[JPR36]

I am in for TREES 37, DUCK-FLUFF 20.  
* Looking at the SJST film on Pac12N, their OLine did not move Spartans much, and their D-Line is soft. 
They play some 2-4-5 like we do, and look more like SDSU:  agile quick LBs, but they lack heft up front.  
==>  Our run game gets healthy on Oregon.   And the PassPro needs to pick up the blitzing LBs.  
* Our TEs and JJAW will be open all day.  SJSU has a stud TE in Oliver, and he feasted on Ducks.  
==>  Play action will yield first downs; their DBs cannot stay with our array of talent.  
* Dial up the blitz packages; We cannot rush 3 and let Herbert pick his receiver.  Get into his duckbill, early.  
-- I think Fox and Reid can cover for Toohill being out, and I think they are quicker -- important for Ducks.
* They have some skill players:  But Herbert is not Mariotta; and Royce Freeman is gone; so is D.Thomas and LaMichael James.
* Without Love last week:  Speights got good reps.  I want to see more of Heimuli flattening ducks. 
* Put Michael Wilson back for punts; he posted bonus yardage.  Justus Woods showed a little flash in garbage time.  
* KJC isn't a rookie anymore -- I think he gets it together on the road.  Autzen gets real quiet if we score first.  
With disciplined Shaw, I think ESPN Game Day is a bigger distraction for Oregon than us.  It's their pond.

Tough one to call because I have no idea how good the Ducks are, since they have just played cupcakes. I think Justin Herbert is overrated as an H-man candidate, but he still is the best QB we will have faced this year. Yeah, they weren't very impressive against SJS, but we weren't very impressive against UC Davis either.
We should be able to run on the Ducks if we can find enough healthy bodies to field an O-Line. We should be able to pass on them, too, as long as Costello doesn't have the kind of day he had in the first quarter of the Davis game.
If this game were in Palo Alto, I'd be pretty confident of victory. Unfortunately it isn't. Hope we play better on the road this year than we did the last.
At the end of the day I think we win a close one. Cardinal 24, Quackers 20.

P.S. I definitely agree that the key to the game is getting pressure (a lot) on Herbert.

[JPR36]

I am in for TREES 37, DUCK-FLUFF 20.  
* Looking at the SJST film on Pac12N, their OLine did not move Spartans much, and their D-Line is soft. 
They play some 2-4-5 like we do, and look more like SDSU:  agile quick LBs, but they lack heft up front.  
==>  Our run game gets healthy on Oregon.   And the PassPro needs to pick up the blitzing LBs.  
* Our TEs and JJAW will be open all day.  SJSU has a stud TE in Oliver, and he feasted on Ducks.  
==>  Play action will yield first downs; their DBs cannot stay with our array of talent.  
* Dial up the blitz packages; We cannot rush 3 and let Herbert pick his receiver.  Get into his duckbill, early.  
-- I think Fox and Reid can cover for Toohill being out, and I think they are quicker -- important for Ducks.
* They have some skill players:  But Herbert is not Mariotta; and Royce Freeman is gone; so is D.Thomas and LaMichael James.
* Without Love last week:  Speights got good reps.  I want to see more of Heimuli flattening ducks. 
* Put Michael Wilson back for punts; he posted bonus yardage.  Justus Woods showed a little flash in garbage time.  
* KJC isn't a rookie anymore -- I think he gets it together on the road.  Autzen gets real quiet if we score first.  
With disciplined Shaw, I think ESPN Game Day is a bigger distraction for Oregon than us.  It's their pond.

Tough one to call because I have no idea how good the Ducks are, since they have just played cupcakes. I think Justin Herbert is overrated as an H-man candidate, but he still is the best QB we will have faced this year. Yeah, they weren't very impressive against SJS, but we weren't very impressive against UC Davis either.
We should be able to run on the Ducks if we can find enough healthy bodies to field an O-Line. We should be able to pass on them, too, as long as Costello doesn't have the kind of day he had in the first quarter of the Davis game.
If this game were in Palo Alto, I'd be pretty confident of victory. Unfortunately it isn't. Hope we play better on the road this year than we did the last.
At the end of the day I think we win a close one. Cardinal 24, Quackers 20.

P.S. I definitely agree that the key to the game is getting pressure (a lot) on Herbert.