Saturday, November 29
Seattle, WA
12:30 PM
University of Oregon
at
Washington
Photo by: GoDucks.com
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The Ducks wrap up the regular season in Seattle on Saturday (12:30 p.m., CBS).
SEATTLE — Oregon takes championship dreams north Saturday, when a storied rival stands in the way of the Ducks and the postseason.
The No. 6 UO football team (10-1, 7-1 Big Ten) will look to solidify a spot in the College Football Playoff and potentially earn a berth in the Big Ten Championship Game when the Ducks play at Washington on Saturday. Kickoff is set for 12:30 p.m.
Oregon is riding a five-game win streak after knocking off No. 15 USC in Autzen Stadium last week. Washington is 8-3 overall and 5-3 in Big Ten play, and brings a two-game win streak into Saturday. The teams have two common opponents — Oregon won at Rutgers and at home over Wisconsin, while the Huskies beat Rutgers at home and lost at Wisconsin.
The Ducks trail in the all-time series, 49-63-5, including 21-31-2 in Seattle. Oregon won last season in Eugene, ending a three-game win streak for UW in the series.
CBS will televise Saturday's game, with Brad Nessler providing play by play, Gary Danielson adding analysis and Jenny Dell reporting from the sidelines.
Some storylines to watch when the game kicks off …
1. Make no mistake, this one means a little bit more. Fourth-year UO coach Dan Lanning dropped his first three match-ups with the Huskies before leading last season's win, and those rare blemishes on his record with the Ducks still sting.
But a week after stressing execution over emotion in a heated battle with USC, the Ducks want to do the same this week.
"I know that for our guys there will be a high-level of emotion in this game," Lanning said this week. "They're going to have that. It's definitely an important rivalry for us. This game means a lot. It's probably the No. 1 question I get when I'm out on the road with donors and support groups and talking about our university, is about this game. It's one that I struggled with early on while I was here. To start, they had some success against us, so it means a lot to me. It's one I want to have some success in."
2. Eyes in the stands and the press box pregame will be on Oregon's offensive line, after the Ducks weathered some injuries in the win over the Trojans.
Left tackle Isaiah World was limited last week, with Fox Crader making his first career start there. Right tackle Alex Harkey limped off the field at one point before returning, and center Iapani Laloulu was replaced by Charlie Pickard after "Poncho" got banged up during the game.
"I thought they did a good job of stepping up," Lanning said of Crader and Pickard. "Certainly some opportunities that they can clean up, but the guys played with good effort, they were execution-sound as far as technique. We had a couple of snap infractions with Charlie that we've got to clean up, but those guys came in and performed."
3. Getting after UW quarterback Demond Williams Jr. will be a priority on Saturday, and a challenge.
Williams is completing 72 percent of his passes this season, 216-of-300, for 2,721 yards with 19 touchdowns and six interceptions. And he's dangerous when a pass play breaks down, having run for 568 yards and six touchdowns as well.
"When we saw him last year I knew, 'OK, this guys is going to be a really good player,'" Lanning said. "His speed is unique. At quarterback, I don't think there's anyone we've seen who can run like he runs this year. He can make really impressive throws as well, and he has some wideouts he can go to. When he's on, they're dangerous — they're really dangerous."
4. After drawing a few penalties last week, Oregon's secondary will try to play a cleaner game against the Huskies.
The Ducks contended with one of the nation's top passing attacks when USC came to Eugene, and the Trojans made some plays will also drawing some flags. Oregon's defensive backs will look to bounce back this week, led by star freshman Brandon Finney Jr.
"He's always a next-play guy," Lanning said. "I think those will be learning moments for him, but ultimately he's a guy we'd all go to war with any day. When you go against good players, that's part of understanding that moments like that can happen. That's not a surprise' you have an expectation that moments like that will happen at some point this year. It's about how you respond, and he's already responded. I have a lot of confidence in him."
5. Not just the College Football Playoff remains in play for the Ducks, as an Oregon win Saturday combined with a Michigan win earlier in the day over Ohio State would send the UO football team back to the Big Ten Championship Game next week.
Lanning wasn't interested in entertaining such hypotheticals this week, however. And with good reason.
"I'm only worried about this game," he said. "… We'll play whatever game we get to play (next), but I'm really excited to play this one first."
The No. 6 UO football team (10-1, 7-1 Big Ten) will look to solidify a spot in the College Football Playoff and potentially earn a berth in the Big Ten Championship Game when the Ducks play at Washington on Saturday. Kickoff is set for 12:30 p.m.
Oregon is riding a five-game win streak after knocking off No. 15 USC in Autzen Stadium last week. Washington is 8-3 overall and 5-3 in Big Ten play, and brings a two-game win streak into Saturday. The teams have two common opponents — Oregon won at Rutgers and at home over Wisconsin, while the Huskies beat Rutgers at home and lost at Wisconsin.
The Ducks trail in the all-time series, 49-63-5, including 21-31-2 in Seattle. Oregon won last season in Eugene, ending a three-game win streak for UW in the series.
CBS will televise Saturday's game, with Brad Nessler providing play by play, Gary Danielson adding analysis and Jenny Dell reporting from the sidelines.
Some storylines to watch when the game kicks off …
1. Make no mistake, this one means a little bit more. Fourth-year UO coach Dan Lanning dropped his first three match-ups with the Huskies before leading last season's win, and those rare blemishes on his record with the Ducks still sting.
But a week after stressing execution over emotion in a heated battle with USC, the Ducks want to do the same this week.
"I know that for our guys there will be a high-level of emotion in this game," Lanning said this week. "They're going to have that. It's definitely an important rivalry for us. This game means a lot. It's probably the No. 1 question I get when I'm out on the road with donors and support groups and talking about our university, is about this game. It's one that I struggled with early on while I was here. To start, they had some success against us, so it means a lot to me. It's one I want to have some success in."
2. Eyes in the stands and the press box pregame will be on Oregon's offensive line, after the Ducks weathered some injuries in the win over the Trojans.
Left tackle Isaiah World was limited last week, with Fox Crader making his first career start there. Right tackle Alex Harkey limped off the field at one point before returning, and center Iapani Laloulu was replaced by Charlie Pickard after "Poncho" got banged up during the game.
"I thought they did a good job of stepping up," Lanning said of Crader and Pickard. "Certainly some opportunities that they can clean up, but the guys played with good effort, they were execution-sound as far as technique. We had a couple of snap infractions with Charlie that we've got to clean up, but those guys came in and performed."
3. Getting after UW quarterback Demond Williams Jr. will be a priority on Saturday, and a challenge.
Williams is completing 72 percent of his passes this season, 216-of-300, for 2,721 yards with 19 touchdowns and six interceptions. And he's dangerous when a pass play breaks down, having run for 568 yards and six touchdowns as well.
"When we saw him last year I knew, 'OK, this guys is going to be a really good player,'" Lanning said. "His speed is unique. At quarterback, I don't think there's anyone we've seen who can run like he runs this year. He can make really impressive throws as well, and he has some wideouts he can go to. When he's on, they're dangerous — they're really dangerous."
4. After drawing a few penalties last week, Oregon's secondary will try to play a cleaner game against the Huskies.
The Ducks contended with one of the nation's top passing attacks when USC came to Eugene, and the Trojans made some plays will also drawing some flags. Oregon's defensive backs will look to bounce back this week, led by star freshman Brandon Finney Jr.
"He's always a next-play guy," Lanning said. "I think those will be learning moments for him, but ultimately he's a guy we'd all go to war with any day. When you go against good players, that's part of understanding that moments like that can happen. That's not a surprise' you have an expectation that moments like that will happen at some point this year. It's about how you respond, and he's already responded. I have a lot of confidence in him."
5. Not just the College Football Playoff remains in play for the Ducks, as an Oregon win Saturday combined with a Michigan win earlier in the day over Ohio State would send the UO football team back to the Big Ten Championship Game next week.
Lanning wasn't interested in entertaining such hypotheticals this week, however. And with good reason.
"I'm only worried about this game," he said. "… We'll play whatever game we get to play (next), but I'm really excited to play this one first."
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