re: Blog That Breaks Down Oregon's Offense

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Seems like partway through the season, Thomas quit looking to run the ball and became very conservative about it.

The Oregon boards thought that the backup situation might have something to do with it, that they were trying to keep Thomas healthy.

But he sure didn't seem very aggressive about looking to keep the ball the last few games of the season.

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Yea the fanbase collectively was definitely speculating a lot about that. It did sort of seem like Thomas was being instructed to avoid running on his own and use his playmakers instead. And given that his true back-up was redshirting (Bryan Bennett) it sort of figures that they would try to protect him.

Things might be different this season - with him having added some valuable pounds, and Bennett having come off of his redshirt.