Mic No. 1 Share Posted October 23, 2022 (edited) While not a complete comparison by any means (Kelly's the H.C. of course) there seems to be ONE major difference emerging in the still too-early comparison: Oregon, under Lanning & Dilly can score just as fast, just as creatively and just as explosively, BUT the Oregon Ducks are winning the T.O.P. (time of possession). Imagine a team that scores like O and then couple that somehow with keeping the ball away from the Opponent longer than you keep it. Oregon won the time of possession 33:27 to 27:33 for UCLA. What was the topic headline awhile back by McDuck? 'Ruh-Roh!' Edited October 23, 2022 by Mic 1 1 2 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Pennsylvania Duck Moderator No. 2 Share Posted October 23, 2022 Kenny and Bo Show rules the day in big Oregon win over No. 9 UCLA The best transfer duo in the Pac-12 revealed itself on Saturday at Autzen Stadium as The Kenny and Bo Show took over for the No. 10 Oregon Ducks in a 45-30 win over visiting No. 9 UCLA that was nowhere near as close as the final score indicates. Gold: Kenny and Bo Show rules the day in big Oregon win over No. 9 UCLA SATURDAYOUTWEST.COM Kenny Dillingham and Bo Nix teamed up to give Oregon the edge against an overmatched UCLA defense in the Ducks' big win on Saturday. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mic Author No. 3 Share Posted October 23, 2022 The Ducks are getting better every time they play - on both sides of the ball. If this keeps up things could get really, really interesting. Bo might get a little bit of love from the Heisman crowd after this but esp if the improvement keeps up. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
NJDuck Moderator No. 4 Share Posted October 23, 2022 On 10/23/2022 at 3:25 PM, Pennsylvania Duck said: Kenny and Bo Show rules the day in big Oregon win over No. 9 UCLA The best transfer duo in the Pac-12 revealed itself on Saturday at Autzen Stadium as The Kenny and Bo Show took over for the No. 10 Oregon Ducks in a 45-30 win over visiting No. 9 UCLA that was nowhere near as close as the final score indicates. Oregon could have scored another TD at the end of the game. They had plenty of time to do so. Instead Lanning chose to run out the clock. It could have been 52-30. But, wasn't the right thing to do. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
David Marsh No. 5 Share Posted October 23, 2022 On 10/23/2022 at 11:45 AM, Mic said: BUT the Oregon Ducks are winning the T.O.P. (time of possession). When they choose to... The tempo can be ramped up and down successfully. The problem during the Kelly-Helfrich eras was that Oregon couldn't slow the tempo down to burn clock effectively. I think a big component of that is that we now have some big time linemen who can use their size and power to dominate a downhill running game. I'm not saying Tempo is gimmicky at all... It is a strategy and when used effectively it is difficult to combat but for it to work it needs to be used a lot of the time. Kelly's UCLA guys just didn't have the size to stop Oregon's run game when confronted with that much power. So going slow or fast didnt matter as much. 1 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mic Author No. 6 Share Posted October 23, 2022 On 10/23/2022 at 3:34 PM, David Marsh said: When they choose to... The tempo can be ramped up and down successfully. The problem during the Kelly-Helfrich eras was that Oregon couldn't slow the tempo down to burn clock effectively. Ka-Boom! There-in lies the difference. The BIG difference. If O can distill this and bottle it they'll bring home a Championship! 1 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...