Oregon faced their biggest test of the season last week against Nebraska and lost by four points. The number of penalties should be uncharacteristic for this team, with a good mix of veterans and young talent, so Defensive Coordinator Brady Hoke became the teacher and worked on the basics this week.
While Oregon’s new 4-3 Defense stood up to some of the pressure of the Cornhuskers, it was easy to see where the issues were for Hoke, “We played 11 man football for a bunch of plays and then we played 10 man football couple other plays then we played 9 man football.