EUGENE -- The depth chart fell over, exhausted. It felt like everybody with a helmet and a pulse played. And in the end, Oregon limped off on Saturday night at Autzen Stadium with a sobering victory.
It was Ducks 45, Cal 24.
Things got so bad that stadium public address announcer Don Essig nearly lost his voice and stopped shaking hands. The 79-year old caught a bad cold and could barely talk by the end of the game. He fist-bumped and said on his way home, "I'll be better next week... if we have any players left.