Oregon Ducks vs Washington State: Three Things I’ll Be Watching

They won’t. Last night the Washington Huskies had one of their best Offensive Performances in a very long time in a 44-6 drubbing of a higher ranked Stanford team that had a Secondary of young talent without much experience. Advantage Washington. Not only did the Offense fire on all cylinders with Quarterback Luke Falk, but the Defense saw eight sacks, two forced fumbles and nine tackles for loss.

Washington comes to Autzen Stadium next week and will likely be a Top 5 ranked team in their showdown with the Oregon Ducks in what is now the Pac-12 Game of the Year – at least if your Oregon. The Pac-12 North is still not too far of a reach with one Conference loss. Oregon needs to beat the Cougars first. Beating the Washington schools should give Oregon enough confidence the rest of the way, but there isn’t a Pac-12 team not capable of putting up the points.

Everyone else in the Conference has finally caught up with Oregon, which means innovation and execution on both sides of the ball will be key the rest of the way.