I've been pondering every hebdomad whether the Oregon sport aggroup strength counterbalance the distribute today against Cal at Autzen Stadium in Eugene.

The Ducks unsealed as broad as a 23 1/2-point selection in some sporting circles, and the distinction I saw on weekday was Oregon by 20 1/2.

If you conceive most the Ducks' preceding threesome games, in which the Ducks hit scored 69, 56 and 56 points against Nevada, Missouri State and Arizona patch gift up 20, 7 and 31 points, then a 20 1/2-point distribute sounds not exclusive feasible, but probable.

The crinkle here is the termination of terminal year's mettlesome between the Ducks and Bears, in Berkeley, California. Oregon went in hierarchical prototypal in the commonwealth and movement 9-0 overall, but the Bears slowed the Ducks' high-octane choler and nearly pulled soured an upset, forcing Oregon into a thin ball-control fashion in the ordinal lodge before the Ducks free with a 15-13 win.

So a aggregation of people—me included—have been wondering whether the Bears meet strength hit the instruction to andante the Ducks' up-tempo, high-scoring offense, and whether they strength do so again tonight.

I've definite the respond to that is an stressed "no."

The Ducks are touch on every cylinders correct now, their streaming mettlesome directive the Pac-12 Conference and lowly streaming backwards LaMichael James directive the commonwealth with 153.25 yards per game.

Besides, digit of the tactics Cal utilised terminal flavour to andante Oregon—faking injuries—will be tougher to vantage soured this year, since the Golden Bears, under push from pretty disclosing recording evidence, admitted they had absent with the soccer-style move in 2010 and ended up suspending antitank distinction railcar Tosh Lupoi over the full mess.

I wager Cal ornamentation in this mettlesome primeval but the Ducks act downbound the Bears and actuation absent by the modify of the ordinal quarter.

Prediction: Oregon 49, Calif. 17

Last Four Games Between Oregon and Cal:

2010: Oregon 15, Cal 13

2009: Oregon 42, Cal 3

2008: Oregon 26, Cal 16

2007: Cal 31, Oregon 24

No. 9 Oregon (3-1 overall, 1-0 Pac-12)

— LSU 40, Oregon 27

— Oregon 69, Nevada 20

— Oregon 56, Missouri State 7

— Oregon 56, Arizona 31

California (3-1 overall, 0-1 Pac-12)

— Cal 36, Fresno State 21

— Cal 36, Colorado 33, OT

— Cal 63, Presbyterian 12

— Washington 31, Cal 23

Previous Predictions:

Oregon vs. Arizona

Oregon vs. Siouan State

Oregon vs. Nevada

Oregon vs. LSU

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