Oregon

Some thoughts on this weeks game. I’ll start with negatives, I believe that Oregon is better in every single way other than the return game than usc. This includes QB and receiver. Coaching will be better for them than usc. My concerns with Utah are what happens with our D without Barton who in my mind is as significant of a loss of anything else we’ve had with the D this year if not more so. Can our run game repeat the last two weeks? Can we handle the pressure of gameday? Can the fans (myself included) bring the noise in an afternoon game? Hangover from usc does make me very nervous, can we go back to back in HUGE games?

Positives, Barnes has shown he can ball with little mistake. His pick six was under pressure from bear alexander. I think we tighten things up at qb to the point where we are going to be pleased with his play the rest of the way! Vaki is the dude we need and I would rather have him and JJ just go back and forth full time instead of Vaki on D full time. Our receivers are coming around, the line is improving. We have a kicker again, the defense is well, THE defense. I think we will get to nix enough to slow them down. I know I expressed concern with the day game…but let’s get real RES is where it is at! We will be loud all day long. We will get some false starts, delay of games, and added juice to our team in our favor all game long.

My prediction, I initially said Oregon by 2 scores but looking at some stats of the teams Oregon has faced and vice versa with our team…Utah wins 28-17