuries, Mario Cristobal checked out the last few games with his eyes on moving to Miami, and Mario`s plain vanilla offensive schemes put undue pressure on the offensive line. Regarding the latter point, Mario would try to pound the ball up the middle so often, just hoping that the sheer physicality of his line would open gaps, that defenses quickly learned to stack the box and stifle those plays. It doesn't look like Lanning and crew will suffer from Mario short-sidedness, and Oregon's offensive line appears to be pretty healthy and deep at this point. I've read a few of Charles Fischer's articles on this site that question the ability of Oregon's offensive tackles to effectively block pass rushes. I don't have Charles'experience and expertise regarding such issues, but I've learned from experience that it's typically a good idea to trust his analyses.

I hadn't thought of that. It must be very frustrating for an analyst like you not to have the information you need up front to maximize your understanding of what might happen in the game. It's also frustrating for people like me to not be able to benefit from the careful analysis that analysts like you provide in advance of big games. And, I think Lanning being this closed mouth gives him the best possible tactical advantage he can have against Georgia. And we're going to need every single advantage we can get against that team.

I love that. Very well stated.

I worry about him. I've read that the Falcons have one of the absolute worst offensive lines in the NFL. I don't want to see such a beloved player turned into a punching bag, like he often was at Tennessee. I really hope he gets a true chance at a second wind. I'd really like to see him shine again. Watching him go toe to toe against Justin Herbert when he stepped in early in the Raiders-Chargers game after Derek Carr was injured a year or two ago was a beautiful thing to see. It was a pleasure to see Herbert and Mariota perform that well in a professional game.

Thanks, Axel. I'm happy to be corrected, especially on something like this

In regular season play, Oregon is 12 and 7 against USC and 15 and 7 against UCLA since 1994. So, we have more or less owned Los Angeles college football spanning the last 27 years. I understand many USC graduates have trouble grappling with double digit numbers, but that poor author needs help.