Oregon had a much better performance than they had in their last 2 outings, they also played 4 full quarters rather than spotting their opponent point in the 1st half.
Offense - While the offense did gain a total of 505 yards and score 63 points I'm still pretty worried about the passing game. Masoli, Harper and Thomas are all very young and mistake prone so even though the future looks bright right now is still scary. The run game was solid and has been a staple for us this year. 344 rush yards on 53 carries is a good day no matter how you slice it. Junior Legarrette Blount carried 15 times for 98 yards and 3 TD's while Senior Jeremiah Johnson carried 10 times for 88 yards and 3 TD's. We will need that next week going on the road to USC.
Defense - The run defense was outstanding again, giving up only 79 yards on 32 carries, most of that coming late in the 4th quarter. They did give up 191 yards in the passing game to a weak Washington State team. Overall we were able to create 4 turnovers during the game which will be key next week.
Almost at the 1/2 way point in the season and we are 4-1. I'd love to have that Boise State game back and be 5-0 right now but that's not the way we played. 3 of the next 4 games are going to be tough road games begining with USC next week. Home for UCLA (Don't overlook them, they beat TN early and seem to be playing a top 25 team every week this season.)and then on the road for CAL and Arizona State. I'm hoping like crazy that Roper is back for the USC game, we will need more of a passing game to stay with that team. Oregon and Oregon State have had a lot of success against powerhouse USC in the past couple years. Thursday nights upset marked the 3rd trip to the state of Oregon ending in a loss for the Trojans. Oregon will need to play a perfect game and match Oregon States high emotional performance to take that home USC crowd out of the game early and often. Our offense is capable of quick strikes and that is what we will need to do.
A big win today, but it was just Washington State so lets focus on the big game next week.
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