09-25-2011, 11:34 AM
(09-25-2011, 08:25 AM)washingtonismoney link Wrote:Oregon's final yards per play numbers: 7.7 on offense (including a very poor 5.1 yards per pass attempt) and 5.2 yards per play allowed. Broadly similar to ours, though with all the injuries we had I'll be biased and declare our effort superior.
ASU vs the University of South Central had 5.7 yards per play both gained and allowed. the University of South Central's defense doesn't impress me much, though it has the most proven coaches there.
Ducks QB Thomas seems to have regressed this year. Very inconsistent with frequent bad misses of open receivers on intermediate routes and not really close on the deep passing game. Most of their success has come from screens, swings, wheel routes -Â short stuff with nice YAC by their backs. Their top 2 WRs gone from 2010 and they have no Owusu analog ready to plug in as a #1.
Their Oline is continuing to improve, and based on last night LaMichael James has his mojo back. However if some team sells out to stop the run and has decent cover corners to go 1:1 they could be vulnerable. Kal & ASU - their next 2 games - might qualify, but both play in Eugene, which is tough. Worth going to school on.
