I think MSU should forget about playing up tempo against Oregon and really try to go slow and shorten the game to protect our defense. Possession passing to Price and King to loosen them up and heavy doses of London and Scott. With favorable down and distances some down field strikes to Lyle, Troop and Burbridge should mixed in but I think the focus should ball control.
Copland and Cox are good corners but I have concerns about the depth and the play of our back 7 at WMU wasn't encouraging. In the second our defense wasn't pressure the WMU QB and the WMU receivers found plenty of gaps for catches. Oregon is an order of magnitude better so our offense needs to keep the Duck defense on the field. We have a chance to win if our OL dominates and the Spartans go slow to dominate the TOP and consistently score. Troop, Burbridge and Arnett need to contribute but I think a heavy dose of methodical 2 tight running and passing to keep our offense on the field is critical because the back 7 of our defense didn't look that good against WMU and our defense wasn't pressuring the WMU down the stretch.
Oregon is going to torch our back 7 a few times I think our best chance is to give them fewer possessions so going for it on 4-1 at mid field might be another sensible choice for the Spartans. Distance always is important but our odds of bulling out a 4-1 might be better than giving them the ball at the 20.
Hopefully we play disciplined and win the TO battle but we don't have a no fly zone anymore and the pass rush didn't look effective in the second half against WMU. I am not as optimistic as before the WMU so I hope the OL can rule the day.
Copland and Cox are good corners but I have concerns about the depth and the play of our back 7 at WMU wasn't encouraging. In the second our defense wasn't pressure the WMU QB and the WMU receivers found plenty of gaps for catches. Oregon is an order of magnitude better so our offense needs to keep the Duck defense on the field. We have a chance to win if our OL dominates and the Spartans go slow to dominate the TOP and consistently score. Troop, Burbridge and Arnett need to contribute but I think a heavy dose of methodical 2 tight running and passing to keep our offense on the field is critical because the back 7 of our defense didn't look that good against WMU and our defense wasn't pressuring the WMU down the stretch.
Oregon is going to torch our back 7 a few times I think our best chance is to give them fewer possessions so going for it on 4-1 at mid field might be another sensible choice for the Spartans. Distance always is important but our odds of bulling out a 4-1 might be better than giving them the ball at the 20.
Hopefully we play disciplined and win the TO battle but we don't have a no fly zone anymore and the pass rush didn't look effective in the second half against WMU. I am not as optimistic as before the WMU so I hope the OL can rule the day.
