No. 1 Oregon outlasts No. 3 Penn State 45-37 for Big Ten title and 1st-round bye in playoffs
Dillon Gabriel threw four touchdown passes and No. 1 Oregon outlasted No. 3 Penn State 45-37 on Saturday night in the Big Ten championship, giving the Ducks a first-round bye and almost certainly the top seed in the College Football Playoff
INDIANAPOLIS (AP) — No. 1 Oregon managed to navigate all the potential pitfalls of a topsy-turvy college football season — even on a wild, wacky championship weekend.
It just took the Ducks a little longer than expected to keep their biggest goals intact.
Dillon Gabriel threw four touchdown passes and a late interception helped Oregon outlast No. 3 Penn State 45-37 on Saturday night in the Big Ten championship game. The victory gives the Ducks a first-round bye and almost certainly the top seed in the first 12-team College Football Playoff as they chase an elusive national championship.
“You live for these moments, you dream of these moments and you want to be in them,” Gabriel said after celebrating with his family near one of Lucas Oil Stadium's tunnels. “I'm just smiling because we're Big Ten champs."
