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Distorted by what?  ןɐɔ's OL is a disaster.  They can't run or pass protect.

True, but the -40 includes sacks, which makes it look worse than it actually was.
 

WSU is not better running that they have been.  They have the #120 YPC in FBS.

Well, they had enough to get the first down against U$C when they needed it. Granted, their running game is not much, but I would argue that it is better than the #120. That also includes sacks, does it not?

Oregon couldn't tackle WSU RBs.  Think they are going to tackle Love?

Nope, I don't think they will, at least most of the time.  ;D However, I really don't want to see a 35-28 score at the end of the first half. We need to control tempo, so that our defense isn't totally gassed in the second half. As I see it, we are, on paper, the better team. We don't want a situation where one failed drive beats us. We want to keep this game clearly out of the "Anything can happen" camp. The fact we had to field an onside kick in order to ensure the victory against Utah was just what we don't want against Oregon. In the Utah game, that was directly traceable to two defensive mistakes that resulted in penalties. One of those was a mistake, but at least somewhat understandable. The second was just plain idiotic. We don't want it to be that close against Oregon, because sometimes the ball bounces funny.

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Distorted by what?  ןɐɔ's OL is a disaster.  They can't run or pass protect.

True, but the -40 includes sacks, which makes it look worse than it actually was.
 

WSU is not better running that they have been.  They have the #120 YPC in FBS.

Well, they had enough to get the first down against U$C when they needed it. Granted, their running game is not much, but I would argue that it is better than the #120. That also includes sacks, does it not?

Oregon couldn't tackle WSU RBs.  Think they are going to tackle Love?

Nope, I don't think they will, at least most of the time.  ;D However, I really don't want to see a 35-28 score at the end of the first half. We need to control tempo, so that our defense isn't totally gassed in the second half. As I see it, we are, on paper, the better team. We don't want a situation where one failed drive beats us. We want to keep this game clearly out of the "Anything can happen" camp. The fact we had to field an onside kick in order to ensure the victory against Utah was just what we don't want against Oregon. In the Utah game, that was directly traceable to two defensive mistakes that resulted in penalties. One of those was a mistake, but at least somewhat understandable. The second was just plain idiotic. We don't want it to be that close against Oregon, because sometimes the ball bounces funny.