Oregon Stomps Colorado 49-10 in Another Offensive Explosion

The No. 8 Oregon Geese had a complete lot of enjoyable Saturday afternoon in Boulder, taking house one other win with a 49-10 blowout in opposition to the Colorado Buffaloes.

It was the eighth straight win for the Geese, who enhance to 8-1 on the yr. Oregon continued its offensive dominance, recording its eighth consecutive sport scoring greater than 40 factors. The Buffaloes fall to 1-8 and now have a three-game shedding streak.

Within the weeks to return, Oregon will enter the hardest stretch of the season earlier than it is time for postseason efforts. With the ultimate sport in opposition to a staff with a shedding report, it was essential for Oregon not solely to win — however to win in dominant style.

Oregon did simply that.

“It is a sport we anticipated to do properly, in dominant style,” mentioned Oregon Head Coach Dan Lanning after the sport. “I feel, for essentially the most half we did that … I believed we performed a extra full sport at present.”

The Geese made their presence felt instantly. On the second play from scrimmage, broad receiver Kris Hutson had a 58-yard catch-and-run — the longest completion of the season for the staff. On the purpose line that drive, the Geese obtained difficult and threw it to true freshman offensive lineman Josh Conerly Jr. for the large man landing.

And it was removed from the final trick-play landing. The subsequent landing noticed Bo Nix flip the ball to working again Bucky Irving, who then threw it again to Nix for the eight-yard rating. The drive after that noticed linebacker Noah Sewell test in at fullback for a one-yard landing run.

“It’s the first offense I’ve ever been with that creates no matter creativeness that they’ve and it actually makes it numerous enjoyable,” mentioned Sewell, who performed on each side of the ball in highschool. “It’s good for the staff.”

Nix turned in one other glorious day, scoring 5 touchdowns for the third straight sport: two passing touchdowns, two speeding touchdowns, and one receiving landing. Nix’s 13 speeding touchdowns ties him for second-most in Oregon historical past with Jeremiah Masoli, trailing solely Marcus Mariota‘s 15 in 2014.

Talking of Mariota in 2014, Nix’s efficiency over the previous weeks mixed has Duck followers begging for Nix to be extra significantly thought-about for the Heisman Award. Add in the truth that different candidates had a down week, and it might lastly be time for Nix’s recognition.

On the defensive aspect, it was an incredible homecoming for cornerback Christian Gonzalez. After departing Boulder for Eugene final offseason, Gonzalez grabbed two picks in opposition to the Buffaloes on back-to-back drives to set-up back-to-back scores.

The Oregon protection nonetheless ceded 247 passing yards. Colorado freshman broad receiver Jordan Tyson had greater than half of them, racking up 137 receiving yards and the lone landing for his squad on an 81-yard bomb.

The Geese will head again to Autzen Stadium the place the rival Washington Huskies will meet them subsequent Saturday. The Buffaloes will hit the street to face USC.

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