UCLA-Oregon is almost here. We’re two days away from kickoff at the time of publication on Thursday morning. You need to be following our friends at Ducks Wire for complete coverage of Bruins-Ducks, this top-10 showdown involving Chip Kelly and his former employer.
You have probably noticed that Ducks Wire editor Zachary Neel helped us cover the larger world of Pac-12 football with a midseason check-in on a number of different topics. Now that the midseason items have been posted here at Trojans Wire, we’re shifting into full UCLA-Oregon mode.
With USC not playing a game this week, our attention is focused on Eugene this Saturday. We’re going to share Ducks Wire’s articles on the game while also posting some reaction stories of our own, plus our normal Sunday rankings of the Pac-12 and some comments on the championship race in the conference, which USC will be a part of until the very end of the Pac-12 season.
We asked Ducks Wire analyst Donald Smalley a large number of questions about UCLA-Oregon. We asked Don to limit his answers to two words for every question, so this will be a very quick read, but it will help you identify the players and storylines you need to monitor during Saturday’s huge game in Autzen Stadium: