Gene Smith would be happy to have Oregon come to Ohio Stadium instead of Ohio State travel to Eugene this year – but only if the Buckeyes can still host the Ducks next year, too.
“We’ll just play both of them here, two years in a row,” Smith joked when he was asked on Wednesday about the possibility of flipping the games between Ohio State and Oregon’s football teams, scheduled to be played at the Horseshoe this September and at Autzen Stadium next September.
In all seriousness, though, Smith doesn’t anticipate a swap in the home-and-home series that would bring Oregon to Columbus in 2020 and postpone Ohio State’s trip to the Pacific Northwest until 2021.