I saw about the last 2/3 of the game. tOSU's offense look horrible and their tiny quarterback looked ridiculous. Their D was having a lot of trouble with SUC that night. They didn't look that good to me but maybe it was just a bad game.

I'd say Northwestern's offense looked much more challenging to stop. They were going with QB2 the whole game. I don't know if QB1 is back this week or not. If not, I'd say an upset it possible but the Ducks obviously have looked about as up and down as any team in modern history so far so who knows what they'll bring to the fight.

If anybody has a good breakdown on how the Buckeyes looked so bad against USC, I'd love to hear it.

8 minutes ago, The Kamikaze Kid said:

'd say Northwestern's offense looked much more challenging to stop. They were going with QB2 the whole game. I don't know if QB1 is back this week or not. If not, I'd say an upset it possible but the Ducks obviously have looked about as up and down as any team in modern history so far so who knows what they'll bring to the fight.

Ohio State's QB1 (Julian Sayin) will still be out with injury for the Oregon game.

They seemed to try and simplify the game for their new QB. He made some bad throws but also had some drops. That doesn’t mean he won’t play well against Oregon’s defense this weekend. They’ve yet to beat a backup Freshman QB this season. Furthermore, Raiola played good last week which means he’s due for his bi-weekly slump.

I think OSU really let all the circumstances get to them in a bad way. Long travel after a bye week, away game rainy when they needed to play from behind passing to win, first full game with the new QB.

I think the QB was serviceable as Raiola, just the rest of the team didn't show up. All the penalties, drops, and missed tackles, an all around poorly executed game.

Ohio St was out of sync. What was glaring were the drops.

USC is a lot like Oregon this year. They have good players but are up and down and not reliable. But when they are "on", they can be pretty good.

Ohio St did not have the fierce pass rush that top 5 teams usually have.

Oregon will need to have its best game of the year just to stay close. But it could happen.

Lincoln Riley is one of the top offensive minds in college football. He schemes players open.

I’m not convinced that Oregon will have as much success offensively against Ohio State, unless USC Riola shows up in Columbus.

Of course, Oregon’s defense is much better than the Trojan’s but we can’t rely on Ohio State drops.

This year’s team is Jekyll and Hyde.

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I watched the game. Their freshman QB looked like a deer caught in the headlights. I would imagine that we will be planning to bring pressure and keep it all game long.

18 minutes ago, Santa Rosa Duck said:

I watched the game. Their freshman QB looked like a deer caught in the headlights. I would imagine that we will be planning to bring pressure and keep it all game long.

That's what I saw too. If they are stuck with QB2 like we are, I like our chances.