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RE: This week in opponents: Week 1 - martyup - 08-31-2019

(08-31-2019, 07:17 PM)BostonCard Wrote: Clearly Oregon did the most in terms of going on the road against a ranked opponent and beating them solidly.
 

Umm . . . it's not over yet.  OR is up 21 -13 with 3:11 left in the 3rd.

RE: This week in opponents: Week 1 - OutsiderFan - 08-31-2019

Oregon has not won yet. They are up 8 with a quarter to go.

RE: This week in opponents: Week 1 - d4cohn - 08-31-2019

(08-31-2019, 07:21 PM)OutsiderFan Wrote: Oregon has not won yet. They are up 8 with a quarter to go.

I mean, we know how good the Ducks are when they have a 99% chance of winning the game. :)

RE: This week in opponents: Week 1 - BostonCard - 08-31-2019

Whatever the Ducks were doing earlier on offense, they have to do that again. Last three Oregon drives: two three and outs and three punts.

BC

RE: This week in opponents: Week 1 - washingtonismoney - 08-31-2019

I just think it's hard to go wire-to-wire crushing an opponent.

RE: This week in opponents: Week 1 - martyup - 08-31-2019

Why didn't Auburn go for 2?

RE: This week in opponents: Week 1 - BostonCard - 08-31-2019

Yeah all of a sudden it’s a one-point game.

BC

RE: This week in opponents: Week 1 - needle - 08-31-2019

Quote:It wasn’t pretty, but NW is a legit P5 opponent, who will likely win 7+ games.

At the end of the year, Northwestern will be described as a "good," solid team with 4-5 wins. Today's game says very little about what Stanford can accomplish against good teams.

RE: This week in opponents: Week 1 - BostonCard - 08-31-2019

(08-31-2019, 07:46 PM)martyup Wrote: Why didn't Auburn go for 2?

False start meant they would have had to convert from the 7. BC

Mario Crystobal May have cost his team the game.  First, he calls a time out to try to get Herbert back in after he was hurt, then he has to call a time out because after an injury, a player isn’t allowed to come back even if a time out is called.  Then he goes for it on fourth and one with his backup and gets stuffed. Then again, auburn goes three and out so Oregon will get the ball back. BC

RE: This week in opponents: Week 1 - OutsiderFan - 08-31-2019

Oregon, really?  REALLY? SMH.  They HAD this game, JUST like they did Stanford last year.  UN-REAL.

RE: This week in opponents: Week 1 - BostonCard - 08-31-2019

What a choke by the Ducks. BC

Up 21-6, Oregon gives up 21 unanswered points.  Brutal. BC

RE: This week in opponents: Week 1 - d4cohn - 08-31-2019

(08-31-2019, 08:20 PM)BostonCard Wrote: What a choke by the Ducks. BC

Up 21-6, Oregon gives up 21 unanswered points.  Brutal. BC

And this is why, despite their talent, Oregon does not scare me (sure we can absolutely lose to them, butyou can also count on Cristobal to totally mis-manage a game). And this is why I give Coach Shawa lot of credit for seeing out so many games (ASU, today against Northwestern etc.) in his tenure; as Cristobalcontinues to prove, it is harder than it looks.  And in the end, I will take ugly wins over losses like this any day and twice on Sundays.

RE: This week in opponents: Week 1 - OutsiderFan - 08-31-2019

d4cohn Wrote:

BostonCard Wrote:What a choke by the Ducks. BC

Up 21-6, Oregon gives up 21 unanswered points.  Brutal. BC

 And this is why, despite their talent, Oregon does not scare me (sure we can absolutely lose to them, butyou can also count on Cristobal to totally mis-manage a game). And this is why I give Coach Shawa lot of credit for seeing out so many games (ASU, today against Northwestern etc.) in his tenure; as Cristobalcontinues to prove, it is harder than it looks.  And in the end, I will take ugly wins over losses like this any day and twice on Sundays.

Quote:How did Cristobal mismanage the game, exactly?

RE: This week in opponents: Week 1 - washingtonismoney - 08-31-2019

Meanwhile, SC is clearly better than Fresno, but the Bulldogs are hanging around, hanging around. 17-10 SC with Fresno driving. Wunderkind JT Daniels has a little too little wunder and is getting a bit old to be a kind, and has been making some questionable decisions, including a bad pick on the goalline.

SC's offense so far today is why i still feel grumpy about the Airraid and prefer other spread- or pro-style offenses. They're having great success running the ball but have called double the number of passes.

RE: This week in opponents: Week 1 - BostonCard - 08-31-2019

Let me count the ways.  With a 15 point lead, he had drives of 1:31, 2:32, and 1:31.  Like he couldn’t take some time off the clock with a lead like that. There’s the fact that he pissed away two time outs, and with a lead went for it on fourth and one from midfield with a backup QB, when he could have pinned Auburn deep. With about five minutes left, Oregon was snapping the ball with ten seconds left. They could have left auburn with virtually no time on the clock... but no. In a little over two seasons, Oregon has pissed away two 15-point leads.  I wonder how many 15-point leads Stanford has given up in Shaw’s entire tenure. BC

RE: This week in opponents: Week 1 - washingtonismoney - 08-31-2019

Daniels is injured in the SC game.

RE: This week in opponents: Week 1 - BostonCard - 08-31-2019

(08-31-2019, 09:08 PM)washingtonismoney Wrote: Meanwhile, SC is clearly better than Fresno, but the Bulldogs are hanging around, hanging around. 17-10 SC with Fresno driving. Wunderkind JT Daniels has a little too little wunder and is getting a bit old to be a kind, and has been making some questionable decisions, including a bad pick on the goalline. 

SC's offense so far today is why i still feel grumpy about the Airraid and prefer other spread- or pro-style offenses. They're having great success running the ball but have called double the number of passes.

Yeah, 6.3 yards per pass versus 7.1 yards per cary.  So of course USC has run it 15 times and thrown 34 passes. BC

RE: This week in opponents: Week 1 - Goose - 08-31-2019

(08-31-2019, 09:21 PM)BostonCard Wrote: Let me count the ways.  With a 15 point lead, he had drives of 1:31, 2:32, and 1:31.  Like he couldn’t take some time off the clock with a lead like that. There’s the fact that he pissed away two time outs, and with a lead went for it on fourth and one from midfield with a backup QB, when he could have pinned Auburn deep. With about five minutes left, Oregon was snapping the ball with ten seconds left. They could have left auburn with virtually no time on the clock... but no. In a little over two seasons, Oregon has pissed away two 15-point leads.  I wonder how many 15-point leads Stanford has given up in Shaw’s entire tenure. BC

Just to add to what BC has posted, take a look at https://www.addictedtoquack.com/2019/8/31/20842805/oregon-falls-short-against-auburn-27-21 Look at the comments section. Some of the errors they attribute to the coaching staff may be questionable, but most are not.

RE: This week in opponents: Week 1 - washingtonismoney - 08-31-2019

Daniels carted off: <meta charset="utf-8"><a href="https://twitter.com/keelyismyname/status/1168017916635181056">https://twitter.com/keelyismyname/status/1168017916635181056</a>

RE: This week in opponents: Week 1 - BostonCard - 08-31-2019

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