I don’t know how you can defend Oregon’s defense after this game. 
 

Penn State has only score more against:

 

  Kent (56)

  Purdue (49)

  Maryland (44)

Those consecutive run plays were not good calls.

🥶🥵

On 12/7/2024 at 11:37 PM, kirklandduck said:

Those consecutive run plays were not good calls.

Agreed. We went too conservative, too early.

Edited December 8, 2024Dec 8 by OregonDucks

Playing not to lose rather than to win. Gonna go down to the wire now.

 

D needs to come up big.

I thought Whittington ran to the wrong hole on that first play, then delayed when PSU sealed the edge.  Game of inches!  

Im impressed with Penn State, but I’m disappointed with some of the play from OBD.  We reduce the mistakes, we sail to a simple victory.

 

Now it’s up to having to make plays under pressure.  

Defense has struggled a lot this game.

 

Every down is 4 down territory for State. Plenty of time left. 

 

We need a pick

Reeds the man!

OMG! I COULDN'T FINISH TYPING IT!

INTERCEPTION!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

NIKKO REED THE MAN!!!

Great concentration by Niko!

Now go get a first down here.

Great interception. Reed has a nice pair of hands.  
 

He could start at WR for most B1G teams.  

Edited December 8, 2024Dec 8 by OregonDucks

On 12/7/2024 at 8:41 PM, Solar said:

Defense has struggled a lot this game.

 

Every down is 4 down territory for State. Plenty of time left. 

 

We need a pick

You called it

Come'on get the 1st down!

Please don’t run up the middle. Please.  Please.  Please.  

YES!

Great call. Keep it in DG’s hands.  

Penn State is equally as good as Ohio State.

 

We are barely better than both.

I'm headed to Jersey Mike's to celebrate!

 

No problem.  Beat the spread.  laugh

Better take my wife along for the sandwich... I heard her in the next room, intensely muttering , "Get a pick, Get a PICK!"

I wouldn’t say we escaped. But damn … good teams make their own luck. Great work, Ducks! 

Now I’m going to nit pick. 
 

As a safety, when you have two deep, both safeties are responsible for the post, fade, corner or post corner routes.

 

There is absolutely no reason to look at the QB.  
 

On the interception, Safety Johnson is looking right at the QB.  When WB Allan throws the ball, Johnson is ten yards behind the play.

 

If CB Reed doesn’t cover properly, that is either a deep completion or a TD.  

 

THAT IS HOW YOU LOSE FOOTBALL GAMES.

 

For t’hose of you new to this forum, you have no idea how ticked off I get when I see this repeatedly.  If I coached, you wouldn’t play performing like that.

 

Furthermore, I would su=ingle it out in film study. I would alson[robe you can’t cover like that in practice every damn day.

 

This is COVID, the Spanish Flu, WWI and WWII combined as far as I’m concerned.  
 

I will blow up an imagined universe if we lose again because of deliberate coverage policies like that ( see my comments about a safety I will not name that ran past a game sealing interception because he looked at the damn QB instead of taking away his option to throw that ball).

 

 I absolutely hate the way safeties, corners and linebackers cover receivers.

Great game by Gabriel, delivered throw after throw.  Stayed so calm in the pocket, moved to the spots where he could get the ball out, just an awesome job where we needed every pass we got form him.  Offense obviously stepped up in the last two games.

The much maligned (by some of us) defense pulls it off!

 

Nobody left that game til it was over, that for sure!

 

Now we get a bye week to get ready for the second round of the playoffs!  

13 and 0 baby!  Go Ducks!

WOOT!!!!!!!!!

Great we won..but.  i have that empty feeling like I had beating Idaho. 

On 12/7/2024 at 8:00 PM, Mike West said:

Why are we running a 2-5?

 

Worse, Lupoi is leaving a B gap wide open ( for those grey beards out there that played offense-a natural 24 run is there for the taking).  For those of you not familiar with running plays-the area between the right guard and the right tackle is complete uncovered on this drive.

 

Explains the gashing explosive runs.  
 

I’m a put five guys in the LOS on defense.  Always,

Hey Guys----- The Ducks are Big 10 Champs!!!!!!!!! 

If it were 1991, Oregon would be the unanimous National Champions.

 

Now we have to play a playoffs, after a 13-0 season.   

Beating No. 3 Penn State was a much different feeling than beating FCS Idaho for me.

 

By the way, Idaho won their FCS Playoff opener tonight and will next play No. 1 Montana State

I would cordially like to thank the Big 10 for inviting us to join there nice conference. 

Let’s move this discussion from the game thread to new ones on the front page,

 

13-0!