From beginning to end this game was amazing to watch.  Oregon was able to accomplish what no other team has been able to do against the Trojans under the Pete Carroll era. They blew USC out of the stadium. Oregon beat the Trojans 47-20. In the last 93 games USC has lost 8 games by a combined 28 points. In one game the Ducks beat them by 27. The Ducks looked more prepared, faster, stronger, and just like they wanted it so much more than USC. The first half was a very close tense back and forth half with the Ducks scoring late to take a 24-17 lead going into halftime. However, as has been the case all year the Ducks came out and showed that they are a great second half team. They dominated USC from the time the second half started and ended up outscoring them 23-3 in the second half. Jeremiah Masoli played his best game of the year and ran Oregon’s offense almost perfectly. He ended up 19 of 31 for 222 yards passing with 1 passing TD. Masoli also had 13 carries for 164 yards and a rushing TD. LaMichael James did everything he wanted to the Trojans as well. James had his 5^th 100-yard game going for 183 yards on 24 carries and a TD. Oregon WR Jamere Holland also had a TD reception in the game against his old school USC. In the end the Ducks gained 613 total yards of offense 222 passing and 391 rushing. USC came into this game giving up 80 yards a game rushing. This was the second most yards ever given up by a USC football team and falls 10 short of the 623 yards that a 1946 Notre Dame team put up on USC. The Ducks head into this weekend at Stanford. They are now (7-1, 5-0) and have a very good chance to win the Pac-10 and make the Rose Bowl this year.

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Ducks Dominate Huskies, Set Up Match with USC

            Before the game in Seattle yesterday there were many questions about the current state of the Oregon Duck football team. How will the depleted secondary hold up against Jake Locker? Will Jeremiah Masoli be able to play? Are the Ducks looking past UW ahead to next week’s showdown with USC? The Ducks answered all of the questions by the end of the day. The secondary did a fine job against Locker getting him to throw two interceptions. Jeremiah Masoli looked back to his normal form while wearing a custom knee brace. Masoli ended up going 14 of 22 passing for 157 yards with one TD pass to WR D.J. Davis. Masoli also had 54 yards rushing for another 2 TD’s. Freshman running back LaMichael James continued his dominance on the ground running for 154 yards on 15 carries and adding 2 TD’s. At the end of the day the final scoreboard read: Oregon 43 Washington 19. The Ducks did everything that they needed to do to stay undefeated for the matchup with USC. They weren’t looking ahead and they now find themselves at #10 in the AP poll. Furthermore, ESPN’s college gameday has announced that they will be coming to Eugene next weekend making Oregon vs. USC the premier college football game in the nation on Halloween night. The Huskies go into the weekend with a bye week and will be traveling to UCLA on November 7^th for their next game.

Current Pac-10 Standings (10/25/2009)

Team         Conference Record        Overall Record

Oregon                   4-0                               6-1

USC                        3-1                              6-1

Arizona                   3-1                              5-2

Stanford                              4-2                              5-3

California                2-2                              5-2

Arizona State           2-2                              4-3

Oregon State            2-2                              4-3

Washington              2-3                              3-5

UCLA                      0-4                              3-4

Washington State     0-5                              1-6