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I think that his first long sideline pass came on 3rd and 2 when JJAW maybe had half a step on the defender.  Perfect ball.  Some might question whether that is a high percentage play on 3rd and 2, but there is no disputing that it was perfectly executed by Chryst and JJAW. So good for them.

The play occurred on 2nd and 11.

[A later long completion to JJAW was on a 3rd and 4.]

Was really hoping Love would get one other big run (35-40 yards) to log another MONSTROUS game.  As it was, the Monster fizzled after Q1.  Do you think that was because Stanford went away from Love or Oregon closed the gaps?

Well, mostly it fizzled because Love twisted his ankle.

While Love didn't have any big runs after the second series, he generally was getting pretty good yardage. I suspect if he had been healthy in the second half, he would have put up monster numbers as the Oregon defense tired and lost heart. Some of those nice gains by Speights and Scarlett he would have turned into large chunk plays (there was a particular run where Speights burst through a nice hole then ran dead smack into a tackler at about 12 yards. While it was a good tough finish, I have seen Love in similar situations make a quick turn to the side and then just run past the tackler).

I'm not sure why any team ever passes on Stanford - or more particularly, why Oregon didn't run it on every down in 1H.  That was alarming with Phillips and Kalambayi out.  But the D gave Oregon nothing in the 2H . . . and they liked it!

Well, Oregon barely passed on Stanford. They had 13 attempts on the game, 5 of those in the fourth quarter.

The 2nd half was pretty great. Oregon managed a total of 74 yards (inclusive of penalties) in the entire second half, with the biggest chunk of that coming against the backups at the very end.

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I think that his first long sideline pass came on 3rd and 2 when JJAW maybe had half a step on the defender.  Perfect ball.  Some might question whether that is a high percentage play on 3rd and 2, but there is no disputing that it was perfectly executed by Chryst and JJAW. So good for them.

The play occurred on 2nd and 11.

[A later long completion to JJAW was on a 3rd and 4.]

Was really hoping Love would get one other big run (35-40 yards) to log another MONSTROUS game.  As it was, the Monster fizzled after Q1.  Do you think that was because Stanford went away from Love or Oregon closed the gaps?

Well, mostly it fizzled because Love twisted his ankle.

While Love didn't have any big runs after the second series, he generally was getting pretty good yardage. I suspect if he had been healthy in the second half, he would have put up monster numbers as the Oregon defense tired and lost heart. Some of those nice gains by Speights and Scarlett he would have turned into large chunk plays (there was a particular run where Speights burst through a nice hole then ran dead smack into a tackler at about 12 yards. While it was a good tough finish, I have seen Love in similar situations make a quick turn to the side and then just run past the tackler).

I'm not sure why any team ever passes on Stanford - or more particularly, why Oregon didn't run it on every down in 1H.  That was alarming with Phillips and Kalambayi out.  But the D gave Oregon nothing in the 2H . . . and they liked it!

Well, Oregon barely passed on Stanford. They had 13 attempts on the game, 5 of those in the fourth quarter.

The 2nd half was pretty great. Oregon managed a total of 74 yards (inclusive of penalties) in the entire second half, with the biggest chunk of that coming against the backups at the very end.