re: Oregon now vs. years past - what is the difference?

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The cards just fell right for them this time.

They are very good but not exactly better than years past

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I agree.

I am a big Oregon critic, but I give them credit for what they have accomplished this year. I thought they would lose a second game.

Part of their success had to do with a weak Pac 12 schedule. UCLA was criminally overrated. The David Shaw Honeymoon is over. And they didn't play USC.

They played well yesterday, but they caught a bunch of breaks. If Winston knee doesn't go down 6 inches from the end zone in the first quarter, and they don't have more turnovers than plays in the third quarter, the game might (might) have been close and interesting.

As a Saints fan, I can tell you that the biggest difference between 2009 and every other year was good fortune and turnovers. Right now they have it and that makes them dangerous.