Rose Bowl confidential: Coaches, scouts break down Oregon-Ohio State

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If there were ever a game from the 2024 season to run back, it's hard to pick a better sequel than Ohio State playing Oregon again.

In the College Football Playoff quarterfinals at the Rose Bowl, we get Round 2 of perhaps the season's best prizefight.

Oregon's 32-31 victory on Oct. 12 in Eugene, which included three fourth-quarter lead changes, had a bit of everything.

Just the final two minutes were enough fodder for a Netflix series. There was an alleged intentional penalty that drained critical seconds off the clock and prompted a rule change. There was a last-second gaffe by OSU quarterback Will Howard that cost Ohio State a shot at a winning field goal. And there was a…