Oregon is a machine. They are supremely well coached. We aren't.
The big difference today was blown coverages. They had receivers wide open all day because we were fooled.
Its playing out. 9 or 10 wins are still very possible, but so is 7-6. But this loss today is on Sark.
My man, it's not about tomfoolery or trickeration. It's ABOUT THE LINES!!!!!!!!!!!!!
Our QB had no time, there's had a lot of time. Have you ever been a db, even in HS? Ever been an outside backline player in soccer? Every guarded a player in hoops who could handle the ball?
It's really fucking hard to cover/guard someone coming at you, someone who knows where he's going while you don't, and you have to react and stay tight on him as he cuts and accelerates and decelerates and accelerates again and cuts again and basically attempts to catch you leaning the wrong way.
So even people who are really fucking good at it can only do it for so long. Eventually, the offensive guy wins.
THat is why they were so open. Yeah, there were some blown coverages, but I've been watching cfb for a really long time, and in my humble estimation, we have the D backfield to compete at a high level. No, there is not Anthony Vontoure back there. Those guys don't grow on trees. But the guys we have can cover and play, but they can't do it all day.
Sark's failure at getting the uglies on both sides of the ball is why this keeps happening against elite teams.
Period.