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Game Thread 2015 National Championship Game: (2) Oregon vs. (4) Ohio State, Jan 12th @ 8:30p ET, ESPN

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The goal was (is) to win championships. The B1G and Sugar Bowl are down. One more championship to go this year. To me the clock winding down to zero at the Sugar Bowl signaled 1 championship to go, and it is within reach. Fortunately I'm pretty sure the coaches and players don't look at the next game as anti-climactic. And I know you weren't saying you are content making it this far.
 
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Everyone is talking about the Oregon defense being good because they force turnovers and they inflated yardage numbers are because of wide open games.

But last I checked, even after the Rose Bowl, Ohio State has still forced more turnovers than Oregon. So why is the talk all about Oregon defense forcing turnovers here? Buckeyes do it better.

Then, as far as the scoring margin causing inflated yardage numbers. Ohio States margin of victory is +23, pretty close to Oregon's +25. So wouldn't the same thing happen to Ohio State? Yet the Buckeyes give up 333 yards per game (17th nationally), compared to Oregon's 422 (84th).


Also love that Ohio State is 10th in the country in tackles for loss per game. Oregon is 49th.

If they are tying to get a pass for their defensive stats being inflated, then are Ohio State's stats also inflated the same way?

One other thing I like is special teams.

Oregon's kickoff defense is 71st, Ohio State's is 11th. Pretty significant considering both teams kick off a lot.

Neither team has allowed more than 60 yards total in punt return yardage, for the year, mostly because both teams average less than one punt return per game. But, Ohio State is 5th in net punting and Oregon is 77th. So even though neither team punts much, it likely could matter in a close game, and we have a huge advantage there.

Ohio State is 28th in kick return average yards. Oregon is 77th.

The only kickoff/punt area that Oregon does well is punt returns, being 12th. But we do it well too, at 18th.
 
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Cardale's jersey # is on sale for the championship game jerserys. But that's not why I'm posting it. First time I got a look at the logo on the chest of the jersey for the game:

http://www.fansedge.com/Ohio_State_...tional_Championship_Bound_Replica_Game_Jersey

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Fungo Squiggly said:
I agree. It all feels almost.....anti-climactic? It's just such a completely different feeling to have the bowl game without any finality.
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I am really hoping the team doesn't have a hangover, Urban is the master motivator and we're 7-point dogs, again. Maybe the "feel" will change as we get closer to the game.. I was worthless for a day and a half before the Bama game.
 
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UpNorth_Buckeye said:
Maybe I'm not the right person to say this since I really hate stupid ideas more often than most, but this is a stupid idea. I also think the Governor of Ohio banning M during Michigan week, or whatever it is he does, is lame as well.
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And maybe I'm not the right person, but on the same note certain poster(s) here using scUM for that team up north. And the [Mark May] euphemism, which I have used as well and will no longer use, just indicates that he really has gotten under "our" skin. Also, Mark May should use reverse psychology one time and pick the Buckeyes to win as it would be a win/win situation for him win or lose, eh.

ok, ok, again, if you can't have fun, what's the point. As long as "we" don't poison any trees.

Re: that team up north just be proud that the main reason they are good occasionally is because either they have an Ohio head coach or success at recruiting Ohio hs players. hmm, can one imagine Ohio State ever hiring a head coach born in MI? :no: Rhetorical.

Edit: The irony of the 2002 NC team having one player from MI ~ Craig Krenzel.

carry on
 
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JXC said:
Everyone is talking about the Oregon defense being good because they force turnovers, and that their inflated yards-allowed numbers are because of wide open games.

But last I checked, even after the Rose Bowl, Ohio State has still forced more turnovers than Oregon. So why is the talk all about Oregon defense forcing turnovers here? Buckeyes do it better...
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And yet the fact remains that Oregon's scoring defense stats for 2014 are fairly respectable, and almost identical to OSU's (22.3 ppg for Oregon vs. 22.1 ppg for OSU). Probably one contributing factor that accounts for Oregon's basically equivalent scoring defense relative to OSU despite giving up significantly more yards (420 ypg vs. 360 ypg) is that the Oregon offense has practiced great ball security. For example, Oregon has committed only 10 TO's this season vs. 22 TO's committed by OSU. Which leads me back to an agreement with Jax (and others) that a very important key for OSU in this game is to avoid a negative turnover margin, which likely boils down to a requirement that OSU not turn the ball over, or at least no more than once.
 
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