30Duck Moderator No. 1 Share Posted December 6 That was the title of the article, I kept reading and reading, and I didn't see it, Then there it was, Oregon has been penalized 68 times, for 543 yards, Penn State, 59 yards, 532 yards. That's it, the fatal flaw that could win the game for Penn State. 1 1 3 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
woundedknees No. 3 Share Posted December 6 RipdCrowBait. If that's all they got, Oregon has two HUGE advantages... Dan Lanning, and the DUCK!!! 2 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
EastBayDuckDad Moderator No. 4 Share Posted December 6 Just the discrepancy in number of penalties with similar yards tells you something. Oregon has fewer yards per penalty than PSU, implying perhaps fewer big PI and personal foul calls opposed to false starts and holding. Those latter calls are mainly offensive and can be drive killers. Paradoxically they were more common early in the year and at Autzen rather than on the road. I'm sure that O-line discipline has been rigorously stressed in practice this week. To call this a 'fatal flaw' is pretty short sighted. 2 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Haywarduck No. 5 Share Posted December 6 I went through the stats too, and didn't find any blaring stat that showed how PSU was going to have an advantage. I guess I didn't look hard enough! 1 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
David Marsh No. 6 Share Posted December 6 Looking at Oregon's penalties throughout the year it tends to be either really bad games where the refs are throwing flags for everything or very quiet games and Oregon doesn't get flagged much at all. Last week I can't recall any major flags at all for the Ducks. Against Maryland the flags were flying fast and free. So it kinda depends on the officiating crew to be honest. 1 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
EastBayDuckDad Moderator No. 7 Share Posted December 6 Another little factoid on penalties was gleaned from Hythloday's film review this morning. PSU tends to be very aggressive on the snap count jump and gets called offsides more than any other B1G team, around twice a game. That creates free play opportunities and if extrapolated over the 12 game regular season, is 23 penalties and 115 yds. Now maybe that flaw isn't 'fatal' but it's something that DL and WS can exploit. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jon Joseph Moderator No. 8 Share Posted December 6 THIS WEEK, It's fair to pick Nits. 1 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
