The No. 9 Washington Huskies are a good football team. So are the No. 6 Ohio State Buckeyes. But who has the edge in the 2019 Rose Bowl?
The Huskies enter the game as one of the country's premier defenses. The secondary, led by Byron Murphy, Taylor Rapp and JoJo McIntosh has held opposing quarterbacks to a mere 185.4 yards per game. In the middle of the field, linebacker Ben Burr-Kirven has amassed a whopping 165 tackles.
All of that has combined to form a defensive unit that's been allowing 15.5 points per game – tied for the fifth-best mark in the country.