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Duck Tape: Film Review of Week 3, 2021 vs Stony Brook

There’s only one meaningful statistic to the outcome of this game: Oregon’s per-play rushing success rate was 71.0%, on 22 successful designed rushes vs just 9 unsuccessful ones, given the down & distance and prior to garbage time.

That’s an outrageous number, achievable only against totally overmatched opponents. It renders the rest of the game immaterial to the outcome - if you can run that effectively then everything else you do, including when on the defense, is simply to practice doing it and to give reps to the backups, because you can march the field and control the clock at will.