Predictions for No. 5 Oregon vs. No. 3 Washington in Pac-12 Title

Sometimes in life you just get lucky. That goes for sports as well. Earlier this year, we got lucky with the fact that the game between the Oregon Ducks and Washington Huskies was among the best of the year. We also got lucky with the fact that both of those team took care of business from that point in the season on, and now we are just a mere hours away from watching them square off again, this time for the last-ever Pac-12 Championship, and a spot in the College Football Playoff.

For one of these teams, the luck is about to run out, though, and the season is going to come to an end on Friday night.

Which team will it be? That’s what we’re here to try and predict. To preview the game, we go through our weekly roundtable with the writers from Ducks Wire. Here’s our Pac-12 Championship edition roundtable of the year.

Wrapping up the Civil War

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Question: Let’s wrap up the Civil War before we dive into this thrilling Pac-12 Title Game against Washington. What is your lasting takeaway from Friday’s win over Oregon State?

Zachary Neel (@ZacharyCNeel):

I think it’s just the physicality that Oregon has, particularly on the defensive line. Holding Oregon State to just 58 total rushing yards is so hard to do, but the Ducks made it look easy. That’s definitely one of my biggest takeaways from the whole season.

Don Smalley (@Donald_Smalley): 

The Oregon defense is still the most underrated in the country. That was a really good OSU offense and except for one drive, the Ducks completely shut them down. Also, I hope they paid the kid in the Duck suit a lot after that entrance. There’s no way I could have done that.

Miles Dwyer (@DwyerMiles15):

My biggest takeaway is that Oregon is capable of embarrassing good teams. They embarrassed Utah in Salt Lake City earlier this season, and they…

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Publish date : 2023-12-01 13:27:56

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