Does the Spread Work?

More importantly, there was just another Sparty NOOOOOOOOO! moment. Stopped Minny and forced a punt from midfield. Sparty roughed the punter and Minny runs out the clock for an 8 point victory.

At first I thought you were an idiot. Then I clicked on the link and realized it was a rhetorical question. Good evidence against those who make the inane argument that the Spread won't work in the cold and brutal Big10. +1.

I didn't think your title would lead to your post, but wow, 600 yards?! USC has now lost the last four times they have played in the state of Oregon. Twice to both OSU and UO.

Not in the big ten! lol.. don't neg me.. I'm joking...

I take solace in the fact that Chip Kelly studied under RR while they were in Clemson and that is what our offense should look like eventually. Here's to staying hopeful!

What makes their spread different than ours? I am honestly asking because, from my perspective, their offense looks near identical to our except they have a pistol package and they execute it well.

a QB that is as Musberger kept saying, "he's sturdy". Masoli is bigger and bulkier than either of our QBs and he seems to have a better command of the offense. The other key thing, they have downfield threats at WR. We don't have anyone who can get open down field. If we did, Tate wouldn't have to keep running around like a chicken with his head cut off. We need a Manningham or Braylon right now. I would also guess, their O line is more experienced than ours. They've been running the spread for a while out there.

Also, Oregon has excellent OL play. Our OL was a major disappointment today.

"The spread is dead" ~ Gary Danielson.

for Oregon because their QB is experienced, talented, fast and plays within the system. Tate is young and will get better. The painful part is the in-between time as our QB's gain experience. It's ugly right now but I know we'll be at the Oregon level in a few years.

They both did a good job of making it look like they had made their read and handed the ball off, only to pull it back to themselves very late in the play. When Juice did it, our defense ran right by him while he just scampered away. We still have a lot to learn and a long way to go with this offense. We can say that we do not run it well (because of execution or personnel or both). We can not say that we've seen it and make a judgement as to whether it works for us or not.

but I can't post a new thread since I lack the points(which I completely understand and agree with), I'd figure I'd ask a quick question here. ESPN's box score of our game says Denard completed a pass for 7 yds. I don't remember seeing him in the game but then again I am an idiot buuuuut I believe Craig James also said DRob didn't see the field today so it's just an error on the box score's part, right? http://scores.espn.go.com/ncf/boxscore?gameId=293040356

After watching Oregon's offense manhandle USC's bevy of 5 stars, I got curious about their OL. According to the detailed box score on the UO website, http://www.goducks.com/ViewArticle.dbml?SPSID=3377&SPID=233&DB_LANG=C&D… Oregon started LT 74 Weems, Darrion - 4 star - sophomore LG 69 Thran, Bo - 3 star - junior C 5D Holmes, Jordan - 2 star - junior RG 77 York, Carson - 4 star - RS Freshman RT 68 Kaiser, C.E. - 2 star - junior (All star rankings from Rivals) One of the reasons the Oregon OL looked so dominant is that the skill players executed at a very high level so the USC defense was never sure what was coming at them. But comparing their performance against Michigan's OL which has a similar level of experience and higher recruiting rankings, it's impossible not to come away frustrated with their struggles against a poor Illinois DL.

I dont think he was making a personal attack just simply pointing out the rampant use of CAPS in your posts. Thats fair enough right?

It looked pretty good from both teams that made the NC game last year, and it will look a lot better around UM with an experienced, non-injured QB. As someone already posted, Oregon looked pretty good with it, too. As soon as there are enough experienced personnel to execute the offense, it will work at UM. If anyone seriously thinks they should bag the spread and go back to Wisky-style football, think of the consequences; it would set the program back at least three more years. The reason we are seeing problems right now is that it takes a more talented QB to run the spread than it does to run a pro-set. As we also saw, the rewards are far greater once a team's personnel is in place. I wish there was a fast forward button I could hit and get to next season, when Forcier should be healed, DRob will have a lot more experience and coaching, and DG will be in the mix. And, of course, the defense should be better from having grown a year, and the additions of Turner and Witty might help from the speed standpoint. Since there is no fast forward button, though, I guess I'll just watch the rest of the season, enjoy whatever good comes of the last three games, and remind myself that the bad is only temporary.

While the team is currently struggling in the B10, once they garner a few conference wins and play legit outside competition, we should see better results. That's what we wanted after App. State and the bowl losses and that's what we're eventually going to get if everyone stays patient.

Nothing against Oregon's victory last night, but USC has been hit with the injury bug big time on offense. Between the weight room incident and a couple of WR's missing last night, USC's O was very compromised. Sound familiar? Molk, Odoms and a dinged up Minor didn't help. I'm trying to put a good side on a horribly bad afternoon. Does anyone know the story with Minor? Note the story about Minor in Ann Arbor.com: http://www.annarbor.com/sports/michigan-running-back-brandon-minor-bare…

Oregon's offensive line is much better, and they have better athletes all over the field IMO.