He actually really picked up his play in the second half. The problem was that he was running for life most of the game and had no benefit of a running game. The O-line pissed the game away.
They didn't piss the game away. They just got beat by the best front 4 in the nation. Truthfully, this was just another bad match-up for UO. Just like Ohio State was last year. Had Clemson not overthrown that receiver in the end zone or Alabama held a 24-0 lead (vs. Auburn), we would have ended up playing TCU. While TCU's defense is fast, it's not nearly as strong as Auburn's (especially up front). They wouldn't have pushed our offensive line into the backfield every play. For the 2nd year in a row, our offensive line got beat up by a bigger/badder defensive front. Everybody knows we're not a smash mouth team, and we never will be with this stile of play. We need smaller, agile O-line guys who can move with our system. But the price you pay is that when you face a really big, physical, & athletic front 4 - it's going to be a long night. How can you say the O-line pissed the game away? Sometimes you just get beat by somebody that's better than you are.
while I agree that their D Line beating Oregon's O Line was a large part of their victory, it's simply not true that they were the bigger unit. Oregon's OLine averaged 6'5 & 296, Auburn's D Line 6'4 & 277 STOMP
We simply need to recruit a bit differently to play with the big boys. We need to have some mean and big OLines and DLines. That is the way you stop spread offenses, and so we need to counter that.
That is very true! The SEC is all about big mean D lines!! They have won 5 of the last six national championships, it's time to build our team to compete yearly for national championships too, and meeting that size is crucial!
Bah. Three points. Last play of the game. A freak mis-tackle. A missed facemask call. Horrible special teams play. Poor play calling and execution on the both goal lines - twice. Oregon can compete with anyone in the country.
