Oregon previews are always fun exercises for the staff here at the Gekko Files. Think about all of the history that we get to reference this time of year.
There is the legacy of Skinner’s Mudhole...
We have Roboduck ...
Whatever this guy is ...
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And, finally we get to the Point ...
We do eventually have to get beyond fan bantering, references to “fuskies” and “mother-duckers”, and the streak. There is a football program residing in the PAC 12 North that is in the process of redefining itself in not so different a manner as the UW did when it began overhauling itself post Tyrone Willingham.