(this is long, if do not like, do not read)

Several months ago I said I would be back if we lost but I said I may not be back the next day, but within the week after. It now is still within the week. So Congrats on LSU's win.

I was not one of those that that predicted a large blowout of us with you. I actually chastised many other Ducks here, or on other blogs for doing so. I like to study my enemies well. And I predicted we would win but it would be very low scoring and a close one. And many times I said it really is a coin flip as to who would win. Obviously I was wrong that it was not close and also that we did not win. As far as everything I saw however, not much surprised me about you, your D and such or what you were capable of as I studied your team much ect.

I am not going to make any excuses to losing, as the scoreboard does not lie. Even though we had many more yards vs you, it is the scoreboard one goes by to decide a winner and you thumped us. I will however note that we turned the ball over 4 times and 3 of those times we fumbled the ball near the end zone, making it easy to get those points against us. Now, that does not necessarily mean we lost the game ourselves and you would of not beaten us if we did not gift wrap those 20 points because in honestly, good teams train hard for stripping the ball and such. And one could see it either way, just our errors caused that loss or you were so talented at stripping and it was all part of your mighty D. I would guess both come into play and both are valid and it probably a mixture of both. But again, I do wish to at all rob you of your great victory you had. You beat us and you earned it.

Yes it did suck that our best Linebacker/hardest hitter was not playing for that game. And our All American CB/nations best Punt returner. However with the latter I do not think that would of mattered much. Yes the Freshman who replaced him let a touchdown go, but other then that he did fine. Plus, you guys were incredible on special teams, namely stopping punt returns. Your punter is awesome btw. And though I knew you were great at special teams, your defending special teams were way better then I could of imagined. I doubt our stud punt returner could of done anything with you as he would of had guys all around him by the time he caught a punt.

Anyways, I already knew much of your great D,, how fast you were and so many more things like that. But some things surprised me. Namely what I just said, your punt return D. It was incredible. And you had one backup CB that was awesome too. And then you had this one guy Peterson who is a TE I think. He is very good. And lastly there is Mathiew(sp?). Man, I already knew he was very good watching the film on him but if he does not make 1st team all American this year it should be a crime. That guy just does everything. He is a one man wrecking crew. And he does so many things that will never make the stat books. I did see many interviews of him, even last year and summer and I really like his attitude. He's a awesome player and a good kid. I bet any coach in America would love to have him on his team. That kid just plays all balls out. I can see why you all like him so much!

If I had a vote as best Defensive player of the year I would be torn between him and ASU's MLB Burfict. Both guys literally do so much for their teams D. And well, you had many more guys too.

I happened to of seen the game 3 times since it was played. Yes that play where your DE caught LMJ from behind is cool, however, LMJ was injured during the whole game. Plus, he just got the hand off and was not up to speed where as your DE already was. LMJ is one of the fastest guys in CFB, and anyone suggesting your DE is faster then him would be laughable however. Speaking of injuries, our #2 RB, Barner, who is so critical for our Offense, was injured during most of the game as well. He probably will not play in our next game. His ankle is messed up from our game. And LMJ had ankle issues in that game too vs you as well, plus he had terrible cramps all game. That is why we had to put in our brand new Freshman RB, who probably would not of played a snap in this game but who indeed showed flashes of brilliance filling in. But he did fumble a punt return and the very next time he touched the ball he fumbled a run. It was his first CFB game. I am not at all trying to rob you in any way of your victory, however for me it was sickening to watch this unfold and these stupid fumbles which likely cost us the game. But again, no ones knows how it would of turned out if we did not fumble those 3 times near the end zone gifting you those 20 points. We may of won, we may not of won. It all doesn't matter as you did not win. And I will not use these as excuses per say. I am only venting as to what was troubling to see.

Your team did in fact earn this win. Your coaches had LSU ready. And right before the game started my ex roommate and UO alum called me and said he had a good feeling about this game. And I said, I had the opposite. I was worried because DT would be playing in front of all his relatives for the first time and I bet money his nerves would get to him. My buddy assured me that he learned much from having bad nervousness in the last title game. Nope. DT played bad. So so did our WR's. Bottom line, are WR's suck donkey. They cannot catch a pass to save their lives. If it was not for some RB's or TE's catching passes we would be screwed out of any type of passing. Your D was indeed stellar. I always thought we had just as much talent(if not more, esp on the skill positions) then you and we were just as deep. It is clear to me now, we are not near as deep. And your talent was better overall clear across the board save a few skill positions, imho. And your Offense looked to be better then last year too. Keep in mind, Oregon's D is very underrated. You played a D in Oregon that was #12 last year in giving up points, where as LSU was #11. And we just could not stop the run most of the time. You pounded us. So actually, if we are only going by last year, you beat a really solid D in Oregon. Your Offense should be proud.

Anyways, we would love a rematch vs you in the Title game. But the odds of that happening are very low. I do think LSU will do well this year as you guys look really solid all around. And I would not be surprised if you end up having the best D in the nation this year. However, only one game has been played for each. It's really hard to gauge anything just yet as we each have only played one game. So all of us do not have even the slightest clue how good yet we are or such. If you make it to the title game, I doubt many voters would want to see a rematch with us. Such a thing is usually frowned upon and it bores the rest of the country in rematches. They would want to see fresh faces. And well, it would take many others losing above us for it to even be a consideration.

Anyways, many were right. The team you saw vs you did not look like the team of last year. We were way worse then last year. However it could also be that LSU is that incredible and made us look so bad. Only time will tell really which was the case. We better develop some WR's soon and get our O-line to gel or elts we will be lucky to even play for a small bowl game, guessing from the way we played you. I think we will, but how far away? Will we lose anymore games before we finally gel with the new guys? I don't know. But it would sure be neat to see a rematch in the title game. But I am not holding my breath. At this point in the season we do not deserve it and we have too many issues. But good luck on your season. I hope you make it to Nola.