Oregon State's Defense Aims to Overwhelm UCLA's Freshman QB

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00:00 (upbeat music)

00:02 - So we go to Corvallis, the Beavs and the Bruins.

00:09 It's UCLA and Oregon State, a top 20 tilt,

00:12 Oregon State at home, a three and a half point favorite.

00:16 Mark Zinner, what's your breakdown of this matchup?

00:18 - I like Oregon State here.

00:22 You know, they play a smash mouth style of football.

00:24 It's built on running the game of defense.

00:26 They're top 30 in the country in time of possession

00:28 and know how to control the flow of a game.

00:30 Now outside of their loss to Washington State,

00:32 they've owned a lot of scrimmage

00:33 and I don't see that changing here.

00:35 Game on 6.5 yards of carry,

00:37 pace is a rushing offense that averages

00:39 over 205 yards a game on the ground.

00:41 And guess what?

00:42 A really good defense in Oregon State

00:43 is gonna go face a true freshman quarterback in Dante Moore.

00:46 And once Dante Moore got a taste of Pac-12 defenses,

00:49 guess what?

00:49 He found out life isn't all that peachy.

00:51 After a solid first three games,

00:53 he's been limited in his last two against Washington,

00:55 rather Utah and Washington State,

00:56 completing less than 50 cent of his passes

00:58 for just two touchdowns and three interceptions

01:00 over the course of both of those games.

01:01 And he was sacked 11 times.

01:03 So the Beavers are tied for third in the conference

01:04 with 17 sacks in the season.

01:06 They have a plus five turnover differential.

01:08 Beavers are six and oh against the number

01:10 over the last three seasons when playing at home

01:12 against teams with winning records.

01:13 Oregon State also 11 and one ATS

01:16 when playing at home in that span in general.

01:18 Beavers five and one straight up and ATS

01:21 as home favorites of seven points

01:22 if you are under head coach Jonathan Smith.

01:24 UCLA had a great win last week,

01:26 but they come back down to earth this week

01:28 and Oregon State gets it done

01:29 and covers this three and a half or four,

01:30 depending on what you got it at.

01:32 (upbeat music)

01:34 [MUSIC]

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