congrats ducks and duck fans. I've seen too many of you so concerned over this game, and doubting your team. You guys are good. Play with confidence. Or, I suppose, rather, root with confidence. Maybe history or whatever has you weary. I dunno. I'm a USC fan. I'm telling you, take their approach. Know you're good. You are. EXPECT to win. You should. Good game. I hope Lane fires his dad.
Barkley is a stud. You guys have some really good athletes. Your return man is a beast. Your defense just got tired out, and I think there was some confusion because Kiffin tried to implement the hurry-up a bit.
the tiredness isn't even the big issue, IMO. It's not USC football. Just...I dunno. Talent is there, so it almost has to be scheme? You look at all the passing TDs for Oregon, dudes were WIDE open. Like, I could have thrown the ball, open. And that's been that way all year for them. Ah well. We'll build this back up.
I don't think I'd say speed and athleticism. The Trojans have plenty of both (which they showed tonight). This is all about conditioning and chemistry. Our guys are in amazing shape, and they know what they're doing. It's truly fascinating to watch our offense because they play in a tempo that most teams (NFL included) only use in desperate situations, and they thrive. They rarely make mistakes, which I think is extremely impressive.
Excellent guts by Oregon to rebound from that second half surge. Auburn won on the road by almost the same score. The only difference was, Oregon played a much better football team.
History has us weary and wary. The ability of the Ducks to self-destruct would be comical - if I was a fan of another team! I agree with NateBishop though...so far, their ability to avoid mistakes while playing at a breakneck pace is amazing!
lol sorry guys went to watch the games at some friends' house. Hell of a performance tonight! I am super impressed how this Oregon team does not get rattled. Excellent job winning the day! now win tomorrow and midweek as well!
The pace, timing and accuracy of the offense is so electric. I have never been as glued to the TV start to finish as I have been this season. Even when the game is in hand, I just don't want to miss a single play. I am 100 times the bball fan then i am a football fan, but this Ducks team is so exciting, I couldn't even watch my Blazers in real time. The Ducks have overtaken the sports section of my brain.
It's because all the games are crucial for UO. If the Blazers drop one, it's not the end of the world. If UO drops one, they probably don't go to the NC game. I was able to flip over to the Blazers at halftime and watch most of the 4th quarter. I caught the end of the game, and that's all that really matters. Fortunately the Blazers game ended just as the half was ending for Ducks/Trojans. It worked out well.
I know many won't agree, but USC is my #2 team, and has been for a while. They always represented the pac for us. Took a ton of heat, and only now are we realizing what they had to go through year in and year out last decade. But going to WeAreSC.com I realized that they are really tight. All they are doing is praising our offense (mostly) and talking about how we are MMA verses boxers (the rest of college football) and telling us to bring back a BCS title for the Pac and stuff like that. Actually really good losers (surprisingly). Anyway, I know that may be blasphemous, but just my thoughts. Go Ducks!
I stopped watching college football for the most part, but I'm really kicking myself for missing several of the Ducks early games this year. I can't remember watching an offense that was just so much fun. What they are doing is so unique with that offense. It's just so damned overwhelming, and the pure exhausting nature of it means that they are never out of a game because they are going to be going just as hard in the fourth quarter as they were on opening tip off, while the other team's defense is just wasted.
