How quickly will the Oregon Ducks find success in the Big Ten?

The entire landscape of college football will look different in 2024, with new teams in different conferences and an expanded College Football Playoff at the end of the year. For the Oregon Ducks, a move to the Big Ten Conference will have us enthralled as we try to figure out where they stand among their new foes, and how quickly they will be able to find success in the new landscape.

This past week on the Sco-ing Long Podcast, I had the pleasure of talking to Dan Rubenstein, a well-respected football voice who is the co-host of the Solid Verbal College Football podcast. Though Rubenstein is an Oregon alum, he watches the sport through a national scope, and he is well-equipped to inform unsuspecting Duck fans of what they should expect in the new conference.

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“I think the lines of scrimmage will be better than some of what we’ve seen in the past few years in the Pac-12,” Rubenstein said. “I think the quarterbacks are going to be largely worse, which provides I think a really nice opportunity for Oregon.”

While the Ducks have a new QB coming to town in Dillon Gabriel, who is hoping to fill the big shoes left by Bo Nix, the offensive firepower is at such a high level that they shouldn’t have any problem finding success early on.

“I want to say that there are too many below-average teams for Oregon not to succeed on a big level immediately,” Rubenstein said. “There are too many teams that I have no faith in — and I’m not even making an Iowa joke here — but most weeks you’re going to need 30-38 points in order to beat Oregon with how explosive I think this offense will continue to be.”

The Ducks averaged over 44 points per game in 2023, and they return many of the offensive weapons from that squad, as well as a majority of the offensive line….

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Author : Ducks Wire

Publish date : 2024-02-14 14:27:54

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