Oregon’s offense was both explosive and efficient in this game, allowing it to control the tempo of the game at will – accelerating it with big plays, then draining the clock with methodical drives once the lead was secure. Stealing a possession with an onside kick after UCLA won the coin toss and deferred meant that Oregon had six scoring drives to UCLA’s four before garbage time set in with a 22-point lead, but that simply hastened the inevitable given the Ducks’ offensive advantages against the Bruins’ defense.
The rushing offense continued on its two-year hot streak of efficiency numbers that I’ve never seen before: prior to garbage time they had 25 successful designed runs vs 8 failures, given the down & distance, or almost 76%.