Crepea is stretched way too thin; he's asked to produce a lot of copy, and his work is uneven because of it. he's also laboring under an inability to develop long-term sources within the UO AD. part of that is the turnover in staff, and part is the after-effect of misbehavior by a recently terminated O-Live employee.

on the whole, this is a decent analysis. he does mention special-teams issues early on. but he waits until about 15 paras deep to note that UO played against some damn good QBs last year, w/o consistent pressure off the edge (and w/o Gonzalez for the 2nd half of the UW game). and will again this year.

Ducks lost v UW and OS because the offense failed to finish opportunities in the red zone w TDs. my biggest gripe about Dilly all year. relied too much on Nix running the ball and didn't develop an array of situational plays that kept a defense guessing. (it was refreshing to see Nix finally throw the ball past the chains on a 3rd or 4th down with under two minutes left in the 13th game of the season--guess Dilly was already in Tempe by then.)

Lanning & staff have done a good job addressing glaring needs through the transfer portal. I'm concerned about our TE room; Matavao and McCormick t'd out, Ferguson dinged, and Patrick Herbs has a history of injury. also inside backers; Sewell to NFL, Flowe & Brown t'd out. Jestin Jacobs is thought by some to be a potential first-round draft choice, but he looks a bit small to me.

lots of enthusiasm building around the program for this season. Ducks will have a very good team. so will 5-6 of our scheduled opponents. what more could we ask for?