By Kyle Golik
As Oregon head coach Dan Lanning approached his postgame press conference, the satisfaction of Oregon’s performance was evident with his opening remarks .
“Alright, feel like we played to our standard today.” Lanning said following Oregon’s rout of rival Oregon State 49-14 in Reser Stadium. Lanning was especially pleased with the offensive performance, “Yeah, offensively, definitely a clean game, thought they did what we thought they would do, and I thought our coaches had a really good plan for that. We were able to take advantage of that plan.”
If anything, we saw today what Oregon can be when they are clicking on all cylinders and why they were a trendy pick to be Big Ten champions and even national champions. They could move the ball at will and dominate on both sides.
Against Oregon State, Oregon averaged a staggering 9.3 yards per play – nearly every time Oregon touched the football it was a first down. On 59 offensive plays, Oregon gained 546 yards of total offense and 26 first downs.