What did we learn-Game 2 Oregon

[CharBroiled]

I don't think the defense changed too much at all. If it would have, the D would have generated pressure numbers, but instead came away with ZERO sacks and 3 TFL and I'm not even sure if they registered any hurries.

[LaunchCode]

35 minutes ago, Mavric said:

 

I mean .... I guess I hope they considered us a bit more of a threat to come back from a big deficit than Southern Utah.  So I'm not sure that really carries much weight.

 

Royce Freeman had 11 carries in the first half.  He carried it on four of their first five plays in the second half.  I would say they thought they had a good enough rushing attack - with one of the better back in the nation - that they could still get some yards running the ball and no take as many chances throwing it.  And then after they threw the interception they decided to mainly stick to running it and throwing safe passes instead of pushing it down the field like they did in the first half.

Their second play in the 3rd quarter was a completed pass.

 

Their 6th offensive play of 3rd quarter was an INT. 

 

2 of their first 6 plays were passes, certainly not evidence suggesting "they come out conservative".   In fact the score was 28-42 by the ducks second possession of the second half.  Only a two score lead with 9 minutes left in the third and they were trying to salt the game away? lol that doesn't even make sense. 

 

Two things happened in the second half were N tightened on D and whatever "high" duck players were on in the first half had worn off in the second.

[Mavric]

Just now, LaunchCode said:

Their second play in the 3rd quarter was a completed pass.

 

Their 6th offensive play of 3rd quarter was an INT. 

 

2 of their first 6 plays were passes, certainly not evidence suggesting "they come out conservative".   In fact the score was 28-42 by the ducks second possession of the second half.  Only a two score lead with 9 minutes left in the third and they were trying to salt the game away? lol that doesn't even make sense. 

 

Two things happened in the second half were N tightened on D and whatever "high" duck players were on in the first half had worn off in the second.

 

So they called 55% passes in the first half.  The fact that they called 33% passes early in the second half is proof to you that nothing changed.

 

OK.

[knapplc]

Willie Taggart talked about their play calling:

 

 

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This was a tale of two halves. In the first half, Oregon’s offense amassed 409 total yards and six scores on their way to a 42-14 halftime lead. Over the final 30 minutes, the Duck defense stepped up with the offense being held scoreless. The UO secondary accounted for four interceptions on the day, while holding Nebraska’s offense to 361 total yards.

 

“I wouldn’t necessarily say it got conservative. They kept running the same defense,” said head coach Willie Taggart. “We were running the same plays in the second half, we just didn’t execute. We didn’t play with a sense of urgency like we did in the first half.”

 

 

Mav's stats don't lie, and Taggart said they were calling the same plays. I didn't see the second half, so I don't know if those were run/pass options that the QB chose to run with, or if they truly did call the same plays. 

 

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[LaunchCode]

1 hour ago, Mavric said:

 

So they called 55% passes in the first half.  The fact that they called 33% passes early in the second half is proof to you that nothing changed.

 

OK.

They passed 7 of 17 plays in the third quarter.  That's 42% not 33%.  Seriously, that's a lot of passing for a team "playing it conservative, especially when the second pass of the 3rd quarter was an INT. 

 

Results of those 7 pass plays: 1 INT 2 Incompletions 4 receptions

[marko polo]

16 minutes ago, LaunchCode said:

Their second play in the 3rd quarter was a completed pass.

 

Their 6th offensive play of 3rd quarter was an INT. 

 

2 of their first 6 plays were passes, certainly not evidence suggesting "they come out conservative".   In fact the score was 28-42 by the ducks second possession of the second half.  Only a two score lead with 9 minutes left in the third and they were trying to salt the game away? lol that doesn't even make sense. 

 

Two things happened in the second half were N tightened on D and whatever "high" duck players were on in the first half had worn off in the second.

Oh they was high alright

we need some of what they're smokin

[cornhuskers4ever]

I like how the Defense clicked, and found itself in the 2nd half.  

Oregon was scoreless in the 2nd half. 

 

[Mavric]

35 minutes ago, knapplc said:

Willie Taggart talked about their play calling:

 

Mav's stats don't lie, and Taggart said they were calling the same plays. I didn't see the second half, so I don't know if those were run/pass options that the QB chose to run with, or if they truly did call the same plays. 

 

¯\_(ツ)_/¯

 

I don't think they did.  At least not in the passing game.  

 

Hopefully I'll get a look tonight but they were not throwing it down the field nearly as much in the second half.

[Enhance]

It's hard for me to take much from the second half. The vast majority of teams will likely lower their standards when sporting a 42-14 half time lead. There was probably some combination of Nebraska making corrections and playing better while Oregon relaxed and started making mistakes.

 

Nebraska is still probably a 8-9 win team at best and I think Oregon is still an 8-9 win team at best.

[Mavric]

 

[VectorVictor]

I learned that I love Copper Alt from ZipLine Brewing and that Texas' beer laws are for **** because the majority in the state legislature prostitutes themselves out to InBev. 

 

And yes, this is very related, as it's the Copper Alts I had in the second quarter which kept me from shooting my TV and getting frustrated. 

 

(no, I wouldn't shoot the TV because of the Oregon game. Now, if we miss a bowl game...well, it's a good thing Black Friday will have all sorts of 4K TVs on sale). 

 

 

[knapplc]

Just now, VectorVictor said:

I learned that I love Copper Alt from ZipLine Brewing

 

It is my favorite beer, by far, right now. Sam's sells a case of long necks for $27. Makes me a happy guy.

[VectorVictor]

Just now, knapplc said:

 

It is my favorite beer, by far, right now. Sam's sells a case of long necks for $27. Makes me a happy guy.

 

How much would you charge to send a case to an aspiring alcoholic in DFW?

[BigRedBuster]

Looking at Oregon's play calls more.....

 

3rd quarter......They ran the ball 8 times passed the ball 7 times.  So....almost 50 - 50.  I don't know if any of the runs were RPO.

 

3rd quarter drives passing:

 

1st drive 1- 1

2nd drive 0-1 Interception

3rd drive 3-5

 

Now, then they went into the 4th quarter and on the first drive they were 0-1.

 

So, on 4 drives, they were quickly down to a 4-8 completion percentage and they were not moving the ball because drives were stalling with incomplete passes.  They also had one interception that lead to a TD.

 

So, from this, it appears to me that starting off the 4th quarter, they planned to run the ball a little more than the first half.  But, not that much more.  HOWEVER, their passing game became ineffective.  After having one pass play on the first drive of the 4th that was incomplete and the drive stalled, they decided to do nothing but run the ball and eat up clock as much as possible.

[Mavric]

I don't think simply looking at whether plays were runs or passes tells the whole story.  The passes they completed were for 7, 38, 6 and 1 yards.  So they weren't forcing it down the field as much, i.e, being more conservative.  I'm not sure what play the 38 yard gain was but it was probably down the field and the interception was but obviously the other's weren't really as aggressive.

 

Plus, there's when those passes came.  On the first drive, they went run-pass-run.  On the second they went run-run-pass.  On the third they went run-run-run-run-run-pass-pass-pass-pass-pass.  The fourth possession was run-run-pass.  So they were running early in the possession and passing on third down or after they had put together a good drive running the ball so had accomplished their objective.