30Duck brought this up on the phone; a bye for Penn State, after playing three cupcakes, doesn’t help them.

On the other hand, playing Beavis has dubious value, as an intersquad scrimmage would be tougher.

I think the Bye is worse, but I’m curious if other Duck-Buddies feel the same?

So he posed that question to me—which is worse? The Bye or Beavis?

Bye...

At least the Ducks get to play a real game and go through the real motions and hit people.

Hard to reach tackling when you don't tackle to the ground. Only way to reasonably get those reps is in a game.

34 minutes ago, David Marsh said:

Bye...

At least the Ducks get to play a real game and go through the real motions and hit people.

Hard to reach tackling when you don't tackle to the ground. Only way to reasonably get those reps is in a game.

I would agree with you David. Except later in the season a bye is good to rest the bodies from a very physical sport. It gives some a chance to allow dings to heal especially before a big game opponent. Too.bad the Ducks have a lot of games with opponents have that chance to rest before playing our Ducks.

Dec. 7 - Oregon vs Penn St

Dec. 21 - Ohio State vs Tennessee

Jan. 1 - Oregon vs Ohio St

Bye.

This young team needs more in game experience.