EUGENE, Ore. (AP) Oregon running back Royce Freeman is listed atop the depth chart for the Ducks’ game Saturday against Colorado, but there’s no certainty that he’ll play.
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The Buffs are now 3-1, and it’s clear that they’re pretty good.
Ohio State’s Noah Brown has destroyed the fun in football catches for everybody else, probably for the entire rest of this year.
The Colorado Buffaloes (2-1) suffered from a 45-28 loss to the Michigan Wolverines in week 3. It is the first time this season the Buffs will wear head-to-toe white, a look that the team introduced last season. A year ago, the Buffs were second in the Pac-12 in pass defense, giving up just 218.2 yards per game. “At times were were doing that, and then too many times we weren’t”.
“I knew he was capable of having that type of performance”, quarterbacks coach/co-offensive coordinator Brian Lindgren said, “but I have to say, I was a little bit surprised that he came out in his first start and was able to settle down and go play and start that fast”.
Colorado ranks 53rd in rushing offense (195.3 ypg); OR ranks 90th in rushing defense (170.0 ypg).
They keep calling thee alternate uniforms, but in truth, does OR even have a main uniform anymore? This is a vital blow to the OR offense as Allen was one of the fastest players on an already fast offense. The Ducks were penalized 13 times and missed four different two-point conversions that ultimately cost them the game. “Sometimes they’re not anxious about what you’re going to line up in, they’re going to run it anyway; sometimes they look to see what you’re in, if you’re lined up properly”. What’s even more frustrating for the Ducks is that the injury occurred on special teams in a non-contact situation.
There were plenty of heroes in this contest for the Buffaloes, not the least of which was dual-threat redshirt freshman quarterback Steven Montez, who started the first game of his career in place of injured senior Sefo Liufau and gashed the Ducks for 468 all-purpose yards and four touchdowns.
Lubick and the Ducks anticipate Freeman being available.
While the coaches have emphasized technique and fundamentals in practice this week, Helfrich said disciplinary action continued.
Nebraska fans will finally get to see the Cornhuskers’ chrome white look that was teased in August when they travel to Northwestern. Fewer are more iconic.
Allen was the first player at practice on Tuesday, exhorting his teammates to put Nebraska behind them and move ahead with conference play.
“Fundamentals are something we literally talk about every day, reinforcing those things”, Helfrich said. “He has to be an emotional leader for us now”.
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Coach/record: Mark Helfrich (35-10 at OR – fourth season) Spent four seasons as Oregon’s offensive coordinator and quarterback coach before being promoted to head coach in 2013.
