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The mismatch wasn't only at QB.  Their offensive line did a much better job run blocking than ours.  Royce Freeman is much better than any RB we have.

And, to be clear, I am not criticizing Shaw. Sometimes, you just get beat by a better team.

Right, but the mismatch at QB is like 95% of why we lost, based on the plays he was making with his arm and legs. If Oregon has Darron Thomas instead of Mariota that game is nowhere near that bad. Sort of like how when we lost Andrew Luck we basically lost 15-20 points off how much we scored. It'll be reeeeally interesting to see what Helfrich can do next year without Mariota.

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The mismatch wasn't only at QB.  Their offensive line did a much better job run blocking than ours.  Royce Freeman is much better than any RB we have.

And, to be clear, I am not criticizing Shaw. Sometimes, you just get beat by a better team.

Right, but the mismatch at QB is like 95% of why we lost, based on the plays he was making with his arm and legs. If Oregon has Darron Thomas instead of Mariota that game is nowhere near that bad. Sort of like how when we lost Andrew Luck we basically lost 15-20 points off how much we scored. It'll be reeeeally interesting to see what Helfrich can do next year without Mariota.