Saturday afternoon in Ann Arbor, Michigan, Oregon plays football against the defending National Champion Wolverines, who are 5-3 and unranked in 2024. It’s a 12:30 P.M. Pacific Time telecast on CBS. The gametime forecast reads mostly sunny and 56 degrees, so treacherous Great Lakes winds and the threat of snow showers did not materialize. Maybe in two weeks at Wisconsin.
Michigan Stadium holds 107,601, but Dan Lanning and the Ducks remain undaunted by the edifice or the fact that 12 national titles have been won there. “Field’s the same size,” Lanning said after practice on Wednesday. No word yet on whether he’ll do the Norman Dale bit from Hoosiers, having his squad step off the end zone with a tape measure, or roll out one from sideline to sideline across the Block M.
God, it’s big . Somehow the empty bowl during the walkthrough can look as though lions and Gauls are about to emerge from the North tunnel. Still, Dennis Dixon quieted them in 2007, with three gorgeous deep balls and some sleight of hand…