Oregon Ducks Face Tough Home Game Against Ohio State

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00:00We see you start to break down the matchup here

00:02We see an Oregon team inside Autzen Stadium catching points for the first time in a home game since

00:102018 they've only been an underdog three times under Dan Lanning and now what it is his third full year in

00:17Eugene if Oregon is going to pull off the even so slight upset how do the Ducks get it done?

00:22I think they run the football they stay in manageable third downs if you want to see the

00:26Transition guys of Oregon from the first couple of weeks of the season where they struggled against Idaho

00:31They struggled against Boise State. It was the offensive line, right last year

00:35They only allowed five total sacks through the first three weeks of the regular season. They allowed seven

00:41That was a cause of concern. They switched up in terms of the the players and the continuity. They become more consistent

00:48They're rushing the football much better the 240 on the ground against Oregon State over 200 against Michigan State if Jordan James

00:56You need today and his number highest in terms of all the running back 76 and a half

01:00I think Oregon's gonna be in this number again

01:03Turnovers as well, whichever team could win in the turnover battle ultimately will win this game as well

01:08I think all of the running backs, which means not just Jordan James

01:12But when Sean Judkins and Trevion Henderson will be featured heavily as I mentioned on this or on the Ohio State team total under

01:19the Ducks

01:20Secondary looks like one of the best in college football

01:23And if you look so far of the five opponents for they held to 14 or less

01:29Massive caveat the only really good team that they've played offensively is Boise who scored 34

01:34Yeah, however Maddox Masson in that game went 17 of 40 for a hundred and forty eight yards

01:413.7 yards per pass attempt now Gente did his thing

01:44But mind you Boise was able to get to 34 due to more time of possession than typically would have warranted

01:51Oregon had two specials touchdowns in those games which put brought the Broncos offense back on the field

01:57More again than it would have been here. And one thing that you've been singing this season is questions around Will Howard

02:04I think that Will Howard is good enough for Ohio State to cross the finish line

02:09But I don't think Will Howard is a Heisman contender

02:12I don't think this is one of the best, you know, five best quarterbacks in college football been here

02:17So I think that if at any point that team has to go to the air for turnovers are in play

02:22There's a lot of talented pieces at his disposal for Will Howard

02:26Offensively and Chip Kelly back in a familiar setting for him, of course

02:31Inside Austin Stadium when you talk about wide receivers

02:34There aren't many better at the freshman level or in FBS than Jeremiah Smith

02:39but as you pointed out last week and as we saw a Mecca Ibuka is the leading receiver for Ohio State in terms of

02:49Receptions and perhaps targets from Will Howard Oregon's defensive front much better in its first two big 10 day games

02:56This is best test of the season