SEC bias forever

WilburHooksHands

I hope SEC wins out and Bama stays at 1. I'd love to see TCU play Oregon and I think TCU wins. Not sure if anyone beats Bama yet.

RoadDawg55

Oregon beats TCU rather easily. Alabama is beatable too. What makes you think they are so indestructible?

WilburHooksHands

RoadDawg55 said:

Oregon beats TCU rather easily. Alabama is beatable too. What makes you think they are so indestructible?

Disagree, I think TCU is Oregon with a better D. Not an apples to apples offensive comparison obviously, but just in terms of the ability to score. I know TCU collapsed late against Baylor, but overall Patterson D's are solid and with the exception of that quarter that's been true this year. TCU can absolutely score with and against Oregon.

As for Bama, I don't think they are indestructable, they are just the typical really big and physical. I can't think of a team that Oregon or TCU have played that I can compare to. That's why I'm saying I'm not sure yet. I've watched every TCU game though and most of Oregon's games and that's how I see them matching up against each other. I feel like Tequilla.

RaceBannon

I love how posters here talk about how horrible the 2nd best team in the Pac12 is and then claim Oregon is great for beating them.

Not you Road, but a lot of the SEC bashers

Alabama had a tougher road to get here. They probably have an easier game today.

I agree Oregon looks good but so does Ohio State and everyone says they didn't play anybody

Did Oregon? I guess we'll see

RoadDawg55

It's not necessarily who Oregon has beaten, but they have gotten the plunger out in every game since the loss. Mariota has played great every week, Freeman is a beast, and Allen, Carrington, and Stanford are good WR's. The only question mark is the defense, but it has been playing pretty good the past few weeks.

BallSacked

RoadDawg55 said:

Oregon beats TCU rather easily. Alabama is beatable too. What makes you think they are so indestructible?

I think Oregon beats FSU and TCU.

Alabama? not so sure. I could see the physicality and athleticism really shut down the duck offense. Or I could see Bama struggle with the ducks speed and tempo. Either way yadda yadda yadda.

topdawgnc

Marriott is the difference in the games Oregon plays.

creepycoug

wanting shit to happen and thinking about what is likely to happen is too very different fucking things.

it's what separates us from the animals.

it's what separates us from the resident dip shits at fag man. For Christ's sake, it's what separates us from Kim and Fatters.

Nothing I've seen thus far tells me that TCU is a huge problem for Oregon.

Bamers is a different story, but Oregon has answered the "too physical" test to some extent. Michigan State, and even a flawed Furd team, are physical, and Oregon has an inside running game with a very big, strong and pretty fast kid running the ball.

I don't know what would happen against Bama. I know this ... that Bama doesn't play a lot of teams like Oregon. There's always been that factor.

Much lesser Oregon teams have played powerhouse SEC teams, and while recently those have resulted in losses, you have to look at the nature of the losses. They almost came back against an Auburn team that had a once-in-twenty-years QB, and the LSU loss - that LSU team was fucking ferocious, and despite 4 turnovers, 2 of which were KILLER fumbles by then freshman DT, it wasn't a real ass kicking. LSU had the edge in total rushing, which beside turnovers was the worst relative stat for Oregon, and it was 80 yards.

Oregon Bama

1st Downs 18 18
3rd down efficiency
9-19 6-15
4th down efficiency
1-2 0-0
Total Yards 335 273
Passing 240 98
Comp-Att
31-54 10-22
Yards per pass
4.4 4.5
Rushing 95 175
Rushing Attempts
28 48
Yards per rush
3.4 3.6
Penalties 12-95 5-47
Turnovers 4 1
Fumbles lost
3 1
Interceptions thrown
1 0
Possession 26:56 33:04


All I'm saying is that, over the years, I've seen Pac 10 teams go down there and, fully expecting them to get their asses kicked (which I expected in the LSU game), show up and play. I remember a pretty average OSU team going down to Baton Rouge and taking a good LSU team down to the wire.

I think this Oregon team is closer to this Bama team than THAT Oregon team was to THAT LSU team. Doesn't mean that they wouldn't get their asses kicked, but it's far from an automatic thing in my mind.

The biggest difference I see in this Oregon team from recent memory is Royce Freeman - kid is the fucking show.

Call me a conference homer, but I'm on the side of the argument that people everywhere else don't realize how much parity there is in this conference and that Pac teams can and do play with anybody.

Bama would be a challenge and an upset ... no doubt. But it's not David and Goliath by any stretch.

creepycoug

RoadDawg55 said:

It's not necessarily who Oregon has beaten, but they have gotten the plunger out in every game since the loss. Mariota has played great every week, Freeman is a beast, and Allen, Carrington, and Stanford are good WR's. The only question mark is the defense, but it has been playing pretty good the past few weeks.

And it is who they've beaten. They manhandled Furd, which while flawed, is still very physical. They eventually pulled away against Michigan State with physical play, on both sides, and importantly by rushing Freeman down their fucking throats, and Mich State can play defense.

I don't think this is our uncles' Oregon team. If they can get even one of those linemen back, it could be interesting.

Would love to see a Pac team, any Pac team, beat an SEC team for the marbles.

RaceBannon

Bama plays more teams like Oregon now as well.

RaceBannon

I also think Chip's team that played for the title is better than this year. I'm not worshipping Mariota just yet.

Oregon kills TCU. FSU is a toss up and Bama a 7 point favorite