Utah State

Some random thoughts from the Utah State game

-Yea Utah State is bad....but the way Oregon completely dominated them offensively is still pretty cool. Anytime you get 700 yards of total offense you have to be doing something right. Its pretty amazing that Oregon can roll to 700 yards of offense and some legit teams (Arkansas, North Carolina can barely move the ball on 1-AA teams.

-That being said, if Justin Roper gets injured Oregon is totally screwed. I thought Masoli looked pretty good against UW, but he really regressed in this game. Its clear he just doesn't have the comfort level that Roper has. Masoli could be good in time (even better than Roper), but he isn't the answer this season. If Roper gets hurt Oregon is right where they were last season after Dixon went down.

-Harper could be useful as a pure running threat, but anyone who throws the ball like that wont be effective for long stretches at a time

-Oregon's defense still looked pretty good. They haven't been dominate, but it is impressive that they haven't allowed a pass over 20 yards this season. Still no takaways outside the fumble late in the UW game is cause for concern.

- LaGerrate Blount actually wasn't that impressive to me given the hype he had. Kinda slow, but still better than Crenshaw.

-Terrance Scott appears to be a legitimate WR. Still dropped a couple of passes, but nice to see someone other than Williams be thrown the ball.

-The TV commentary was actually muched improved. I guess after 7 season seasons together Giansante and Newman finally figured out how to be average. The game actually streamed really good on the O-Zone, I had no problems at all.

- The purdue game opened with Oregon a 7 point favorite. That line seems a little high to me. I thought Oregon would be favored, but only by 4 or 5. I would bet that the line comes below 7 by kickoff.