Many remember Ohio State’s failure to register a sack against Oregon when they met in October, but less memorable is the closest scrape the Buckeyes had with a backfield takedown of Dillon Gabriel.
On the Ducks’ first drive of the third quarter, Jim Knowles dialed up a simulated pressure with Sonny Styles blitzing off the edge and Lorenzo Styles Jr. coming up the middle while Jack Sawyer and JT Tuimoloau dropped into coverage on 3rd-and-8. Gabriel came under immediate heat but evaded the free-running Sonny Styles, slid past a collapsing Sawyer and got met by Caden Curry a few feet past the line of scrimmage.