There was a lot to like in Oregon\u2019s victory over Hawaii on Saturday. Which means several players had big performances on the way to victory for Oregon.<\/p>\n
As we\u2019ve done for the past two weeks so far, we offer up our gameballs. Below are the picks from several of our contributors on ScoopDuck. <\/p>\n
Joel Gunderson: Tosh Lupoi, Demetrice Martin, Chris Hampton<\/strong><\/p>\n Taking the easy way out here, but these three deserve a ton of credit for completely shutting down Hawaii\u2019s attack.\u00a0<\/p>\n Considering the offense they run, and coming off a less-than-stellar performance against Texas Tech, to me this was the best game Lupoi has called since he arrived at Oregon. The Ducks FLEW to the ball every time there was a play to be made, and wrapped up better than we\u2019ve seen.\u00a0<\/p>\n Oregon\u2019s entire sexonday looked superb, not allowing a pass over 15 yards against one of the most prolific passing teams in the nation.\u00a0<\/p>\n Overall a masterful performance.\u00a0<\/p>\n Jarrid Denney: Traeshon Holden<\/strong><\/p>\n I\u2019m sure a few others will choose Tez Johnson here, and understandably so. But Saturday was a big day for Traeshon Holden, who grabbed a pair of touchdowns \u2014 including a 60-yarder from Ty Thompson.<\/p>\n Holden hasn\u2019t played a huge role this season, but the Ducks are going to need his physicality in the passing game once conference play roles around.<\/p>\n Doug Scott: Johnson & Johnson<\/strong><\/p>\n Tez Johnson:<\/strong> 4-77-2 TDs in the passing game and another 48 yards on punt return, most of that while fielding tough line drive bouncers and preventing them from rolling for an extra 20 yards each. Tez, Gary, and Traeshon emerging as legit threats in the passing game along with Troy are going to make this offense even tougher to stop<\/p>\n Tysheem Johnson:<\/strong> Dude was all over the field, and his tackling was on point throughout the day, giving up nothing after the short throws made at his man while leading the team in tackles overall.<\/p>\n Jhop: Noah Whittington<\/strong><\/p>\n Deciding to zag here a bit. Look, Oregon\u2019s run game has been a bit perplexing so far. But you can\u2019t deny what happens when Whittington gets a crease. He only rushed 5 times, but it was enough for 80 yards, averaging 16 yards per carry and the tuggy. Not jaw-dropping numbers but the simple fact is this. Sometimes you just need a big play, a spark, a huge run. We\u2019ve heard coaches talk a lot about \u2018explosive plays.\u2019 And while every carry isn\u2019t explosive for Whittington, it seems like every 2nd or 3rd carry is. The Ducks are going to need that at some point this season, or several points. (Khyree Jackson was my 2nd choice)<\/p>\n The post Game Balls vs Hawaii<\/a> appeared first on On3<\/a>.<\/p>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" There was a lot to like in Oregon\u2019s victory over Hawaii on Saturday. Which means…<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":0,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"ngg_post_thumbnail":0,"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-17036","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-uncategorized"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/demo.wztzfm.com\/wp\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/17036","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/demo.wztzfm.com\/wp\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/demo.wztzfm.com\/wp\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/demo.wztzfm.com\/wp\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=17036"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/demo.wztzfm.com\/wp\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/17036\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/demo.wztzfm.com\/wp\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=17036"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/demo.wztzfm.com\/wp\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=17036"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/demo.wztzfm.com\/wp\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=17036"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}