Free from the gauntlet of the SEC West, it was reasonable to assume that Bo Nix would find a good deal of success as a senior playing at Oregon.
But playing like a legitimate Heisman candidate for a College Football Playoff contender? You won’t find many who had that in their preseason prognostications.
Nix, a transfer from Auburn in his fourth season as a starting quarterback, was the best player on the field in No. 10 Oregon’s resounding 45-30 victory over No. 9 UCLA on Saturday. The Bruins entered the game as the last remaining unbeaten team in the Pac-12, but Nix and the Ducks jumped them from the start.