Answer Wednesday! (Part 2)
USC is currently 94th in third-down conversion percentage (34.74).
Q: One Pete said:
Now that Oregon is the best football team in the history of mankind and Chip Kelly is being mentioned as a frontrunner for the Nobel Prize, how do you think Oregon will fare as opposing team's "circle-game" as USC has been for the past 7ish years? Ultimately, isn't it better for the conference that USC got knocked off its horse and its no longer the WAC-9 +USC?
A: The rest of the conference is thrilled Oregon beat USC to end the one-team rule that existed for the past seven years. But I don't see Oregon as the dominant team in the conference. They might lose Saturday to Stanford. But I don't see them collapsing the rest of the season to give away the Pac-10 title.
Q: Champion said:
Did Marquis Simmons play against Oregon? Also, did any other freshmen play that may cause them to lose their redshirt?
A: Simmons is redshirting. No one played that hasn't played already. De'von Flournoy and Jawanza Starling are two freshmen who play sparingly but can no longer redshirt.
Barkley was five for 16 for 49 yards with an interception in the final two quarters against the Ducks resulting only 3 2nd half points. The defense isn't the only thing broken.