Oregon fans might hate USC, but many of them want to play USC in Pac-12 Championship Game

.@Ducks_Wire staff writer @Donald_Smalley offered the view that Oregon fans want to play — and beat — Travis Dye. A “bring it on” mentality is strong in Eugene.

Do Oregon fans want USC to beat Utah this weekend in Salt Lake City? Should they? We have been asking Ducks Wire writers about these questions.

One Ducks Wire staff writer, Andy Patton, thinks Oregon fans should want Utah to win.

Ducks Wire editor Zachary Neel thinks Oregon fans should root for USC but will actually root against the Trojans and hope Utah wins.

Now, we turn to a third member of the Ducks Wire team.

Ducks Wire writer Don Smalley had this to say:

“A lot of Utah’s shine has been taken off with their lackluster performance vs UCLA. There isn’t anything there the Ducks can’t handle, especially at home. I think Oregon fans are chomping at the bit to face USC in that title game if it should occur. Oct. 22 is going to be huge with the Bruins coming into Autzen and probably ESPN GameDay coming to Eugene. I think it could be Lee Corso’s last trip out here and it’ll be special. After the Bruin game, Oregon is going to be favored in all of its games. With Travis Dye going to USC and not playing the Trojans in the regular season, Duck fans really want to see how the team matches up with Men of Troy. So they’ll be rooting for USC this weekend.”

Three Ducks Wire writers, three very different views of USC-Utah. Now we wait for kickoff in Salt Lake City.

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