After some wet-ball related hijinx at the beginning of the game, conditions settled down and Oregon played at an elite level throughout the game and into garbage time. In the aggregate, the Ducks’ offense had a 66.7% efficiency rate during meaningful play (40 successful plays vs 20 unsuccessful ones, given the down & distance), averaging 7.5 adjusted YPP with 28.3% achieving explosive yardage.
Strategically, I was a little surprised that Oregon used as many passing and toss-based run plays as they did during the worst of the wet conditions, and I also thought they played a bit too much into Cal’s one defensive strength – defending short passes – with the Ducks taking a bit longer than I expected to hit a rhythm of efficiency runs and long downfield passes that the Bears were unable to defend.