The Oregon Ducks face familiar foe in Arizona tonight in the Pac-12 Championship Game at Levi’s Stadium. The Ducks bring momentum into the game including Quarterback Marcus Mariota who is having a healthy season an coming off a six touchdown performance against Oregon State from last weekend. The Heisman Hopeful ran for two touchdowns last weekend and ran for two others. The last time Oregon met Arizona they were on the losing end, but the Ducks are more healthy this time around.
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The key in October was a banged up and injured Offensive Line making way to inexperience. The Ducks are more prepared in the trenches for Friday night and aside from Mariota also have one-thousand yard rusher Freshman Royce Freeman who was three yards shy of having seven one-hundred yard rushing games this season.
Mariota is also close to more milestones this season including hitting thirty-five hundred yards passing with just thirty yards through the air. He can also reach one-hundred touchdowns for his career with one more score. Oregon has won seven straight games since the loss to Arizona in October. Both teams enter the game ranked in the Top Ten of the College Football Playoff Top 25. It is clear that the Committee likes the Pac-12 this season and the winner of this game will likely be in the College Football Playoff for 2014.
Arizona has had two losses this season, the first coming off the win at Oregon to USC and also in November at UCLA. Their games have been close with their biggest win being by thirty-two points against Utah. Oregon has been more methodical with their victories winning by an average of just over twenty points per game over the last seven games.
Oregon and Arizona take the field in the Pac-12 Championship Game at 6pm Pacific Time on FOX. AutzenZoo will have Live Coverage starting at 5:30pm PT. You can also find coverage via #EDNSports on Twitter, Facebook and Instagram.