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00:00One of those five remaining undefeated teams in the country, Joe.
00:06That's number one, Oregon.
00:07A perfect 9-0.
00:08And starting out this year, a couple of flaws, perhaps, for the Ducks, and certainly in Big
00:14Ten play.
00:15They did not cover in their first two in this new league, now they have covered in four
00:20straight.
00:21They're a 23.5 point home favorite today, back in Eugene, against a team that struggles
00:25mightily in Big Ten action.
00:27That is Maryland.
00:28How do you approach this matchup?
00:29Well, I think there's no doubt Oregon wins this game.
00:31Again, it's going to be very difficult, I believe, in terms of Maryland to score a lot
00:36of points on that defense, especially when you look at how dominant they were in the
00:41first half against the Wolverines.
00:43I will say this, though, from a defensive perspective, for Maryland, they're holding
00:47opposing offenses, Ben, to 105 rushing yards per game.
00:50They have held every team outside of Indiana under 125 yards rushing.
00:56You stuff Jordan James and you stuff those running backs for Oregon, you could force
01:00Dylan Gabriel into long third downs.
01:02I liked it better at 25, but I still like Maryland to cover this number with Billy Edwards
01:08on the road today, guys.
01:09Yeah, I couldn't get there.
01:11Maryland, their last two buys they've had, which is one this year and then one last year,
01:16were outright losses to Northwestern.
01:19So that didn't inspire a lot of confidence.
01:21I'm very interested to see how things play out without Tez Johnson here.
01:25I really cannot believe how my Evan Stewart bet played out last week, where he was my
01:31best bet.
01:32Tez gets injured.
01:33When I go, oh, I guess I kind of cheated.
01:35Now he's the number one.
01:37Forty-five yard touchdown gets called back in an incredible play.
01:40They go into the locker room, Dan Land is like, I promise you, he's got more coming.
01:45The first play that they get on offense is throwing the ball to Stewart.
01:49It's incomplete.
01:50I don't think they looked at him the rest of the game.
01:51We don't get through the number.
01:52I don't think he had another catch.
01:54Evan Stewart could break through numbers today.
01:56The thing is, for the Ducks, they just kind of rolled through these teams.
02:00None of it really matters.
02:02They are not chasing the Heisman for Dylan Gabriel this year, so that's not even something
02:06that I can play into the wagers.
02:08Oregon only allowed 270 total yards last week against Michigan in their five Big Ten games.
02:14Four of the five, 301 total yards or less.
02:17Ohio State the only team to exceed that.
02:19Here is the conference comparison between the two.
02:22Co-favorites to win the Big Ten.
02:23And of course, the Ducks have the head-to-head if it needs a spot in the Big Ten championship
02:28game and the two best prices to reach the college football playoffs.

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