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However, Wilson's block should have been the key, as the Ducks still had numbers at the point of attack, and it really took a misplay by Oregon's #15 to spring Love.

Nominally yes, as the duckies did have one more defender there than we had blocker. The eventual success is split between #15's bad angle, Fanaika managing to get in #15s way after blocking #35, and Love himself being quick and taking the best line through the hole.

Well, the whole point of pulling a guard is to have numbers at the point of attack and being able to put a blocker on every putative tackler.  It means that the likelihood of the play working against a more disciplined opponent is low, unless the play can be redesigned (if flawed) or the execution cleaned up (if it was an execution problem). 

BC

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Speaking of the offensive line, it may be worth reviewing their PFF grades.

https://stanford.rivals.com/news/stanfor...-at-oregon

Player	Overalll	Pass Block	Run Block
Wilson	62	62	62
Herbig	62	68	59
Fanaika	57	70	53
Burkett	55	59	54
Dalman	54	56	53
Hall	46	62	52
Little	45	46	52

Rough day for our all-everything LT, which jibes with what I thought at the time.  On the other hand, not a good game for other tackle either, which is not the impression I got at the time, although he was better in pass protection.

BC

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However, Wilson's block should have been the key, as the Ducks still had numbers at the point of attack, and it really took a misplay by Oregon's #15 to spring Love.

Nominally yes, as the duckies did have one more defender there than we had blocker. The eventual success is split between #15's bad angle, Fanaika managing to get in #15s way after blocking #35, and Love himself being quick and taking the best line through the hole.

Well, the whole point of pulling a guard is to have numbers at the point of attack and being able to put a blocker on every putative tackler.  It means that the likelihood of the play working against a more disciplined opponent is low, unless the play can be redesigned (if flawed) or the execution cleaned up (if it was an execution problem). 

BC

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Speaking of the offensive line, it may be worth reviewing their PFF grades.

https://stanford.rivals.com/news/stanfor...-at-oregon

Player	Overalll	Pass Block	Run Block
Wilson	62	62	62
Herbig	62	68	59
Fanaika	57	70	53
Burkett	55	59	54
Dalman	54	56	53
Hall	46	62	52
Little	45	46	52

Rough day for our all-everything LT, which jibes with what I thought at the time.  On the other hand, not a good game for other tackle either, which is not the impression I got at the time, although he was better in pass protection.

BC