{"id":392152,"date":"2026-01-07T01:31:09","date_gmt":"2026-01-07T01:31:09","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/392152\/"},"modified":"2026-01-07T01:31:09","modified_gmt":"2026-01-07T01:31:09","slug":"joel-klatt-makes-pick-for-peach-bowl-between-indiana-oregon","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/392152\/","title":{"rendered":"Joel Klatt makes pick for Peach Bowl between Indiana, Oregon"},"content":{"rendered":"

The fourth and final rematch of the College Football Playoff will take place Friday night between No. 1 Indiana<\/a> and No. 5 Oregon<\/a> in the Chick-fil-A Peach Bowl.<\/p>\n

Earlier this season, No. 7 Indiana went to Eugene and knocked off No. 3 Oregon 30-20. Fresh off a 63-10 drumming of No. 9 Illinois<\/a> and a 20-15 victory over Iowa<\/a>, the victory truly showed the college football world that the Hoosiers were for real.<\/p>\n

In that game, the programs were knotted up at 20 apiece late in the fourth quarter. A go-ahead passing touchdown from eventual Heisman winner Fernando Mendoza<\/a> to wide receiver Elijah Sarratt<\/a> with 6:23 remaining in the fourth however propelled the Hoosiers ahead.<\/p>\n

Oregon quarterback Dante Moore<\/a> was then intercepted by Indiana linebacker Isaiah Jones<\/a>, which led to a game-sealing field goal by Hoosier kicker Nico Radicic<\/a>. The victory over the Ducks marked the second of four victories over top-ten for Indiana this season (No. 9 Illinois, No. 3 Oregon, No. 1 Ohio State<\/a>, and No. 9 Alabama<\/a>.)<\/p>\n

Joel Klatt picks between No. 1 Indiana and No. 5 Oregon in Peach Bowl<\/p>\n

Ahead of the second meeting between the Big Ten programs, FOX Sports\u2019 Joel Klatt made his prediction on the latest edition of \u2018The Joel Klatt Show<\/a>\u2018. <\/p>\n

\u201cI could talk all day about that game, but you\u2019ve got to make a pick at the end of the day,\u201d Klatt said. \u201cI think it\u2019s going to be a phenomenal game. I\u2019m gonna take Indiana in this one, 27-21. They are 4 1\/2 point favorites. I\u2019m gonna give those 4 1\/2 and take Indiana. Indiana 27-21 and they go play for a National Championship.\u201d<\/p>\n

Both Indiana and Oregon have dominated in the College Football Playoff so far. The Hoosiers completely embarrassed Alabama 38-3 in their Rose Bowl (CFP Quarterfinal) matchup, and the Ducks downed James Madison<\/a> 51-34 and shutout Texas Tech<\/a> 23-0 in their first two CFP games. Oregon led James Madison 48-13 before calling off the dogs a bit.<\/p>\n

No matter who comes out on top in the Peach Bowl, the Big Ten will benefit greatly once again. It will mark the third consecutive season that the conference will have a team reach the National Championship, and a win by Indiana or Oregon would mark the third consecutive season a Big Ten team has been named the National Champion.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"The fourth and final rematch of the College Football Playoff will take place Friday night between No. 1…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":392153,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[67],"tags":[399,398,396,397,99],"class_list":{"0":"post-392152","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-ncaa-football","8":"tag-football","9":"tag-ncaa","10":"tag-ncaa-football","11":"tag-ncaafootball","12":"tag-sports"},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/392152","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=392152"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/392152\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/392153"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=392152"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=392152"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=392152"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}