LETS GET THIS GAME DAY THREAD STARTED. GO DUCKS!!

Oregon football vs. Northwestern

Gooooooo Ducksssss!!

Let's get the sleep out of our eyes...

Edited 2 hours ago2 hr by Krsmqn

No Noah to start, Lamar gets the nod. NW playing stiff defense on the first series. Time for the D to do it's job.

D line is getting pushed around more than I would like.

The defense looks lost 🤦🏻‍♂️

D-line needs to wake up and realize they can't just coast today, confident they will!

Nice job, completely changes the feel of that drive for Northwestern.

Everyone needs another cup of coffee.

Pick by Boettcher! Beautiful misdirection by Stein and a pitch to Lamar for the TD.

DUCKS 7-0

Just now, Dave23 said:

Everyone needs another cup of coffee.

Eh, I wasn't upset, I think it's extremely tough for a west coast team to play at 9:00, not surprised to see us start a little slow for our standards, even then it wasn't like Northwestern had an explosive play. Really nice drive after the int.

8 minutes ago, Dave23 said:

D line is getting pushed around more than I would like.

DBs doing their jobs even if the D-line is a bit slow to get going. I'm confident they will start to dominate.

Think the coffee has finally started to "kicking". Now let's see if the D is now fully awake

5 minutes ago, EastBayDuckDad said:

DBs doing their jobs even if the D-line is a bit slow to get going. I'm confident they will start to dominate.

Looking better already.

Ducks looked sleepy... I think they are starting to wake up.

It feels like I've only watched 2 minutes of football and 30 minutes of commercials...

Runningback rotation so far...

Limar

Harris (short yardage carry as a fullback)

Hughes ... Hasn't carried yet but was on the field at the end of the first.

Interesting...

Just now, Krsmqn said:

It feels like I've only watched 2 minutes of football and 30 minutes of commercials...

And northwestern players standing around..

Give NW credit, they are blitzing just enough to disrupt the downfield passing game and then covering the outlet and screen reasonably well. More misdirection is the cure.

1 minute ago, David Marsh said:

And northwestern players standing around..

Yeah that's true too, but that shouldn't matter if that's their game plan, Oregon just needs to take care of Oregon and play their game... Just as soon as they wake up 😀

1 minute ago, David Marsh said:

Runningback rotation so far...

Limar

Harris (short yardage carry as a fullback)

Hughes ... Hasn't carried yet but was on the field at the end of the first.

Interesting...

Wasn’t it Jordan Davison who carried the ball for the 1st down? I don’t think Harris has played yet.

Yes it was number “0”

Now Harris is doing his thing

Whittington hurt? Good thing we are loaded at RB...

3 minutes ago, DuckFan93 said:

Whittington hurt? Good thing we are loaded at RB...

Yeah. He was list as questionable.

5 minutes ago, David Marsh said:

And northwestern players standing around..

8 minutes ago, Autzen Magic said:

Wasn’t it Jordan Davison who carried the ball for the 1st down? I don’t think Harris has played yet.

Yeah I was wrong. Got my numbers confused.

But... Harris did get a carry later.

7>3 Duckies ... ☕

The NW DBs are playing pretty well, and Moore not really sharp on his longer throws up to now. Sappington hits the FG while the announcers are pointing out that he missed several in practice wide left due to the wind.

OBD 10-0. This has all the looks of a grinder.

Whittington traveled, but was listed as questionable in pre-game.

This game is typical Big Ten football. B1G may put up big offense non-conference, but the slog begins in the conference. That first drive by Northwestern was like watching Iowa with short runs on consecutive plays and bleed the clock. Keep the game close. Hope for opponent mistakes. Win it in the fourth quarter.

All these B1G teams will have physical lines on offense and defense.

I wish purchase would have stayed with his man

3 minutes ago, Krsmqn said:

I wish purchase would have stayed with his man

Considering how quick backup was coming. Staying with his man would have been the right choice. At least until the QB ran past the los

20 minutes ago, David Marsh said:

Runningback rotation so far...

Limar

Harris (short yardage carry as a fullback)

Hughes ... Hasn't carried yet but was on the field at the end of the first.

Interesting...

Maybe we are thinking of a different play but I saw 0 Jordon Davison, lined up as the fullback, carry the ball in a 3rd and short for a first down.

Limar has been the featured back with Whittingham out.

Edited 1 hour ago1 hr by OregonDucks

Our offensive line needs to wake up a bit more here. Getting beat..

Oregon's line is getting owned

1 minute ago, Krsmqn said:

Oregon's line is getting owned

Not a good sign for the Penn State game.

1 minute ago, Krsmqn said:

Oregon's line is getting owned

Still haven't allowed a sack at least.

Run game is struggling to get rolling. Those inside runs aren't going anywhere.

Still waiting for the O line to start road grading…

They are not playing to their standard. Yet.

Seems like every year Oregon has a close game with an opponent they should beat handily... This must be that game. They also have a team that they lose to every year it seems so... Let's break the trend!

Edited 1 hour ago1 hr by Krsmqn

This is a letdown for sure. But a win is a win. Hope the Ducks play better against the Reser Rats next week.

They are missing Noah. O-line losing some blocking battles on the runs, but they are solid in pass pro. 1st half almost done in a little over an hour given the grind it out nature of this game.

DL will have a little motivational work to do at the half

Wonder if Lanning has a wake up call planned for halftime? Run game/OL needs one still apparently! We keep running for nothing on first downs. (Not surprised this is a bigger challenge than pundits predicted between start time & first road game).

Yikes, DM took a head shot that vacated his helmet from his noggin'. Right back in after a TO, then laser shot to Sadiq for the TD!

Sadiq the freak!!

Well not a whole lotta "fire" going on, but efficient and controlled so far. Hope to see a little more bang in the second half.

Go Ducks!

Looks like Stein was told to put a blanket on the offense. Circa usu2 2024.

He opened it up on that last drive just enough to show OBD can score anytime they want.

Nothing to be alarmed about. This is a slow roll strategy against a team incapable of doing any harm.

I like it. Sweet lullabies to put the audience to sleep. Keeping scouts wondering how lethal the playbook really is.

5 minutes ago, Krsmqn said:

Sadiq the freak!!

Can the idiotic announcers stop comparing him to Gronk who was a completely different player? They're annoying the heck outa me! Kenyon is amazing & so fun to watch block, hurdle, & catch!

1 minute ago, FanGirlDuck said:

Can the idiotic announcers stop comparing him to Gronk who was a completely different player? They're annoying the heck outa me! Kenyon is amazing & so fun to watch block, hurdle, & catch!

For real!

While Dante has missed a few passes, he has thrown a couple of extraordinarily accurate passes. This gives him fantastic confidence going forward, and this is as good as I had hoped to see from him early in the season.

Sediq

12 minutes ago, FanGirlDuck said:

Can the idiotic announcers stop comparing him to Gronk who was a completely different player? They're annoying the heck outa me! Kenyon is amazing & so fun to watch block, hurdle, & catch!

He's much more Brock Bowers than he is Gronk. It's an extremely lazy comparison, and most likely because Gronk is a commentator on FOX now.