The 2013 Oregon football team finished off an 11-2 season, the best season in history for a first year head coach at Oregon. Ducks reset the record books along the way, both individually and as a team. Mariota and Huff had the greatest seasons in team history at their respective positions...On paper it is one of the greatest seasons in University of Oregon football history, but how will it be remembered? http://www.campusattic.com/headline/2013-season
I will remember it as a 'good' season, but also a season where the defense underperformed at times, the team failed to beat Stanford and an average UA team and the BCS streak was broken.
I don't think the defense underperformed. I think the defense performed like a unit that lost Clay, Alonso, and Dion Jordan. We lost the favorite for the NFL defensive rookie of the year for Pete's sake. I knew it was going to be rough after we lost the heart and soul of our defense.
**at times. Reporter, right? I'm kidding. Nearly every class loses key players after a season. Malone, Lokombo and Coleman had experience. Walker showed promise. In my opinion, there were several games where I defense didn't come to play.
This. Also, had MM not gotten injured I know we would have beaten Stanford but not so sure Arizona. But injuries are a part of football and all things considered I am satisfied with the season.
We had injuries that hurt us but I am glad for this season. Beating Texas in San Antonio would be huge for recruiting. I'm sure this year was a good ole kick in the ass, which can make the Ducks get their priorities back on track and competing for BCS bowls.
I look at 2013 as a learning year. Helfrich learned that he can't be just a popular coach but he has to be a disciplinarian too. Frost hopefully learned to put DAT "if he comes back" into a real tazr position and get him the ball in space next year. Hopefully the whole Duck program will be a bit more honest on injuries when a guy like Marcus has a partially torn MCL, not to play it down and kill his Heisman campaign but rather play into it and make him look like a warrior out there week in an out. Our defense didn't underperform, they were put into the wrong defensive packages to be successful for the talent they had or for that matter the inexperience they showed. Clearly MSU showed us the way last night against Stanford and for that matter so did USC and even Utah. Stack the box and "NO" bringing up a LB on the line isn't stacking the box. Bringing in two lineman who play D LINE is, and using our vastly skilled secondary man on man would have put us in the national championship in my opinion. It was a coaching issue and thankfully that will now be corrected! I would also say that 2013 may have lit the fire needed for the Ducks to win it all next year! They know now that just showing up wont do it! Marcus and Grasu being back will be huge!. We have a monster recruiting class being developed and Tyner is about to take over. Some of our younger players like Prevot and the Robinsons will be ready to go next year along with a slew of redshirted freshman who will be chomping at the bit for playing time. The next few months will be interesting, the new DC hire will say a lot about where this program is headed, and finishing strong with recruiting is paramount! I'd give this year a solid B+, with losing a coach like Chip, to avoiding an ass kicking NCAA sanction, playing five games with a QB and DAT who couldn't run, to losing Colt for drugs and finishing up with a bowl win in a recruiting rich state like Texas, all major hurdles! Next year I think the Ducks will be super focused and they'll have to be right out of the gates with MSU coming to town. Go Ducks!
I really like the Watch ESPN function where one can definitively go back and site reality in calling out BS. MSU played a 4-3 all game. Thats what I noted when I watched the game initially. I read your quote this morning and then rewatched the game and big surprise... once again you're full of it trying to claim you've been right all along. Other then kicking situations, the only times they didn't have 4 Down Lineman was when they had Stanford in 3rd and long and then they only had 3. Oregon had more size on the D-Line then MSU did and the coaches stacked the box with bigger players. Those players didn't make plays like the Spartans did, and especially lacked in Linebacking play like Kyler Ellsworth provided. Oregon ran a 4-3 that game just like MSU did in the Rose Bowl as Drop End Tony Washington wasn't dropping into coverage. Their failure was talent underperforming not proven schemes suddenly not working. STOMP
I wish you knew as much about football as you do about attacking posters personally! Happy New Year Stomp!
so rich with irony... I know what a basic 4-3 Defense is which I'd assumed most everyone who is geeky enough about college football that they'd post on a forum would too. But obviously you've proved that assumption to be wrong as the part I quoted from you was classic Ghostpepper BS that had zero basis in reality. Again, Stanford vs MSU Rose Bowl game will be available on watch ESPN for a while... STOMP
