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In today’s Mailbag ($$), Stewart Mandel explains why he thinks Bo Nix will be the man for Oregon in its opener against Georgia.
But given Nix has already faced Georgia three times, it’d take one heck of an offseason for Thompson or even third-year backup Jay Butterfield to convince new coach Dan Lanning he gives Oregon its best shot of beating Lanning’s former team.
I had to go back and look at Nix’s passing stats in those three games. Pretty, they ain’t.
- 2021: 24-43, 272 yards, 0 TDs, 1 INT, 104.30 passer rating
- 2020: 21-40, 177 yards, 0 TDs, 1 INT, 84.67 passer rating
- 2019: 30-50, 245 yards, 1 TD, 0 INTs, 107.76 passer rating
I think this gives new meaning to the expression “familiarity breeds contempt”. Then again, maybe Lanning knows something we don’t… eh, probably not.
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