Okay, so Oregon was stomped on National Tv by Louisiana State last night. I've had some time to digest this lost because I'm a huge Oregon fan. Here are my thoughts.
This is not a huge blow to Oregon's season. Oregon was replacing practically their entire wide receiver corps, offensive line, defensive line, and linebackers. Not to mention they were playing without star cornerback Cliff Harris. Oregon has tons of players to fill big holes and I expect that this team will be humming by week 4 and looking great. It wasn't reasonable to expect this team to get back to the title game, no teams go back to the title game year after year. Not even Alabama did it last year and they were loaded.
This does not hurt the Pac 12's reputation. Sure they lost in the spotlight, but look at it realistically. They were playing a loaded LSU with tons of veterans , while the Ducks were replacing starters nearly everywhere. The Ducks proved that they could beat an SEC team last year. If Oregon had played this game in week 5, it would have been a completely different story.
Oregon will be really good by week 5 and I fully expect them to run the table and make noise in the Rose Bowl.
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