EUGENE -- Expectations, a backbone of college football, can frame how seasons and careers are evaluated and perceived.
It's why in a matchup of 6-4 teams with first-year head coaches, the home favorite is facing questions about slow starts and its overall offensive philosophy and the road underdog is already a conquering hero just for getting to no worse than a .500 season.
Oregon (6-4, 3-4 Pac-12) has to try to once again get off the mat following a road loss and play with the level of offensive execution it appears to leave behind at Autzen Stadium when it hosts Arizona State (6-4, 4-3 Pac-12) on Saturday (7:30 p.