Sometimes the hype is real.
Oregon’s Spring Game was a better-than-average show by spring game standards. The enthusiasm was high and there was a good crowd. The split squads played to a 21-20 finish with a failed two-point conversion at the end, Justin Hollins making his eighth tackle of the game to preserve the win.
The game was competitive if a little ragged. Both of the principle quarterbacks showed enough progress to suggest the Ducks could field another competent and effective offense by mid-September, provided they work out timing and footwork issues and the offensive line finds cohesion (split-squad games are especially hard on offensive line continuity–it showed glaringly in a game in which the defenses reached the quarterback a combined 10 times, letting up on others because hitting the passer wasn’t allowed).