re: Stanford #1?

We struggled with less than ideal OL. We now have a full cycle of OL recruited for the scheme and a two deep with rivals 150 guys.

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Bama hasn't lost a game under Saban where they have rushed for over 150 yards.

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So what? That's often true. Teams run the ball a lot when they are ahead. Bama didn't win those games because they rushed for a lot of yards more than the fact they rushed for a lot of yards because they were winning the game.

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08 UF/Utah,A&M and 2010 AU all beat Bama up front. Oregon doesn't have the players to do that. Look at the teams that have beaten Oregon in recent years

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Oregon doesn't have players up front? They don't send linemen to the NFL? OK, let's look at the four teams that have beaten the Ducks in the past three years:

2010 Auburn, 2011 USC, and 2012 Stanford beat Oregon by a COMBINED 9 points. There's no way you can argue there was a mismatch there, as the games were all decided by 3 points.

2011 LSU put the beat down on Oregon through dominant special teams and a truly unique player in Mathieu. So, yes, if you have a Honey Badger, there is a mismatch. The only player like that in the country this year is Clowney, just a freakish talent.

Pretending Oregon is not a very, very good program stacked with NFL talent is not a credible argument. You think they can't run the ball? You don't think Oregon is a better team than 08 Utah? Or has a better running game than 12 A&M?