The ESPN College GameDay crew is gearing up for another week of fun and this Saturday the team of Chris Fowler, Lee Corso, Kirk Herbstreit and Desmond Howard will be in Seattle for the Washington Huskies and the Oregon Ducks, coming to the city for the first time for the show and the game will be on later at 4 pm on Fox Sports 1.
Oregon is one of the best teams in the nation and Washington comes into the game after losing a close game against number five Stanford 31-28 last week and now they will face another top five team. The Huskies are ranked 16th in the nation in the AP Top 25 and they will host the Ducks at Husky Stadium on Saturday and it will be a matchup of two high powered offenses and two exciting quarterbacks, as Marcus Mariota and Keith Price will be facing off against each other in the Pac-12 conference meeting.
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Oregon comes into the game while putting up over 50 points per game and the team has scored over 55 in each of their five wins this season and they come into the matchup with a 5-0 record, while the Huskies lost last week against Stanford to fall to 4-1. The Huskies have been going through a bit of a resurgence after hiring Steve Sarkisian and now the team will try to defeat the Ducks for the first time in about a decade, as the last time Washington beat Oregon was back in 2003.
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The Oregon offense is one of the most high powered in the country and ranks near the top of almost every category, including second in the nation in scoring offense with nearly 60 points per game, as they have scored 55 points or more in all five of their wins this season. The Ducks have not stopped going crazy on offense despite Chip Kelly leaving for the NFL and they have beaten the Huskies by an average of 30 points over the last nine losses and while the Washington defense has been one of the best in the Pac-12, they will have their hands full with Oregon.
The Huskies have been good on defense, but so has Oregon and it hasn't all been against scrub opponents, as they played California and Tennessee while allowing a combined 30 points. The Ducks are ranked second in the nation with just less than 12 points per game allowed and Washington is not far behind, as they are allowing just under 15 points per contest this season. The biggest challenge for Washington will be to limit Mariotta and the offense on explosive plays and while the Huskies are third in the nation while averaging less than five years per play, it will be nearly impossible to keep Oregon to that.
The Oregon offense is averaging over 600 yards per game and the team has a tough upcoming schedule after playing against the Huskies, as they will host rival Washington State and then UCLA at home before heading on the road to play Stanford in a game that will be broadcast nationally on ESPN. The team then finishes with games against Utah, Arizona and Oregon State. The game against Washington is the site for College GameDay and the game will be on Fox Sports 1 at 4:00 PM.
