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Halloween night. ESPN College GameDay. “Lights-Out Autzen.” Everything is coming together

to form a perfect storm around Autzen Stadium and at the middle of it is the No. 4 USC Trojans and No. 10 Oregon Ducks. Both teams are 6-1 and fresh off of confer-ence wins, but unlike in the past, this year the Trojans are the ones looking up at the Ducks.

Albeit it’s only a slight lead that Oregon holds over the Trojans at a half a game, but it’s a lead none-theless. Not often do the Trojans find themselves out of first place at any point during conference play. They’ve won the last seven Pac-10 titles.

“It’s definitely a big game,” cen-ter Jordan Holmes said. “SC has won the Pac-10 championship the past seven years in a row. It’s just two great football teams going up against each other.”

But Holmes and the rest of the team won’t buy into the hype. Sure, they’re excited that the whole nation will be watching, but under head coach Chip Kelly’s mantra of “win the day,” this team really does only think one day at a time.

“They have a lot of resiliency,” Kelly said. “They’re a group of guys that love football. Love practicing and love playing in the games. It’s a great group to be around and we have a lot of fun. They play with a lot of energy.”

The Ducks bring in the No. 19 ranked defense in the nation, while the Trojans are at No. 16 in total defense. In most categories these two teams are a lot closer to each other than some realize, even to the point where some national pundits like Dan Patrick and

Colin Cowherd said that USC was the underdog.

“Tell Dan Patrick and Colin Cowherd that I love them,” Kelly said Monday at his weekly press conference when asked about what he thought about people thinking that Oregon was the fa-vorite Saturday. “But they’re in the minority right now that says USC is the underdog…who’s ranked ahead of who? Who’s been the conference champion the last sev-en years? Until you can claim that top spot in the league you have to beat them and no one has. They are the standards that we all kind of compare ourselves to.”

The Trojans do pose a lot of matchup problems with the stable

full of blue-chip recruits that line up on both sides of the ball, but the most surprising problem has been the stellar play of true fresh-man Matt Barkley. He’s won every game that he’s started this year (Aaron Corp started in the loss to Washington), and grown expo-nentially as a player every game this year.

“He has played at some big stadiums,” linebacker Spencer Paysinger said. “Hopefully we can get our fans behind us and play lights out.”

Oregon thinks that it can rattle Barkley with a mixture of dis-guised coverages and pressure. Defensive coordinator Nick Al-iotti said that he said the key to get-ting to Barkley is shutting down the run game and forcing him to throw when Oregon wants him to. But in the end, it’s just about who comes ready to play.

“I know my guys are ready

to play,” Aliotti said. “As long as we practice hard, and we line up and get after it we’ll find out on Saturday.”

For Oregon, no one needs to tell the team how much is riding on this game. Win, and the Trojans have two losses and the Ducks are in control of their own fate in con-ference with a perfect 5-0 record. Lose, and the team’s Rose Bowl berth dreams will be dimmed significantly. The Trojans haven’t won in the state of Oregon since 2005 and every fan is yearning for the Ducks to make the drought one more year longer.

“They have probably the deep-est team in the nation,” Paysinger said. “For us, they’re not all going to be all on the field at the same time. It’s going to be their 11 best against our 11 best and I know we’re going to perform well.”BSCHORZMAN @dAilyEMERAld.COM

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Ducks, Trojans set for epic matchupPowerhouses will battle for inside track to Rose Bowl

USC head coach Pete Carroll knows a thing or two about winning. His Trojans have won the Pac-10 title every year since 2002.

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Who: No. 4 USC (6-1, 3-1) at No. 10 Oregon (6-1, 4-0)What: Pacific-10 Conference game. aBC. When: 5 p.m.Where: autzen Stadium, Eugene.

The No. 10 Oregon Ducks welcome the No. 4 USC Trojans this weekend for a showdown for Pac-10 supremacy. with ESPN College GameDay also on campus for the nationally-televised game, all eyes will be on autzen Stadium to see who comes out on top.

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12:30 p.m. Saturday, aBC California is coming off its

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this time over a hapless Wash-ington State team. The Golden Bears scored 28 points in the first quarter behind three Kevin Riley touchdown passes and a 76-yard punt return for a touchdown by junior wide receiver Jeremy Ross. Junior running back Jah-vid Best turned in yet another electric performance, finishing with 159 yards rushing and three total touchdowns. California racked up an astonishing 559

total yards on offense, including 309 on the ground.

Arizona State, on the other hand, saw its winning streak end at two last week as Stanford defeated them handily 33-14. The Sun Devils failed to score in the first half, while the Cardi-nal erupted for 24 early points. Arizona State finally got on the board in the third quarter when senior quarterback Danny Sulli-van hit senior wide receiver Chris

McGaha for an 18-yard touch-down. There would be no mir-acle comeback, however, as the Sun Devils scored only once more in the fourth quarter. Sul-livan finished with 143 yards and two touchdowns, and senior running back Dimitri Nance was held to only 35 yards on the ground.

Key stat: California’s offense

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Senior defensive back T.J. ward sustained a high ankle sprain against the Boise State Broncos on Sept. 3 and came back in a big way against washington on Oct. 24. The hard-hitting safety finished with five tackles, and he said he’s just glad to be back. The Emer-ald caught up with him after wednesday’s practice.

Oregon Daily Emerald: Where you grew up, what did you like to do for fun?

T.J. Ward: Shoot, I’ve been playing football and running track all my life, so I really haven’t had much spare time. It was either football season or track season. But when I was younger, I used to ride my bike a lot and played video games — pretty much what any little kid does. But when you’re not playing sports, you’re pretty much tired.

ODE: What was your favorite video game?

TW: Madden. ODE: Favorite team on

Madden?TW: Each year is different. My

favorite team is the Niners, but I don’t play much with them much because they have pretty much sucked the last 10 years. I like the Ravens on Madden.

ODE: In track what did you run?

TW: I ran the 100-meter hur-dles, the 400 meters, 200 meters, 4x100 meters, 4x400 meters.

ODE: What was your best event?

TW: 100-meter hurdles. ODE: Outside of sports

in general, what is an interest

of yours?TW: I like cars. I’m not re-

ally a car person, per se, but I like cars. But in my spare time I’m relaxing. If I get a chance to relax, that’s what I’m going to do. If I’m not studying or watching film or practicing or training to get better, I’m relaxing.

ODE: What’s your major?TW: Sociology. ODE: What do you want to do

with that?TW: I dunno. Maybe work with

kids. Not necessarily social work or anything, but maybe coaching or teaching. I dunno.

ODE: Do you have aspirations to play in the NFL?

TW: Definitely. That’s my first and foremost goal after graduat-ing (which I already did). I love the game, but we all have a goal.

We all do things for reasons, not just to do them.

ODE: I see you have a few tattoos. What do they mean?

TW: I have Todd Doxey and Terrance Kelly, who are two of my friends who passed. On my left arm, I have my brother and my sister and my mom and my dad. I have a heart on my chest that says “Momma’s boy.” I have my grandma who passed on my right pec. ... Everything that I have signifies an event in my life. My family, Terrance Kelly, my mom, my grandma. Just important things in my life.

ODE: On the field, you’ve been known for your big hits. What gets you fired up?

TW: Just seeing the other team gets me fired up. I really don’t have to have too much. Just being out

there competing fires me up. I’m a competitor by nature, and when I see the other team, I’m like, all right let’s go. I don’t like you at all, no friendships no kinships. We’re going out here to win the game.

ODE: Why do you hit so hard?

TW: I lead with my shoulder. It depends in what situation. If I’m in the open field, then I’m just go-ing to go for the tackle, but if we’re in close, tight quarters, I’m just go-ing to go in and see what happens. ... If I can make a big hit, I will. But I go for the tackle first.

ODE: When I say Hallow-een night and USC, what do you think of?

TW: Ducks singing the fight song in the locker room afterward.— BEN SCHORZMAN

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For the No. 10 Oregon Ducks (6-1, 4-0 Pacific-10 Conference), this weekend’s matchup with the No. 4 USC Trojans will be the season’s biggest test of character in every as-pect of the game. The offense has shown that it can put points on the board at will, but going toe-to-toe with some of the top athletes in all of college football will present a much larger challenge.

And in order for the Ducks to be in the right position come the final mo-ments of the game, it will take a huge 60-minute effort from the Oregon defense. While the Ducks feature the second-ranked scoring defense in the Pac-10, allowing just 16.7 points per game on the year, they are second to none other than USC at 15.1 points per game.

“The key is to always stop the run,” Oregon defensive coordinator Nick Aliotti said. “Keep the coverage in disguise.”

Stopping the run was somewhat of a challenge against Washington last weekend, as the Ducks let Husky run-ning back Chris Polk carry the ball 18

times for 104 yards and a touchdown. But several weeks prior, Oregon held former Heisman Trophy-hopeful Jah-vid Best to a minuscule 52 yards on the ground with no scores.

“We have a lot of good athletes, too,” Aliotti continued. “But it all comes down to matchups.”

The Ducks’ strongest and most consistent unit this year has been the defensive secondary, which leads the Pac-10 in pass defense, giving up 178.3 yards per game through the air and just five touchdowns overall. And despite losing seniors Walter Thur-mond III and Willie Glasper to season-ending knee injuries, Oregon has still been able to all but eliminate opposing passing threats.

“This is truly a team,” first-year head coach Chip Kelly said. “There’s a lot of people that are contribut-ing to this success and it’s all over the board.”

Sophomore Javes Lewis, redshirt freshman John Boyett and junior Tal-madge Jackson III have each pulled down two interceptions on the year to lead the Ducks, while junior Casey Matthews, sophomore Eddie Pleasant, Thurmond III and freshman Cliff Har-ris have each recorded an interception as well.

But a large part of the second-ary’s success has because of the play

of junior defensive end Kenny Rowe. Through seven games, Rowe has aver-aged one sack per game, ranking him eighth in the nation in the category. He has also broken up four passes, forced three fumbles and recovered one.

yet Kelly’s message this week reiter-ated the significance of being a team, and not a group of individuals. “There are very few, in fact, there are no indi-viduals on this football team,” he said.

Junior center Jordan Holmes said there is only one way beat the Tro-jans, and that is to play hard-nosed, smash-mouth football.

“They’re a solid group,” Holmes said. “They fly around to the ball. They come out and lay the wood.”

Holmes, one of the four Oregon team captains, feels that the Ducks will have to “beat them right at the point of attack,” and flat-out “run right at them.”

“I’ve said this before and I’ll say it again: Our guys love to practice and our guys love to play,” Kelly said. “I think you lose sight of how much fun today is, and the whole motto of this program and the whole goal and the whole brand of this football program is to ‘win the day.’”

With that in mind and the Autzen faithful behind them, the Ducks will face a big task come Saturday.lClARk@dAilyEMERAld.COM

Oregon led through injuries by lockdown pass defenseOREGON NOTES

luCAS ClARk SPORTS REPORTER

Starting as a true freshman is nothing new for USC quarterback Matt Barkley, and neither is play-ing in some of college football’s most daunting venues.

In his first year under center he’s led the No. 4 Trojans (6-1, 3-1 Pacific-10 Conference) to three road victories against Ohio State, California and Notre Dame, and this weekend’s matchup with the No. 10 Oregon Ducks will be another test of character for the young signal-caller.

Through the first seven games, Barkley has thrown completed 97 passes for 1,540 yards, seven touchdowns and five intercep-tions, while leading the Pac-10 in both passing yards per game with 256.7 and passer efficiency rating with 148.7. But what sepa-rates him from most true fresh-man quarterbacks is his poise under pressure.

“He’s played in big games before,” Oregon linebacker

Spencer Paysinger said. “He’s won championships, and he came to SC early to learn the playbook. He’s a freshman quarterback, but he definitely doesn’t play like a freshman because he doesn’t have many flaws.”

The thought of coming to Au-tzen Stadium on Halloween night for what has been hyped up to be the game of the year in the Pac-10 would be a startling task for a quarterback of any age, but with the composure Barkley has shown so far it looks as though the rowdy Oregon faithful will have their work cut out for them.

Paysinger feels that if the Duck defense can disguise its fronts and keep things moving, then Barkley could have trouble with the play-calling.

“They read the most intricate things,” he said. “So for us to move and shift, along with playing a night game in Autzen with our fans, it’s going to be really difficult for a quarterback to come in here and win.”

But for ninth-year head coach Pete Carroll, the talent surrounding Barkley ought to be reassuring.

“you know, the noise is one aspect,” Carroll said. “But you can feel the intensity of their crowd and they do a good job.”

The USC backfield features a plethora of talent, with junior running back Joe McKnight lead-ing the Trojans with 634 yards on 97 carries, while reaching the end zone seven times. McKnight has had to split time with junior Al-len Bradford who has tallied 386 yards and four scores as a backup this season.

On the outside, USC features yet another versatile wide receiver and return man in junior Damian Williams. Williams has pulled down 34 receptions for 525 yards and three touchdowns, while re-turning 15 punts for 270 yards and two more scores.

“I hope we’ll continue to be re-ally explosive (on punt return),” Carroll said. “Guys are working really hard on that team and they believe in (Williams) and know he can take it to the house.”

Senior tight end Anthony Mc-Coy has been a major contributor to the Trojan offense that aver-ages 31.4 points per game, as he’s pulled down 16 receptions for 375 yards and a touchdown. The 6-foot-5 inch, 250-pound Mc-Coy was an All-Pac-10 honorable mention selection last season, and has been one of Barkley’s favorite targets so far this season.

“They have very talented ath-letes at every position,” Oregon defensive coordinator Nick Al-iotti said, “which creates match-up problems. They’ll make some plays and score some points.”

And with numerous talented athletes playing for USC through-out Carroll’s tenure, his teams have become notorious for win-ning on the biggest of stages. But as the Ducks showed in 2007, coming to Autzen can be a whole different obstacle.

“(We) love being in these set-tings,” Carroll concluded. “And every one of these road chal-lenges have been enormous for us and the guys have really looked forward to it.”lClARk@dAilyEMERAld.COM

USC, led by true freshman QB matt Barkley, has already won difficult road games at Cal, Ohio State

Trojans brace for boisterous AutzenUSC NOTES

Ducks allow 178.3 yards passing per game and have only given up five TDs

Linebacker Spencer Paysinger and the Oregon defense will have a tough task this weekend containing the USC Trojans, who boast one of the deepest offenses in the nation.

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8Favorite Pac-10 team not named oregonmax Siemers: stanfordcameron mertens: stanford/washington statedavid gooze: washington stateBen Hollander: arizona statealex Horwitch: uscgreen man: Oregon stateryan Hodges: caldUckboy: washington state

Favorite Pac-10 StadiUm not named aUtzenmax Siemers: stanford stadiumcameron mertens: stanford stadium/husky stadiumdavid gooze: reser stadiumBen Hollander: sun devil stadiumalex Horwitch: coliseumgreen man: rose Bowlryan Hodges: nonedUckboy: sun devil stadium

Favorite oregon Playermax Siemers: walter thurmond iiicameron mertens: walter thurmond iiidavid gooze: Brandon BairBen Hollander: walter thurmond iiialex Horwitch: walter thurmond iiigreen man: Jeremiah masoliryan Hodges: nate costadUckboy: the Oregon defensive line

SatUrday’S game PredictionSmax Siemers: Oregon, 27-21cameron mertens: Oregon, 33-27david gooze: Oregon, 21-17Ben Hollander: Oregon, 31-21alex Horwitch: Oregon, 32-21green man: Oregon, 40-31ryan Hodges: “i don’t like doing predictions.”dUckboy: “too superstitious to predict.”

in the military, the Section 8 discharge refers to the relief of duty of a soldier deemed mentally unfit for service. how

appropriate, then, that Section 8 in Autzen Stadium encompasses part of the Oregon student section. When USC takes the field against Oregon at 5 p.m. Saturday, the mainstays of Section 8, the brazen and passionate student fans of the Ducks, fully costumed and sufficiently incensed, will release their own special brand of crazy upon the Trojans. “it is gonna be anarchy,” said Ben hollander, a senior fan. “it is gonna be mayhem. it is gonna be a giant riot. it is gonna be complete hell for any fan of theirs. it’s gonna be a victory for them if they can get all their fans and players on the plane that night or the next morning.”We hereby introduce you to a small cadre of Oregon’s most passionate student fans, a group determined to give USC the fright of its life.— roBert HUSSeman

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david gooze

With his green wig, “pit happens” shirt, Mardi gras-approved beads, Japanese soccer horn and endless energy, David gooze has made himself recognizable among the student fan cognoscenti.

To most alumni, however, the native of Oregon, Wisc. — seriously — is bet-ter known as the son of rob gooze, who was a student manager for the “Kamikaze Kids,” the Oregon men’s bas-ketball team of 1974-75. The members include greg Ballard and ernie Kent. The Kamikaze Kids were inducted into the Oregon Athletics hall of Fame in 1996, with rob gooze among them.

alex HorwitcH

The sophomore from Calabasas, Calif., is possibly the most conflicted of the superfans as the USC game approaches.

Alex horwitch, a sophomore journalism major, grew up in a Trojan household. his mother attended the school, and his grandfather played football for the Trojans in the 1930s.

“Well,” horwitch said, “he won a na-tional championship ring. But he’ll tell you he never played a minute.”

horwitch grew up on college football games in the Coliseum but has since discovered the Autzen experience since arriving on campus.

“you think it gets loud (in the Coli-seum),” he said. “… it’s a wall of sound. everything is on top of you (in Autzen).”

dUckboy

First of all, note the spelling. it’s not Duck Boy, or Duckboy, but dUckbOy.

if fandom is bred from nativity, dUckbOy is the salt of the earth in eugene. he was born in Sacred heart Medical Center, University District, and has attended Duck football games his entire life.

The nickname? it stuck at an early age, and has since evolved.

dUckbOy, who also refused to use his real name for this story, is most notable for the first thing his opposition sees — his Mexican wrestling masks.

“each mask is handmade and takes four to six days to make,” he said.

“i’ve been going to Duck games my entire life and i can think of no better way to spend a Saturday than in Autzen, barely able to hear yourself think.”

Ben Hollander

Ben hollander, a senior from eugene by way of Chicago and guam, was vaca-tioning in hawaii during last year’s spring break when he saw a street vendor sell-ing coconut bras painted with the logos of several college teams.

he commissioned a bra from the street vendor, and he now owns three more coconut bras, all ensconced with the Oregon O. his hawaiian-style sarong, beer tab, shell necklaces and wild blond hair make him a polynesian deity of superfandom that raises eyebrows everywhere he goes.

“it’s really fun to get people’s reactions on the road,” he said. “it’s like, ‘holy crap, i thought our fans were hardcore.’ it just goes to show how much on the next level we are.”

cameron mertenS

Cameron Mertens’ father, Dave, bought an Oregon season ticket package for his family for the 1999 college football season. he made it to every single game that season. And every single game the next season. And every one since. “i think it’s close to 70 consecutive games,” said Mertens, a senior sociology major, about his attendance streak at Autzen.

The Salem native is hard to miss in the student section for his traditional out-fit — an Oregon jersey (he owns 23, 17 from football), sweats, a green wig and a straw hat — let alone his various props. Mertens has added a green light saber and an Oregon medal from the 2008 Olympic Trials to his ensemble, along with a sledgehammer he painted himself that has not (surprisingly) made it through the front gates with him.

green man

Oregon’s “newest” superfan has racked up television appearances faster than Kenny rowe has sacks this season, leading everyone to speculate: Who is green Man?

green Man, who declined to publish his real name, took his cue from the popular television show “it’s Always Sunny in philadelphia” (it’s the costumed alter-ego of Charlie Kelly). he was named student fan of the game in the Ducks’ first home contest this season, against purdue, and he stuck with the persona.

The question on most people’s minds when they see green Man is: is he able to breathe or see? “it’s like looking through a shirt,” he said. “i pretty much watch Duckvision.”

max SiemerS

Max Siemers’ sister, Ceanna, first introduced him to Duck games when she was a student. Siemers recalls his first time through Alton Baker park and through the horde of tailgaters with fond memories. “i fell in love with Autzen at first sight,” he said. part of Siemers’ game-day dress — he wears a jersey, basketball shorts, armbands and a hat coordinated to the Ducks’ color scheme — are his Nike-iD shoes, which read “Autzen” on the left heel and “127.2” on the right. The 127.2 refers to the decibel reading recorded at Oregon’s 2007 win in Autzen over Arizona State.

ryan HodgeS

physically imposing — he was a former offensive and defensive lineman in high school — and calm in demeanor, ryan hodges may be considered the strong and silent type of superfan. That is, until the game begins.

“i couldn’t do it any other way,” hodges said of cheering on the Ducks. “Not being one would be strange.”

hodges, a senior human physiology major, grew up a Duck fan early on. his mother, Shellie, and grandfather, Thomas King, were both Oregon graduates. Not surprisingly, he counts the 2008 Civil War among his favorite games attended as an Oregon student because “killing them was awesome (and) ruining their rose Bowl dreams made it even better.” (hodges’ father, Dave, an Oregon State graduate, surely wasn’t too pleased.)

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against Oregon State. Jackson draws the un-enviable assignment of containing williams, a week after missing snaps against washington because of back spasms. One of the more potent athletes in the Pac-10, williams may be the toughest player Jackson has guarded in his Oregon career.