The Georgia Bulldogs are good. Who knew?
Unfortunately, it appears the Oregon Ducks may not be as good as we thought. That was demonstrated over and over again Saturday afternoon as the defending national champions trounced Dan Lanning’s squad in Mercedes-Benz Stadium.
The result was a 49-3 loss in which Oregon went without scoring a touchdown for the first time since 2017. There were a few positive moments — the Ducks’ offense moved the ball well in the first half — but they were overshadowed by an endless list of things that need to be cleaned up in a hurry.
Few expected the Ducks to walk out of Atlanta with a victory on Saturday, but people expected more of a game than this.
Here are some of our biggest takeaways following the game:
Ducks Defense Has Explaining To Do…
We knew that Georgia was good, and that its offense was going to be hard to stop. I didn’t think it was going to be this good, though. Maybe I didn’t think that Oregon was going to look this bad?
You pick which one is the truer statement, but I’m actually going to focus on the negative here for Duck fans. We came into this season touting the Oregon defense. With Noah Sewell and Justin Flowe in the middle, Brandon Dorlus up front, and Christian Gonzalez and Bennett Williams in the secondary, this unit was supposed to be among the best in the nation under Dan Lanning.
They were anything but on Saturday afternoon.
Georgia finished the game with 49 points, 571 yards, a 90% conversion rate on third down (9-for-10) and points scored on seven of their eight drives.
That’s abysmal.
Sure they’re the defending champions. Sure they are more talented and had a good game. Even a bad game for Oregon shouldn’t result in those types of gaudy numbers.
If the Ducks are going to be successful in 2022, it’s going to have to come on the back of the defense. The offense can be decent, but the defense has to be great.
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