What does Oregon get because of its difficulties after a loss a week at home against Stanford? : A road game against a better version of this Cardinal.
The Ducks play at No. 11 Utah Saturday at Salt Lake City, Utah, and on paper have no chance to win, or even remain close. So much so the 14-point spread seems to be an insult to Utah by about ten points.
Oregon (3-7, 1-6 Pac-12) will roll into Utah (8-2, 5-2) using the second-worst rushing defense at the Pac-12 in 255.4 yards allowed per game to face the hottest racing attack in the conference.
“Same thing as last week, really,” Oregon defensive coordinator Brady Hoke said. “You’ve got to stop the run. There is no doubt about it.”
Uh oh!
Oregon has not stopped the run . Not against UC Davis and Virginia in what appears like beams ago. Stanford’s Christian McCaffrey ran wild a week, scoring three touchdowns as the Cardinal, owners of the worst crime in the conference, averaging 340 yards per game, place up 540 yards of total offense on the Ducks.
Utah, averaging 433.7 metres per game is much better on offense than Stanford thanks to this wonderful performances of running Joe Williams. He”retired” for four games to start the season just to be spoken back into enjoying. Since his return, Williams has averaged 216 total yards and 156.5 yards rushing per game. He has gained 939 racing yards on 7.0 yards per carry.
“He is maybe the most explosive and the fastest of any of the backs we have had here up to a house run-type back which can extend the distance from anywhere on the field,” Utah head coach Kyle Whittingham told colleagues this week.
To make matters worse for Oregon, Williams runs behind a veteran offensive line.
“They’re bodily upfront,” Hoke said. “Quite senior-oriented offensive line together with three men up there that have played a great deal of football.”
The Ducks would be the opposite with one senior starting on a young defense that’s rotated through 14 defensive linemen this season.
“We had a good week of practiceprecisely the same thing we all did the week before,” Hoke said. “Our guys have come out and fought, and been physical each time we go to the area.”
That intensity hasn’t translated into strong performances on game titles. Saturday will likely be no different.

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