Ducks bring in cleaning crew before moving on to Boise State
Oh yeah, Oregon had some things to work on.
EUGENE — In most weeks, Boise State and its star running back Ashton Jeanty would be the headline coming into Oregon’s second game of the season.
His own coach calls Jeanty the “best player in the country,” UO coach Dan Lanning calls the 5-foot-9 junior one of the best backs the Ducks will face this year and, on paper, there’s quite the argument to be had after Jeanty’s school-record 267 yards and six touchdowns in BSU’s Week 1 win over Georgia Southern.
“He’s one of the best stiff-arm guys that we’ve gone against,” Lanning said on Monday. “He runs really physical.”
Boy, that sure would be fun to dive into. A little strength-on-strength matchup in Week 2: Boise’s world-class rushing attack against an Oregon defense that looked stout in a Week 1 win over Idaho and spent its entire offseason bulking up its front-seven.
Again, that would usually be the storyline after a win against an FCS team.
But on Tuesday in Eugene, the aftermath of that Idaho win still hung over Oregon like the fog of a long Saturday night.