Venue: Outdoor practice fields
Format: Shells
It's the season opener, it's a matchup with the defending national champions, it's a game in the Deep South hosted at an NFL stadium, it's a chance for Oregon's new coach to go against his former program – indeed, all of that is true.
It's also, at its basic essence, a football game. No more, no less. When the Oregon Ducks take the field against Georgia on Saturday (12:30 p.m. PT, ABC), head coach Dan Lanning wants them to remember one thing: play the game, not the occasion.