DUCKS: Bullying the Bulldogs

Oregon had another solid showing this weekend. Fresno State, while not a BCS team, always plays Oregon tough. The 5 most recent games have all come down to the wire. Enter 2007. The Ducks put them away early and never allowed breathing room.

Oregon outgained Fresno State 307 to 60 on the ground, and Ducks running back Jonathan Stewart gained more yards on one play -- an 88-yard touchdown run -- than the Bulldogs had all game long. That run, the longest in Autzen Stadium history, came early in the second quarter and put the Ducks up 35-6. Saturday was the third time in the first three games that the Ducks have rushed for at least 300 yards. Center Max Unger, who admits to being a spectator on the play -- "I didn't even hit anybody" -- recalls Stewart's long touchdown run. "We had been running those sweeps for a while, then we kind of came back -- those guys were flowing pretty hard, and we just kind of cut it right up the back side," Unger said. "Oh, it was awesome -- untouched, it was great."

It was enough to move Oregon’s national ranking up to 13th in the AP polls.