In college football, the line between victory and defeat can be a thin one. For the Oregon Ducks on Saturday, that wasn't the case. The Ducks lost 39-31 to Oklahoma State, which owned the longest losing streak in the country at that time, in a game that wasn't nearly as close as the score suggests.
For Oregon, a popular preseason pick to win the national championship and a favorite by more than three touchdowns, it was an inexplicable loss. Woodin, who was a backup QB for Idaho Vandals, is now just a fan, but he quickly picked up Oregon's biggest flaw when watching from his home in Indiana, reports Robert O'Connell of the Wall Street Journal. That flaw involved star quarterback Dante Moore, who was unwittingly telling the defense if the coming play was a run or pass before the ball was even snapped.
"Any time the Ducks were about to pass, Moore’s right foot was about a foot behind his left. When Moore was preparing to hand off, the feet inched closer together," O'Connell explained. Once Woodin picked up the tell, it proved predictive enough that he showed his wife, and "by the end of the game, she was predicting every play," he said.
But this wasn't the first time Woodin noticed Moore's tell. In last season's Peach Bowl, the Ducks were blown out by eventual national champion Indiana, a beatdown that began on a pick-six on the first play. It just didn’t make sense.” That Woodin noticed something was off on Jan. 9 and identified the problem again in September is something of an indictment of Moore and the Oregon coaching staff.
Moore acknowledged as much when made aware of the tell. Petrino is now a senior offensive assistant for the Louisville Cardinals, but Oregon might be wise to get him on the phone. And if Petrino isn't available, it sounds like Woodin could fill in as an able substitute.
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