[washingtonismoney]

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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 had the exact same thought on that play.  In fact, there were a couple plays in that second half where the runner made it to the second level and I thought, "Love could have scored on that one".  He doesn't always, of course, but you like his chances one on one.

BC
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Me three. I liked what I saw of Speights -- he runs like one of those bullets in Super Mario -- but I wonder if it's a bit of an asterisk given the lopsided score.

[washingtonismoney]

[quote author=CTcard link=topic=17693.msg206727#msg206727 date=1508157247]

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 had the exact same thought on that play.  In fact, there were a couple plays in that second half where the runner made it to the second level and I thought, "Love could have scored on that one".  He doesn't always, of course, but you like his chances one on one.

BC
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Me three. I liked what I saw of Speights -- he runs like one of those bullets in Super Mario -- but I wonder if it's a bit of an asterisk given the lopsided score.