Charles Fischer Administrator No. 1 Share Posted April 14 I missed this, and it is HUGE! The Ducks moved into the Top-10 at No. 9 with only giving up 16.50 points per game? Whew! That was fast; Danno put us in the top ten in just his second year? Whew! Two elements need to be into account; first, we were gifted with an easy foe in the Fiesta Bowl. Had Oregon been in the Playoff--we would not have looked as good in the final stats. Second: it is one thing to do this when you are in the slogging-offense B1G, but to do that in the Pac-12? Remarkable. And we are nowhere NEAR where Danno will take us on defense....agree? NCAA College Football FBS current team Stats | NCAA.com WWW.NCAA.COM Discover the current NCAA FBS Football leaders in every stats category, as well as historic leaders. 1 3 3 Mr. FishDuck Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jon Joseph Moderator No. 2 Share Posted April 14 The D played well in 2023, Disappointing ending to the conference champ game but with the O struggling in the 1st Q the D was on the field facing many plays from a terrific UW O. I think 2024 will show additional improvement. It would be nice to have one more big body on the DL. Maybe plucked from the spring portal? August 31st. Long time to have to wait for a B1G Christmas. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Fitnessczar No. 3 Share Posted April 14 If you take away the two Washington games the average goes down to 13.42. 1 1 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
JabbaNoBargain No. 4 Share Posted April 14 (edited) This also happened in a year the conference was as strong as it had been in some time. Year 3 is traditionally when a team is fully the new coaches team, so look out! Edited April 14 by JabbaNoBargain 2 2 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
ElPatoUO No. 5 Share Posted April 15 On 4/14/2024 at 12:13 PM, Jon Joseph said: The D played well in 2023, Disappointing ending to the conference champ game but with the O struggling in the 1st Q the D was on the field facing many plays from a terrific UW O. Some key injuries on defense didn't help the cause in that matchup also. 1 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Haywarduck Moderator No. 6 Share Posted April 15 I completely agree the defense is still progressing as is the program. A brand new head coach is going to take a few years to get it all together. The future looks very bright, indeed! Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Solar No. 7 Share Posted April 15 I'm very curious just how good/bad the B1G offenses really are. Our stats could end up a better in 2024 even with no improvement on D. If course I hope we do improve. 1 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Solar No. 8 Share Posted April 15 Looking at the list, outside Oregon and Georgia, the top 10 defenses were in the upper Midwest. Tell me that it isn't a factor to play football in bad weather and adapt your offense to that reality. I see Wisconsin as a test of that theory as they attempt to implement an air raid style offense. Will they face plant in November, or is it just a bad assumption that you can't pass in the cold? 1 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
