Marsh Duck Tuesday and I will say it is always more fun to talk about a win than a loss.

Oregon's Win Over Northwestern is a Testament to Experience

Is Jay Johnson the solution at Offensive Coordinator?

Thank you, David. Among many of your fine articles, this was one of the best.

Now, will the Ducks get a B1G road win?

"The defense didn't feel defeated by an inept offense."

I think this sums up the second half of the Illinois game. Nearly an entire half of defensive dominance was negated by one bad defensive play. The offense could never separate, then couldn't stay even and finally couldn't catch up. You felt the vibe of the D ebb one series after another as the offense became a parody of ineptitude.

1 minute ago, Jon Joseph said:

Now, will the Ducks get a B1G road win?

Against Ohio State?

Yeah I'm not sure. The Ohio State offense has problems and so does their defense.

I have a feeling this might turn into a defensive slugfest and one that I think every point will matter. When it comes to the Oregon offense it doesn't need to be fancy it just needs to be executed and minimize the mistakes.

That's not to say the Ducks shouldn't take some shots down the field (they kinda need to) but it will be about building a sequence of plays that makes sense. Maybe that take that deep shot on first down and if it's incomplete don't follow second and third down with bad screen play. This was a Mehringer problem (granted I only have one game's worth of observations on Jay Johnson) where Mehringer would have a bad call and continue to follow it up with increasingly desperate calls. That can't be the case against Ohio State even in their weakened state.

There will be three-and-outs there will be stalled out drives. It will be about leaning into what works and executing it.