[ReDeYES88]

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Oregon's pass defense is #3 in the Pac Ten, not at the bottom. At least, their pass efficiency D is, I presume you were talking about raw passing yardage but that's ridiculously inflated by teams trying to play catch-up in blowouts. It is hard to throw the ball effectively against Oregon this year.

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I have the same theory about teams passing more against Oregon because of the score.

Here is the average score of Oregon games by quarter (Oregon score first):
1st: 15-4
Half: 27-13
3rd: 38-18
Final: 47-23

Here are opponent passing stats against Oregon, then the average in all other games played not including the Oregon game:

Against Oregon: 20/38 255 yards 52.6% 6.7 yards/attempt
All other games: 19/32 225 yards 59.1% 7.0 yards/attempt

Opponents average 6 more attempts against Oregon, but complete at a lower percentage and have fewer yards per attempt. Also, 6 attempts x 6.7 yards per = 40 yards a game...quite substantial.

I'm not saying that Oregon has a great pass defense by any means, but their nack for being ahead early in games sure has something to do with their stats.