5 hours ago5 hr Administrator No. Our Oregon football program had a stunning performance on New Year’s Day, blanking Texas Tech’s high-flying offense 23-0. The Ducks did struggle with what I believe to be the best front seven in the College Football Playoff, but they made enough plays to polish off a complete demolition of the Big 12’s best. Now, Oregon looks ahead to next Friday ...Oregon Football: 3 Things We Learned in the Orange Bowl Two Sites: FishDuck and the Our Beloved Ducks forum, The only "Forum with Decorum!" And All-Volunteer? What a wonderful community of Duck fans!
1 hour ago1 hr No. Alex, solid article about the 3 things we learned about OBD's from the TT game.IMHO, the Ducks are underestimated because they have shown this season thru 14 games that you don't know what they will bring each game.Some games, good defenses slowed down or confused the Duck O. Other games the Duck D would go stretches where they couldn't get off the field. An outside onlooker might ask; how could a great team need a last second field goal to beat Iowa, or how could the Ducks only score 21 points against Whisky.? Or play so poorly, at home against Indiana?Remember, only the SEC teams were allowed close wins or even losses to rise in the rankings......To this Duck fan, a homer fan, I never saw OBD's take a good or great team to the woodshed for a thrashing. Except yesterday! The Defense was so dominant and the Offense fought thru a great front 7 and their own self-inflicted wounds to win. That was as big a win as any Duck team has ever had.Indiana will not be so forgiving of the careless and sloppy play from OBD's offense. It may take 40 or more points to beat IU even with another spectacular effort from the Duck D.TT was a very good team but IU is a great team. Proof, they carry the Duck scalp on their belt.Both teams have improved since the first game. However, the Ducks must play clean, mistake free football in all 3 phases to win.Or OBD's D can just pitch another shutout......This Duck fan is proud of the staff and players for overcoming that loss, winning 8 games in a row and getting their shot at redemption.Go Ducks! It is all out their for the taking.
16 minutes ago16 min Moderator No. The narrative from opposing message boards is that Tech was awful and shouldn’t have been in the playoffs. There are also many Duck fans who want Stein to leave for Kentucky already and just hand the job off to DM. Cignetti isn’t going to buy into any of this. His team will play just as hard as they did in the Rose Bowl. I hope this is a game where Oregon can excel on both sides of the ball and on special teams.
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