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Not a pleasant memory: this was the scene in a legendary Gill locker room last Nov.

Ducks at Wildcats Nov. 21, 2009 04:08 PM azcentral.com Where : Arizona Stadium, Tucson TV : Channel 15 Radio : KFNX 1100 AM ABC broadcast team: Brent Musburger ; Kirk Herbstreit ; Lisa Salters .

How amazing was last night? Throw out every cliche in the books for this one. Epic sums it up for me.

No one inside Sun Devil nation expected much out of Arizona State's visit to Autzen Stadium, but midway through the third quarter ASU was closing in on a potential upset.

Upsets may have eliminated the Pac-10's best from national title contention, but with four teams still alive in the Rose Bowl hunt and the possibility of a six-way tie in place, there isn't a more compelling race in football.

Rob Moseley and the Ducks were in the Moshofsky Center for practice yesterday and the team welcomed LaMichael James and Ed Dickson back from an illness earlier in the week.

I am a Ducks fan, and I am scared. I am scared because I have seen this episode before, and it was one of my least favorites in the last several seasons of this gut wrenching show that is called "Oregon Football." Oregon is riding high and controls its own BCS destiny, but they have to play the Arizona Wildcats in Tucson.

If running back LaMichael James, shown here scoring against Arizona State, and the Ducks keep winning, they will be in the Rose Bowl.

The desert has been inhospitable to the Ducks in recent years. In Oregon's past two trips to Tucson, the team lost its starting quarterback to injury.

Dontae Williams, the star running back from Texas, has committed to Oregon. Williams will join the Ducks next year and be slotted to become the Thunder back that gives LaMichael James a breather, and pounds the defense with more size.

Running back LeGarrette Blount wasn't the fifth-string running back at Oregon's practice Tuesday, nor was he on the fourth team.

Rob Moseley was at practice yesterday in the Mo Center and filed this report. "They did a nice job today," UO coach Chip Kelly said.

LaMichael James cruised to three touchdowns and 150 yds. rushing as Oregon used a dominant first half to beat Arizona St.

Oregon raced out to a 31-7 halftime lead against Arizona State on Saturday at Autzen Stadium.

It was a punch heard around the college football world. A national television audience watched Oregon senior running back LeGarrette Blount punch Boise State defensive end Byron Hout after UOa s opening-night loss to the Broncos.

One of Arizona State's biggest challenges this weekend at Autzen Stadium will be containing Oregon's ground game, which is ranked among the best in the nation.

John Canzano and Ken Goe preview Saturday's matchups and debate the LeGarrette Blount situation at Oregon.

Now that Oregon running back LeGarrette Blount has returned from his suspension, it remains to be seen how the No.

Toby Gerhart and Stanford did to the Oregon defense what the Ducks did a week ago to Southern California, opening up the Pac-10 race with a program-defining victory.

The Oregon Ducks have ascended all the way up to the seventh spot in the latest national poll, and they will put that lofty ranking on the line, when they take on the Stanford Cardinal this weekend in Pac-10 action.