No sugar-coating this: that was brutal. Pretty much as bad as it gets.
A little behind-the-scenes insight for you, the reader—when I was scheduled to write this article, it was before Wednesday’s game. If Oregon had won, it would have been easy: a comparative Yards Per Play (YPP) article analyzing Oregon and Texas. But if they lost, it was unclear what direction to take. A season recap? A deep dive into the game? It was hard to plan for.
When TreyVeon Henderson ran 66 yards to put the Buckeyes up 31-0 and effectively put the game out of reach, making it an embarrassment for the rest of college football to witness, I landed on what to do with this piece.