WSR Gridiron Report

Sincerely, Oregon.

Guess who the Chipper learned his offense from? RR. Guess who is unstoppable on offense? Oregon. Scott might be a little confident, but I'd say history and scheme support the possibility. UO plugs in new guys every year and has averaged a top 4 offense every year Chip has been there...including his first year.

We return 5 starting OL's, this offense is tailor made for a run/throw QB like Scott and RB's like Carey and particularly Jenkins. I don't think its that shocking. Different strokes I guess.

Call me crazy, but I like a confident QB. Reading Tweets by Jenkins, Carey, Bachman, Quinn, Fischer, and Mobley about the new coaches and systems leads me to believe they have alot of confidence right now that we are on the right path. From all appearances, they've bought in. To me, that's a good thing. Bulletin board? Fine...that just means they have to back it up. Better that than a team playing tentative or scared.

I completely agree. There is nothing better than having a team that expects to win. Complete confidence is a rare thing to fin. When its in your leader, the quarterback, that's perfect. If its really there, we will be fun to watch. When you expect plays to be successful when everybody does their job, it is much easier than when you hope plays will be successful.

Bulletin board fodder is good for a couple of plays, but when its show and tell time, the real players emerge and only the fans remember unless the statement was player specific about someone else on the other team.

I can't imagine Scott would say that unless the coaches and the unique plays have him believing that. They are going to make mistakes, but confident players and coaches will figure it out and they will fix it. They will also shoulder the blame because they feel responsible to efffect the necessary changes. It also means that Scott is beginning to understand his reads in an offense where so many decisions are made after the ball is snapped.

That statement has me jazzed up about the possibilites. Most seem to feel its going to be a tough first year. I'm not aware any of those games have already been played. I'm not buying football tickets just because its my duty. Maybe I'm just naive.

And I agree again.

The "thing" that stands out for me is that the Wildcat optimists are back in the same position as last year. That our offense will rule or 'rue' the day while playing with a mediocre or worse defense.

I'm just not convinced that we can tackle or "de-cleat" other players with our current personnel w/o suffering injury. I understand the defense schema is complex, but is our current personnel up to understanding it when maybe it requires basic defensive fundamentals first?

Is barwis the s and c coach?

oh, dear god....

you guys are aware that this team has about 5% of the talent of USC, right? 11% of the talent Oregon has. A confident QB who is ranked 10th in conference of 12 teams is not a good thing, because in week 3 when he finds out that he and the offense can't execute simple plays against decent teams- his confidence is blown and the next 9 games look like a pile of cow dung.

We have years to go and multiple recruiting classes to bring in.

You guys are aware that we won 4 games last year, right? And that only 1 of the four had a winning season against D1 opponents?

"U can't touch this", until you find God and start preaching...

I really am not worried about the offense people are focusing on the offense to much we have offensive talent no where near USC but really the only teams with.that talent are LS and Alabama.that said in pros and college you don't need elite RB talent all long as he has some speed and pushes the pile forward that is all you need. I am terrified about the defense they could not stop anybody and were ran and thrown on. They are getting a new scheme and it takes time for the players to get it. The defense really does not resemble anything they have done where the offense at it's heart isspread with a strong running QB. I trust Casteel is a good defensive coach just don't know how good because the Big Easy is not the Pac12 and it is not going up against the talent in our conference I am hoping they do as good as people think. I feel this year if the defense does not get worse that is a win with the new scheme. The next year I expect them to be able to stop poor teams like ASU and Washington St. Then slowly compete with the upper half of the conference. I hope it goes faster but don't expect it.

Rob1, thanks for the post... enough of the woe be me crap.... Lets move forward with the team we have... And as to bulletin board material... what the hell would you have Scott say? that we Suck and will never score a again... you armchair geniuses need to put a plug in it for a change....

RBob1, I also thank you and upvote your post. Unless the post is extremely derogatory against a named individual on your team the statements like those Scott made are forgotten on the first snap of the ball. Coaches know that and prepare you for whatever you have to do to win opportunities the opposing offense gives you. "Actions speak louder than words" is a fact in defensive football. It may surprise many to know that many players have their ancestry defamed along the line of scrimmage. Suprisingly the rumor must be spreading because it comes up again in the next game. At some point heavy breathing tends to dispel rumors. Some of the funniest things I've ever heard happen in that atmosphere.

Reality is that you can play the game or you can't. I like the confidence Scott is showing. It means more to his own team than the opponent.

I was going to respond but then I remembered WK knows nothing about the game of football so it would be pointless.

Things to remember about Okla St, not only do they lose Blackmon but they lose Weeden and he just could not absolutely miss in the game this past fall. Forget about the poor pass rush and little pressure, he was hitting difficult throws and putting the ball in a very small area all game long. Weeden won that game, IMO. I really doubt they have anyone with that talent or skill set in the wings at this point. I would be very surprised if they come close to the the number of wins this year that they had last.