| | | |
OHIO ST
OREGON |
|
|
72
| 42
Final
20 |
|
|
| | |
|
| CHAMPIONSHIP GAME - AT&T Stadium - Arlington, TX | | |  | |
| 277 | OHIO ST | 72 | 74 | | 278 | OREGON | -7 | -6 |
|
|
|  | |
|
| | | |
|
|
| All Games | 13-1 | +6.8 | 9-5 | 12-2 | 45.0 | 23.8 | 509.7 | (7) | 1.6 | 22.1 | 10.6 | 333.4 | (4.9) | 2.3 | | Road Games | 7-0 | +9.8 | 5-2 | 5-2 | 42.6 | 22.4 | 485.4 | (7.2) | 1.4 | 23.0 | 10.4 | 349.1 | (4.8) | 2.3 | | Last 3 Games | 3-0 | +4.2 | 2-1 | 3-0 | 47.7 | 24.0 | 503.7 | (7.7) | 0.7 | 21.0 | 11.7 | 345.7 | (4.7) | 3.0 | | Turf Games | 9-1 | 0 | 6-4 | 8-2 | 44.9 | 23.0 | 518.0 | (7) | 1.6 | 21.4 | 10.7 | 322.6 | (5) | 2.3 |
|
| |
|
|
| Offense (All Games) | 45.0 | 23.8 | 25.6 | 31:04 | 45-262 | (5.8) | 17-28 | 63.2% | 247 | (9) | 72-510 | (7) | (11.3) | | Opponents Defensive Avg. | 25.5 | 12.8 | 19.1 | 29:27 | 38-163 | (4.3) | 18-31 | 56.6% | 214 | (6.8) | 69-377 | (5.4) | (14.8) | | Offense Road Games | 42.6 | 22.4 | 22.6 | 30:41 | 44-260 | (5.9) | 15-23 | 64.4% | 225 | (9.7) | 67-485 | (7.2) | (11.4) | | Defense (All Games) | 22.1 | 10.6 | 18.8 | 28:56 | 36-142 | (3.9) | 18-33 | 55.1% | 192 | (5.9) | 69-333 | (4.9) | (15.1) | | Opponents Offensive Avg. | 28.3 | 15 | 20.2 | 31:30 | 39-188 | (4.8) | 17-30 | 57.1% | 208 | (7) | 69-396 | (5.7) | (14) | | Defense Road Games | 23.0 | 10.4 | 20.6 | 29:19 | 38-156 | (4.1) | 18-34 | 53.8% | 194 | (5.7) | 72-349 | (4.8) | (15.2) |
|
|
| |
|
|
| All Games | 13-1 | +7 | 10-4 | 7-7 | 47.2 | 25.0 | 552.1 | (7.4) | 0.7 | 22.3 | 11.0 | 421.9 | (5.4) | 2.1 | | Road Games | 7-0 | +5 | 6-1 | 3-4 | 49.6 | 25.0 | 555.4 | (7.3) | 0.9 | 25.9 | 12.1 | 452.3 | (5.7) | 2.6 | | Last 3 Games | 3-0 | +2 | 3-0 | 1-2 | 52.3 | 23.7 | 607.0 | (7.6) | 1.0 | 17.3 | 5.3 | 371.3 | (4.9) | 2.7 | | Turf Games | 9-1 | +3 | 6-4 | 5-5 | 45.0 | 25.0 | 541.6 | (7.4) | 0.6 | 20.8 | 10.3 | 404.2 | (5.4) | 1.9 |
|
| |
|
|
| Offense (All Games) | 47.2 | 25.0 | 27.6 | 27:07 | 44-242 | (5.5) | 22-31 | 69.3% | 310 | (10) | 75-552 | (7.4) | (11.7) | | Opponents Defensive Avg. | 31.5 | 17.1 | 22.4 | 29:50 | 37-162 | (4.4) | 22-35 | 62.5% | 268 | (7.6) | 73-430 | (5.9) | (13.6) | | Offense Road Games | 49.6 | 25.0 | 27.0 | 28:37 | 45-252 | (5.5) | 21-30 | 68.4% | 304 | (10) | 76-555 | (7.3) | (11.2) | | Defense (All Games) | 22.3 | 11.0 | 22.9 | 32:48 | 38-156 | (4.2) | 24-40 | 60.0% | 266 | (6.7) | 77-422 | (5.4) | (18.9) | | Opponents Offensive Avg. | 30.4 | 16.2 | 22.6 | 31:07 | 38-162 | (4.3) | 23-38 | 61.4% | 273 | (7.3) | 75-436 | (5.8) | (14.3) | | Defense Road Games | 25.9 | 12.1 | 23.7 | 31:14 | 36-163 | (4.6) | 27-44 | 60.0% | 289 | (6.5) | 80-452 | (5.7) | (17.5) |
|
| | Average power rating of opponents played: OHIO ST 39.1, OREGON 39.1 |
| | |
|
|
| 11/15/2014 | @ MINNESOTA | 31-24 | W | -11.5 | L | 56 | U | 38-289 | 15-25-200 | 3 | 44-218 | 7-20-85 | 2 | | 11/22/2014 | INDIANA | 42-27 | W | -36.5 | L | 66.5 | O | 39-225 | 25-35-302 | 3 | 36-281 | 11-27-114 | 1 | | 11/29/2014 | MICHIGAN | 42-28 | W | -21 | L | 54 | O | 39-233 | 15-24-183 | 0 | 38-121 | 23-33-251 | 2 | | 12/6/2014 | *WISCONSIN | 59-0 | W | 4 | W | 55 | O | 38-301 | 12-18-257 | 0 | 37-71 | 17-43-187 | 4 | | 1/1/2015 | *ALABAMA | 42-35 | W | 7.5 | W | 57.5 | O | 42-281 | 19-36-256 | 2 | 34-170 | 22-36-237 | 3 | | 1/12/2015 | *OREGON | | | | | | | | | | | | |
|
|
| |
|
|
| 11/22/2014 | COLORADO | 44-10 | W | -33 | W | 74 | U | 41-265 | 26-36-332 | 0 | 30-121 | 16-32-105 | 0 | | 11/29/2014 | @ OREGON ST | 47-19 | W | -21 | W | 67.5 | U | 40-198 | 19-25-367 | 1 | 32-146 | 23-47-216 | 1 | | 12/5/2014 | *ARIZONA | 51-13 | W | -14.5 | W | 72.5 | U | 54-301 | 27-40-316 | 0 | 35-111 | 9-26-113 | 2 | | 1/1/2015 | *FLORIDA ST | 59-20 | W | -8 | W | 73 | O | 45-301 | 26-36-338 | 2 | 39-180 | 29-48-348 | 5 | | 1/12/2015 | *OHIO ST | | | | | | | | | | | | |
|
| |  | OHIO ST: The Buckeyes have 24 straight regular-season wins, and bring back Heisman hopeful QB Braxton Miller (2,094 pass yds, 24 TD, 7 INT; 1,068 rush yds, 12 TD). He'll run an offense that averaged 45.5 PPG (3rd in FBS) and 512 total YPG (8th in FBS) in 2013. Miller has a quick receiving corps to work with, led by WR Devin Smith (660 rec yds, 8 TD). Carlos Hyde is gone, but RBs Ezekiel Elliott (8.7 YPC) and Dontre Wilson (8.1 YPC) are both explosive. OSU's D-Line is outstanding with three returnees tallying at least seven sacks last year (Noah Spence, Joey Bosa and Michael Bennett). The linebackers are strong and CB Doran Grant (10 PD, 3 INT) has All-American potential. | | OREGON: After a knee injury derailed his Heisman candidacy, QB Marcus Mariota (3,665 pass yds, 31 TD, 4 INT; 715 rush yds, 9 TD) should contend for the trophy. The O-Line returns intact, and the backfield is stacked with talent at tailback. RB Byron Marshall (1,038 rush yds, 14 TD) is the team's leading rusher, but sophomore RB Thomas Tyner (711 rush yds, 9 TD) is a potential superstar. The one weakness this unit has is at receiver, where Bralon Addison's spring knee injury means they've lost their top four receivers from last year. New defensive coordinator Don Pellum has made it a point to get stronger. Oregon has one of the nation's best defensive backs in CB Ifo Ekpre-Olomu (84 tackles, 3 INT) and returns both starting ILBs Derrick Malone (105 tackles) and Rodney Hardrick (64 tackles). The more physical approach could be key in avoiding a third straight loss to Stanford. |
| | ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ PA SPORTSTICKER COLLEGE FOOTBALL PREVIEW (OHIO ST-OREGON) ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
(UPDATES with Oregon RB Forde suspended)
*Buckeyes-Ducks Preview* ========================
By RALPH D. RUSSO AP College Football Writer
No. 7 Ohio State (13-1) at No. 10 Oregon (13-1), 8:30 p.m. EDT
Ohio State is looking for its first national title since 2002. Oregon is seeking its first, period.
Pac-12 champion Oregon and Big Ten champion Ohio State will meet in Arlington, Texas, at the home of the Cowboys on Jan. 12 in the first College Football Playoff championship game.
"It's perfect," Oregon linebacker Derrick Malone Jr. said. "I need another game. I'm glad I can still be a part of this. If we didn't have another game I wouldn't know what to do with myself."
The Ducks (13-1) and Buckeyes (13-1) last played in the Rose Bowl in Pasadena, California, in 2010. Ohio State won that game 26-17. Now the Rose Bowl comes to Texas, but with so much more at stake.
Cardale Jones, Ezekiel Elliott and fourth-seeded Ohio State rallied, and then held on for a 42-35 victory over No. 1 Alabama at the Sugar Bowl on Thursday night.
Heisman Trophy winner Marcus Mariota and Oregon had it much easier. The second-seeded Ducks crushed Florida State 59-20 at the Rose Bowl.
"Oregon won by 40?" Ohio State coach Urban Meyer said, startled when he heard about the results during his postgame news conference in New Orleans. "I gotta go. We gotta go get ready for that one."
The oddsmakers have installed the Ducks as seven-point favorites.
The College Football Playoff, a four-team tournament that replaced the Bowl Championship Series, has provided a jolt to the sport.
The BCS matched the top two teams and didn't allow much room for error. An early slip often could spell doom for a team's national title hopes.
In the old system, it would have been very difficult for Ohio State to recover from a September home loss to Virginia Tech. The Buckeyes were a team looking for an identity back then. They had lost star quarterback Braxton Miller to a preseason injury and redshirt freshman J.T. Barrett was still developing.
Ohio State lost by 14 to the Hokies on the same day Oregon beat Michigan State.
Two weeks into the season, the Big Ten was already being counted out for the first playoff.
But a funny thing happened. Ohio State just kept getting better.
Barrett turned into a Heisman contender, but then in the season finale against Michigan, he broke his ankle. In stepped Jones, who helped Ohio State blast Wisconsin in the Big Ten title game to earn the final spot in the playoff.
It was no fluke. The Buckeyes beat Alabama, eliminating the Southeastern Conference from title contention. After winning seven straight national championships in the BCS, it's now two straight seasons in which the SEC won't wear the crown.
Oregon's loss came at home, too, in early October against Arizona.
The Ducks have been a juggernaut since, winning nine straight games, all by double digits and scoring at least 42 points in each. Ohio State can put up some points, too. The Buckeyes haven't scored less than 31 since losing 35-21 to Virginia Tech.
Oregon's offense, though, may not be as potent after wide receiver Darren Carrington was suspended because of a failed NCAA drug test.
The 6-foot-2, 191-pound redshirt freshman made his first career start in the victory over Arizona in the Pac-12 championship game, finishing with seven catches for 126 yards and a touchdown. He also had seven catches for 166 yards and two touchdowns in Oregon's victory over Florida State.
Running back Ayele Forde has also been suspended because of a failed drug test.
The Ducks and Buckeyes run similar spread offenses.
"We know Oregon. I'll probably be able to call Oregon's plays because we study them and they study us," Meyer said. "There's a mutual respect."
For what it's worth, Ohio State is 8-0 all-time against Oregon.
And think about this: Alabama and Florida State were Nos. 1 and 2 in the final regular-season Associated Press and USA Today coaches' polls. There's a good chance that in the BCS the championship game would have been Tide vs. Seminoles with Oregon and Ohio State playing a traditional Big Ten-Pac-12 Rose Bowl for nothing but pride.
Now they'll take it to Texas for a championship game with which no one can argue.
Game Notes: |
| | Last Updated: 5/5/2024 7:09:57 AM EST. |
|
|
| |
|