With weapons everywhere on offense and a stout defense, Oregon presents Ohio State with its first true matchup game of 2024.
The difficulty has gradually increased week over week for Ohio State. It opened the season with Akron and Western Michigan, the Buckeyes got a bye, then Marshall came to town to round out a linen sheet-soft non-conference slate. Big Ten play opened with a Michigan State team in rebuild mode, then continued with an Iowa squad that could test the Buckeyes with its run game and defense but never posed a real threat to best them in Columbus.
Lanning inherited a solid situation from Mario Cristobal when the former Oregon head coach left to take over Miami's program, but a 10-3 2022 season with a win in the Holiday Bowl laid a strong foundation for Lanning’s tenure. His second season got the Ducks thinking about future national championship ambitions as they went 12-2 with both losses coming by exactly three points to Washington, which played for the CFP title in 2023.
He started as a freshman in 2019 at UCF and posted back-to-back 3,500-yard seasons before his season-ending injury in 2021. He transferred to Oklahoma and had a down year in 2022 before completing 69.3% of his passes for 3,660 yards and 30 touchdowns with just six interceptions in 2023. All the attention can't be paid to those three, however, because Oregon also has one of the nation's best tight ends in senior Terrance Ferguson. Already with two 390-yard campaigns under his belt, Ferguson is off to his fastest start yet this year with 16 receptions for 259 yards.
The big four statistics are still good with that game against the Broncos. The Ducks have allowed 17 points per game , 263.4 yards per game , 101.4 rushing yards per game and 162 passing yards per game .
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