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00:00If I start with you, because you were a little bit more critical of the Ducks throughout
00:06this season in terms of their big picture outlook to be a true college football playoff
00:11national championship contender.
00:13What have you seen out of Oregon in the last seven days?
00:16You're right.
00:17I was, and I, again, I was proven correct.
00:21And I said, though, going into the game, it didn't mean they were incapable of beating
00:25Ohio State.
00:26It's just, again, Oregon had preseason pricing as if they were Ohio State, Georgia good.
00:31And I don't think they are.
00:33And I don't think this result, by the way, changes that.
00:35Like, I understand how we do rankings, and Oregon belongs in front of Ohio State now.
00:39Beating a team by one in your building in that fashion, like, if you told me, hey, line
00:45these two teams up tomorrow on a neutral field and you favor Oregon, I think that would be
00:48a mistake.
00:49I do.
00:50So for the Ducks, it's a monster win.
00:54It's easily the biggest win Dan Lanning's ever had in his career, right?
00:58I mean, I don't even know what the close second would be, probably beating, like, Colorado
01:01by a ton of points.
01:02I mean, honestly.
01:03So it's great for Oregon.
01:05The way the Big Ten schedules lined up now, Leecey, this team should go unbeaten.
01:10I know that that's, you know, it's easier said than done.
01:13They're 7-0.
01:14There's only five remaining.
01:15That Michigan game, which I know a lot of us had circled, again, the Wolverines are
01:19on their third quarterback here.
01:21The Ducks are huge favorite to make that Big Ten title game.
01:25I don't see any way they don't.
01:26No, I don't either.
01:27And they're minus 2,000 to make the college football playoff.
01:30They're leading everybody right now after last night's matchup.
01:34They're running the football more consistently with Jordan James.
01:37They're protecting Dylan Gabriel.
01:39Remember, when they struggled against Idaho and Boise State, their offensive line was
01:43atrocious.
01:44What was it?
01:45Seven sacks in the first three games.
01:47They only have nine allowed now.
01:48So they've shifted around players.
01:50They found some continuity, and they have success.
01:53And Dylan Gabriel, that's the added dimension, right?
01:56He's a battle-tested quarterback that has big-game experience.
02:00He proved that again last Saturday night.
02:02He did it with his arm and his legs.
02:04And I think this team is trying—I thought this was the best team on paper at the start
02:08of the year.
02:09I did believe in them.
02:10You did?
02:11We'll see how it plays out.
02:12Again, I still think it's a tough schedule because you never know.
02:15In college football, 28-point dogs knock off favorites all the time.
02:19You never know.
02:20Best team right now.
02:21Like Texas in the SEC, Oregon, entering the year in its first in the Big Ten, had the
02:26second-best price to win that conference crown.
02:29Now a co-favorite alongside Ohio State, who is a minus-money favorite, to win the Big
02:34Ten championship, entering last week in Eugene.
02:37Ohio State had allowed 34 total points in its first five games.
02:42The competition level, probably not all that drastic.
02:45They allowed 32 last week to Oregon.
02:49And again, the Ducks cruise into West Lafayette.
02:52So there's the good.
02:53There's an Oregon team now at minus-$2,000 to reach the college football playoff.
02:58And, Ted, there's also the beauty of this new era in college football.
03:01The atmosphere not diminished by any means for another game of the year last week inside
03:07Autzen Stadium.
03:08And we look at Ohio State's odds.
03:10Still a co-favorite to win the Big Ten.
03:12Still minus-$700 to reach the college football playoff.
03:15A better national championship price still than that of Oregon.
03:18The second-best only behind Texas at plus-$450.