Our Oregon football program is closing out the regular season with a pair of tough, familiar matchups: the Huskies and the Trojans. Fortunately, winning this weekend would almost guarantee a College Football Playoff run for the Ducks, and if Oregon finds a way to get to 11-1, they could squeeze into the B1G Championship for the second season in a row. Even Mr. FishDuck took a break from his studying reviews of casino sites, to share his excitement about how this season could close out.
The Oregon defense dismantled USC in their 2023 meeting for most of the game – Photo via Craig Strobeck
Head coach Dan Lanning has this squad coming off a major win at home over the Minnesota Golden Gophers, a game in which Oregon’s rushing attack absolutely shredded Minnesota’s defense. Similar to playing the Hawkeyes a week prior, most fans viewed the Ducks as incapable of beating them in “B1G football” fashion, which they have time and time again proved to be false. Oregon has dismantled teams on the ground when lacking weather conducive to a successful passing game and sustaining numerous injuries to their best receivers.
Personally, I expect Oregon’s most successful position group of the season to continue to dominate this weekend and cover the spread. This offense should put up fireworks against a weak Trojan run defense, as Noah Whittington, Jordon Davison, and Dierre Hill Jr. find creative ways to get loose in Will Stein’s offense.
Today, the Ducks sit as 10.5-point favorites at home, a line that’s jumped a few points from the original 7.5-point spread that the Ducks opened as. My question to you is: Will USC keep it that close? Is there a scenario where Oregon doesn’t only handle business, but they do so decidedly in a 10+ point victory? Will the run game get going like it did against Minnesota, and offer the Ducks complete control of this football game? Let us know your thoughts in the FishDuck Forum with decorum.
Go Ducks!
Alex Heining
Los Angeles, California
Top Photo by: Craig Strobeck
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Alex Heining is an Oregon alumni from the graduate class of 2021. After studying sports business and media studies, he has moved into the field of digital marketing as a copywriter and content manager in the Los Angeles area. Still, he loves his Ducks and goes to local high school games all over the Los Angeles and Orange County area to check out new recruits of the future (and a SoFi game or two with the pros). On any given Saturday, expect to find him doing martial arts, playing the guitar, or screaming at the tv over a missed holding penalty.