Here we go:
1. Let's just start with the ugly: Oregon's defense ranks next-to-last in the Pac-12 almost every major statistical category. What has gone wrong, how much of it has to do with the playmakers UO lost last year, and what is Brady Hoke trying to do about it?
Andrew Greif: What’s gone wrong is that the defense was not overly talented or experienced to begin with due to the loss of first-round NFL pick DeForest Buckner and three experienced linebackers, and personnel losses have only riddled the depth chart further since.