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IMO, last night's game was a black eye for Justin Wilcox
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Oregon's offense can be handled after all.
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It kind of killed the Wilcox myth on here then ASU ensured that myth would die.
Stanford's defensive front did show the world of college football that Oregon's QB is perhaps human when pressured, but there was more to Oregon's demise than that.
Far more than just defense, Stanford's offense showed me (again) that Oregon can be beat with a ball control ground grinding offense that with almost every snap sends a message to the guys across the line of scrimmage that here "we come to pound you into the turf again.... and again.... and again". It's so much less difficult for any DC, even less capable than Wilcox, to stop the no-huddle hurry-up 80-play Oregon attack when the duck offense is on the sideline for 40 of those plays watching the other guy's offense poind the shit out of the clock.
Rather than wonder why Wilcox's defense couldn't stop Oregon while watching last night's game, I was (again) wondering why Sark didn't run the ball more against the ducks, but then all he has is an excellent RB and one can only wonder how much more excellent Bishop Sankey would be operating behind a Stanfordish OL. Obviously, we're reminded again that Oregon is beatable, but not by SarkBall....... not even close.
Doog snark aside, yryk
I mean he's still good but I think he looked better last year.
Feeney has regressed for sure and Timu is still missing tackles like he always has.
2) Wilcox has shown that he's a good, but not great, DC with lots of room for growth still
3) Why more teams/LBs don't do what Skov was doing all night last night by blowing up the middle of the line by timing the snap count (since it's painfully obvious when each team in the shotgun is going to snap the ball) is beyond me ... it's Section14aFS that more don't do it
4) Stanford once again showed that the game is won in the trenches and not with track athletes running all over the place
5) Why was I not surprised to hear during the game that Mariota had a MCL sprain as an "excuse" for his struggles?
As pathetic as it is, Sark may keep his job because Woodtard & others are afraid to let go of their big investment in Wilcox & others.
Have any of those blue chippers gotten better since their freshman year? I don't think so. Kasen's stats were better but that doesn't necessarily mean he improved.
ASJ has regressed this year and is no longer the weapon that he was.
Shaq I'd say has a slight regression because he hasn't improved. If you stay the same you are getting worse IMO.
The lack of player development which has plagued this program more than recruiting has the past decade is still rather obvious here. Sure you have guys making great leaps like Sankey but as a whole the lack of player development pisses me off.
Why can't anyone else see that? I mean the recruiting rankings/talent on this team has improved every year yet we are still the same 7-6 team. Connect the dots already Doogs.
I hate our fans.