Is it safe to say....

[ShadasRevenge]

Wisconsin NEVER got the kind of hype that Oregon did. All we heard about ALL year was Oregon. Blur this, blur that. Anybody thinking straight would have been thinking "I've seen this movie before". And what do you know, we saw it again.

I don't think it's quite as black as you make it out to be. Oregon shot themselves in the foot with turnovers and bad decisions from Chip - running it straight into the line, Thomas making the wrong read (three times), and not kicking the field goal on 4th and goal.

For someone who usually seems to see things (correctly) in shades of gray, this is somewhat of an odd stance.

 

[Iowafarmgirl]

TM has a horrible case of battered wife syndrome with ESPN, and is taking it out on Oregon. If he spins any harder to defend his losing viewpoint, he's going to go back in time a'la Superman.

 

[hawkfan340]

Are you saying the scheme is a fraud, or that the 2010 version was a fraud? B/c I thought the scheme performed pretty well considering the disparity of talent. Oregon's O had 2 decent RBs, an athletic QB, and a competely crapulent supporting cast.

Holy crap were their receivers slow? And it's cool that their o-line was in great condition, but it doesn't really matter when they're constantly being thrown to the ground by bigger, stronger players.

I agree with you that this offense in particular was overrated (fraudulant is going too far), but the scheme in itself is way ahead of the game.

 

[TChawk]

That the "Blur" is now a fraud? Once again, it gets shut down in a game outside of the Pac-10 (where defense is optional). And don't point to their passing yards as evidence to the contrary. Auburn's pass defense has been very weak all year. They rank 106th in the nation in yards allowed per game, and they were the ones coming from behind in most of their games.

This offense is nothing more than a flash in the pan. Put it against a defense that can stop the run (Boise twice, OSU, Auburn), and it goes nowhere. I'm sure if they're in the process of running the table again next year, ESPN will try to pump them up all year. But I hope the voters remember how the Ducks look when they get outside of the Pac-10.

No not even close

 

[KCHawkeyes]

Are you watching the same ESPN that I am, because the ESPN I watched was Cam Newton is God 24/7. Oregon was just the team he gets to beat by himself for the national championship. If you want to bag on ESPN at least get it right.

 

[tm3308]

I'll take a step back and not label it a fraud. But it was an overrated unit. Still good, but hardly an all-timer. I'm just sick of hearing about them.

 

[Hawksel]

It's true that a lot of Oregon's offensive woes were self inflicted. But if it's true that running a high tempo offense confuses and fatigues a defense, couldn't it also true that it leads directly to more mistakes by making the offense constantly make quick decisions? I kept thinking to myself that the Oregon QB was rushing things just a tad too much.

 

[cabse5]

Never mind how close the game was. Did you notice the OP tried to steer the thread towards an I hate ESPN and Pac 10 defenses mindset?

Was this his intention all along?

 

[tm3308]

Never mind how close the game was. Did you notice the OP tried to steer the thread towards an I hate ESPN and Pac 10 defenses mindset?

Was this his intention all along?

Did Oregon score 40+ points in the game? Or rush for 250+? No. My point all along was that they look fantastic in a league that isn't a defense-first league, and ESPN continued to perpetuate the notion that they were some kind of unstoppable force (at least until they face God, err, Cam Newton), nevermind the obvious reality that the Pac-10 is not a strong league after Oregon and Stanford.

 

[cabse5]

Isn't that just what I said?

 

[tm3308]

Isn't that just what I said?

Maybe I misunderstood you, but I took your previous post to mean: since he biffed it on his argument, he's shifted focus to this and this.

"This and this" were my focus from the beginning, with the defense(ish) played in the Pac-10 being something to support my opinion of the "Blur" being overrated by ESPN.