The hype alone carries the sort of intensity you can feel in your chest as the No. 7 Ducks prepare for a key matchup with No. 15 USC. This game is dripping with Playoff implications. USC enters the game fresh off a thrilling victory over the Hawkeyes. It’s the Trojans’ last road trip, and you can tell that something about this game will be a bit different because of the chilly air and the energy that penetrates the stadium. Pat McAfee, who was at the epicentre of the excitement, may have felt it a bit too intensely.

Before Oregon and USC face each other on the field, the entire nation could sense the atmosphere changing just by looking at McAfee standing amidst a dense Eugene fog. The sort where, as he said, “It could scare some people. It could freak some people out.” However, there seem

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