re: Key to stopping Oregon's Offense?

to stop their offense, you must make them throw the football. as auburn proved (with superior DL play), stop their run, stop their O. yes, theyll get a couple big plays, but thomas isnt the efficient passer compared to his running. when oregon runs the football, you feel like an 8 yard gain is a win. but if you shut it down and force passing, its simply not as efficient- its not what theyre built to do. they cant do the ultra hurry up when they have incomplete passes, they cant get into a rhythm, they cant run 250 plays passing the ball.

take auburn's cue: shut down the run

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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.

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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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And you are pretty much on target, their offense is really dependent on being able to generate a North-South running game to open things up, and if you take that away you really only give them the perimeter.

Now, they have skill players that can burn you on the perimeter, and they'll get their yards no doubt, but I trust an LSU defense to get the job done.

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esp right now when oregon doesnt have huge name guys on the outside who can hurt you. i think we need to man-up on the outside and put 9 guys in the box(im more worried about east-west gap control) until they prove our corners- 17, 24/7(i hope 24) cant stop their WRs. make them pass!!! study the 2nd half of last years BCSCG. we have the horses, just need the applicable scheme

Josh Huff is the big name in the wide reciever corp. Tuinei is actually a senior this year and both should take a quantam leap. However, after those two it's not the greatest corp by any stretch of the imagination. Again, this is the new defensive tackle spot for us with all kinds of attrition. However, 4 highly regarded WR are coming in with Vaughn being the most likely as he was the most highly regarded WR out of the JUCO ranks (supposed 4.3 but those are usually a joke). Here's to hoping he pans out. Watch the fall camp reports because WR is the unit with the most questions.

On a side note, you will see a lot of double tight end sets. Williams and Paulson are seniors and they will seriously test your OLBs. Lyerla looks to be the real deal and he should be third on the depth chart. TE is seriously loaded and this is a school that send Dickson, Peele, Wrighster to the league this past decade. Williams is a sleeper because he was a JUCO guy with two to play two. Last year he wore a club and blocked primarily but I haven't seen a more impressive physical speciman in a long time.

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The offense Oregon runs is something like a tempermental woman. The slightest variation or problem throws the whole thing off.

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Seems very gimmicky. The few times I've seen them I was impressed w/ their team speed, but not their offensive scheme.

The key to stopping Oregon's offense is,

tackle a little, and score more than they do.

Lb play! Remember the lb is the qb of the defense. Were a little thin and inexperienced there. Also we tend to be fumble prone early in the season. We averaged like 4 turnovers a game early last season. If we turn it over and don't bottle up seastrunk who was paid, then were going to have a tough time. This isn't a depleted tar heal squad this is the national runner up. Strap it on Leslie

The key to stopping Oregon's offense will be time of possession by LSU's offense. As a result, the Ducks are going to see a heavy dose of Spencer Ware and company.

Contrary to Bison Duck's glowing reviews of Oregon's talent, LSU's talent is vastly superior to Oregon's. I watched Oregon's spring game and I assure you LSU has a huge edge in the trenches on both sides of the ball and that edge will be exploited by LSU. Furthermore, LSU's secondary will be the best Oregon has ever seen. If LSU stops the run, then Oregon will find itself completely stifled on offense because the Ducks' receivers will not find any breathing room against LSU's secondary.

The close score of the BCS Championship game when Oregon played Auburn was completely misleading. Auburn dominated the line of scrimmage. The only reason the score was close was because Gus Malzahn called for Cam Newton to throw the ball 30 plus times that game, which was the highest number of passes Newton threw in a game all year. When Auburn committed itself to running the ball at the end of the game, Oregon could do nothing to stop Auburn.

LSU will play smash mouth football and wear the Ducks down. This game will not be nearly as close as most believe.

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Furthermore, LSU's secondary will be the best Oregon has ever seen.

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LSU will play smash mouth football and wear the Ducks down. This game will not be nearly as close as most believe.

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It might be a game for a while but LSU is simply a more talented, physical team. No way Oregon wins this game.