SB Nation: What did Oregon v TCU teach us about dual-threat QBs?
By Ian Boyd
For both Oregon and TCU, 2016 proved to be a fairly disappointing season and neither team could have been that excited to be playing in the Alamo Bowl the day after New Year’s Day, but you would have never guessed that either was experiencing an emotional letdown from the way these teams went after each other in a triple overtime thriller.
One of the more interesting aspects of this game was that it featured a program in Oregon that is known for the way they keep pushing forward the spread revolution with their option-heavy offense and a foe in TCU known for revolutionizing modern nickel defense to stop the spread with Gary Patterson’s flexible 4-2-5 defense.
Unfortunately for fans of “styles make fights” bowl games, Oregon was heading into this game at nearly full strength with the nation’s 6th ranked offense in S&P while TCU had been riddled by injuries and the graduation of much of their top ranked 2014 defense and came into the game ranked 59th in S&P defense. …
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