Our chances at Oregon.....

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#176
I want to amend my "walk back from Portland "statement..

I can only walk from Eugene to Portland,cant miss the Florida game I just got good seats..
 
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InVOLuntary said:
Ok then, Vols by 3 on a last second Palardy field goal. I can never pick against the Vols.
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thats better im glad you found your crystal ball...i wont lie i cant see a scenario where palardy wins us a game unless it is an extra point
 
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Wilson27 said:
As good as you guys are I'm not sure you really "manhandle" anyone. The scheme is terrific however and yes your coaches do a great job of evaluating talent.
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Oregon has a very good oline, and a very physical running game. For those of you who only think of Alabama when you think of "physical" running games, you should realize that both teams run their offenses around the inside zone.
 
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zreeves said:
thats better im glad you found your crystal ball...i wont lie i cant see a scenario where palardy wins us a game unless it is an extra point
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It's a new year, new coaches, new beginning, I'll give Palardy the benefit of the doubt until he gives me reason not to. I think a lot of the players will show improvement with better coaching.
 
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DC Vol said:
Realistically, it wouldn't surprise me if the coaches aren't devoting much time to gameplanning for Oregon. This game was scheduled back when we did all our Pac-10 home/aways which started in 2007. Back then, Oregon wasn't the Oregon of now and we weren't the UT of now.

We're just simply not in a position to compete at that level nationally and then turn around and play in Florida against another Top 10 team.

Coaches only have so much time to prepare and install our Off/Def and Oregon is such a departure in terms of Offense/Defense... Florida just makes more sense to gameplan against given they run a much more similar offense to just about every other team on our schedule.

So, long story short, I'm not expecting much. I'm not saying I don't think our team will compete. I think it will. I'm just saying the coaches, at least from a strategic point of view, in my mind will focus on more realistic and important games than @Oregon for the 2nd game of Jones' tenure.

And I'm also not saying Florida is an easier game... it's just a much more logical team to prepare for in terms of impact on recruiting, standing in the SEC and also how far it will carry fan opinion.

I'd far rather beat Florida than Oregon.
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Yes. You're probably right. Butch will just completely ignore the Oregon game altogether.
 
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I think we can pair up against them. If you look at each teams Rivals' rankings since 2010, it is as follows:

UT Ore
9 / 13
13 / 9
16 / 17
21 / 22

By all accounts, we have similar teams skill-wise. We were just severely undercoached for the last 4 years. There is no reason we can't hang with them...if not win. Don't be a bunch of negative Nancy's in here.
 
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Vol8188 said:
Oregon has a very good oline, and a very physical running game. For those of you who only think of Alabama when you think of "physical" running games, you should realize that both teams run their offenses around the inside zone.
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I still don't believe they are all that physical of a team. They may look that way in Pac 10 but watching them against LSU and Auburn....not so much. Plus, Bama has backs that weigh about 40 pounds heavier than the Oregon backfield.
 
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Wilson27 said:
I still don't believe they are all that physical of a team. They may look that way in Pac 10 but watching them against LSU and Auburn....not so much. Plus, Bama has backs that weigh about 40 pounds heavier than the Oregon backfield.
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i would guess alabama's OL probably has about 40 lbs per person on oregon's OL as well...they look smaller and faster to keep the offensive pace that they run and i can't imagine they have 300+ pound linemen doing that. they are probably like 280 or something
 
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zreeves said:
i would guess alabama's OL probably has about 40 lbs per person on oregon's OL as well...they look smaller and faster to keep the offensive pace that they run and i can't imagine they have 300+ pound linemen doing that. they are probably like 280 or something
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You are correct. Oregon is smaller across offensive line.
 
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Please stop with these threads... no one has any clue what this team is going to play like and yes of course we all want our boys to beat Oregon. If that happens I'll be among the happiest people on earth, but what I really want from this team this year is two things; I want to see improvement week to week and I want to see intensity. I think if we see those two things, everything else will take care of it self. I will add one more thing, I would love to see this team make the post-season and I don't care if it's 6 wins or 12 wins, I just want them to make it to a bowl game.
 
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monkeymantn said:
I think we can pair up against them. If you look at each teams Rivals' rankings since 2010, it is as follows:

UT Ore
9 / 13
13 / 9
16 / 17
21 / 22

By all accounts, we have similar teams skill-wise. We were just severely undercoached for the last 4 years. There is no reason we can't hang with them...if not win. Don't be a bunch of negative Nancy's in here.
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You're ignoring the fact that every single player on the Oregon squad has been in that Offense/Defense system for their entire time there.

Our Defense alone has changed Coordinators 3 times in 3 years and each with a different system.

I have faith in Jones as a coach but installing an entirely new Offense and Defense and then taking that on the road to one of the toughest places to play in the country for his 3rd game total with this team and first real test is a very tall order.

I'm not predicting anything because there are just too many things that are unknowns about this team to try to do that. We do know what we are facing with Oregon... and that would be a test for just about every team in the country except for maybe 1 or 2. Much less a UT team that is scrambling to learn their assignments.
 
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monkeymantn said:
I think we can pair up against them. If you look at each teams Rivals' rankings since 2010, it is as follows:

UT Ore
9 / 13
13 / 9
16 / 17
21 / 22

By all accounts, we have similar teams skill-wise. We were just severely undercoached for the last 4 years. There is no reason we can't hang with them...if not win. Don't be a bunch of negative Nancy's in here.
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The better breakdown is to look at rivals risings for each player in their 2 deep. That way we factor in attrition.
 
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AndyMizunogolfer said:
This game doesn't set up good for us. Just dont see our D making enough progress before this game.
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Oregon is a run first team with a play action oriented passing game. I think we have the talen in the front seven to dramatically slow their run game down, and as long as that happens the play action won't be an issue.
 
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Vol8188 said:
Oregon is a run first team with a play action oriented passing game. I think we have the talen in the front seven to dramatically slow their run game down, and as long as that happens the play action won't be an issue.
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Their passing game is underrated. Mainly because their run game is so good. Our front 7 is not that good. I will gladly eat my crow if we shock the world. I just dont like how our D sets up for them.
 
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GoDucks349 said:
I suspect it's because Oregon has verbals from some other recruits at that position such as Jalen Jelks 6'7" 250# with a ton of upside potential.
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To clarify, Oregon even prior to that verbal didn't seem to have interest in Humphries. But what you're pointing out about Jelks' measurables indicates again that Humphries just doesn't fit what they are looking for.
 
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