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wizenheimer said:
Washington entered the game with the 16th best rush defense in the country, and they sold out on D to stop the Ducks run game; and the Ducks kept running enough to keep the Huskies in their base defense; and that opened up their passing game. Oregon averaged 10 yard a pass attempt and over 14 yards per completion. That's excellent.

obviously, on D, Oregon's game plan was to contain Williams and limit both his arm and his legs. They were willing to concede some chunk plays in the running game to keep Williams from running lose and hitting long passes. Washington came into the game averaging 257 yards passing and 9 yards per pass. Oregon held them to 129 yards and 4.3 yards a pass

Huskies came into the game averaging 427 yards total offense; Ducks held them to 283
they were averaging 257 yard passing: Ducks held them to 129
they were averaging 170 yards rushing; Duck held them to 154. Ducks held them to their average yards/rush
they were averaging 35.5 points/game and 40.5 games at home; Ducks held them to 14

honestly, I don't see the not-good sign(s) you do. When you play and 8-3, on the road, in a rivalry game you have to expect the opponent to have success. The Huskies had some, but not nearly enough
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I over-stated when I said "dominated". I guess i am concerned they might have trouble with a team with a stronger running game than WA.
 
UKRAINEFAN said:
I over-stated when I said "dominated". I guess i am concerned they might have trouble with a team with a stronger running game than WA.
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sure...that's possible

they had trouble with Indiana but the Hoosier averaged 70 yards more a game on the ground than Wahington; and they had a great defense and a great senior QB

USC, Iowa, and Northwestern all had/have better running games than Washington

* Northwestern ran for 178 yards but 112 of those 178 yards came in the last 9 minutes of the 4th Q after the Ducks led 34-0 and were playing their 2nd and 3rd unit defenders; and 79 of those yards came on one run after the 2 minute warning. Take away that run and NW gained 99 yards on 37 carries

* Iowa ran for 101 yards (Oregon ran for 261) but only for 2.3 yards/carry

* and last week, USC ran for 52 yards; 1.9 yards a carry

as I said, I think the Duck game plans on both sides of the ball were a little different today than they have been. I don't think you can gauge Oregon's run defense by what you saw today, although sure, it's possible a great running team can gash them. And on offense, the Ducks running game was a bit of a rope-a-dope. The Ducks ran enough times to keep their play-action effective
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by the way, if the Ducks WR's are/were healthy, they'd have Dakorian Moore, Malik Benson, Gary Bryant Jr., Jeremiah McClellan, and Evan Stewart rotating. I'm not sure there's a deeper WR rotation in FBS

add in Sadiq and Jamari Johnson at TE, and the three-headed beast at RB, and that might be the most high level offensive weapons the Ducks have ever had
 
might be a 'bad' week for the Ducks:

* Tosh Lupoi is reportedly the top target for Cal as the new DC

* Will Stein is reportedly one of two top targets for the Kentucky HC (tOSU OC is the other)

* RaShaad Samples is named as a main candidate for the Tulane HC position
 
wizenheimer said:
might be a 'bad' week for the Ducks:

* Tosh Lupoi is reportedly the top target for Cal as the new DC

* Will Stein is reportedly one of two top targets for the Kentucky HC (tOSU OC is the other)

* RaShaad Samples is named as a main candidate for the Tulane HC position
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Stein would be a fucking idiot to go to Kentucky. But being a target is different than being a candidate so itll never happen.
 
I hope he doesn't stay. throughout playoffs way to much time for distractions. Regroup with another O assistant. I remember when Dillies news got out and it was a big time distraction, imo. Let the wide receivers coach lose. Stein should leave town now.
 
Strenuus said:
Hed be a fucking idiot. Smart people know he will get better jobs when they open up. Glad that got cleared up.
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if someone has pretty close to zero idea what they're talking about, why double down on the stupid? Good grief dude, about the dumbest take I've seen here. Undoubtedly this will be a huge pay raise in his home state for the school he grew up rooting for... low expectations on a long leash on a big stage (SEC). I'm glad to hear he'll be continuing the Oregon job through the playoffs & see no downside to this decision for his career... wish him the best.

For Oregon this is pretty easy to spin as a win as well. Yet another Coordinator leaves for a Head Coaching job, which sets them up for the next rising star Coordinator. This is how it goes at successful programs.

STOMP
 
promote from within or outside hire?
Curious what Dan does here
 
Hoopguru said:
I hope he doesn't stay. throughout playoffs way to much time for distractions. Regroup with another O assistant. I remember when Dillies news got out and it was a big time distraction, imo. Let the wide receivers coach lose. Stein should leave town now.
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Dan Lanning was named Oregon HC and remained DC for Georgia in their playoff run. Wasn't any negative impact for either program
 
I wish Stein the best and I bet the Ducks program was prepared for him to leave after this season anyway and prolly already reached out in some way to at least one guy by now even if it was just to gauge interest level. The Ducks have now put 2 -- OC into HC jobs in what 3 or 4 years that's damn good and that will help get another one if they so choose to look for someone outside the ducks.

Also Tosh I think this one is not a sure thing cause I know he has connections to Cal but they are kind of a mess so I could see him waiting for a job with a program that just needs gas thrown on the fire and not sure that's Cal.
 
I have a question about QB room. Last summer it was reported there was a close competition between Moore and Novosad. What happened to Novosad, he doesn't come in even as a backup now. Are they just saving him? Hurt? He going to Kentucky now?
 
twobullz said:
I have a question about QB room. Last summer it was reported there was a close competition between Moore and Novosad. What happened to Novosad, he doesn't come in even as a backup now. Are they just saving him? Hurt? He going to Kentucky now?
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there were some vague 'reports' that Novosad was dealing with a lingering injury. But there were concrete reports that Brock Thomas simply won the battle for backup QB by knowing the offense better, reading defenses better, and going thru progressions better in the passing game and being a more accurate passer

that said, I don't think Thomas is the caliber of QB the Ducks need as a starter so if Dante does leave for the NFL Oregon will be hitting the portal again
 
STOMP said:
Predictions are now coming in for 5* WR Chris Henry Jr to flip from Ohio State to Oregon. If so, Oregon would claim the #1 overall class for 2026

STOMP
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If its a bidding war with Texas and whoever else, would the Ducks be better off spending big bucks on D linemen? Oregon's not short on receivers for next year.
 
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