There was a time when the common Oregon soccer fan wasn’t so positive about quarterback Bo Nix. He was that freshman that beat the Geese within the final second in Dallas to guide Auburn to one more bone-crushing victory over Oregon.
There was a time the thought was Oregon can be tremendous with out him. Now the sensation is simply the other.
Nix isn’t that switch from the SEC anymore. After a fantastic season the place he led the Geese to a 10-3 file and a Vacation Bowl win over North Carolina, Nix is now the chief of the workforce, and head coach Dan Lanning isn’t shy in saying he expects quite a bit out of his fifth-year senior sign caller.
“I had an extended (speak) with Bo yesterday. There’s a giant distinction in the place he’s this 12 months in comparison with the place he was final 12 months,” Lanning stated. “It was form of incomes the respect versus he’s earned the respect. So now it’s that management position that’s anticipated for Bo. He’s anticipated to step up and he has these traits. He’s been that man, however actually, you need the most effective out of your greatest gamers. He’s confirmed to be one in every of our higher gamers, particularly on this convention and within the nation at quarterback. Need to see that carry over to the sphere.”
If it does carry over, and nobody thinks it gained’t, Oregon is ready up for fairly the season. Nix is predicted to be a Heisman candidate identical to he was final 12 months earlier than the ankle harm slowed him down for the final three video games of the common season. The Geese will probably be a Pac-12 favourite and a doable darkish horse for a Faculty Soccer Playoff look and Nix’s on-the-field management and presence will probably be an enormous issue if all of that involves fruition.