The Ducks performed at an elite level in their aggregate per-play efficiency and explosiveness statistics against the Cougars, with a 66% success rate prior to garbage time (37 successes vs 19 failures, given the down & distance), gaining 9.9 adjusted YPP and 27% achieving explosive yardage.
I thought the tape showed Wazzu’s defense playing a pretty disciplined game, avoiding some of the overrunning problems that they’d shown in earlier games and not falling for a couple of misdirection and RPO plays that Oregon often finds to be reliable against less well coached defenses. The Ducks altered their approach as the first half went on to rely less on manipulation and more on their outright talent advantage, and by the fourth possession were brutalizing the Cougs with power runs that they couldn’t stop along with some passing plays in which they simply outran the coverage.