Why oregon will beat auburn

Oregon Ducks. Baylor's Oklahoma test, Purdue's upset chances at Ohio State and more to watch in Week 11's biggest games. Florida State Seminoles. UConn Huskies. Huskers without LB Domann for rest of season.

Nebraska Cornhuskers. UGA's Anderson turns self in, charged with rape. Georgia Bulldogs. Aresco: CFP 'double standards' hurting Cincinnati. Cincinnati Bearcats. Wisconsin RB Mellusi out remainder of season. Wisconsin Badgers. McCormick excels at blocking and is physically imposing at the point of attack in the run game. In the passing game, he has great hands and is tough to take down with surprising speed. However, the Auburn offense is retooling with a first-time starting quarterback between either redshirt freshman Joey Gatewood or true freshman Bo Nix.

View all Big Ten Sites. More ACC News ». View all ACC Sites. More Big 12 News ». More FS Big 12 News ». View all Big 12 Sites. As you watched most of this game, you never got the sense Auburn deserved to win. It felt like Oregon should have been winning by more than it was, with no sequence reflecting this better than one in the first quarter. That's when Justin Herbert found an open Bryan Addison in the back of the end zone and hit him with a perfect pass.

A pass that Addison let bounce off of his shoulder for an incompletion. The Ducks were already up and blew a chance to be up Then, to make matters worse, they missed a field goal. Of course, while Oregon blew chances it only managed 21 points out of five trips to the red zone , so did Auburn.

The Tigers sputtered in the red zone as well 17 points in five trips , but while the offense struggled, the defense recovered from a slow start. The Ducks offense had yards in the first quarter and managed only in the final three quarters. After two touchdowns and a missed field goal on their first three possessions, the Ducks could only manage one touchdown in their last 11 possessions. Those struggles allowed Auburn to hang around and steal this one late, but it's more fun to pretend the Tigers are magic, so we'll do that.

Bo Nix could be good, but he's still a freshman. Nix's final stat line wasn't pretty. He completed only of passes for yards, and while he had two touchdowns, he also threw two interceptions. He also rushed for 42 yards, but it's those interceptions that Auburn will likely need to continue working around.