Christopher, you did a lot of work, and made some good, not obvious to me, notes regarding Oregon's blocking. They look smash-mouth and disciplined. Oh Boy what an upset this will be! GO BEARS!
Oregon fan here and long time reader (RIP CGB). Excellent preview of the offense. Just wanted to add more depth to what Christopher has mentioned.
The offense has been frustrating for fans this season given the amount of talent and versatility at WR. As mentioned, Brown hasn't been terribly accurate and his confidence as a passer reached a season-low during the Stanford loss as he attempted 0 passes downfield. The TEs/WRs are great and extremely talented. Fans believe this is the deepest group of pass catchers Oregon has ever had and I agree. Given the lack of productivity Brown has provided as a passer, fans/media have speculated all bye week that former 4/5 star recruit Ty Thompson should get the start. Cristobal has publicly said Brown will be the QB though. Fans were displeased at the vote of confidence to say the least. We'll see...
RBs have been awesome and missing Verdell will be a huge blow. Cristobal loves to pound the RB up the gut for 2-4 yards on standard downs with the intention of those body blows resulting in big gains in the second half. OL has been up and down. Talent is there for sure but they're still hitting their stride and have yet to play to their potential, Ohio St. game notwithstanding. With Joe Moorhead potentially back from his mystery illness and set to call plays Friday night, I expect the gameplan to heavily feature TEs (see Ohio State game) with some deep shots from Brown just to try and get his confidence back up again.
Our struggles to tackle this year spell doom against this approach. Weaver and Jordan K. would gobble up their runners, but the current group lacks either the speed or instincts to do the same. I have absolutely no reason to expect anything other than a 24 point Cal loss, and I'm a goldarn sunshine pumper.
I'm so fired up for this game I thought today was Friday. I got the fever. Weather for 2morrow is overcast in Eugene, so no rain but cold....as of now ~ subject to change.
Up here in Oregon some folks are almost HOPING for a Ducks loss as they don't see Cristobal as a solid coach and are looking for a replacement. Waah, waah, waah..... Makes me want to upset them even more......
Nice work, thank you. Cal might be able to slow the Ducks run game a bit, and perhaps continue to improve on their pass defense. I don't really know. Seems with Oregon we will need to sustain some offensive drives and keep the ball away from those guys. I guess that is what I am not too optimistic about.
Christopher, you did a lot of work, and made some good, not obvious to me, notes regarding Oregon's blocking. They look smash-mouth and disciplined. Oh Boy what an upset this will be! GO BEARS!
Oregon fan here and long time reader (RIP CGB). Excellent preview of the offense. Just wanted to add more depth to what Christopher has mentioned.
The offense has been frustrating for fans this season given the amount of talent and versatility at WR. As mentioned, Brown hasn't been terribly accurate and his confidence as a passer reached a season-low during the Stanford loss as he attempted 0 passes downfield. The TEs/WRs are great and extremely talented. Fans believe this is the deepest group of pass catchers Oregon has ever had and I agree. Given the lack of productivity Brown has provided as a passer, fans/media have speculated all bye week that former 4/5 star recruit Ty Thompson should get the start. Cristobal has publicly said Brown will be the QB though. Fans were displeased at the vote of confidence to say the least. We'll see...
RBs have been awesome and missing Verdell will be a huge blow. Cristobal loves to pound the RB up the gut for 2-4 yards on standard downs with the intention of those body blows resulting in big gains in the second half. OL has been up and down. Talent is there for sure but they're still hitting their stride and have yet to play to their potential, Ohio St. game notwithstanding. With Joe Moorhead potentially back from his mystery illness and set to call plays Friday night, I expect the gameplan to heavily feature TEs (see Ohio State game) with some deep shots from Brown just to try and get his confidence back up again.
Travis Dye's spin move: 😲
Our struggles to tackle this year spell doom against this approach. Weaver and Jordan K. would gobble up their runners, but the current group lacks either the speed or instincts to do the same. I have absolutely no reason to expect anything other than a 24 point Cal loss, and I'm a goldarn sunshine pumper.
I'm so fired up for this game I thought today was Friday. I got the fever. Weather for 2morrow is overcast in Eugene, so no rain but cold....as of now ~ subject to change.
Up here in Oregon some folks are almost HOPING for a Ducks loss as they don't see Cristobal as a solid coach and are looking for a replacement. Waah, waah, waah..... Makes me want to upset them even more......
Nice work, thank you. Cal might be able to slow the Ducks run game a bit, and perhaps continue to improve on their pass defense. I don't really know. Seems with Oregon we will need to sustain some offensive drives and keep the ball away from those guys. I guess that is what I am not too optimistic about.