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No. 19 Oregon braces for battle vs. No. 24 California

When Oregon head coach Mario Cristobal met with the media on Monday for his weekly press conference, he was surprisingly upbeat considering what unfolded at Autzen Stadium on Saturday.

For 90 percent of Saturday's game, the No. 19 Ducks physically dominated Stanford, the No. 7 team in the nation. But the other 10 percent of the game is where the Ducks lost focus in their eventual heartbreaking 38-31 defeat to the Cardinal.

"You see some great moments of physicality at the line of scrimmage -- you see high level execution on both sides of the ball," Cristobal said.