Putting Them Out of Their Misery

KVAL

The two key questions I had in this scrimmage was
1) Could the defensive absolutely rule the line of scrimmage?
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LaMJ seemed to spend much of game with everyone behind him.
Oregonian

and 2) Could the ball be distributed to different scoring threats?

Although Missouri State scored on their first possesion, the defense held them the rest of the way. And the offense was just sick. LaMJ did his usual thing. Darron Thomas is proving to be a thrower. Receivers including Lavasier Tuinei -- The Big Tuna (Don't tell him I called him that.) are stepping up.

This game must've been a great confidence builder for Darron Thomas.
Oregonian



Can't touch DAT.
Oregon Daily Emerald

And then there's DeAnthony Thomas. DAT's Incredible! And he's worth mentioning because watching Arizona get beat down by Stanford, I can't see how the Wildcats will have an answer for DAT. Line him up in the backfield or out wide. If they focus on him, they forget about LaMJ, and vice versa.

Zona was constantly beat on the outside by Stanford's simple sweeps and end-arounds. And Stanford wasn't even fast.

I'll have more on the matchup with Arizona later, along with a major exclusive about Nike's uniform plans for the remainder of Oregon's season. --KB