There is an amazing confidence coming out of the Oregon fan base which personally, I find amusing. There’s even a video going around of 2009 Ohio State plays gone bad. I just wanted to take a moment to show the Oregon fans what they’re up against.
The ability to run the option doesn’t mean much when they’re swarming from all sides.
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That is an impressive highlight reel…albeit against a slate of less than impressive offenses. This will be a tough game for both teams. I think it is incredibly foolish for either fanbase to be overconfident and I’ve seen ridiculous overconfidence from members of both fanbases. There could easil be an other side of the coin Duck blog post in the form of an offensive highlight reel titled They Have No Idea What They’re Up Against. We’ve all heard the same arguments for both sides over and over and over again. Can we just freaking play the actual game already?
While there are some Oregon fans that are exuding a great deal of confidence, most real Duck fans know that the Rose Bowl is gonna be a battle. While I don’t think Ohio State has seen an offense anywhere close to what Oregon will bring, I am well aware that Ohio State’s defense is easily the best Oregon has seen. It will be interesting to watch strength vs. strength to see which one bends or breaks first.
Yawn. Let us know when Slohio State plays an offense that can actually run the read-option like Oregon, or at least has a legitimate mobile quarterback. Or for that matter, plays an offense that’s any good, period.
Let’s see – DE comes around and gets Barkley. If that was Masoli, that’s an 8-15 yard gain. Next play, Michigan QB gets flushed, runs into wide open field, and throws a low pass that’s picked. Again, Masoli picks up 6-7 yards on the ground there. Then a DE comes around and nails a Wisconsin QB whose feet are cemented to the turf, while the right side of the field is wide open. Masoli jukes around the DE who has made a fatal error in coming so hard, gets at least to the 5 and, most likely, trucks the corner who comes up for the desperation stop but gets flattened and gives up the TD. The rest of the video is pretty much the same – aggressive defense against slow QBs (not to mention the picks against Navy – I think that guy threw two passes all year, and you picked them both).
If this is supposed to be representative of your defense, you’re going to be in for a very, very, very long day on Jan. 1. That aggressive rushing D is perfect for the Big Snooze, where QBs wear cement shoes. It will get you torched against the Oregon offense. Unless your D hangs back and allows the offense to come to them, this game won’t even be close.
Wow. As a duck fan i’m not “exuding a great deal of confidence”, but you’re showing hi lites off of the USC game that you lost (in which the Ducks beat soundly) and New Mexico. I could put together a hi lite reel from Washington St alone but what good would that do? Michigan is horrible and Wisconsin? Really? Admittedly, this Ohio St team will be a good defense, but so was Arizona St, USC, Arizona, Oregon St. Do you know how many games the Ducks have gone in and heard, “this will be run defense vs run, strength vs strength”, answer, a lot. Ohio St, you will have a great time getting to know the back of Lamichael James’ jersey, see #21
agreed lawduck all i saw were holes fore james and masoli
By the way, its not just Oregon fans who are confident, its the entire national media.
I haven’t heard anyone picking slOSU to win.
Ducks will blow bucks off the field in this one, it is going to be fun watching buckeye fan leave stadium to get a head start back to the Red Roof Inn.
Ducks 42
Bucks 17
Love the multiple highlights from Navy, Toledo, Illinois…….
Please, wake me when its over.
Love the USC highlights!
By the way, what was the final in that one?
Red Roof Inn reference = brilliant
we hear this every time we play the Big-10. you would think you learned your lesson. I guess after Tressell resigns after another bad BCS loss, you might figure it out. Ducks by 20.
Nice collection of highlights.. I think I had some problem with the player though, the film seems to only run in slow motion. Are you sure these clips weren’t taken from the slo-mo replays?
Its sad you expected to impress anyone with this video of the Buckeyes beating up on New Mexico State and bragging how awesome the D was against Michigan when Tate Forcier fumbled, untouched, in the end zone.
The idea that you can throw up some highlights and pretend that’s all Oregon is going to be facing…that’s not sad, that’s hilarious. Do yourself a favor…get a copy of the Oregon-USC game. You know, the USC team that beat your beloved Buckeyes, in Columbus?
Jim, is this where I am supose to say, great video of the Buckeyes playing in a weak Big Ten conference?
I am amused …….. that you are amused. No offense, but there is a certain amount of arrogance that comes out of teams (and fans) like Ohio State and USC. Your programs get 5 star prospects every year and expect your opposition to either cower or be in awe to your team. It isn’t going to happen with Oregon. I enjoy watching the “underdog” ….. teach the “bully” a lesson.
That being said. I do believe that this will be a very good football game. I don’t think that this game will be a blow out by either team. All I have to do is look back to our game against Oregon State. There was alot on the line and whichever team won would go to the Rose Bowl. Oregon barely squeeked that one out. This game may simply come down to ….. coaching. There is no doubt that Ohio State has the better athletes. Oregon’s Offensive and Defensive lines are very small. I think Ohio State has the better match up (physically). So, my questions are …… who prepares their team better? Does Ohio State play,”not to lose” (field position)? or do they play to win (let Pryor off the leash)? I think that coaching decisions will be a huge factor in this game.
Again…..great video ….. but you have not played against a team like Oregon. When Ohio State starts to “swarm”…..Masoli will just throw some outlet passes. Remember Einsteins third law, “for every action there is an equal and opposite reaction”. Oregon plays reaction football. For every defensive play Ohio State has …… Oregon just needs to make the right read to counter it. This is different than most programs out there ….. including Ohio State. I think you guys just run “your” offense. It doesn’t matter what Oregon’s defense does ……. you have your blocking schemes and you run your plays. You are also not taking into consideration how quickly oregon runs it’s Offense. We may see some of that “swarming” defense in the first quarter ….. but as the game progresses ….. your defense will be standing with their hands on their kness trying to catch a breath between plays. Oregon’s no huddle offense will create problems for your “swarms”.
Overall, I expect a good game from both teams. I think that it will be exciting for fans on both sides of the ball. Cheers.
I’m an Oregon graduate (1979), fan, and a Cincinnati transplant for the past 12 years. (By the way, the best team in Ohio this year are the Bearcats.)
Most Oregon fans are approaching this game with respect and realism, although you are correct that Duck fans have a high level of confidence about this team. I have followed Duck football for over 30 years, and this year’s team is arguably the very best team the Ducks have ever fielded. And next year they will be better. Granted, Oregon was pathetic through the 1980s, but compared to some very good teams from the past 15 years, this squad is deeper, faster, more athletic, better coached, unselfish, focused, and young. There are only a handful of seniors on this team that have played the entire season.
Ohio State definitely has a chance, but it will come down to Pryor bringing his A+ game, along with whichever team wins the turnover and special teams battles. Ohio State will need to be balanced on offense….the Buckeyes can’t be one-dimensional and win. Terrelle will probably have to pass for at least 175 yards to keep Oregon from stacking the box. The Buckeye defense will be tested in terms of scheme, fundamentals, and conditioning. Especially in the 2nd half when Oregon can turn it on.
Good luck to Ohio State and may the BEST team win this game!
What no clips from the Purdue game? Did that game not count, or did your defense not show up for that game? This highlight real does not mean a thing, heck even Indiana could make up a 5 minute highlight video of there best plays (well this might be a stretch, but you get my point). Your opponents went 77-67 during the year. Oregon’s opponents went 83-62. Not much difference until you look out of conference. Ohio States opponents 25-25. Oregon’s 27-10. We had one less conference game and still had more wins than your opponent. Now lets see common opponents Oregon 2-0, Ohio State 0-2. We smoked USC in which they came to your house and won. I don’t know about you, I think we have earned the right to be confident. We can hang with Ohio State even if our offense sputters. Can you hang with the Ducks when our offense is Rolling? That is the question. On the Flipside, if the Ducks defense has an off day, we have more than enough firepower to outscore Ohio State. Just a few things to be think about, am I saying we are going to blow you out, No. I am saying when our offense gets rolling, Watch out!!!!
you have to be kidding me! 75% of these highlights are games against Navy, Toledo, Illinois and even New Mexico. These are evuivalent to D-II schools. they have no business playing a team like Ohio State no matter what the circumstances. i didn’t see very many highlights from USC or Purdue; by the way both of those games we won. Yeah, ohio state defense is big and impressive, but your trying to compare apples to oranges. not the same by any means.
Man i can’t wait for the Rose Bowl. It’s gonna be SWEEEEEEEEET!
Holy Toledo, after watching such domination, I’m not sure I’ll be able to sleep at night!
Really? Come on guys, I might as well just have a conversation with my kids, grow up and act like adults.
Back to being adults, good luck in the Rose Bowl. Your defense does look solid and it should be a GREAT game! Lets all hope for a clean, injury free game where both teams can walk away with pride knowing it was played hard with nothing left out on the field. Those my friends are classics and remembered by all.
LOL …… Sorry Jim ……. but, this is turning into a “Ducks Blog” (College football analysis and opinion with a heavy Oregon bias). Go Ducks!
Where are the clips of the offense? We are balanced.
Congratulations on your defensive domination of Toledo, New Mexico State, Indiana and the rest of Conference Flintstone. Impressive, indeed.
Whooee this is cute.
14 clips of interceptions off throws right to the numbers of defenders with no receivers within 3.24 AU’s of the throw.
Lordy the Big-12 is horrible.
You know the spread doesn’t just start east west. Those gaping holes in the D-line will pave the way for LaMicheal “the Micheal” to go 20 yards a squirt.
This is gonna be a massacre…
Well then go say that on a team’s blog that’s actually in the Big 12. 26-17.
Ohio State: Lost any more players due to grades today?
Yeah, I guess you’re right, 30 handpicked plays is very impressive, wow, you guys destroyed New Mexico, good job. Anybody could make a highlight reel for most D 1 schools show only the great plays out of context they lose meaning. Do you think the Oregon D couldn’t make a similar highlight film? This proves nothing. I think Oregon plays great offense, and pretty good defense, vs. OSU’s great defense/adequate offense. Hmm, I don’t know but I like our chances, I think we should let them play the game and see how it goes. What do you think.
It’s easy to have a top 5 defense when the opposing offenses are ridiculously bad. Perhaps if Ohio State were to play in a real conference, you would have highlights that meant something.
OK now watch a real video featuring highlights from a game against a team who beat tOSU
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VIrAIKmd6vI
Best thing on youtube
I’m totally in that video!
Ahem…this is meant to intimidate? This is meant to “strike fear” in to my soul? Sigh…EVERY BCS team playing in the 5 BCS games can put together the exact same video. Oh and nice usage of repeating clips and different camera angles — that is a really an effective tool to lengthen the video.
Ok…enough of my sarcasm and biased dribble. What I saw is an aggressive defense playing against less than average QBs with poor offensive line play. I saw multiple poor decisions and even worst offensive execution. I saw a lot of blitz package and deep zones. (BTW…some of the picks were very pretty individual efforts…but again, balls were thrown that shouldn’t have been)
The teams you all showed here aren’t anywhere close to the offense powerhouse that is Oregon. Man…I can’t wait to see Oregon go against this defense. Kelly’s creation is exactly designed to defeat these aggressive players.
BTW…it is not an option as you all in the midwest are used to…heh…this is not the wishbone or triple option and power T set…it is entirely a different beast. This isn’t the spread as Rich Rod runs. It is a totally different beast. One you just have to experience.
No…this game will be won or lost NOT by your Defense and how they perform…but by your Offense. Does that thought comfort you??? It does me. I’ll take Oregon’s D all day long against TP and Tress’s offensive game plans.
We have no idea what we’re up against? Oh yes we do….it’s the big-10….check the records in the last 15 years. When we’ve played big-10 reams we destroyed them. It’s a crap conference. tOSU’s defense gave up 2.7 yards per down yes, but in the big-10! Lots of tradition and media hype, but outside the conference, it’s not pretty for you guys! So I’d have to say you have no idea what you’re up against. I want to hear what you have to say after your Mr. Everything’s been sacked several times and you’re down five touchdowns. You won’t be gracious from what I’ve read of your press clippings. Oregon 55, tOSU 19 Good luck and GO DUCKS!!
Tony in Beaverton? Nice assessment. This game really should be a good one. A young OSU offensive line that has certainly grown since the USC and Purdue game. And a very good defense regardless of what you Masoli lovers believe. If you think Masoli can run, wait until Pryor gets his legs stretched in the Duck’s backfield.
And as far as head to head records against common or non-common opponents? You can pretty much throw that out in the Rose Bowl. I think Ducks will travel pretty well for this game and I can assure we’ll be there in force.
Bucks move to 8-0 all time vs. the Ducks.
@ Not Alan……thanks. The Ducks love to travel. We obviously have a very rabid fan base here in Oregon.
The only problem with Pryor stretching our backfield is …….. will coach give him the green light to do it. I hope that OSU plays a safe game of “run, run, run”. Oregon will just have to make a couple of stops….and it is game over. Outside of our first few games, nobody has been able to stop our offense. And just like OSU, Oregon has become a much better team since the beginning of the season.
I must say that I love the hype and debate leading up to the game though.
Jim……you have done a great job ……. thanks for your efforts.
I will have to say I’m less than impressed with Oregon State defensively or offensively against a BYU team that has a defense that is not that different from tOSU. A bunch of slow BYU Ogres getting it done against a high speed, score a TD every 5 minutes, kind of PAC 10 offense.
And this is the Oregon State team that tied for 2nd in the PAC 10? 41-13 in the 4th? This is a beat down Duck’s fans.
Not Alan,
If you think the Oregon State offense has anything at all in common with the offense Oregon runs you are in for a HUGE surprise. I’m glad you think the slOSU D “is not that different” than the BYU D. That would bode well for slOSU if you were playing the Beavers, but you are playng the Ducks. The Beavers are one dimensional (esp. with the wind taking CanTfield out of the game). Stop Quizz and the fly sweep and you stop the Beavers. BYU did that and they crushed. If you think stopping Masoli, LMJ, Blount, Ed Dickson and Jeff Maehl is going to be anywhere near that easy, then you haven’t been paying attention.
like how you have new mexico and purdue highlights lol. OSU your in for a long day come jan 1st.
GO DUCKS
BYU beat the Beavers handly. If I remember right the Ducks just barely beat the Beavers. The Duck and the Buckeyes should have the same outcome.
Wow. I spend the day traveling and they try to take over. I guess it’s good the the Oregon fans have found us. I’m enjoying their insight. As usual, I think you guys need to turn to Tony as a spokesmen.
So, to quickly review, I put this up in response to the Oregon video linked in an earlier post on this blog. The one with early the early season errors by Pryor and others. Much harder to find the same errors post Purdue. No, I didn’t create the video. Just the results of a quick YouTube search.
And yes, Oregon did beat Purdue, a team which gave the Buckeyes a much needed wake up call. Those three points were a real blow out for you guys though. Granted, coming off a tough loss the week before.
And that of course brings me to 3 Duck…are you serious? You see 3 Duck, when the Buckeyes don’t make grades or get into discipline problems, they are no longer Buckeyes. However, this doesn’t appear to be the case in Oregon. Seems that the Ducks don’t mind bringing back their discipline problems for the big games (ie. Oregon State, Rose Bowl).
I’m sure the young Carter is going to have an interesting Christmas as daddy will be none too pleased. And while I can’t compare to other divisions (as I don’t have the data), the Buckeyes are consistently in the top of the Big 10 academically.
A quick prediction is that the Ohio State defense and the Oregon offense will balance out leaving the game to the Oregon D and the Buckeye O. I’ll write more about this soon but the Bucks will look to run the ball. They will be looking for long slow drives built upon the rush. Look for threeyardsandacloudof stuff from the Buckeyes. If Oregon can’t contain them to less then three or four yards per play, then its the Buckeyes game. If they can, then Oregon has a shot.
Yeah, it’s going to be a snooze for Oregon fans who are used to high scoring games but this is what the Big 10 is all about. A slow game bodes well for the Buckeyes. Slow the Oregon play calling, slow their attack and keep the offense off the field. If they do, it’s the Buckeyes game.
And to be honest, that’s the way we in the Big Ten like it. Hit them hard and hit them hard again. 40-50 point games are for the basketball court.
Tony-You mean the same wind that grounded one of the most prolific passers in the history of his school in Provo? Looks like Max had a pretty efficient day. Canfield had his chances and couldn’t convert 3rd downs. The Beavs actually had more yards rushing than BYU (which surprised me). They got stopped because of a pretty good defense. Any better than the Ducks? The Ducks D certainly seemed porous at times against the Beavers.
So maybe the Beavs showed up un-inspired for this game. Or maybe the fine Mormon folk showed up to back their team in Vegas, drink some coffee, play some slots, go to the Cheetah Club and get their shizzle on and that translated to a win? But I digress…
I know we can throw head to head out. OSU and the Ducks in the Civil War this year? Maybe you can throw all the stats out too. But for the defenses to allow nearly 900 yards in the Civil war, 900 yards in the AZ game (OT) and over a 1000 yards in the Stanford game is difficult to account for. And so is the 451 yards you gave up against a slow Big 10 team in Purdue and the Ducks eked out a 38-36 win (yeah, so it was the week after all the Blount hoopla). The Buckeyes defense didn’t so much lose the Purdue game as the offense (specifically TP with a rumored concussion or a brain fart) threw and fumbled it away with 5 turnovers.
And while I’m not saying that stopping Masoli et al will be easy, what I am saying is that if you think the tOSU Defense is anything like anything you’ve seen this year, you haven’t been paying attention.
This is gonna be fun! Best of luck, Ducks.
Jim…Carl….Not Alan.
The numbers just don’t lie. I have heard over the last few weeks that this is a much improved Ohio State team the second half of the season vs the first. So if I look at the numbers over the last 6 games of each team….OSU averaged 30 points per game vs Oregon averaging 44 points. I am being very generous here because this includes New Mexico State and Minnesota into your inflated stats. Meanwhile….Oregon had to play USC and then win out against 3 teams that finnished teid for second in the Pac 10; Stanford, Arizona, and Oregon State. 3 out of the last 4 games would decide who was going to the Rose Bowl. This was definately not an easy shedule to close out the season. But here is my point …… with the Rose Bowl on the line …… none of those teams could stop Oregon’s Offense.
Jim….your defense is not ….. a wash. You will need to win this game with your offense. I personally think that Oregon’s defense is a liability. We had a good stretch of a couple of games in the middle of the season that we were able to hold teams down….but our defense did not end the season strong. Oregon will win this game either one of two ways; 1) get a few 3rd and out stops……. 2) OSU plays for field position and kicks a few field goals instead of going for hthe touchdown. Either way …….. Oregon’s offense will still put up the points. Nobody has been able to shut them down the second half of the season. This says more about our offense than it does about your defense. So, I am not disrespecting the OSU defense……I am sure that they are a good unit.
Carl and not Alan…..don’t read anything into the Oregon State blowout. I think Alan hit it on the head. They had a very disappointing loss to Oregon and did not get a chance to go to the Rose Bowl. This is the second year in a row that Oregon snatched this dream out from under them. All week long in the local papers they were talking about how the loss has deflated this team. So in a nutshell…..they played very uninspired football. Pretty tough to go from Rose Bowl to Macco Bowl in one week. Oregon State pretty well just laid down and let BYU do what ever they wanted to do. Oregon on the other hand doesn’t give up and on close games ……. they find a way to win. These a vastly different programs and I would compare the style of Oregon State closer to Ohio State than to Oregon.
Carl…..this will be far from a blow out for Ohio State. If we go back to the numbers …… you are going to have to find a way to score two more touchdowns than you normally do to stay in the game.
I will leave an encore performance of a Ducks Youtube video. It has been seen by over 1/2 million people. “I love my Ducks” http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_hrjpe1VCNg
“I don’t yell O I SCREAM!!”
“I LOVE this town, never rains in here it pours TOUCHDOWNS!”
Tony in Beaverton…
Did you see this at the Civil War?
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VgL1q5EUeWg&feature=related
KENNY WHEATONS GONNA SCORE!!!!
Not Tony,
No I had not seen the Civil War edition …….. very good. Brings a smile to my face everytime I hear that song. Looking forward to Jan 1!!!
Duck fan here, and not an overconfident one. I just don’t understand why it’s such a given for Buckeye fans that “this is the best defense by FAR that we have faced all year.” What merits this statement? Holding Iowa’s 93rd ranked offense to 24 points? Holding 5-7 Michigan 70 yards under their season average? Shutouts against powerhouses Toledo, New Mexico State, and Illinois? Holding Minnesota’s 113th ranked offense to 7 points? I’m sorry, but I just don’t get it.
Some people in here are very objective with their comments, and myself and the rest of Buckeye Nation appreciate that… and others are just plain stupid.
To whoever said something along the lines of ‘we picked and chose which plays to show…’ well of course we did, that’s what a HIGHLIGHT video is! As mentioned, there’s a video going around of Buckeye plays gone wrong… well what the hell did whoever made that do? “Picked and chose” bad Ohio State plays. We could just as easily make a video of Oregon’s screw ups (8 minutes on their turnovers alone), but it seems our fan base is above that (thank you Buckeye Nation).
To all you people playing the ‘yawn,’ ‘wake me when you play a good offense,’ and ‘you show highlights from USC and Purdue who you lost to…’ For Chrissakes it’s a highlight film; who cares how a given game against a given team turned out? A good play is a good play, regardless of who the opponent is or what the outcome is. I can’t really blame you for feeling this way though, since every Oregon highlight video out there shows nothing but USC, Oregon State, and occasionally Arizona. You never fail to mention/show that you beat USC or Oregon State, but where are you when someone mentions *your* cupcake wins or your two losses, one to an *unranked* team that hung half a hundred on you.
You morons accuse Ohio State of playing nothing but cupcakes, but fail to realize you played some teams that were a downright tragedy as well… UCLA, ASU, Cal (yes they sucked, I don’t care if they were ranked when you played them), Washington, WASHINGTON STATE for fuck’s sake…
Oregon fans who’ve been providing objective opinions and fair arguments, please disregard.
Wasn’t it great on New Years Day when 3 out of the 4 sportscasters on television picked Oregon to win over Ohio State? When they disrespected our team all day? When they constantly talked up Oregon, and talked over us? Then guess what?!? Yes!! BUCKEYES FOREVER!! LOL!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! We are loving it here in Columbus, Ohio…Oregon who?! LOAO!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
Ducks Suck! lol
Cornelius: You ask :”What merits the statement that “Ohio State is the best defense Oregon has faced so far?” Now you know…! And so does the biased-media….