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Oregon 37, Oregon State 33 (final)

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I really like how we match up with Oregon State. As in really like it.

Oregon definitely presents much more of a challenge because their type of offense is what has caused us trouble in the past. They run it so much better than scUM. However...AND THIS IS THE KEY THING...they don't run it with near the calibur of athletes that Florida and LSU ran it with. I think we would fare well against either team. Agree that Oregon would probably be favored going into the game. I think it would probably be a 3 point spread or less, however.
 
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Little trivia - Casey Kjos who grabbed the TD is a grad of Lakota East HS.
He got a schollie from the Beavers when then Bengals QB Jon Kitna forwarded Oregon State Kjos' tape.

Kjos was QB on the SW Ohio HS team.
 
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Jaxbuck;1611900; said:
I just have a hard time making fun of a team that managed to beat both the teams OSU lost to this year.
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They beat purdue because the 2 pt conversion was caught out of bounds by inches, which would have been unnecessary without the XP miss in the 1st quarter.
They gave up 2 more points to USC and 10 more to Purdue than OSU's defense did.
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Other than Michigan week, I've never seen you make this exception for Ohio State. They win with great offense and suspect defense (occasionally straying from that), OSU wins with great defense and suspect offense.
As a matter of fact their national defensive rankings aren't that bad at all;
Scoring D 44th
Total D 27th
Pass eff D 18th
run D 40
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FIFTY ONE points vs Stanford.
400 yds of offense by Arizona before OT.
36 pts by Purdue despite 3 turnovers.

Are they Boise State's weekly opponents? No, but they are not a very good defense. Whether they look like one against OSU is another matter.
 
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BuckeyeTillIDie;1611924; said:
We have a much better defensive line to deal with this type of offense, as opposed to when we play UF and LSU. There's nothing better than having a dominant line.
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That's very true as well. As a whole, this defense I feel is tooled more to play well against those types of teams than the '06 and '07 defenses. Those defenses were anchored between 3-6 yards with a stellar LB core and DB's that wouldn't make much mistakes.

This defense, however, seems more teethed to the point of attack. Disruption, matchup, and let your talent make the play.
 
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Cincinnati gave up 45 to UConn, 36 to Illinois, but held Oregon State to 18. The Beavs have 30 and counting tonight.

Oregon blew out USC, Oregon State lost to USC, but Oregon gave up 51 and lost to a team who barely beat Notre Dame and lost to Wake Forest (Stanford).

The lesson is comparing scores of games is a tough way to assess match ups.
 
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ESPN has taken their tabloid nonsense to a new low. Dressing up american soldiers as fake fans to orchestrate a feel good moment? It was obvious from their ho-hum reactions (as well as the probability of that many beaver fans), but all doubt was removed when the oregon fan started to cheer then realized his team didn't score and reversed his hand signals to a set of downward thumbs.


p.s. LSU did not run a spread, let alone one in the same ballpark as UF or Oregon
That's very true as well. As a whole, this defense I feel is tooled more to play well against those types of teams than the '06 and '07 defenses. Those defenses were anchored between 3-6 yards with a stellar LB core and DB's that wouldn't make much mistakes.
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Not really. The 06 unit was extremely suspect in the secondary. Smith, O'Neal & Mitchell were all a liability, and they protected them with their playcalling.

A big reason Tressel was so aggressive that year was because he knew his young defense needed to play with a lead.
 
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