Auburn is now less than a week away.
Mario Cristobal's stated blueprint is to impose their will on opponents by dominating the line of scrimmage.
It's an old-fashioned model for college football, the kind you'd expect from a former offensive lineman and o-line coach with three national championship rings.
It runs counter to the direction of college football in general. In the Florida-Miami game earlier tonight, neither team netted 100 yards rushing. Midway through tonight's other game, Hawaii leads Arizona 14-7. The Rainbow Warriors have 38 yards rushing and the Wildcats 31.
The Ducks failed to reach the century mark in 4 of their games last year, 3 of them losses.
The 2018-19 national championship game was an aerial war between Trevor Lawrence and Tua T.
Nobody's having much success with ground and pound anymore. Even Stanford relied more on KJ. Costello than their running game last season.
Do you think Oregon will be able to run the football against Auburn and that very quick, physical defensive line?
Or is their best chance to win lie in putting the game on the arm of Justin Herbert? Keeping in mind that the Tigers have a very fast, experienced secondary too.
The Oregon coaches say they've broken down every play and tendency from last year and they've added some new wrinkles.
Do you expect improved variety and effectiveness next Saturday? Or more of the Pistol and one yard and a dark cloud of third and long?
The Ducks don't use it much anymore, but they can't hope to overwhelm the Tigers with tempo. Malzahn wrote the book on it.
Mario Cristobal's stated blueprint is to impose their will on opponents by dominating the line of scrimmage.
It's an old-fashioned model for college football, the kind you'd expect from a former offensive lineman and o-line coach with three national championship rings.
It runs counter to the direction of college football in general. In the Florida-Miami game earlier tonight, neither team netted 100 yards rushing. Midway through tonight's other game, Hawaii leads Arizona 14-7. The Rainbow Warriors have 38 yards rushing and the Wildcats 31.
The Ducks failed to reach the century mark in 4 of their games last year, 3 of them losses.
The 2018-19 national championship game was an aerial war between Trevor Lawrence and Tua T.
Nobody's having much success with ground and pound anymore. Even Stanford relied more on KJ. Costello than their running game last season.
Do you think Oregon will be able to run the football against Auburn and that very quick, physical defensive line?
Or is their best chance to win lie in putting the game on the arm of Justin Herbert? Keeping in mind that the Tigers have a very fast, experienced secondary too.
The Oregon coaches say they've broken down every play and tendency from last year and they've added some new wrinkles.
Do you expect improved variety and effectiveness next Saturday? Or more of the Pistol and one yard and a dark cloud of third and long?
The Ducks don't use it much anymore, but they can't hope to overwhelm the Tigers with tempo. Malzahn wrote the book on it.
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