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Does the Oregon State game determine the outlook of the season?
- Thread starter Duff Man
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such as more running by Wood...
if there's any game to pull out the stops, I vote it's this one
one thing that will be nice is not having to spy the QB like we did v CAU. Devote more time to covering the pass
Yup, CUD should have a big game. I guess OSU's LT was out with mono and may be back for the game, either way I like the matchup.
If he was out with Mono he either won't be back or if he is he won't be worth much. Mono is not a one or two week thing.
When I had it I was down for close to a month and lost about 30lbs.
pcbuff
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Unfortunately I think the OSU QB is one of he best we will face. He picked apart Utah's secondary, and right now I think they are better than ours. Pass rush is going to be the decider, and I don't think we have enough horses yet.
The question I see is if we can win a track meet. Utah couldn't. I like our recievers over theirs this year.
Maybe a zone blitz package could be effective?
Right now we have 2 wins I counted on and hoped for before the season. Anything else is gravy.
The question I see is if we can win a track meet. Utah couldn't. I like our recievers over theirs this year.
Maybe a zone blitz package could be effective?
Right now we have 2 wins I counted on and hoped for before the season. Anything else is gravy.
No kidding. I was listening to talk radio here in OR the other day, and the guys were talking about how "CU, USC, Cal and Utah" were the bottom of the conference, and acting like ASU on the road should be a win for OSU...
OSU is basically 3 plays from being 0-4 with a VERY weak OOC and one of their two easiest Pac 12 games (us being the other).
OSU has some serious issues on both lines, especially with a recent rash of injuries. Storm Woods is also out. CU's not great against the run, but OSU is turrible (they had 10 yds. net rushing last week). OSU will also likely start a true freshman at a tackle position. if CU can exploit that, this game is winnable.
Didn't Dre come back after a week with mono? Different sport and all that but I guess it *can* be done.
Yeah, not to take away anything from OSU, but their 3-1 is very deceiving. The Utah win is a good one but with that defense they're going to struggle in being consistent this year.
yeah and dre missed like two games last year when he had it.
I don't know how the deal with it now but I had mono in HS. Doc's wouldn't let me do any contact sports for a month since it puts you at risk of a ruptured spleen. I don't think I could have played for a month anyways because I was flat on my back for a week and a half and very weak for another couple weeks. I got tired just going to the bathroom.
I think in Dre's case they suspected Mono but it may have been something else. That or he had a different form of it than I did. It really sucks.
or maybe you are a pussy and dre is not.
Woods sat out Monday's practice and I'm not getting the impression he'll play this week. Still recovering from a concussion.
Their long snapper is lost for the season. That could be big on ST.
this is a significant step up in competition from the first 2, so maybe we'll get a better read of where we realistically are after this game. thereafter, i figure oregon is going to kill us so i am not sure that game will tell us anything other than we aren't ready yet.
Totally agree. Oregon is an outlier. Maybe 3 to 5 teams in the country could keep within 14 points with them for 4 quarters.
Ok. I'll bite. Who are the other 2 to 4 teams?
Stanford, Ohio State, Alabama. Maybe LSU.
Pretty close to what I was thinking. I'd go with Alabama, Stanford, LSU, Florida State and maybe Ohio State.
I don't think Bama could keep up with Oregon right now. Their D is vulnerable, and their O can sputter against any defense with a pulse.
Yeah, I think you may be on to something there. I'll be interested to see how they stack up against LSU.
It would be interesting to see what they would try to do on offense if they got behind by any kind of margin. They don't look like a team that would be very effective if they had to try to catch up.
Florida State may not be as good as some of the other teams mentioned but may have the best chance against Oregon. The game I saw them on TV they looked ridiculously fast.
Florida St is pretty good. Their MO for the past couple years is to dominate opponents most of the time and completely step on their dick for 1 or 2 games a year.
Pretty good summary of them.
Manage to screw up enough to stay out of title contention but have some guys with enough talent the scare the **** out of you. They get the ball with a little space and are just gone.
You guys have dementia or something? Alabama went into College Station, against the 6th ranked team in the country and the reigning Heisman Trophy winner (who is a douche, but his skills are stunning) who are also averaging over 50 points a game, was down by two scores and came back and almost blew their doors off before that late rally led by the best player in the country.
So yeah, they can catch up and if there is one coach and team that has the speed, talent and coaching to make Oregon look mortal it is them. They would keep up just fine.
A&M is good but without Manzel they are not in the class of the other schools mentioned by people in this thread.
Bama' is still very good, a legit contender for the NC until somebody proves on the field that they aren't. At the same time they lost a lot off the last couple of teams. Their offense while talented and very good is not like it has been.
Bama' is still very good, a legit contender for the NC until somebody proves on the field that they aren't. At the same time they lost a lot off the last couple of teams. Their offense while talented and very good is not like it has been.
The potentially scary thing about Oregon this year is that they might actually have a defense.
Huh....how many times have they been without Manziel outside of one quarter (or half?) against Rice outside of blowouts where the 1's were taken out? Exactly.
Mike Evans is a damn good WR by the way, he's #2 in the nation with 575 yards receiving...
As for Alabama...
http://www.rollbamaroll.com/2013/9/22/4757766/initial-impressions-from-the-colorado-state-game
The deep ball comment stands out to me. Anytime Bama wanted to take a shot, they got it,they just didn't take that many shots. Obviously there are issues like the OL and the 3rd down conversions (or lack thereof) but can we stop pretending like the CSU game was a better indicator than the aTm game where they went on the road and beat a top 10 team in an environment that was supposedly spectacular.
Not sure how much this is worth but VT is #5 in total defense at this point, but they've played a relatively weak schedule.