Can Coach Helfrich duplicate the amazing Game Plans of Coach Kelly? Let’s look at the Fiesta Bowl Game Plan and how we arrive at some conclusions about this crucial question from this study. Do YOU think the Game Plans will be similar? (Discuss over here)

I am blown away. I was so focused on the Xs and Os of the game (with the sound turned off) that I whipped through all of the examples given in this referee analysis when viewing the game again—and I missed them. Now, I am stunned at the total level of incompetence, and not from the play that everyone reviews! I cannot recall so many examples that went against Oregon that were WRONG in a game of such magnitude. We at Oregon lost a shot at the NC while all our conference members lost untold millions to balance the budgets. If you read nothing else, please read the concluding paragraph and tell me if I’m over-reacting.

In my conversations with Josh and other high school coaches, we have lamented the loss of the counter play in the Oregon offense, and now we realize it was there under our nose all along! Nice catch by Josh and some fun screenshots from five years ago. My thanks to Bret Landess (Scubaduck) who provided the cool footage of the Purdue game of 2008 for examples of the old counter in the Oregon offense. I going to put it out there….what other plays serve as a counter now? (C’mon coaches….) P.S. If any of you have more footage of 2007, 2008, or 2009…I need it!

There is something interesting going on with our Zone Read attack as it appears that Oregon has added a new wrinkle to help open things up. We KNEW as fans that our coaches are continuously countering-the-opponents-counters to us, but this is fascinating to me. I love how it utilizes a position of strength, and opens things up further for Lyerla and Ka’ai. Think we will see it further?

How many of you have asked for more info about our Special Teams? New Analyst Todd Moore breaks down a play from one of our favorite Special Team formations, and it is surprising all that is going on in fractions of a second. Read and come back to discuss here….and I’m curious if you think he made the right decision on this. Should Dion have banged it up the middle?

Guys…don’t miss this one. The skill of a writer is reflected in how he can take the complicated and make it simple for us to understand, and Sean did a great job with secondary zone coverages. I learned some things and hope you do too. (Read there and discuss here-thanks)

Cheserek is one of the best American Prep runners ever and now the two-time Footlocker winner holds the indoor two-mile record for a high schooler. He's a great runner and a huge addition to the U of O Cross Country and Track programs.

Chip is getting the old gang back together.

How did we stop Kansas State’s passing game in the Fiesta Bowl? Sean answers it in another informative and entertaining analysis….just when I thought last week’s was the best!

Ready to take a break from the recruiting drama to learn about our defense? Sean grew up as a "Coach’s son" and had been breaking film down for his father for over 15 years. He served as a consultant this last summer to my defensive tutorials, and now is producing his first analysis for Oregon fans.