Oregon vs. Texas Tech: Exciting Orange Bowl Showdown

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00:00Tightest line of the weekend with Oregon and Texas Tech facing off in the Orange Bowl.

00:08You know, long, long trip for Oregon to get out there and a fairly long trip for Texas Tech.

00:12I'm not sure. I'm curious how the attendance and what the energy will be like in that stadium.

00:16But, man, Texas Tech is the team that's the most curious to me, Bill, because I think they're really talented.

00:22I think they play hard. I think they play well.

00:24But we haven't really watched them play any truly elite competition.

00:27Do they have a chance to pull the upset?

00:30They do. But I want to see how the fronts go.

00:34You know, are they getting a push on the offensive side?

00:37Barron Morton's played a lot of football and he doesn't throw a lot of interceptions.

00:42You know, and this is a game that I thought I'm a little surprised it wasn't at the Cotton Bowl, that they didn't give Texas Tech that stadium.

00:48They said they didn't want Miami.

00:49The reason was they didn't want Miami playing in their home stadium, which I told I would have rather played Miami in Miami than A&M in Dallas.

00:57And I agree with you there.

00:59That's the thing.

01:00Like, Texas Tech probably deserved that stage a little bit on some level.

01:04But having Oregon come to them, you know, it'll come down to that on the offensive side.

01:08Now, their defense around two consensus All-Americans, Jacob Rodriguez, who we've talked about on here.

01:14He's just a player, David Bailey.

01:17But it's not just them.

01:18They have guys on every level, too.

01:20It's very similar to Indiana.

01:21They just don't allow a lot of points with that scheme.

01:24So does Oregon, you know, with Dante Moore, the running game was hitting.

01:30They have threats all over the field in the passing game.

01:33Sadiq was a really good tight end.

01:36Do those big plays kind of stun Texas Tech is what I'm looking for.

01:39And if that happens, the Ducks will win.

01:41I mean, again, I haven't kind of digging into the predictions here over the next couple days.

01:46I will probably pick Oregon to win this game and not feel great about it, if that makes sense.