Tom’s Targets: Optimizing Opportunities

The vibe king of college football is in his natural element. He’s leaning forward in his chair inside Oregon’s quarterback room, fresh out of a Tuesday morning practice with the No. 1 team in the country. Dillon Gabriel feels right at home in this space as he picks through a takeout box of crispy chicken, beef teriyaki,…

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…