EUGENE -- A decade later, Oregon's matchup with Stanford has come full circle.
Start in 2007. Chip Kelly arrived in Eugene as an offensive coordinator with a critical tweak to UO's existing spread offense -- what if we ran it as fast as possible?
In Palo Alto, Jim Harbaugh took over Stanford with a contrarian approach. As the rest of the college football's offenses spread sideline to sideline, the Cardinal vowed to run it between the tackles, fullback and all.
In the seasons that followed, Oregon and Stanford's matchups were billed as a clash of finesse versus physicality, the spread against smashmouth.