I mentioned this in another thread too...
Going into this year, local football pundits predicted that this year, Oregon would have its best D-line EVER, with 5 star recruit Arik Armstead in his second year expected to be unstoppable.
Prior to this game I was looking forward to the matchup of our supposed greatest ever (for Oregon) D-line vs Tenn supposed 4/5 going to the NFL O-line.
What did I see?
In the first quarter I saw our D-line manhandled by your O-line.
Then through adjustments, or just a complete lack of a credible passing threat allowing our safeties and LB's to help out, I saw us shut down your running game.
Some interesting factioids.
Oregon had ZERO sacks, and ZERO tackles for loss!
That speaks very well about your O-line.
Your O-line got people to the line of scrimmage, but our speedy LBs and Safeties got there soon after to limit the yardage. Once we got a big lead, we did not care if you got 4 yards a rush.
Also, as I have said in 3 threads so far, do not underestimate the handicap of traveling 3 time zones on Friday to play on Saturday. In particular, timezone fatigue will affect 320 lb offensive linemen more than smaller players.
