FSU had 3 more turnovers than Oregon. Even at 7 points each, that's only 21 points.
Oregon won by 39 points.
You shouldn't judge Oregon by their whole season. They weren't so hot the first half. Now they are healthy and hitting on all cylinders.
Oregon wins big.
FSU had 3 more turnovers than Oregon. Even at 7 points each, that's only 21 points.
Oregon won by 39 points.
You shouldn't judge Oregon by their whole season. They weren't so hot the first half. Now they are healthy and hitting on all cylinders.
Oregon wins big.
Michigan had 372 total yards in the OSU game in a rivalry game, Indiana had 395 total yards of which 142 yards came on 2 long TD runs. Both games had late garbage time TD's scored. Alabama was held to 407 total yards, after averaging 484.5 during the year . That is hardly moving the ball at will
Oregon's allows 421 YARDS PER GAME. More than the previous 3 games by OSU! They gave up 528 to FSU despite having 5 FSU drives cut short by turnover.
OSU has a distinct advantage in terms of defense, not even close considering Ifo's injury. I don't think either will shut the other down, but I think OSU has a better chance to slow Oregon down. I don't see how Oregon stops the OSU ground game without bringing an extra defender into the box. OSU has to many weapons to play with 8 in the box in the passing game. Leaning OSU and the defense is the reason. Probably the best defense Oregon has seen all year outside of Stanford, and definitely the fastest. They slow Oregon down just enough to win.
Blake sims is horrible? This is a complete overreaction to one game, a game in which you probably lost money. Sims finished #7 in the country in pass efficiency.... but he is horrible ? I guess Jameis Winston, Bryce Petty, Dak Prescott, Brett Hundley and Connor Cook are even worse. They were all behind Sims in efficiency.
They haven't seen anything similar? They run basically the same offense, they have seen it all year long . In fact Meyer has said he could probably call Oregon's plays. LOL Do they run it faster than most? Yes, but that doesn't matter if they don't get first downs.
Oregon's average defense has not seen an offense nearly comparable to OSU either. OSU ranked 9th at 262.2 ypg in the country running the ball and 5.8 ypc. The closest opponent to the production of OSU is actually #20 Michigan State at 235.2 ypg 5.15 ypc. OSU did that while playing the #1Mich state, #3 PSU, #4 Alabama, #15 Michigan and #23 Wisconsin run defenses. They Will run the ball with relative ease vs Oregon's #49 rush defense in the country. Oregon only played 3 teams in the top 50 in the country in rushing too. #20 MSU, #32 UCLA, and #40 Washington and somehow still ended up #49 vs the run? FSU's 95th ranked rush offense which averaged 4.19 ypc put up 4.6 ypc vs Oregon's defense . LOL OSU will run the ball for 275+ without breaking a sweat.
You right, OSU doesn't have a Fairley, they have 2 In Bennett and Washington. Both of which will be early round picks( possibly 1st) to go with a lock first round DE in Bosa. OSU's defense is better on the D line than Auburn and MUCH better defensively overall.
If Oregon wins the game, it will be because they get turnovers. They won't be able to slow OSU down with that mediocre defense, they couldn't even slow FSU down. They put up 528 yards despite having FIVE possessions cut off by turnovers. The only thing that stopped FSU's #35 ranked offense was turnovers. Unless you are counting on multiple OSU fumbles, Oregon's defense is in for a long day, because OSU is going to pound the rock probably 50+ times. If Oregon has to bring a guy in the box to slow OSU down, game over.
People think OSU must be really good because they beat Alabama. The trouble is, Alabama wasn't that good.
It's an illusion.
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Blake sims is horrible? This is a complete overreaction to one game, a game in which you probably lost money. Sims finished #7 in the country in pass efficiency.... but he is horrible ?
Why would the Duck's defense be good in this particular game? They haven't been good all year. They have been average. They also have not played a team with close to the offensive firepower OSU has. OSU has also played far superior teams defensively and still put up Offensive #'s similar to Oregon.
They have scored 2.2 ppg less than Oregon while while playing 5 top 25 scoring defenses. #6, #7, #14, #17 and #22 Mich state.
Oregon by contrast has only scored 2.2 ppg more than OSU by playing 4 TOP 50 scoring defenses. #2 Stanford and #22 Mich State, #42 Utah and #49 FSU.
Oregon's rush Defense is ranked #49 vs the run in the country while playing only 3 teams in the top 50 in rushing, the highest ranked being #20 MSU. OSU ranked 9th in the rush offense while playing 5 top 25 rush defenses including 3 of the top 5.
Oregon's defense ranks 108th vs the pass. They did play some good pass offenses, although it could be said, that the Pac was so bad defensively that their #'s are inflated. Oregon played #1 WSU, #6 Cal, #14 FSU, #21 Arizona 2X. The Pac had only 1 team in the top 25 in pass defense #8 Stanford. Oregon ranked #50 in pass efficiency defense, decent but not great. Now they are without their best player too. OSU was 51st in passing yards and 2nd in the country in pass efficiency. They also rank 18th in the country in yards per completion at 14.2 ypc. They are 25th in Completion %.When OSU throws the ball, they are effective. They just don't do it as much as other teams because of their dominating run game. Again OSU posted those #'s vs better pass defenses than Oregon including #4 Wisconsin, # 8PSU, #19 Minnesota, and #20 Michigan in Pass yards allowed. And #2 PSU, # 14 VT, and #22 MSU in Pass efficiency defense.
Oregon was 27th in the country in scoring defense. A lot of that has to do with them being +20 in turnover margin, not because they stop anybody.
If Oregon is going to win the game, they need turnovers. If they can't stop OSU from running, which there is no evidence that they can statistically. They will need fumbles. The media hype is actually more slanted to how Oregon is NOT a finesse team anymore. I am not concerned if they are or not. The fact is, their defense has not been very good this year DESPITE being bigger and more physical. They haven't played a dynamic proven offense like OSU all year and have been mediocre statistically still. Where is the evidence that they can even slow them down? They didn't FSU and this team is far worse matchup with the run game.
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