Oregon Faces Tricky Road Test vs. Iowa on Saturday

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00:00One of the teams that are interesting to follow here is because they could end a lot of teams' seasons here

00:06that have hopes of a college football playoff, and that is Oregon.

00:10And it's going to start there in Iowa this weekend here, because then they've got to go and take on U.S.

00:15They've got a whole bunch of teams that are still vying to be top 25, and they could put and throw a wrench in all of it.

00:21What do we like about them against Iowa this week, or don't we like them?

00:25I'll tell you, you look at this Oregon team, Joe, and you kind of ask that question.

00:31There was a Wendy's commercial, I'll date myself, a long time ago.

00:34Where's the beef?

00:35You know, in Oregon, they had an opportunity a couple of weeks ago against Indiana, got them in Austin Stadium there at home,

00:43and the Hoosiers are very good, but, I mean, Indiana was the better team clearly that day on Oregon's home field.

00:50A couple of weeks prior before that, we'll remember that Indiana traveled across the country to Penn State,

00:55defeated the Nittany Lions in double overtime, really looked like a good data point at the time,

01:00but now Penn State's on a five-game losing streak, so maybe not so much at the present.

01:06Oregon came in in the playoff rankings, the first debut poll on this past Tuesday at number nine,

01:12which is about where I think they should be.

01:14This Iowa team, though, is tricky.

01:18They don't have a whole lot of flash and dash.

01:20They're not going to wow you.

01:22Their trademark style is run the football, play sound defense, great technique.

01:28They're going to win the special teams battle.

01:30They're going to win the turnover battle more often than not, and they are tough at Kinnick Stadium.

01:36That's been Indiana's toughest game to date by far.

01:39Iowa actually led Indiana 13-10 early in the fourth quarter the last Saturday in September.

01:47Indiana, of course, rallied to win that game 20-15, but the Hoosier offense,

01:51only 337 total yards against this Iowa defense.

01:56I think Iowa's going to make this a four-quarter game.

01:58I wouldn't be surprised at all if the Hawkeyes didn't defeat the Ducks on Saturday at Kinnick Stadium.

02:04In any case, give me Iowa plus six-and-a-half over Oregon.