There's no way a few more WRs were going to help Oregon that much. That game would have been the same because WRs don't stop you from getting pwned along the DL and OL.
Oregon's entire philosophy of a program is gonna make it crazy hard for them to win it all because you're eventually going to go up against a team that pounds you along the front. They play so fast on O they have to compensate in recruiting with a smaller, quicker D because they're on the field for 70+ plays. So, they're susceptible to a power run game, which teams with a good/great OL are going to be more than willing to do.
As a Tech fan, I'd take their success in a heartbeat, but if you're looking to win it all, that philosophy makes it hard to finish the drill in my opinion.
This is why they struggled with the better Stanford teams the past few years. The Cardinal managed the game and took them to pound town up front.
Just watched the replay. Loved watching the OSU O-line do work, just crushing fools with the interior traps and counters. Jones brought back night-terrors of what Logan Thomas used to do to us with his legs ...
Oregon got whipped up front on O as well, rendering all of their trickery moot.
Also very much enjoyed Oregon, of all teams/systems, getting the "well, their system isn't designed for 3rd and long". It's about time somebody other than Tech got that tag.
Also very happy that #4 won the thing. It validates the whole premise of adding teams in the first place, and perhaps adds support to eventual expansion.
And from the land of total fantasy, wouldn't you have liked Tech's chances against an OSU team that turned the ball over 4 times?