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StevensTechU wrote:Anybody know if Doctson will play in this game?

Edit: Just read that it's undecided. Could come back from a wrist injury, could not.

It's cool beating teams at full-health, but frankly, I think Doctson is arguably the best player in the country. History rarely remembers who played anyway, so I would be perfectly fine if Doctson stayed on the sidelines for this one.

TCU J-Sauce wrote:Hey y'all. Figured We would come over for some convo and ball busting before the game.

We are excited about this game, and feel like we match up well with y'all. Should be a fun one to watch. To touch on a few things I've read in the first couple posts...

1) we aren't scared. Excited because this is a good match up with national attention (lots of talking heads calling it the most exciting non-NY6 bowl this year... And If not that, we'll at least have the best dressed teams. Thanks Nike!)

2) Boykin will be 100% by game time. Very good for us because that guy is (I'm biased but several coaches have said this) the best player in college football this year, and easily the most important to his team. Our O really struggled when he wasn't around (doesn't help that we have a SR walkon and RS FR backing him up)

3) we haven't been healthy all year, so there's really no full strength for you to measure off of this season. We started the year missing around 6 starters due to injury, and the injuries just piled on. We got to a point where 20 players on our 2 deep have missed time due to injury... Pretty nuts. We've played 30 freshman this year, several of whom got significant PT and some started. I really think this was Coach P's greatest coaching job to date... Seems crazy that we won 10 games again.

I've seen several "they don't play defense" comments, which is laughable. Coach Patterson is possibly the greatest defensive mind in the game today (Saban up there as well). Our league is an incredibly offensive-oriented league, so it really is not so much that there's no defense as it is that the offenses are great. I'm excited to see how our D handles y'alls up tempo fast offense. Just don't think we aren't prepared for it, bc our defense practices against it every day.

My prediction for the game is both teams around 30-45 or so range. Looks like the initial betting lines are just barely in our favor. I'm gonna say TCU wins a good one 41 - 34. Although, I wouldn't mind us coming out like we did in the Peach Bowl last year and running a train over the Ducks. That ain't gonna happen though.

Hope to meet any of y'all down in SA and have a beer or 20. Looking forward to this one!

Go Frogs!

DAT_man_again wrote:

TCU J-Sauce wrote:Hey y'all. Figured We would come over for some convo and ball busting before the game.

We are excited about this game, and feel like we match up well with y'all. Should be a fun one to watch. To touch on a few things I've read in the first couple posts...

1) we aren't scared. Excited because this is a good match up with national attention (lots of talking heads calling it the most exciting non-NY6 bowl this year... And If not that, we'll at least have the best dressed teams. Thanks Nike!)

2) Boykin will be 100% by game time. Very good for us because that guy is (I'm biased but several coaches have said this) the best player in college football this year, and easily the most important to his team. Our O really struggled when he wasn't around (doesn't help that we have a SR walkon and RS FR backing him up)

3) we haven't been healthy all year, so there's really no full strength for you to measure off of this season. We started the year missing around 6 starters due to injury, and the injuries just piled on. We got to a point where 20 players on our 2 deep have missed time due to injury... Pretty nuts. We've played 30 freshman this year, several of whom got significant PT and some started. I really think this was Coach P's greatest coaching job to date... Seems crazy that we won 10 games again.

I've seen several "they don't play defense" comments, which is laughable. Coach Patterson is possibly the greatest defensive mind in the game today (Saban up there as well). Our league is an incredibly offensive-oriented league, so it really is not so much that there's no defense as it is that the offenses are great. I'm excited to see how our D handles y'alls up tempo fast offense. Just don't think we aren't prepared for it, bc our defense practices against it every day.

My prediction for the game is both teams around 30-45 or so range. Looks like the initial betting lines are just barely in our favor. I'm gonna say TCU wins a good one 41 - 34. Although, I wouldn't mind us coming out like we did in the Peach Bowl last year and running a train over the Ducks. That ain't gonna happen though.

Hope to meet any of y'all down in SA and have a beer or 20. Looking forward to this one!

Go Frogs!

FSU, Kansas State, Wisconsin, Texas, Michigan State and pretty much the entire PAC 12 for the last 7 years said they thought they matched up "well" with us too. Every year it seems like fanbases of opponents seem to underestimate us. And unless your Ohio State or the SEC it does t usually work out for them.

DAT_man_again wrote:Wow I looked at their schedule. Barely scraped by Minnesota, Texas Tech, K State and freaking Kansas.


Then again, fully healthy we almost lost to Washington, ASU, and OSU.

Phalanx wrote:My initial thoughts on this game (other than our clear mascot advantage) are that we have done worst against the pass this season, and now along comes a team who relies heavily on passing, and they do it really well. It seems like our DB's are going to have to grow up over the next month, or it could be a long night at the Alamo.

UOducksTK1 wrote:

Phalanx wrote:My initial thoughts on this game (other than our clear mascot advantage) are that we have done worst against the pass this season, and now along comes a team who relies heavily on passing, and they do it really well. It seems like our DB's are going to have to grow up over the next month, or it could be a long night at the Alamo.

I wonder what would happen if you put a flock of Ducks against a knot of Frogs. Let's just be honest, we don't matchup well with most of the Pac-12 teams.

I think our poor passing reflects our scheme and lack of pressure on the QB too. Also since our LBs are always out of position, this forces our DBs to have to compensate by moving up to stop the run. Also, it's pretty infrequent that teams go for the homerun ball or seriously attack the one on one coverage. Most completions recently have been on our zone overages. Exploiting the middle level just behind the LBs.

OregonFan4Life wrote:I'm worried about this game because TCU at least had a pulse on defense. After the second half in the Civil War, I'm sure TCU is excited to go up against that defense. I don't see Pillows dialing anything that'll slow down TCU. For Oregon to win this game, they need to get up to an early lead and not turn the ball over, because TCU will turnovers into points, or the Oregon defense will allow turnovers to turn into points. Tough game for sure, but I just don't trust the defense enough, but I sure hope they prove me wrong!

TCU J-Sauce wrote:

OregonFan4Life wrote:I'm worried about this game because TCU at least had a pulse on defense. After the second half in the Civil War, I'm sure TCU is excited to go up against that defense. I don't see Pillows dialing anything that'll slow down TCU. For Oregon to win this game, they need to get up to an early lead and not turn the ball over, because TCU will turnovers into points, or the Oregon defense will allow turnovers to turn into points. Tough game for sure, but I just don't trust the defense enough, but I sure hope they prove me wrong!

My suggestion - if y'all are gonna score, best do it in the 1st half. Our 2nd half D has been good down the stretch (except for that OSU game. Everyone was bad that day). I think in our last 3 games, the D has only given up 2 second half scores.

greenyellow wrote:Sounds like TCU's All-American WR, Josh Doctson, won't be ready in time for the Alamo Bowl.