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re: Key to stopping Oregon's Offense?
Posted on 5/6/11 at 5:21 pm to GFunk
Posted on 5/6/11 at 5:21 pm to GFunk
Every team that has beaten Oregon in the Chip Kelly era has done it with their defensive line play (see BSU, Ohio St., Auburn) with the lone exception as Stanford in '09. However, even in that game Stanford overpowered us. Ohio State gave up some yards on the ground (a lot on a yard per play average) but killed us with TOP.
Oregon has been playing undersized on the dline for the last two years due to multiple non-qualifiers at DT. The days of running up the middle and chewing up a lot of clock to keep the offense off the field are most likely gone with two run stuffers in Wade "special k" Keliikipi and Ricky Heimuli.
I would say great defensive line play.
Oregon has been playing undersized on the dline for the last two years due to multiple non-qualifiers at DT. The days of running up the middle and chewing up a lot of clock to keep the offense off the field are most likely gone with two run stuffers in Wade "special k" Keliikipi and Ricky Heimuli.
I would say great defensive line play.
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Posted on 5/6/11 at 5:59 pm to bisonduck
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Every team that has beaten Oregon in the Chip Kelly era has done it with their defensive line play (see BSU, Ohio St., Auburn) with the lone exception as Stanford in '09. However, even in that game Stanford overpowered us. Ohio State gave up some yards on the ground (a lot on a yard per play average) but killed us with TOP.
Oregon has been playing undersized on the dline for the last two years due to multiple non-qualifiers at DT. The days of running up the middle and chewing up a lot of clock to keep the offense off the field are most likely gone with two run stuffers in Wade "special k" Keliikipi and Ricky Heimuli.
I would say great defensive line play.
I agree with this assessment.
On that note, LSU is excellent at DE. The weakness this year is DT. Specifically, we lost Nevis, who was a disruptive force and a key to our defense.
That said, we played Brockers and Downs a lot last year, and we've got the Freak now who will rotate in. We should be fine. I don't know if we'll be quite as disruptive, but we'll be fine.
Downs could be that disruptive force but he's not an every down guy because of his condition or whatever.
Posted on 5/6/11 at 6:47 pm to bisonduck
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Every team that has beaten Oregon in the Chip Kelly era has done it with their defensive line play (see BSU, Ohio St., Auburn) with the lone exception as Stanford in '09. However, even in that game Stanford overpowered us. Ohio State gave up some yards on the ground (a lot on a yard per play average) but killed us with TOP.
Oregon has been playing undersized on the dline for the last two years due to multiple non-qualifiers at DT. The days of running up the middle and chewing up a lot of clock to keep the offense off the field are most likely gone with two run stuffers in Wade "special k" Keliikipi and Ricky Heimuli.
I would say great defensive line play.
If you can win the battle in the trenches, Oregon's offense is reduced to screen passes and tosses, and disciplined defenses will stop that. They really don't have an answer for a tough defensive line, which is why Kelly needs to put a good bit of emphasis on getting big, tough offensive linemen that can withstand the high pace that the offense demands.
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