Oregon gave up 4.0 yards per carry last year. They also allowed 21.6 points per game, which is not bad but it's hardly dominating. Then again, name a Pac 12 D that is ever dominating?
Also, they allowed 145 yards rushing to Virginia, who has a decent running back but was worse than UT last year.
As for their defensive personnel, they are pretty stout on the DL, but did lose a no. 1 draft pick. The LB corps is rebuilding.
I'd say it looks to me like we can run some on them. Of course, Worley is going to have to hit a few passes. Likely that's going to be the key for us to go over 20 points. Unfortunately they have a really good pass D, but we don't need to get 300 yards passing either. Maybe 150-200 will be enough to keep them honest.
I know Worley looked really rough in the first half last week, but I hope he gets his stuff together and has a pretty good game.
It will be fun to watch whatever happens. For the first time since we lost to UK, I feel good about where the program is headed. And I feel BETTER about where the program is headed since late 2007, or maybe even 2006.