Buckeyes vs. Ducks: Who Will Dominate the Conference?

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00:00Lacey, do you think the Bucs and the Ducks are that close in contending for a conference

00:09championship this season?

00:10I think they are.

00:11And we talk about the dominance in terms of the physicality of the offensive line.

00:15Oregon rushed for 184 yards per game.

00:18They held opposing offenses to 112 yards on the ground.

00:22And when you look at Ohio State, that was a problem.

00:24That's why they had Quenshawn Junkins come over from Ole Miss, even though Travion Henderson

00:29was there with Kyle McCord.

00:31Ohio State and Ryan Day only averaged 139 rushing yards per game.

00:35That needs to get better.

00:36You bring in Chip Kelly, you now bring in Will Howard, and even though Will Howard has

00:41the backbone and the mental resolve playing in Kansas State, I worry about the consistency.

00:47Only 61% completion percentage last year.

00:50This is different than Justin Fields years ago and even C.J. Stroud.

00:55I worry about Will Howard's consistency, and that's why I give the edge cap to Dylan Gabriel

01:01and Oregon.

01:02So, look, I have Oregon in, because ultimately I don't think the schedule is tricky enough

01:07for them to not get there, and I think the schedule spot against Ohio State works in

01:11their favor.

01:12And their offense could very easily be the best in college football.

01:15I would expect it to certainly be one of the five best, with not just Dylan Gabriel, but

01:20Tess Johnson back, giving Evan Stewart time to ease into everything.

01:24The running back room is going to miss Bucky Irving in the passing game, but the offensive

01:27line still projects to be one of the five best in college football.

01:31But I, sometimes you come across these things and I feel like I'm on a different planet.

01:35Does anyone think that that defense is top ten in the country or something?

01:43It's not, okay, it's more likely that they are outside of the top five in their own conference

01:49than they are, to me, top five in the country.

01:52They are not as good as Ohio State, Penn State, Michigan, and Iowa.

01:55They just aren't.

01:56You then add in the Georges of the world, the Florida States of the world, the Alabamans

02:01of the world.

02:02I don't understand how Oregon is that number with a defense that I don't think projects

02:06top ten nationally.