Oregon's Tempo...

[lionheartkc 6,150]

There are a lot of writers talking about Oregon winning because of how fast they play and how no team has the stamina to keep up with them (a point also brough up by Lane Kiffen).  None of these writers, however, mention that Auburn practices at that speed, as well, and our D has proven, time and time again, that they don't get tired... in fact they just get better as the game goes on. 

I think Oregon is in for a rude awakening, if they think they are going to beat Auburn with tempo. (yes, I know... that's many games in the future, if it even happens, but I'm just speculating here)

It also makes me wonder if, in the next 3 games, now that we've shown our passing cards, if Malzhan isn't going to crank it up to 11 and see how fast we can go... just to make sure the voters know that Oregon isn't the only fast team out there.

[AubieIsMyHero 0]

I'll be stunned if Chizik and Co. do anything just for the voters.  If we were interested in impressing voters we wouldn't have taken a knee at the end of LSU, the 2nd team wouldn't have seen time at Ole Miss, etc...

[MarcAntony 0]

Agreed - Chiz is playing his cards perfectly right now.  He knows all we have to do is win and he's choosing to rest when possible, keep the team hungry to improve, and maintain good team chemistry. 

All three of those things are more important than voter respect at the moment.

[gravejd 3,100]

Make no doubt about it, Oregon plays at a very fast pace. It's hard to compare to us cause we have slowed it down so much this year. But I do think they go about as fast as is possible. I don't think it would be a huge advatage against us as we do have lots of experience with fast paced offenses. Plus we really don't do a lot of subing during defensive series. We will take bynes out on occassion when we go to nickle, but that maybe has happened ten times this year. So Oregon's fast paced offense doesn't scare me. Don't get me wrong, their offense does scare me, just not because its fast paced. I think if we played Oregon the first to 60 points wins

[tbone4jc 2,111]

In my honest opinion, to quote Coach Trooper Taylor " Sitting on G waiting on O"  for this offense! I think we showed just a portion of the passing game against Miss to scare the you know what out of our remaining opponents. I like the way our defense's  confidence has gotten A LOT better over these pasy couple of games, started with LSU, and the tackling has improved...War Eagle!

[au03cobrafan 0]

I think Auburn drives down the field at will on Oregon.  It will really be up to Auburn's coaches as to whether they want to score fast or score slowly like we did against Kentucky.  On the other hand I think Auburn stops Oregon just enough to win like we did against Arkansas.

[AuburnGrad97 37]

I think Auburn drives down the field at will on Oregon.  It will really be up to Auburn's coaches as to whether they want to score fast or score slowly like we did against Kentucky.  On the other hand I think Auburn stops Oregon just enough to win like we did against Arkansas.

Oregon couldn't stop UCLA from running right down the field on them, so what makes them think they could stop Cam, Dyer, Omac, or T-Zach.  It would be a shoot-out, and a hell of a fun game to watch.  Here's hoping we continue to DWWD and give ourselves the chance to prove it on the field.

War Eagle!

[Droxside 0]

Do not underestimate Oregon. If we play, both teams score at least 40 pts. most likely. Oregon will score at least 30-50 on anybody. You can hold them down for stretches, then they explode for 14-21 in a 5 or 6 minute span. Make no mistake, that offense is for real and as good as any in the country along with Auburn...

[au03cobrafan 0]

Do not underestimate Oregon. If we play, both teams score at least 40 pts. most likely. Oregon will score at least 30-50 on anybody. You can hold them down for stretches, then they explode for 14-21 in a 5 or 6 minute span. Make no mistake, that offense is for real and as good as any in the country along with Auburn...

Yes but have you noticed that when we stop someone with a weak defense we score.  When Oregon stops someone they don't always score.  If you consider how that works we win in the same manner as we did against Arkansas.

[taylojo 0]

Do not underestimate Oregon. If we play, both teams score at least 40 pts. most likely. Oregon will score at least 30-50 on anybody. You can hold them down for stretches, then they explode for 14-21 in a 5 or 6 minute span. Make no mistake, that offense is for real and as good as any in the country along with Auburn...

Auburn would crush Oregon.  They would go through 2 QB's.  Their Oline would be swiss cheese by 2nd half.  Cam really would look like Superman.

[3rdgen 2]

If you watched the ole miss game they ran alot of what oregon does with masoli.  They didn't do it well but after they burned us on that long run they didn't get to the edge again.  Running up the middle is almost futile with our dts so I would just force a qb keep everytime and make their qb beat us against usc he did not look very fast.  With their pace they put 2 more points up than we did on offense and that was with our starters out of the game on the last series not going all out to put another score on ole miss with under 2 minutes to play like they did usc.  We would need to play our safeties back and keep everything in front of us and make them work it down the field.  Their similarity with our offense last year is uncanny if you give up a big play to them they usually score but if you make them drive the ball 5 yards at a time it is harder for them to do.

[auclong 0]

Do not underestimate Oregon. If we play, both teams score at least 40 pts. most likely. Oregon will score at least 30-50 on anybody. You can hold them down for stretches, then they explode for 14-21 in a 5 or 6 minute span. Make no mistake, that offense is for real and as good as any in the country along with Auburn...

They do have a good offense but consider their schedule. Opps. record is 24-41 or 37% on season. Last 5 games against their toughest opps. so far, those teams are 20-21. They give up 26 PPG in those 5 games. AU opps. on season are 44-30 or 59.45% on season. Last 5 games our opps. record overall is 24-17 and we give up 26PPG. also. 2 of Oregon`s opps. are over 50% this year and one 4-4. One opp. is ranked in top 25. 4 opps. have won 2 games or less all season. 4 of our opps. are over 50%. 2 are 4-4 and 2 are 3-5. 4 of our opps. are currently in top 25. Where is Stat when you need him; I hate statistics.

[3rdgen 2]

Do not underestimate Oregon. If we play, both teams score at least 40 pts. most likely. Oregon will score at least 30-50 on anybody. You can hold them down for stretches, then they explode for 14-21 in a 5 or 6 minute span. Make no mistake, that offense is for real and as good as any in the country along with Auburn...

They do have a good offense but consider their schedule. Opps. record is 24-41 or 37% on season. Last 5 games against their toughest opps. so far, those teams are 20-21. They give up 26 PPG in those 5 games. AU opps. on season are 44-30 or 59.45% on season. Last 5 games our opps. record overall is 24-17 and we give up 26PPG. also. 2 of Oregon`s opps. are over 50% this year and one 4-4. One opp. is ranked in top 25. 4 opps. have won 2 games or less all season. 4 of our opps. are over 50%. 2 are 4-4 and 2 are 3-5. 4 of our opps. are currently in top 25. Where is Stat when you need him; I hate statistics.

You are doing a pretty goo job with the stats though.

[Holland's Fro 0]

Auburn would crush Oregon.  They would go through 2 QB's.  Their Oline would be swiss cheese by 2nd half.  Cam really would look like Superman.

I disagree. It would be very close and probably one of the best games of the year.

[WarAmericanEagle 0]

I agree about our defense getting better as the game goes on. With Oregon, I know they're good and fast. However, Arizona State, (not near as good as Auburn) held Oregon to only scoring on 4/17 possessions. They're defense isnt near as good and ours and if we stopped them several times in a row, our offense would score and they would be in a deficit. I think the "Experts" are focusing to much on Oregon's speed and not realizing that our Defense is better than they've played and are beginning to prove it.

[AUFan21 58]

Tenn held them pretty good in the first half. If they had our Offense, they would have beaten Oregon. IMO.

[imsoauburn 0]

Tenn held them pretty good in the first half. If they had our Offense, they would have beating Oregon. IMO.

Yea Tennessees O-line BLEW Oregons D-Line completely off the ball in the first half of that game. They had like 200 something Rushing yards in the 1st half.

Anybody know anything about Tennessees O-line? None of the starters this year had ever started before this season. The only reason they couldnt stay in it and just like all their other games....no depth.

We would score at will on Oregon! Literally! We would run them right over. Also our D continues to stick together and get better every week. I hope we play Oregon SO BAD!

[mgmau11 0]

The biggest thing I've seen in watching Oregon's games versus ours is that their offense relies completely on conditioning and quick plays to score. This results in playing close when faced with decent competition (stanford and USC) until there offense finally prevails and they score in heaps the second half. This works great on paper; however, any offense that revolves around one style of overall attack: finesse, power, or speed and tempo based offenses can run into trouble.

Oregon's kryptonite will be a team that has the offense to score when they score to prevent the pulling away, a conditioned D to limit the explosivneness in the second half.. and limiting their offense to 3 and outs.

Auburn on the other hand is not one dimensional on offense by any means and can choose to rely on tempo to tire a Defense out.. or take a 98 yard drive in 12 plays and chew up the clock. This latter fact will be instrumental in keeping our defense fresh if we play them

Prediction for that game: As in earlier games until our defense adapts well Oregon will score some points. First half sees both teams score in bunches where we go in at half within 3-10 points of each other. The second half -after defense adapts- and one or two big plays by fairley our others leads to our offense having the ball numerous times after Oregon has not scored. We offensively shift gears now and begin to score long monotonous drives ending in touchdowns .. All the while Oregon gets more and more frustrated as their explosive offense is kept bottled up watching Dyer and Cam chew up yards on first and second down.. followed by Darvin Adams moving the chains on third. After two such drives and AU up by 14... a rolling down the hill effect occurs. Our D inspired by our offense and fresh as well due to the long drives shuts Oregon's offense up and the good guys pull away slowly the rest of the game.

[DyeCampAlum 335]

I've been thinking about this a lot.  First, I'm highly impressed with Oregon.  They run their offense much faster than we do -- or can at this point.  And it does matter.  Here's what I think about the tempo of both teams.

Auburn substitutes faster than anybody. Once the play ends, Auburn has a new package in and at the line before you can blink. This forces the defense to get into their stance, maybe without subs, while Auburn takes its time with audibles and so forth. The result is a defense that wears down while Auburn finds a rhythm. Pretty cool.

I'm not sure Oregon even substitutes most of the time. Their goal is to snap the ball before the defense even lines up. You see defensive tackles and ends not even getting their hands on the ground. You get the same gassed defense, but you also get crazy wide open plays due to missed assignments.  It's breathless.

What's really weird is, I'm not sure down and distance matter all that much to Oregon. Second and 12 can be an inside run play, just because the D can't settle in. Same for third and 6. Auburn is controlled by down and distance just as much as everybody else.