Oregon’s Speed Sprints By Washington

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Oregon, the ‘class’ of Pac-12 football (how many of you picked the Stanford Cardinal or USC} was on display last night when the Ducks ran fast can crushed the Washington Huskies. You know it is the pace of the game that has people scared.  Well, maybe not people, but at least one future opponent coach, Alabama’s  Lou Saban is already complaining about the ‘speed’ that Oregon plays the game.  Saban says it is not fair. 

Come on coach. It not fair that the SEC only plays 8 conference games and 4 cream-puffs, yet Pac-12 football play a brutal  9 game conference schedule. Hey Saban. Nut up and don’t worry… well, not until its time for the Alabama Razorbacks to experience the Ducks speed just like Washington did last night.

The Oregon Ducks came into last night the second ranked team in the nation. If the Ducks are the second best team in the land, doesn’t want an up close look at number one. The Huskies were outrun, outgunned, and overwhelmed in a 52-21 loss to the Ducks in a game that wasn’t as close as the final score. The rout marks the ninth year in a row that the Huskies have been beaten soundly by Oregon in the game known as the border war.

Five turnovers will do that to you. The Huskies knew that they would need to play a flawless game against the run and gun Ducks. Keith Price threw two interceptions, (one of which was returned for a touchdown by Avery Patterson) and the Huskies lost three fumbles, one of them by Price himself. Early in the second half the mistakes and subsequent scores were mounting at a pace to indicate that Oregon was going to put 70, if not 80, on the board. Early in the final stanza, though, Oregon’s Chip Kelly took his foot off the gas, Washington scored a cosmetic touchdown, and the Huskies quietly left town.

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