Oregon Vs. Ohio State – Go Joe Bruin Predicts The National Championship Game
It is here Ladies and Gentlemen! The inaugural College Football Playoffs Championship Game! In what has been a wonderful season of college football culminates with the final game pitting the Pac-12’s Oregon Ducks against the Big Ten’s Ohio State Buckeyes. Though Go Joe Bruin has only come together to predict games regarding UCLA football, we decided to to it one last time as we predict the National Championship Game!
Oregon 27 – Ohio State 38
Master schemer Urban Meyer outfoxes relative newbies Mark Helfrich and Don Pellum and claims an unlikely national title for Ohio State and the Big Ten.
Jan 11, 2015; Arlington, TX, USA; Ohio State Buckeyes head coach Urban Meyer answers questions during a press conference at the Renaissance Dallas Hotel. Mandatory Credit: Jerome Miron-USA TODAY Sports
Oregon 35 – Ohio State 31
Quack, Quack. Ducks fly over Buckeyes for their 1st National Championship.
UCLA Bruins
Oregon 45 – Ohio State 27
While Oregon has been outstanding since their loss to Arizona, it’s hard to look at Ohio State and put an “L” next to the score. Down to their third string quarterback, they managed to make Wisconsin look like a Pop-Warner team and knock off #1 Alabama. Nonetheless, this Oregon team that has taken shots to it’s recieving core is simply too good to beat. The Duckies win their first natty.
Oregon 49 – Ohio State 38
Oregon’s offense is renowned nationwide for being one of the most explosive in college football, and they showed that in their dismantling of Florida State in the Rose Bowl.
They destroyed the Seminoles defense en rout to clinching a trip to AT&T Stadium on Monday and the Ducks defense showed they could be just as stout by overwhelming 2013 Heisman Trophy winning quarterback Jameis Winston.
Ohio State meanwhile, is a curious case. They pulled off a huge upset versus a previously dominant Alabama team behind a 3rd string QB in Cardale Jones.
Jones has shown, however, that he has a lot of potential in victories over Wisconsin and the Crimson Tide. In addition to him, the Buckeyes have a few other good weapons on offense and their defense has been one of the best in the Big Ten behind Joey Bosa.
However, Oregon’s offense is a lot more dynamic than any other team Ohio State has faced and they should be able to beat OSU despite a valiant effort from Jones and the Buckeyes.
Jan 11, 2015; Arlington, TX, USA; Oregon Ducks head coach Mark Helfrich answers questions during a press conference at the Renaissance Dallas Hotel. Mandatory Credit: Jerome Miron-USA TODAY Sports
Oregon 47 – Ohio State 28
As impressive as Ohio State has been going this far into the season and down to their third-string quarterback, I think their luck might have run out. The Buckeyes have not seen anything close to what the Oregon Ducks run and it will eventually beat them down. Maybe not in the first, second or even third quarter, but by the fourth, Oregon should be run circles around an exhausted OSU team.
Though it goes against everything I believe in as a UCLA Bruin, I am choosing to #BackThePac and go with an Oregon victory.
Jan 1, 2015; Pasadena, CA, USA; Oregon Ducks quarterback Marcus Mariota (8) and linebacker Tony Washington (91) celebrate with the Leishman Trophy after defeating the Florida State Seminoles in the 2015 Rose Bowl college football game at Rose Bowl. Mandatory Credit: Gary Vasquez-USA TODAY Sports
Bill Shirley (of The What’s Bruin Podcast)
Oregon 45 – Ohio State 30
You guys know who I’m picking… Oregon is the superior team from the superior conference and will destroy Ohio State with Impunity! Go Ducks!