When the 2018 football season began, the talk in the north was all about Washington, and the Oregon Ducks still seemed far from the 75-point-scoring days of Chip Kelly (I exaggerate, but I think you know what I mean). When you’re lighting up the scoreboard, defense tends to take a back seat in the discussion and penalties are pretty much swept under the rug.
Why do I bring this up? Because we’re finally discussing Oregon’s defense. Not the fact that we still don’t know if Justin Herbert is playing (but we should find out today) or the fact that they enter this game #41 the country in total offense after hitting a losing streak in the last two weeks.