spartan2785

I don't think we've seen anything that overboard really, I've seen the same stuff we've done this year at Georgia, Alabama, and tOSU. We aren't directing it at the opposing team, we haven't gotten penalized for taunting, we have jawed a bit too much for my liking over minor stuff, but nothing where I'm just gobsmacked that it's happening. Let them have fun, a lot of the celebrations have been team oriented.

After what happened against Georgia I'm pretty satisfied with where we are, the offense looks like it's getting back to what Oregon is known for, the defense is a work in progress, I can see how it will be more effective once the players get more experienced. I'm not as concerned about the penalties as everyone else is, I will get to that point if there isn't an improvement in the next game, we had two poor games in that regard, so if it continues into a third game than I'll start to get annoyed. I think we'll lose one more along the way, it's just how it goes usually in the Pac-12, I do feel like the fans are behind the new coaching staff, and it's going to be a positive transition. I like the way the coaching staff is preforming, I just hope we can keep it together for a few years.

Yeah, I was absolutely baffled that we ran the plays we did inside the 10, it was absolutely bonkers that we never called an audible based on how WSU was set up. It took until TD to McCormick to throw the ball into the end zone, that's insane considering the ineffectiveness we had had until that point. It felt similar to Cristobal running the ball up the gut a thousand times regardless of the outcome. I get having an identity, and that early there was probably scripts to run off, but it was like he hadn't even scouted what the Washington St. defense is good at. We should have tried some fades, some crossing patterns, or if we were to run, try some misdirection.

I don't think they're actually faster, it's more that they are ultra aggressive, so they are bee lining towards where they think the ball is going to, it's the reason why we had so many chunk plays, but also why we struggled when we got near the goal line. Great example is the TD on the last drive, they committed everything to stopping the run and left the TE all alone. It's what we should have done from the beginning of the game.

Awful awful awful playcalling, I don't know maybe throw INTO the endzone!

You know that WSU is going to sellout on the run, do something different!

Pretty much always defer, I always want that opportunity to score first in the second half, especially at home since our crowd decides to always go on a walkabout and leaves our defense with a half empty crowd to get behind them.

WSU could be winless for the last 20 and I would be worried about playing them in Pullman, weird stuff happens there. You just hope that we will be focused on making sure we have the same mindset that our opponent this week is Oregon, the goal is to continue to improve, we focus on that we'll be okay, if we believe we've turned the corner and everything is now just going to work out for us, we'll be in trouble.

Oregon 31-27 1 TOs 2 Sacks 250 Passing

I'll go...... Georgia 27-21 1 TO 3 Sacks 240 yards passing

I see this game as a free hit, nobody really expects anything from the Ducks in this game, if we can remain competitive keep it within a one score game where we have a chance in the 4th quarter I'll view it as a good step towards the rest of the season. We have the talent to do that I believe, but we'll at least have to have no bad luck to achieve that. This game is more about establishing what Lanning envisions for this program. If we get blown out, the thing we need to realize is that our goals are still achievable, which in my opinion is a Pac-12 championship and continuing to be the best program out west.