The picks were unforced. The penalties were stupid. The execution in the red zone was just piss poor. That had nothing to do with the Auburn defense. Plenty of times the Ducks looked like they were rolling and then they'd make a stupid mistake. Yes, the Auburn D played great, but to give them all the credit would be wrong.
I think the ducks were just too small--our O line was dominated. I'm not really upset with the loss. We showed pride by keeping them below/at their scoring average. I can live with this loss. Newton didn't burn us.
Also Thomas being a first year starter at QB getting the ducks to a BCS championship=win win--PERIOD. This guy has a GREAT future.
They definitely got a lot of penetration, but I thought the Ducks handled it well, and actually used it to their advantage. They had a lot of screen passes and they made the Tigers look bad on more than one occasion. I seriously think that if they had nutted up and actually scored when they were in the red zone, this game would have gone completely different. Hell, if they had scored when they were on the ONE, this game might have gone differently.
Sad thing for Beaver fan is that outside of Jeff Maehl pretty much the entire Duck team will be back next year and a borderline top 5 recruiting class coming in. I don't see the Beavers being better than the Ducks in the forseeable future.
