What does Oregon get because of its difficulties after a 52-27 loss a week at home against Stanford? : A road game against a better version of this Cardinal.
The Ducks play in No. 11 Utah Saturday at Salt Lake City, Utah, and on newspaper have no chance to win, or even stay close. So much so the 14-point spread appears to be an insult to Utah by about 10 points.
Oregon (3-7, 1-6 Pac-12) will roll into Utah (8-2, 5-2) using all the second-worst rushing defense in the Pac-12 at 255.4 yards allowed per game to confront the hottest rushing attack in the seminar.
«Same thing as last week, really,» Oregon defensive coordinator Brady Hoke said. «You have got to stop the run. There’s no doubt about it»
Uh oh!
Oregon has not stopped the run all season. Not against UC Davis and Virginia in what appears like ions ago. Stanford’s Christian McCaffrey ran rampant last week, scoring three touchdowns as the Cardinal, owners of the worst crime in the conference, averaging 340 yards per game, put up 540 yards of total offense on the Ducks.
Utah, averaging 433.7 yards per game is much better on offense than Stanford thanks to the wonderful performances of running Joe Williams. He»retired» for four games to start the season just to be spoken back into playing. Since his return, Williams has averaged 216 total yards and 156.5 yards rushing per game. He’s gained 939 racing yards on 7.0 yards per carry.
«He’s possibly the most volatile and also the fastest of some of the backs we have had here up to a home run-type back that could go the distance from anywhere on the field,» Utah head coach Kyle Whittingham told colleagues this week.
To make things worse for Oregon, Williams runs behind a veteran offensive line.
«They are physical upfront,» Hoke said. «Quite senior-oriented offensive line together with three guys up there which have played a great deal of football.»
The Ducks are the contrary with one senior starting on a young defense that’s rotated through 14 defensive linemen this year.
«We had a fantastic week of practice, same thing we all did the week before,» Hoke said. «Our men have come out and struggled , and been physical every time we go to the area.»
That intensity hasn’t translated into powerful performances on game titles. Saturday will probably be no different.

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