It was nine years ago that Oregon and Ohio State announced they would play a home-and-home series during the 2020 and 2021 seasons.
Since that announcement in October 2012, the Ducks and Buckeyes met for the first College Football Playoff national championship in January 2015. Then the scheduled meeting in Eugene for 2020 was canceled by the pandemic; the schools intend to play another home-and-home series in 2032 and 2033.
The current home-and-home thus reverted to a one-off meeting at Ohio State, which will take place in Ohio Stadium this Saturday (9 a.m. PT, FOX). The game matches two nationally ranked teams expected to contend for conference titles and potentially playoff berths this season, each of which is 1-0 after a season-opening win last week.