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Whittington on the pass catch had first down yardage but tried to get more and set up the 3rd down and then the fail to convert.

I don’t know why Noah didn’t just go straight forward for the 1st down. Seems like his field awareness is off.

Not super impressed by the play selection on the first drive... and Noah should have had the first down.

Just now, kirklandduck said:

I don’t know why Noah didn’t just go straight forward for the 1st down. Seems like his field awareness is off.

I've become less and less of a whitington fan over the last few years.

Not pleased with giving any points up, but the Duck D held, after that first pass...

My non-expert opinion is that their linebackers are better than he realized.

The U of O ran on first down into a seven-man box on first down.

Adjustment?

Whos calling the plays? Cignetti--lackluster

Offense seems like it’s flat. Rusty after the bye week.

5 minutes ago, Triphibius said:

My non-expert opinion is that their linebackers are better than he realized.

Offense is also playing really tense and just not playing their game..they are pretty flat right now.

Also... What's up with this runningback rotation? Whittington, Harris and Davison.

Just inconsistent so far.

Once again Oregon starts off slow. Good thing how you finish this more important. Let's sharpen it up Ducks!

Oregon offensive line averages 45 pound advantage per person over the Indiana defense line.

UGLY. Hope the OL decides to show up at some point.

Defense definitely came ready to play.

7 minutes ago, David Marsh said:

Offense is also playing really tense and just not playing their game..they are pretty flat right now.

Also... What's up with this runningback rotation? Whittington, Harris and Davison.

Just inconsistent so far.

Yeah I would’ve thought Dierre Hill would’ve gotten in early.

There we go. Let Dante air it out!

That's better!

The defense is nowhere near on this drive by IU

Is our defense going to show up today?

Just now, Krsmqn said:

Is our defense going to show up today?

They did for two drives.

They took that last one off.

The first IU drive started in a bad place for t defense.

Second drive the defense was pretty solid.

The third driver was awful..

Very concerning. Getting killed at the LOS right now

Wow just leave the lane wide open.

The higher we get ranked the worse we play.

Where is Dak Moore at? Only seen him on one play.

3 minutes ago, ColoradoDuck said:

Where is Dak Moore at? Only seen him on one play.

He's been covered.

On the TD pass he basically drew two defenders into him allowing Benson to easily go over the top.

Davison was open early there. Too bad

17 minutes ago, 1Ducker1 said:

The higher we get ranked the worse we play.

And/or the better everyone playing us plays.

Just a target on our backs.

We've stopped ourselves on 2 drives due to mistakes.

Secondary looks porous...

Even as a Duck fan I'm with Cig on that one.

Need a score here. Let’s go. Line is playing better. Keep it up.

Edited October 11Oct 11 by GeotechDuck

Gary Danielson has been all over Oregon about our defensive shift. Sounding like an IU fan.

Ducks have been using that shift all season

Whittingham and Lamar need to sit. It’s time for the fabulous freshman.

Just now, OregonDucks said:

Whittingham and Lamar need to sit. It’s time for the fabulous freshman.

Whittington for sure. He wiffed that block hard.

2 minutes ago, woundedknees said:

Ducks have been using that shift all season

They are going to get called. They shouldn’t be allowed to run as part of the shift.

Indiana is getting hosed by the officials or they would be up by a score or two.

Dante Moore gives up on plays too quickly. It’s probably the UCLA PTSD.

Edited October 11Oct 11 by OregonDucks

Against PSU, we only converted on 33% of our 3rd downs. We had to rely on 4th down attempts/conversions going 5 for 7... which is living dangerously.

So far today, we've converted on 29% of our 3rd downs.

This needs to change.

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Edited October 11Oct 11 by Desert Duck
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Mateyo has lost some speed with the weight gain...nowhere near as explosive

4 minutes ago, David Marsh said:

Whittington for sure. He wiffed that block hard.

Lamar is solid but does nothing spectacular against better teams. The freshman make plays.

Edited October 11Oct 11 by OregonDucks

2 minutes ago, OregonDucks said:

Lamar is solid but does nothing spectacular against better teams. The freshman make plays.

In Limar's favor he has graded out to be a pretty darn good blocker.

He's playing with a bit of fire this series so far.

4 minutes ago, David Marsh said:

In Limar's favor he has graded out to be a pretty darn good blocker.

He's playing with a bit of fire this series so far.

Everything Limar can do, Davison can do it better, IMO.

Oregon has definitely brought their B game so far.

Will we ever find a reliable kicker? Going on 10yrs of this

This is not good...

Indiana is winning both lines of scrimmage. Our DEs have been a non factor and Dante Moore is getting a lot of pressure.