Interesting article about Oregon's high-tempo mentality

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At Oregon, it's all about moving quickly and saving time - latimes.com

Oregon's theory is teams will ultimately get tired of giving chase, and so far it's working. The Ducks have outscored opponents in the second half, 128-13.

"If you watch other teams, their posture in the second half, they'll be bending over," Ducks linebacker Casey Matthews said.

The Sept. 11 game at Tennessee was 13-13 at intermission and ended 48-13.

"That tempo they were going at kind of got to us and wore us down," Tennessee defensive end Chris Walker said.

Volunteers Coach Derek Dooley remarked, "It's the fastest offense you'll see."
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Several coaches have visited Oregon to study this speed symphony. Jon Gruden recently told the New York Times he wanted to move to Eugene and spend a season watching Kelly's offense, though Gruden's wife could not be sold on the idea.
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Everyone will be doing it in a few years or the NCAA will changes the rules giving defenses a chance. Not sure which, but I think one of these things will happen.
 
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I would be shocked if what kelly is doing resulted in some rule change.
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Nightowl said:
72, 48, 69, 42, 52, 43, 60.

Even that isn't having much luck...
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To be fair, Oregons has only faced once opponent above .500, and they've yet to face a good defense this season. The thing is, they probably wont have to until bowl season.
 
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Scoring defense rankings...

New Mexico - 120th
Tennessee - 74th
Portland State - FCS
Arizona State - 51st
Stanford - 58th
Washington State - 118th
UCLA - 91st

Left on the schedule...

USC - 62nd
Washington - 97th
California - 41st
Arizona - 7th
Oregon St - 94th

Arizona's a Friday night game in Autzen. Mandatory viewing for all. Could be the Ducks first home loss since Oregon State in 2007.
 
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milohimself said:
Scoring defense rankings...

New Mexico - 120th
Tennessee - 74th
Portland State - FCS
Arizona State - 51st
Stanford - 58th
Washington State - 118th
UCLA - 91st

Left on the schedule...

USC - 62nd
Washington - 97th
California - 41st
Arizona - 7th
Oregon St - 94th

Arizona's a Friday night game in Autzen. Mandatory viewing for all. Could be the Ducks first home loss since Oregon State in 2007.
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Nice stats milo...I enjoy watching their high octane offense but I commented in another thread about them being like the 08 Oklahoma team..putting up great stats against mediocre defenses..will be curious to see how they fair against an elite D...
 
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milohimself said:
Scoring defense rankings...

New Mexico - 120th
Tennessee - 74th
Portland State - FCS
Arizona State - 51st
Stanford - 58th
Washington State - 118th
UCLA - 91st

Left on the schedule...

USC - 62nd
Washington - 97th
California - 41st
Arizona - 7th
Oregon St - 94th

Arizona's a Friday night game in Autzen. Mandatory viewing for all. Could be the Ducks first home loss since Oregon State in 2007.
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USC should be interesting. I think they have the offense to make it close and oregon hasn't been within 2 tds of SC at the colesium for years.

They'll roll UW. Too slow on D.

Cal has either shut out a team or give up 40. If cal loses to asu this sat look for this game to be a blowout. otherwise it's hard to say. cal has plenty of nlf talent on D and good speed, but seems to get deer in the headlights in big games or against good offenses. Though cal's d has done very well against kelly's spread 2 out of 3 years. and cal is just a different team at home

If fowles is healthy (debatable) this is a good game. Arizona doesn't have a very good offense though.

OSU's D has sucked, but in the past it's improved as the year has progressed.
 
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OSU's already getting better on D. Oregon will score their points though, and as good as Katz can play, they have no shot of keeping up on the scoreboard without James Rodgers.

A good buddy of mine (Ducks fan) who's actually a pretty astute college football fan is worried most about the Cal game. Road game, trap game, alright defense, and Kevin Riley has shown occasional ability to chuck it around.
 
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if cal beats oregon kevin riley wont be the reason. it will be shane vereen and the cal d. riley is truly horrible. before teh usc debacle i honestly thought cal would win the game. not because i think cal is that great but because it's the type of game tedford generally wins. home game, revenge game, etc. now i'm concerned we get intimitated by big games that aren't stanford. in the past though we've rolled oregon at home when they've been highly ranked.
 
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droski said:
probably. stoops on the road isn't generally a recipe for an upset.
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Maybe it's hubris but I am really not scared of an Arizona team in Autzen. Arizona @ Arizona is a whole other story. The three scariest games left in my opinion are...

@ USC
@ OSU
@ Cal

Oregon won't lose in Autzen. Bet on it.
 
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Going into the game...

2008: Cal - UR; UofO - 23 (Cal W 26-16)
2006: Cal - 16; UofO - 11 (Cal W 45-24)
2004: Cal - 4; UofO - UR (Cal W 28-27)

Kind of a dubious statement... The only blowout occurred when both teams were highly ranked.
 
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droski said:
I tend to agree. Not unless arizona finds an offense.
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Arizona has the 9th ranked passing offense in the country, and Nick Foles has the 2nd highest completion percentage in the nation. There's your offense.

The game being in Autzen is going to give Oregon a huge advantage though...
 
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milohimself said:
Going into the game...

2008: Cal - UR; UofO - 23 (Cal W 26-16)
2006: Cal - 16; UofO - 11 (Cal W 45-24)
2004: Cal - 4; UofO - UR (Cal W 28-27)

Kind of a dubious statement... The only blowout occurred when both teams were highly ranked.
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08 was an utter domination despite the final score. Fact remains that cal and USC have had little problems at home against Oregon and in the PAC 10 ypu find those streaks are hard to break.
 
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milohimself said:
Scoring defense rankings...

New Mexico - 120th
Tennessee - 74th
Portland State - FCS
Arizona State - 51st
Stanford - 58th
Washington State - 118th
UCLA - 91st

Left on the schedule...

USC - 62nd
Washington - 97th
California - 41st
Arizona - 7th
Oregon St - 94th

Arizona's a Friday night game in Autzen. Mandatory viewing for all. Could be the Ducks first home loss since Oregon State in 2007.
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Most recent home loss was BSU on 9/20/08.
 
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If he is, though, Arizona has a great matchup. Highly ranked run defense, one of the best QB's in the country.

Oregon will win, but it's their best shot to lose at home to a conference foe in a long while.
 
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milohimself said:
If he is, though, Arizona has a great matchup. Highly ranked run defense, one of the best QB's in the country.

Oregon will win, but it's their best shot to lose at home to a conference foe in a long while.
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I'd argue that the likelihood of a loss in the Civil War last year was higher, but whatever.
 
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DuckinTN said:
I'd argue that the likelihood of a loss in the Civil War last year was higher, but whatever.
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I'd agree with that 100%. The Beavs gave us an incredible ball game. But I see what Milo's saying... Arizona with a healthy Foles COULD be a very intriguing showdown.
 
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