[Husker] Would you want Oregon's offense?

[Rod Wellman]

Maybe the "dog" of the game last night was Cam Newton.  Granted, he's dynamic and made some plays.  But he flat out missed at least 2 TD passes (and maybe more...I wasn't watching that closely).  He makes those and this game isn't even close.

Rod W.
Sioux City, Ia.

On Jan 11, 2011, at 4:30 PM, Nick Chevance wrote:

> On Tue, Jan 11, 2011 at 4:19 PM, Mike Nolan <nolan at romaine.tssi.com> wrote:
>> A field goal kicker may have won the game, but the Auburn defense was the real
>> winner last night IMHO.
>> --
>> Mike Nolan
> 
> You know, I don't want to really argue this point, because its
> basically pointless, but I looked at the score with about a minute to
> play last night, and Auburn had exactly 19 points.  Oddly, so did
> Oregon.  So, if the Auburn's defense was the star, was Oregon favored
> to run up the score?  No, actually, they were the dogs in this contest
> and had been all week.  Nobody thought they'd win it, so unless Auburn
> outscores them, it doesn't happen.  I guess I'm confused.  While
> Auburn's defense played very well, I'm not sure I'm awarding them any
> prizes, at least not as many as maybe Oregon handed them last night.
> 
> I thought the "goat" of the game, if there is one, is the Oregon QB
> who either badly misread several read options, or didn't bother to
> read the option at all and predetermined what he was doing with the
> ball.  And after watching that, and thinking back to some of our games
> this year, it began to look strangely similar.  So, in the second half
> of the season, did Martinez, who really handles the ball very well in
> the read option, simply call his own number too many times?  Or were
> the reads correct and we just got stuffed.
> 
> Is there really a read in the read option?  Or is it the flip of a
> coin - heads I run, tails you run.
> 
> Nick
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