Yesterday 6 redzone stops and no points!!! You can't ask more from a D that was put into really bad spots by our offense suprisingly!!! Our secondary looked fast and able to attack large recievers and read their zones quite well! Our LB's and line cracked pads all night! The defense without a doubt won this game! This will not be popular but it's honest to say that had our offense dug that kind of hole in the 1st quarter against a team like Bama, their defense would have capitalized on our mistakes and we'd have been down 14 if not 21 by half. We need to clean it up and cut down the stupid penalties! The play calling in the first quarter was not strong... I understand that DAT is being looked at by the world right now but running him in between tackle is not smart! Good way to get him hurt... Marcus needs to notch down his Brett Favre just a tad, forward lateral into coverage not a great play... He's young! He'll improve every week so I'm not concerned. Colt added a crinkle that no team in the Pac-12 is going to be able to deal with. A 6'4 power back at 260 is pretty much a nightmare to bring down, he's a LOAD!! I loved that Addison got a TD pass and the cool Mariota used to get the ball to him! We were very lucky in some ways last night, any honest Duck fan will admit to that! That said i feel a ton better about our defense last night than I have all year and they deserve the game ball without question!!
I agree; I'm glad this game was against Arizona and not LSU/Alabama. Though now that that the colt's out of the bag, I'm feeling okay about our ability to push past the SEC heffers on the line.
The defense was impressive for sure. I have a question about one of the defense players. There was a player that Ducks stole at the last second during signig day. He was project to be a stud offensive lineman, but came to Oregon with a promise to develop him as a defender. Arik is his first name? Is he red shirting or playing? How has he been playing? Is he a big part of the defense success? I don't recall hearing his name called . . . of course it would help if I know his name.
Arik Armstead #9 for the ducks.... he's a man child! 6'8 305 and he's the first one in on rotation for Hart on the D line.... He'll be a starter next year with Buckner I feel safe to say.... He had some good tackles against AZ and there's not to many guys that can block him.... with more conditioning he'll be a terror by next year!
I don't think its safe to say either let alone both will be starting next year. Maybe Arik moves Hart back inside to fill Remington's departure, but more likely TH stays put at SSDE and Keliikipi, Heimuli, Kamp, Balducci, Ebert & Bair rotate at DT. The Drop End rotation looks to fill Jordan's shoes with French, Washington & Carringer no doubt Arik and Buck will be contributing, but they're probably another year away from starting STOMP
Well be it that Bair and Balducci, are redshirting.... and French comes in after AA and Buckner I think my guys might see a starting role before yours..... AA and Buckner have way tooooo much talent to be second stringing after next year.. Judging by Chips substitutions I think he agrees with his true freshman playing as much as they have!
I root for all the Ducks silly, you're the one with an all consuming man-crush. I'm trying to inject some reality into your views by pointing to the depth chart. btw... What happened to your prediction that Arik would be a starter this year? Seems you're moving the goal posts on us... Bair and Balducci are projected as DTs for the Ducks not SSDEs. Oregon returned it's top 4 DTs from last year plus added a highly regarded Jr. College transfer (Ebert) who Redshirted last year which allowed them to move Hart outside. This stacked depth chart is why the Ducks have the luxury of Redshirting SB & AB. The one spot on the D-Line where a starter graduated was at SSDE... they also graduated his backup. That starting spot is Taylor Hart's now and barring injury, odds are that it will continue to be through next year. Good for Arik and DeForest winning the 2nd and 3rd string SSDE roles, but certainly the depth chart at that spot was far more favorable there then anywhere else. French plays the Drop End spot behind Jordan and Washington who both played there last year... didn't Wheels and I recently explain to you the difference between the DE positions? a player being Redshirted doesn't mean they won't be able to leapfrog guys ahead of them when it's their time... Marcus Mariota and Tyler Johnstone spring to mind as recent examples of this on the roster. STOMP
"man crush" pehaps you meant to say accurate talent appreciation..... a man crush is what you have for Bill Walton.... odd, but okay.... moving on.... That said, don't "STOMP" on me because the guys I highlighted as my breakout freshman for the Ducks ... " AA, Buckner, Stanford and Brown" are kicking ass as true freshman! Do you really think there's going to be guys that will jump past AA, Buckner, Stanford and Brown on the redshirt list? I'll take that bet! Stanford is turning into one of Mariota's favorite recievers and Chip is subbing in Buckner and AA every other series now on defense.... I understand you want to be right at all costs Stomp, but now who's being silly? As for AA and being a starter, being that you and Chip seem to have lunch every day Stomp, you might have realized that he subs guys in so often that starting for he Ducks might as well be a coin toss for prepared players.... AA is seeing good minutes right now, I expect that only to increase as he gets comfortable with the playbook....as do I with Buckner who Chip calls a man among boys.... As for beloved depth chart... Let's remember three years ago Dion Jordan would have been a reciever and French a TE as of last year, Colt came in as a LB, Armstead the most highly recruited offensive lineman since Micheal Oher....What this tells me is the depth chart for the Ducks means very little.... Talent puts ya on the field and my standout freshman are doing just that!
unfortunately you're not moving on from cross-eyed fantasy land. Primarily this is a Portland Trailblazer chatsite... we're on a subsection for the Oregon Ducks. My avatar of a couple months (which you've commented on multiple times now... obsessed much?) is of arguably the greatest Trailblazer ever at the Rose Bowl wearing UO gear, so it's an ode to both communities. Get it? If in your world having an avatar indicates who you're in love with, should we conclude you're self obsessed? what a poor poor pathetic victim. I'm pointing out that your "safe" prediction that Arik and Buck will both be starting next year (to someone who's just becoming interested in Duck football) is actually a reach. It's (of course) more likely then your prediction a few months back that they'd be starters this year. You gave me the same grief then as now for pointing to the depth chart crowing "we'll see who starts". Well now that we see who's starting you're still claiming you were right... which is funny (and consistent!). btw... didn't you also predict that Long would be named a starter? your reading comprehension truly sucks. Try harder When Chip called DeForest a man among boys, he was referring to him in HS. It seems you're trying really hard to get away from what started this... your "safe bet" that both Buckner and Arik will be starters next year. For me anyway, safe bets are things that you know are going to happen... the sun rising in the East etc. Despite your assurances that it's in the bag, I'm willing to take that bet. Barring injury or something else that takes an incumbent starter out, I bet that both are not named starters coming out of fall camp next year. To be clear, if only one earns that honor, you still lose. basically... put up or shut up. Sig bet or what? Seeing as you claim your views are safe bets, it only follows that I'm going to get favorable odds on my longshot stances these off tangent rants of yours are a hoot! According to rivals, Michael Oher was the 7th rated OT his year (2005) coming out of HS... there have been easily 50+ Offensive Lineman ranked higher since. Arik was always going to be a D-Lineman at Oregon... always. Only out of the loop fan speculation had him elsewhere. Yes Colt played LB in HS (as well as RB & WR) but Chip welcomed him to the flock at the initial class intro following LOI day as a TE. "Talent puts ya on the field", but injury keeps you off with French being an example of that according to coach Osborne (so sorry to make you look something up for once). Kelly welcomed him as an athlete at that class's initial presser, siting his play at LB in the Army AA game and even as a Kick Returner in HS. Want to learn more about CF? He didn't start playing football until his Jr. year and his HS team rarely threw the ball. Since his signing, Oregon added several experienced highly rated TE prospects, so his move to the Drop End spot became another matter of the depth chart. Dude will be competing with Tony Washington and Cody Carriger for the starting spot next season instead of Lyerla, Koa-Ka'ai, Brown, Daniel & Baylis. STOMP
My guess on why French is coming in later than AA and Buckner has a little something to do with this guy that he is backing up
The funny thing about you Stomp is you spent what 30 minutes collecting data and writing interesting new jabs to try and win an anonymous chat board debate! Your effort is truly my REWARD!!
Neither Arik or DeForest seem to be priming themselves for the Drop End DE spot that Dion Jordan plays. Coming out of HS they weren't particularly fast for DLineman where dropping them into coverage on a semi-regular basis would seem like the best use of their talents. Since then they've been packing on weight preparing for war in the trenches. In Oregon's Defensive scheme the SSDE spot is pretty interchangeable with the DT opposite the NT spot that Wade & Ricky Heimuli play. I'm betting Taylor Hart remains a starter through his Sr. year as he's pretty fn good. I'm stoked that he's got good support around him, but he's their 2nd best Dlineman after Jordan. It's a lock that both of the Freshman are going to surpass him? Really??? I want to apologize to everyone who takes offense at me mocking things I find ridiculous, but thats probably going to continue. STOMP
STOMP, I've said it before, you're one the best posters (if not THE best) on the UO forum, but the issue is that some of the stuff you mock isn't ridiculous at all, it's just people's opinions. And sometimes they're darn good ones.
So do you agree that it's very likely that Buck & Arik both surpass Taylor Hart? To me that seems very unlikely. It's pretty clear that they aren't NTs or Drop Ends so that's basically what is being claimed STOMP
funny for someone who has such a hard time keeping facts straight to drop a bong comment as obviously something is clouding your thinking. According to Oregon's official website, Arik had zero sacks on Saturday. http://www.goducks.com/ViewArticle.dbml?&DB_OEM_ID=500&ATCLID=205679319 for the season Arik is credited with 0.5 sacks while DeForest has the 1. Hart leads the team with 4... he's also tied with Jordan for the most Tackles for Loss with 4. Better bench him eh? STOMP
