EastBayDuckDad

One elite edge player a year, that's all we ask. As Charles astutely identified in the lead and many have repeated in this thread, this priority in recruiting and development is the driving force for a championship level defense. . Road block DTs, solid ILBs and lock down DBs are crucial in the 4-2-5, but they allow the star of the show to be the havoc creating Edge, keeping the QB in the pocket and disrupting any throw that takes longer than one-one thousand, two-one thousand. It's why Garrett, Clowney, Watt, Bosa, Hutchinson, Hendrickson and Crosby (and KT) are all household names and 1st round picks. And why OTs like Sewell and Alt are drafted right next to them to prevent those household names from knocking the QB into an MRI scanner. If Burch can stay healthy down the stretch, the 1-2 punch with MatayoU (and Tuioti as more of an OLB) on the edge is championship level stuff. And there is great talent waiting in the depth chart with Purchase, Winston and Rushing. I have no doubt that they would be starting for nearly any BIG team not named Oregon, tOSU and maybe Michigan. To add Elee and maybe another 4-5☆ to that list for 2025 will potentially push OBD into that elite Georgia category. Yep, you can see it from here and it appears that DL and TL can too.

Losing your O-line anchor and "qb" is a tough turn, particularly when that center is All-American caliber. Even if tOSU has a capable backup, there is no way that their offense doesn't suffer. Witness Oregon's early season woes with Pickard when Pancho was shifted to OG. And from a historical perspective, need I even say it? ...Alamo Bowl. We saw what happened when Bucknuts lost a starting tackle against OBD. More false starts and problems in the run game. Just enough to make a difference. What happens against Indiana this weekend will be telling and the Ducks will be the beneficiary regardless of who they face in the B1G CG. I still see tOSU winning and facing OBD in the title game. With Harmon or Caldwell breathing down his neck, their center will have his work cut out for him.

Boise St's one loss was to the #1 team, in their (our) house, by a FG. They've earned that #12 spot and maybe the first round bye. At the very least they deserve to be in the playoff.

4 of 5 top spots to B1G. #1 Oregon #2 tOSU #3 Texas #4 Penn St #5 Indiana It won't stay that way but sometimes you gotta live in the moment.

And now a TD pass to TFrank to put the Broncos up 28-6. Yep, big mistake to take Nix in the 1st round. But I may be a little biased.

Bo has Denver up on Atlanta 21-6 at the half. 2 TD tosses. 17/19 for 192 yds with an RTG of 144. Spreading the ball around to six receivers including TFrank. The Bronco D is doing a great job. Looking forward to Bolts v Bengals tonight with JH.

There was something clenched during the majority of that game until the final two minutes alright.

All except that last fake FG. DL should have taken the three to force Whisky to drive the field and score a TD.

Time to take the win and limp into the bye week. Get some juice back and heal up. Beat the purple poodles!

There's the stop. Now drive this home. Go Ducks!

This'll fire up the D. Get a stop and another score

Los cojones grandes for WS and DL calling the TFerg pass on 4th and 9

Ok, where the hell was that offense for the first three quarters

Ok, this is where good teams show their mettle. Recover from a crappy first half and win. Defense not playing badly, just not getting any help from the offense. Ducks need to adjust the scheme, execute on this first drive of the 3rd and run the damn ball

So they're up instead. Crappy half for OBD. Something better happen at the half to light a fire.

Manning gets burned. This will be tied at the half

Harmon holding, totally unforced error. Now up to eight penalties. In the first half. DL needs to reset things in the locker room at the break.

TEs getting beat in the run game.

Just not in sync in the pass game. Run the damn ball!

Well this won't be a boat race given the first quarter. More like a tugboat regatta. O-line not performing well yet and offense just stuck in second gear.

That one's on Gabriel, threw behind Lowe. Can't do that and let UW think they can hang. D has to keep the pressure on. Lesson here is run the ball!

Tuioti wth a nice strip sack. Got three on the subsequent series but offense seems not yet in sync. Oregon's defense spending more time in Whisky's backfield than their own players with another strip sack. Hope Manning is ok

U$C wins on a walk-off pick in the endzone where the Nebraska WR was the victim of blatant PI hold. Almost missing the Pac-12 officiating after watching a season of this garbage.

Oregon 36-16 2 TO 3 Sacks 245 yds thru the air While I can appreciate Whisky's fan base desire to avenge the last few high profile losses to OBD, the fact is the Rose Bowl was four years ago with different players and coaching staffs. They have home field advantage, a bye week lead-in and that's about it.

If Oregon is going to lose one, let it be a squeaker to tOSU in the B1G CG. No value whatsoever in dropping one to Whisky. The correction curve will be the same and the Ducks will be in the top five come selection day.