OnlyCrimson
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Also, what surprises me greatly. Is, Oregon has been doing uptempo for 4-5 years. Yet, even though Oregons offensive players are in great shape and able to do this tempo, opposing defense, mostly the PAC-12 teams have yet to get their defenses in shape in 4-5 years. Did they think this was a fad and would go away so they decided to not condition their defense in the off-season?
A defense has to be balanced for multiple teams. If the D is slim and trim to play against Oregon they will get manhandled by teams like Stanford. The defense has to prepare for the big guys that want to punch you in the face every play and it has to prepare for the sissies that run real fast trying to avoiding contact every play.