The Ship

1-12-15

It's the biggest day in college football, what everybody has been waiting for.  The Buckeyes against the Ducks.

This is not a bad match up to watch, as long as Jones, the 3rd string QB, plays like he has been playing, and doesn't crack, or show this is only his third game starting.  On the other hand, Mariota is a beast, he is calm, smart, fast, and strong.  Both offenses are going to be explosive, so it is going to be the defenses that will determine the game, in my opinion.  The OSU defense will have to keep up the more than up tempo Oregon offense.  I know they have had weeks to prepare for it, but it will be different going up against the real thing.  Oregon is going to have to stop Elliot and the OSU run game.  I still believe Jones is not that accurate as a thrower (if you look at a lot of his passes, he does not fit it into tight windows, and it is mainly his receivers doing all the work), so Oregon will have to force OSU to throw more than necessary.

Personally, I want Oregon to win because I absolutely hate Ohio State, but I believe the Buckeyes will make it closer than it should because their season was magical by going through three QBs and still making the ship.

Oregon- 42
Ohio State- 38