Ohio State has the country's No. 18 passing defense. It'll be put to the test against the country's No. 19 passing offense.
The Trojans have a lot of superlatives that propeled them to the Pac-12 championship and the Cotton Bowl but the passing attack stands out. USC is in the top 25 in every indicator of passing quality across all teams in college football. Sam Darnold, who captains this passing offense, is a potential No. 1 overall pick in the 2018 NFL Draft unless he objects that much to playing in Cleveland.
Today's Inside the Box will pour over some of these statistics to highlight the important takeaways in advance of the Cotton Bowl in three weeks.