Saturday, November 7, 2009

Oregon Getting Pounded, Alabama Trailing at the Half

The Stanford Cardinal are running all over the Oregon Ducks as they have taken a 31-14 lead into halftime. Toby Gerhart is demoralizing the Duck defense with 23 carries and 110 yards through the first 2 quarters. If they are not running with Gerhart, the Cardinal are gashing Oregon through the air behind superstar freshman QB Andrew Luck. Stanford has already put 316 yards of offense on the board and has Oregon completely out of sorts. It looks like the famous letdown game may have jumped up to bite the Oregon Ducks. If they want any chance at a comeback, they better tighten their chin straps and find the will to stop Gerhart in the second half.

In Tuscaloosa, the LSU Tigers have taken a 10-7 halftime lead into the locker room. Alabama's inability to mount any sort of offense in the red zone is killing them again. QB Greg McElroy missed a wide open Julio Jones in the end zone on one drive, which ended in a field goal, and McElroy ended the first half throwing an ugly interception near the goal line. Alabama was able to get away with settling for field goals against the Vols, but LSU has far too many athletes to get away with it today. LSU corner Patrick Peterson has been dominant, virtually shutting down Julio Jones. It looks like Alabama may join Iowa in the loss column today.

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