Re: 2007 Pac 10 football thread
Combine Oregon and USC's rosters when fully healthy and the following Ducks definitely start:
QB: Dennis Dixon
RB: Jonathan Stewart
TE: Ed Dickson
WR: Brian Paysinger
OL: Geoff Schwartz
OL: Max Unger
DL: Nick Reed
CB: Walter Thurmond III
S: Patrick Chung
This is if you run a 2 WR, RB, TE, FB style offense. If you go spread and add a third WR Jaison Williams starts. If you go 2 RBs instead of a FB, Jeremiah Johnson is the second best RB on your roster. Defensively I may be selling one or two Ducks short as well. So the Ducks play at least 9 and possibly as many as 11-12 out of your 22, and the gap between Dixon/Stewart and Booty/Whoever USC's best RB committee member is is so huge that yeah, there's no question in my mind the Ducks contribute more to the team than USC does. Uninjured, Oregon is more talented than USC, and wins 6 out of 10 games on a neutral field. Period.
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