Will tonight be another misleading glance at the Oregon Ducks? What I mean by that is that tonight's game is being played in Eugene and when Oregon hosts someone they really lay it on. Last year they scored 52 against Stanford, 60 versus UCLA, 53 in a contest against Washington and 48 versus Arizona. Can Cal hold them to less than 48?
At first glance you can make a case for it. The Bears played Oregon as well as anyone last season, holding the Ducks to 15 points on "only" 317 yards in a 15-13 Oregon victory. And in 2007, Cal won in Eugene. So maybe they can hang with the mighty Ducks, 24-point favorites.
Then again, maybe not. Cal was awful on the road last year, losing four of five games. This year they beat woeful Colorado on the road, but in OT, and then lost to a solid Washington team in Seattle. There is not much to believe that the Bears could repeat last year's close call.
There is not much else going on in conference play this weekend, unless Utah plays its A game versus ASU. If QB Jordan Wynn does not play however, due to an injury to his non-throwing shoulder, then I cannot see how the Utes could pull the upset there, unless the Sun Devils are looking ahead to next week's match-up against Oregon.
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