What's going to decide the Washington-Oregon battle? Pete Thamel talks to college coaches and NFL scouts to get the lowdown on a season-defining game.
SEATTLE -- The center of the NFL scouting universe will be Husky Stadium this weekend, when No. 8 Oregon visits No. 7 Washington in a game that will determine the inside track for the Pac-12's first College Football Playoff bid since 2016.
The top 10 collision with the highest stakes raises two fascinating questions, which ESPN posed to 10 coaches and scouts this week.The first is obvious: Who will win between two similarly talented teams that can be billed as pairing Washington's explosive pass game against Oregon's clinical efficiency ?
One NFL scout summed up Washington's ethos under Kalen DeBoer this way:"I walked away from Washington as impressed as I've been anywhere. They do a good job. Have good players. Have good kids. It's impressive. There's been places like Duke and Ohio State where you just walk away and say, 'Wow, this is a good program.'"
This is a tricky question, as there can still be a gap between, say, Georgia the past two years and teams that simply make the College Football Playoff. And any declaration of Oregon's readiness is tempered by the 49-3 thumping the Dawgs gave the Ducks in the season opener last year. Countered another veteran scout:"I don't think they are in the same talent range as Georgia yet. For Washington, they have good edge rushers but I don't know how their interior linemen would hold up when those big SEC guys get their hands on them. They aren't long and talented enough.Washington and Oregon each had about 15 players to write up for area scouts.
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