Kansas State’s head coach Bill Snyder is an iconic coach who has been with them for over 20 years. He is a fantastic motivator and he has been able to keep up with today’s dynamic schemes by staying fluid and connected to his players. His players always play smart.
Oregon’s head coach Chip Kelley is a transcended football genius. Chip's teams become more and more polished each year. His teams consistently rank in the top 5 in major offensive categories. Although he can come off as arrogant and smug, his relationships with his players and coaches allows them to coach and play with supported confidence.
A slight edge to Chip (partly because his recruiting has given him the more talented team).
A slight edge in receivers goes to K.State. But I don't believe the WR's are going to decide this game. Fun fact: Kansas State’s leading receiver (Chris Harper) played for Oregon back in 2009 as a true freshman QB. He transferred because Oregon wanted him to play WR.
Regarding pure passing skills Mariota is the choice. Mariota's passing efficiency is 165.3 compared to Klein's 156.1 rating. Mariota's completion percentage is 69.87; Klein's is 66.18. Mariota threw six interceptions. Klein had seven. Lastly, Mariota has passed for 30 TD's to Klein's 15. Klein is the better and tougher runner. Klein is \more important to his team compared to Mariota. But Mariota will out play Klein because the talent around him is better and Chip has a month to prepare.
K. State has a top 30 pass rush. They are lead by defensive end Meshak Williams who uses speed and aggressiveness to reach the QB. K. State’s pass rush will be met by the essence of Oregon’s offence. Lead by center Hronis Grassu, UO’s O-line has given up only a handful of sacks. With grace and shear will, Oregon’s O line will eliminate K. State’s ability to put pressure on Mariota.
Oregon has a pass rush that rates top 30 in the nation regarding sacks. They are led by outside linebacker Dion Jordan. Jordan is a freak of nature standing 6’7” and weighing 265 pounds. He is a very experienced and well-conditioned machine. Oregon brings pressure by using a large number of disguised blitzes using different players to attack the QB from all angles.
Both teams have effective rushing attacks (but with different styles). With Klein (a TE playing QB), K. State likes to pound teams and tire them out with a physical attack (Ducks have struggled with defending this style in the past ). Oregon uses high tempo and a precise execution of a handful of plays to befuddle and tire out opposing D's and then....BOOM. LB Arthur Brown is a stud but the rest of the front seven is slightly above average. Brown is going to have to cover a ton of ground. K. State will try to do what Stanford did (stay with assignments (on zone read and option plays), penetration and make plays in space) but all teams try to play this way against UofO. K. State's front 7 is no Stanford (its not even close). Oregon's front 7 will have most of their players back. When healthy, Oregon's front 7 played very well and I think they have enough to hold K. State's rushing attack until K. State needs to pass (after falling behind early). Also, look for plenty of big plays from Oregon's back field.
Overall, Oregon has the more talented team and will be ready to play. K. State has some talented players but they have too many average (though overachieving) players to hang with the Ducks. I believe K. State will play tough early but can’t stick around with Oregon. Oregon wins the eye test hands down.
48-27 UofO
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Kansas State’s head coach Bill Snyder is an iconic coach who has been with them for over 20 years. He is a fantastic motivator and he has been able to keep up with today’s dynamic schemes by staying fluid and connected to his players. His players always play smart.
Oregon’s head coach Chip Kelley is a transcended football genius. Chip's teams become more and more polished each year. His teams consistently rank in the top 5 in major offensive categories. Although he can come off as arrogant and smug, his relationships with his players and coaches allows them to coach and play with supported confidence.
A slight edge to Chip (partly because his recruiting has given him the more talented team).
A slight edge in receivers goes to K.State. But I don't believe the WR's are going to decide this game. Fun fact: Kansas State’s leading receiver (Chris Harper) played for Oregon back in 2009 as a true freshman QB. He transferred because Oregon wanted him to play WR.
Regarding pure passing skills Mariota is the choice. Mariota's passing efficiency is 165.3 compared to Klein's 156.1 rating. Mariota's completion percentage is 69.87; Klein's is 66.18. Mariota threw six interceptions. Klein had seven. Lastly, Mariota has passed for 30 TD's to Klein's 15. Klein is the better and tougher runner. Klein is \more important to his team compared to Mariota. But Mariota will out play Klein because the talent around him is better and Chip has a month to prepare.
K. State has a top 30 pass rush. They are lead by defensive end Meshak Williams who uses speed and aggressiveness to reach the QB. K. State’s pass rush will be met by the essence of Oregon’s offence. Lead by center Hronis Grassu, UO’s O-line has given up only a handful of sacks. With grace and shear will, Oregon’s O line will eliminate K. State’s ability to put pressure on Mariota.
Oregon has a pass rush that rates top 30 in the nation regarding sacks. They are led by outside linebacker Dion Jordan. Jordan is a freak of nature standing 6’7” and weighing 265 pounds. He is a very experienced and well-conditioned machine. Oregon brings pressure by using a large number of disguised blitzes using different players to attack the QB from all angles.
Both teams have effective rushing attacks (but with different styles). With Klein (a TE playing QB), K. State likes to pound teams and tire them out with a physical attack (Ducks have struggled with defending this style in the past ). Oregon uses high tempo and a precise execution of a handful of plays to befuddle and tire out opposing D's and then....BOOM. LB Arthur Brown is a stud but the rest of the front seven is slightly above average. Brown is going to have to cover a ton of ground. K. State will try to do what Stanford did (stay with assignments (on zone read and option plays), penetration and make plays in space) but all teams try to play this way against UofO. K. State's front 7 is no Stanford (its not even close). Oregon's front 7 will have most of their players back. When healthy, Oregon's front 7 played very well and I think they have enough to hold K. State's rushing attack until K. State needs to pass (after falling behind early). Also, look for plenty of big plays from Oregon's back field.
Overall, Oregon has the more talented team and will be ready to play. K. State has some talented players but they have too many average (though overachieving) players to hang with the Ducks. I believe K. State will play tough early but can’t stick around with Oregon. Oregon wins the eye test hands down.
the key part of the entire writeup that you quickly got off of is the fact that Oregon hates playing smash mouth physical teams (Standford sound familiar) K St is gonna lline up and smack them in the mouth..........I think this game is very intriguing and Oregon is amazingly athletic and talented, but K St has the perfect offense to eat some clock and frustrate Oregon in this game........all that being said, I wish you luck
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the key part of the entire writeup that you quickly got off of is the fact that Oregon hates playing smash mouth physical teams (Standford sound familiar) K St is gonna lline up and smack them in the mouth..........I think this game is very intriguing and Oregon is amazingly athletic and talented, but K St has the perfect offense to eat some clock and frustrate Oregon in this game........all that being said, I wish you luck
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