1) I will give Taggart a "pass" on the second half...first game coaching in a Power 5 Conferenced against another Power 5 Conference team...has family and many friends in Florida and no doubt their safety and well-being was on his mind BUT if the "Gulf Coast Offense" calls for going almost completely away from what got you a big lead and playing not to lose instead of to win...Oregon will be in trouble. I find it ironic he mentioned at halftime to the team the collapse of Texas A&M against UCLA and then he goes out and does EXACTLY the type of strategy(as the person calling the offensive plays) which leads to those types of collapses!!! There are too many high powered teams / offenses in the Pac-12 to win using that approach. Foot to the gas pedal until the game is clearly decided.

2) The operative word for the defense is indeed "confidence." There is a HUGE difference when you make mistakes AND lack confidence to recover versus making mistakes but having the confidence to recover.