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The ‘90s-nostalgia band never claimed to be rockstars, in the traditional sense. And with the recent release of two singles, the band is back in the public eye. The Emerald investigates:

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Dearest Taylor, I have been hanging out with a guy I

met on Tinder for the past week. The first day we watched a movie, the second we just laid together for a while and the third we just talked for hours until he read me a poem and held my hand as he walked me back to my dorm room.

We had communicated that we would hang out this weekend. I gave him his space and didn’t text him or communicate with him until I texted him Saturday night.

He hasn’t responded. I know he is busy, as am I, but I find it troubling that he didn’t tell me that we couldn’t hang out this weekend and isn’t making any move to hang out any time soon.

I just don’t know what to do, Taylor. I have listened to Joshua Radin’s “I’d Rather Be With You” probably a million times over, wishing his hand was tangled with mine again. What would you recommend I do? Should I wait in this empty silence until his voice fills it again?

-Lolita Van Dyne

Dear Lolita,Meeting truly worthwhile people

on Tinder is nearly impossible, since almost every user is on there for a slightly different reason. If you are hoping for more than a hook-up, you may be looking in the wrong place. Tinder is used for three things: booty calls, party invites and free dinners. Nonetheless, you have succeeded in finding a match that suits your needs. Or so it seems.

Keep in mind, this guy is still a stranger. How you initially judged his character might not be fair, and you shouldn’t get too attached to the idolized version of him that you found on an app. Tinder is the perfect place

to hide your flaws and you may be seeing him through rose-tinted lenses.

Kudos, though! You actually went on a Tinder date. And that takes guts. It comes with an expectation that there will be more than just talking and holding hands. Your persistence in taking things slow with a Tinder boy is admirable to say the least.

If you haven’t misjudged him, you scored in the scheme of swiping right. Aside from his recent absence, you seem to have stumbled upon someone who isn’t entirely a waste of time. If you went on multiple dates without succumbing to the urge of Tinder’s intended purpose, he probably actually likes you for you, which – again – is hard to come by on Tinder.

Don’t doubt your connection so quickly. You may be over-analyzing the situation. It’s a busy time of year and he’s only been off the grid for a weekend. In terms of a new relationship, that’s nothing to be worried about. He may have been preoccupied. Aren’t we all suffering through the tail end of the term?

New relationships require a lot of patience. Don’t give up on him yet. Try following up with fairly immediate plans. Send him a text offering company for an evening study session or to buy him coffee at Common Grounds. No one could resist that!

If you get no response, don’t get too worked up about it. The relationship is too new for so much worry and heartache. Keep yourself busy if it bothers you often and don’t dwell on it if it doesn’t work out.

Besides, you have plenty of other matches to choose from.

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At this year’s Pac-12 Cross Country Championships, Oregon’s Edward Cheserek thrust himself firmly amongst the likes of running greats Steve Prefontaine and Henry Rono by winning his third Pac-12 title.

“It’s an honor in itself to be in the same breath as those studs and superstars,” Oregon head coach Robert Johnson said with a smile.

As a junior, Cheserek is an eight-time NCAA Champion, 10-time All-American, recipient of numerous Athlete of the Year awards and has led the Oregon men to a pair of NCAA Outdoor Track and Field Championships.

“It means a lot, but I don’t let it go to my mind too much,” Cheserek said. “I focus on my teammates and how we are doing as a team.”

Cheserek is reserved and content to stay out of the spotlight when he isn’t thrust into it. There is a lot of chemistry amongst the Oregon runners, and he prefers to simply be one of the guys. He likes to relax away from the track and is always cracking jokes.

“I don’t think you could find anyone on the

team who doesn’t like Ed,” Oregon redshirt sophomore Travis Neuman said. “He doesn’t have an ego, and in workouts he is always up for helping out the team.”

Cheserek loves his downtime, but when it comes to training, he is all business. He has a high work ethic, pushing to go beyond what is asked to improve as an athlete. That drive helps his teammates, especially the younger members on the squad. It was something Cheserek similarly took advantage of when he first joined the program, working with the upperclassmen to evolve as a runner.

“They influenced me a lot and helped me to keep doing my thing,” Cheserek said. “Running is not something easy, it’s hard.”

If anyone could make running a 10k easy, it’s Cheserek. He has the ability to turn on the afterburners and sprint away from the field at the flip of a switch.

“Almost at any point during a workout, he could drop anyone,” Neuman said, “but he sacrifices for the team. That is kind of rare, especially in the running world.”

That teamwork and camaraderie shows

itself during races, when the Ducks will come up with a plan to run as a unit.

Cheserek has loved his time at Oregon. He traveled across the country from the east coast to attend the University that he felt most at home with, and after an initial culture shock he fell in love with the city.

“I call Eugene my hometown,” he said.The city known as TrackTown, USA, is just

as fond of Cheserek. The knowledgeable fan base recognizes the special talent before them. Every time Cheserek runs at Hayward Field, crowds show up to roar their approval. He gets stopped a lot walking around town, as fans want to shake his hand.

“I like to talk to them even if I don’t even know them,” Cheserek said, “trying to make friends and they are trying to make friends with me too.”

The future is bright for Cheserek as he has a chance to make noise on the international scene. For now though, Cheserek is happy right where he is.

“I wish I could have another couple of years,” he said.

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Edward Cheserek has cemented himself as an Oregon great with three Pac-12 titles.(Cole Elsasser)


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My earliest memory of Weezer comes from 2001, when I first saw a video titled “H--- Pipe” on MTV. My mom sent my brother on a mission to discover what the blurred out word was. When he returned from school with news that it was “Hash Pipe,” we were all disappointed, hoping for something more risqué.

I was seven years old. This was my first hint that Weezer might not be as cool as I thought.

That’s why I was surprised when the releases of “Thank God For Girls” (Oct. 25) and “Do You Wanna Get High?” (Nov. 3) were accompanied by levels of coverage usually reserved for Justin Bieber, Adele and One Direction — the elite of today’s music industry. Rolling Stone promptly published articles following both releases, as well as an interview with Rivers Cuomo, Weezer’s lead vocalist.

YouTube comments on the songs varied from “Really loving this song! Reminds me of why I became a Weezer fan!” to “well weezer are shit again.”

And the question is revived: Is Weezer cool? Were they ever?

Earlier this week, we posted this question on the Emerald Twitter account. 24 hours later,

results were dubious. Out of 106 votes total, “no” won with 51 percent.

For this article, the Emerald decided to speak with some of the band’s declared fans here at the University of Oregon, professional music critics, and others with a commitment to Weezer, because Weezer’s biggest fans are also its greatest critics.

Steven Hyden, former writer for Grantland and Pitchfork, lays it out simply in an email:

“Weezer was never cool. Not in the ‘90s, not in the ‘00s and certainly not now. Perhaps there was a brief window of time when being a Weezer fan had some cachet post-Pinkerton/pre-Green Album, but the whole point of liking Weezer (and I suppose being in Weezer) is owning your inherent uncoolness.”

But for people like myself who grew up with Weezer — now looked at as one of the most influential rock bands of the ‘90s — Weezer was inherently cool, but not by the standard metric.

What rock star other than frontman Rivers Cuomo has (a) declared that he is “Tired Of Sex,” (b) gone to Harvard and (c) traded in a life of sex, drugs and rock ‘n’ roll for Shakespeare, celibacy and meditation?

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Weezer performing at Project Pabst in Portland last summer.(Scott Greenstone)


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Today, when we speak of Weezer, we are usually talking about what the band did between 1994-2002. What followed was a decade-long dry spell of albums that are patently bad, even for a band that embraces that sort of thing.

At my middle school, people seemed to turn on Weezer about a year after Make Believe — specifically, after “Beverly Hills” ran its course. Pretty soon, people only played “Beverly Hills” in jest to annoy others. One friend, in a true act of rebellion, defaced his homemade white Weezer t-shirt by replacing the “W” with a “G” to spell “Geezer.” He then wore it more proudly than ever.

For a band that didn’t release a popular album for the majority of current college students’ formative years, it left a lasting impact.

“My guess is that Weezer hasn’t been cool since Pinkerton, really, but they keep fooling new generations of high school kids anyway,” said David Greenwald, music critic for The Oregonian.

Silas Valentino, a contributor for The Village Voice and former Emerald staff writer took this notion one step further:

“One day, I’m going to fall in love with a woman and she will have her complexities and her perfections. And I’ll be able to draw this beautiful comparison to Weezer where it’s like, ‘I see you for your Blue and I see you for your Pinkerton, but I also acknowledge your Make Believe.’ ”

When describing why it’s possible to simultaneously love and hate Weezer, the phrase “endearing” was common. Weezer attempted

to diversify its sound and the results were less than stellar. Instead of making a poor version of Pinkerton five times, they admirably kept attempting new things.

For many fans, it doesn’t matter how bad the tracks get. Nathan Stevens, a KWVA DJ and UO student, said Rivers Cuomo would have to be filmed kicking puppies for Stevens to give up on the band.

“The point of Weezer is that they were never cool,” Stevens said. “ ‘Buddy Holly’ is about not being cool, but also not giving a fuck. They’ve always been a dorky, nerdy, lovable, great band. I don’t think cool has anything to do with it.”

Other listeners, such as Eli Burch, a senior product design major at UO, have not followed modern Weezer closely. Burch said the first four albums helped shape his music experience growing up when most other students were listening to hip-hop..

“I don’t think they’re cool again, but maybe they’ll prove me wrong,” Burch said. “I’m cheering for them, but I’m not very optimistic. I would love if they made an awesome comeback.”

Loving Weezer goes hand-in-hand with hating Weezer. True fans accept the bad albums, as they wholeheartedly love the good ones.

“Weezer is Kool-Aid,” Valentino said. “I’ll drink it every day and twice on Sunday. Weezer is definitely cool and relevant in 2015, as they will be for another 21 years, even though fresh fans are probably scarce. They made enough magic in that L.A. garage back in ‘94 to last a career.”

The future of Weezer is unwritten. In 1996, Pinkerton was panned. Rolling Stone readers voted it as the third worst album of the year, before doubling back in 2002 to name it the 16th greatest album of all time.

“I don’t need anything more from Weezer at this point,” Stevens said. “If there’s something amazing they come up with, I will be so, so happy. But they gave me those two albums of my childhood [Blue and Pinkerton]. I don’t want to demand anything.”

So after all this, is it possible to declare Weezer cool again? The results were pretty evenly split. More people said yes, but arguments that Weezer has never been cool were more convincing. There’s only one question left to ask after an inconclusive study:

Does it matter if Weezer is cool? No. Not at all. What matters is that Weezer is one of the most

interesting bands in present times: It’s reached the top, plummeted to rock bottom and may be ascending once again. If the next step of Weezer’s journey is to bottom out again, there will still be fans waving the Weezer flag as proudly as ever.

Nick Miller, an Oregon State University student I grew up with who reintroduced me to Weezer this past summer, had this to say about the contradiction that is being a Weezer fan:

“When you love something, you gotta love its faults too. You gotta accept [Weezer] for what they are, and those terrible, terrible records are a part of who they are now,” he said. “It’s unfortunate, but it’s a part of it.”

Weezer is back.

Go online for our multimedia piece on Weezer: emrld.co/WeezerCool


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The attacks in Paris, France on Friday that left at least 120 people dead and 200 injured. French University of Oregon students felt the impact far from home.

For Honiat, a University of Oregon junior exchange student from Argein, France, being away from her country during the tragedy has had an emotional impact. Honiat has lived in Oregon for two months, but plans to visit France in December.

This feeling also resonates with Alice Poyet, a UO psychology junior exchange student from Saint-Etienne, France. Poyet said she celebrated her first two months in the United States last Thursday before the attack in Paris.

“Can we really make it better, or have we already gone too far?” Poyet said. “If we look at what’s happening everywhere in the world, these events are part of everyday life. I feel too small and powerless facing that.”

Feeling powerless is just one reaction from French students.

Théo Barbaste, a UO junior from Lyon, France, has lived in the United States since September. Barbaste said the distance does not decrease worry.

“I was worried for my cousins who all lived in Paris,” Barbaste said. “I know they are OK. I talked with them earlier in the morning [after the attacks], and they described a climate of terror.”

Honiat says the incident points to a government and a world in need of introspection.

“It is a pity that we must wait until hundreds of people are killed for the French government to react,” Honiat said. “The world is becoming aware that terrorism is something to be taken with seriousness.”

Poyet said she is in favor of more action in response to similar attacks not only in Paris but around the world as well.

“I feel pain for my nation, but we have to see the bigger picture and not wait for another incident to do something,” Poyet said. “I don’t feel safer here. It was only one month since I arrived when there was this shooting at the Umpqua Community College and it could have been [at] UO, but if we think like that we would wake up everyday with a stomach ache, afraid of going out and that’s definitely not how I want to live.”

Barbaste said the incident points to more than just the perpetrators, but also the governments under which attacks happen.

“The responsibility is collective,” Barbaste said. “There is certainly not the wicked of one side and the good of the other. The collective is accountable.”

The international students said they are thinking of the victims and their families, as well as hoping for a better world.

“I have faith in humanity and all the good things that we can do and create together, united, but events like this make me doubt my faith and I find it really sad that we need them to remind us how the world is hurting and messy and in need of care,” Poyet said.

Honiat, Poyet and Barbaste said their friends and families are safe.

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Just as the sun was setting, 11 people gathered in Friendly Hall at 5 p.m. for the annual Campus Night Safety Walk on Thursday, Nov. 12, during which students and staff had the opportunity to give feedback to campus electricians about unsafe areas to improve for pedestrians.

According to the University of Oregon Police Department, campus operations staff then prioritizes the suggestions and finds the money to complete as many of them as possible.

The annual night walk is “definitely a proactive approach. It’s not a reaction to something bad happening,” said Brett Rogers, the director of facilities services in campus operations. “It’s a good opportunity to hear from students and get their concerns.”

Electrical supervisor Rob Berg led the meeting, and revealed that there are designated walking paths that are specially lit for late night safety, wheelchair accessibility and maintained during ice storms, which surprised many of the meeting attendees.

“I’m a junior, and I’ve never seen this,” one student said.

The darker areas off the lit path aren’t ignored, but creating specific walking paths provides a guaranteed safe route when walking through campus, UOPD officials said.

“There isn’t a trend or any notable activity in crimes happening to people in areas that are less well-lit,” UOPD spokesman Kelly McIver said. “The night-lighted paths exist because it is more practical to have certain areas where you focus lighting and then direct people to use those paths. It’s effective and efficient, as it limits costs and risks for outage, while also getting more people onto those paths,

which provides more safety in numbers.”

Attendees discussed how to make that information more public and voiced other concerns. For example, some areas of campus are not well-lit, even on the designated walking paths.

“One of the biggest light concerns I saw was the walk from Lawrence and Allen toward Fenton,” Berg said.

Berg recently replaced the old lights on the path with new LEDs that now illuminate the area with bright, white light.

Berg has slowly been replacing all of the old high pressure sodium lights on campus with LEDs. The high pressure sodiums are easily recognized by the yellow light they produce. LEDs and metal halide bulbs emit white light.

As the group observed the path from Allen Hall to Fenton, attendants marveled at how well the new LEDs illuminated the area as they walked.

Berg also said he’s replacing the high pressure sodiums first “so we can get all of campus to one color.”

“When you look at the old ones you’ll see light coming out of the top,” Berg said. “The new ones are black on top, so you get the night sky.”

Berg said the UO has spent $60,000 on new lights and light poles this year.

The group moved on to a problem area near Collier House, then surveyed a very dark area near the Pioneer Mother by Gerlinger Hall. However, Berg said that this area is off the designated walking path, and it is therefore not considered a priority to improve by campus operations.

The walk ended quickly, around 6 p.m. By that time, it was already pitch black outside.

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Tyson Coleman enrolled at the University of Oregon in 2010 after graduating early from Lake Oswego High School.

Coleman was a 199-pound teenager without any tattoos. Things changed when he arrived on Oregon’s campus. His first tattoo was the name of his grandmother, Marie, right over his heart.

Today, Coleman is a 235-pound senior outside linebacker. His torso is covered in tattoos — so many that he can’t keep track.

Coleman said that during his redshirt year, he needed to physically mature in order to contribute on the field. He ate Panko chicken tenders, spinach raviolis from Costco and barbecued his own chicken to keep his body fat down and his weight gain consistent. But it was playing the game that matured him on the field.

“I think it came through trial and tribulation,” Coleman said. “I needed to grow up a little bit during my redshirt season.”

Coleman sat down with the Emerald to discuss his time at Oregon and playing through two bulging discs in his back for the majority of last season.

Emerald: Your first year you redshirted. In your second year, as a freshman, you stepped in and had an impact. How was that transition?

Tyson Coleman: It was wild. It took a few games to get used to it. I remember my first play was on a kickoff and I got knocked three, four lanes over into another teammate, I got hit so hard.

E: What did you do during your redshirt year that helped you jump right in?

TC: I had a lot of maturing to do. I think, through trial and tribulation ... playing behind Dion Jordan and Boseko Lokombo and guys like that gave a really good example of what I had to do if I wanted to come in and contribute.

E: I know you have the Oregonian tattoo on your arm. Not a lot of prospects have come out of the state of Oregon to the University of Oregon recently. Do you feel like you carry the state of Oregon with you, even though you still play here?

TC: Absolutely. There are not too many guys on our team from Oregon. Throughout the past few successful years there haven’t been that many guys that have contributed from the state of Oregon ... To only have four or five guys on the entire team from Oregon, you have to have some pride in that.

E: What do you think the difference is in you as a player from last year to this year?

TC: Well, last year I was hurt pretty much the whole year. I had two bulging discs on my back that kind of slowed me down a little bit.

E: Obviously it hurt, but what does it feel like to play with two bulging discs in your back?

TC: You feel a step slower. I felt like someone was on my back, honestly. I couldn’t run nearly as fast. I was probably running half speed, maybe three-quarters. It was frustrating.

E: So this year, what was it like to be able to play free from that kind of injury?

TC: It’s nice. Being able to play at full speed and be flexible – it was nice and I feel blessed right now to be healthy.

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Just over a month ago, USC and Oregon were two teams that had not lived up to expectations. The Trojans crawled their way to a 3-3 record and experienced turnover at the head coaching position after Steve Sarkisian was fired. Oregon’s season moved along in similar fashion, and with Vernon Adams Jr. impaired by a finger injury, the Ducks started the year 3-3 for the first time in over a decade.

But things have changed. Saturday’s contest features two ranked opponents and a Trojans team that is in the driver’s seat to win the Pac-12 South. In addition, Oregon is coming off Saturday’s upset against then-No. 7 Stanford.

Expect an entertaining game at Autzen Stadium this week, one that is not short on offensive playmakers. The combination of Cody Kessler and Juju Smith-Schuster will be the next quarterback-wide receiver tandem to test a young Oregon secondary.

And on offense for Oregon is a group that only seems to be becoming more lethal. The unit scored 38 points on just 48 plays against Stanford, and racing past the Cardinal’s defenders.

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Oregon head coach Mark Helfrich said “time will tell” whether Vernon Adams Jr. is validating himself as the best quarterback in the Pac-12 after Saturday’s 38-36 win over Stanford. Adams went 10-of-12 for 205 yards and two touchdowns, but more importantly manned an offense that appears to be humming like one of the best in the country. The Ducks are averaging 532.6 yards per game and have a chorus of options that will give USC’s defensive coordinator headaches just thinking about.

However, USC has one of the more stout defenses in the conference. The Trojans are allowing just 22.7 points per game and linebacker Su’a Cravens is a semifinalist for the Butkus and Bednarik awards. However, the injury bug could hurt them when they head to Eugene. USC linebackers Cameron Smith and Lamar Dawson will likely be out after sustaining injuries in the Trojans’ win over Colorado last Friday.

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USC DEFENSEThe Trojans have had what Helfrich termed “hiccups” this year, but the talent on

offense may be the best Oregon faces all year. Out wide, the Ducks’ cornerbacks will face off against a pair of receivers — Smith-Schuster and Adoree’ Jackson — that have combined for 87 receptions, 1,542 yards and 12 touchdowns. What’s more, Jackson plays a role similar to the Ducks’ Charles Nelson.

“Adoree Jackson is kind of their Charles Nelson that plays offense, that plays defense, that plays special teams,” Helfrich said. “All of that at a very, very high level.”

True freshman Ugo Amadi, who replaced Tyree Robinson at cornerback after the redshirt junior left last Saturday with an ankle injury, will likely be tested by Kessler frequently. Arrion Springs, who continues to improve, will likely be challenged equally.

Regardless, the matchup between USC’s offense and Oregon’s defense figures to be competitive, especially considering the threat the Ducks’ front seven continues to pose. The group has accumulated 29 sacks this season and ranks in the top half of the conference in rushing yards allowed.

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Bralon Addison, Oregon’s leading receiver, will likely be an impact player on the Ducks offense.(Adam Eberhardt)

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USC is a squad that is built to throw the ball. Starting quarterback Cody Kessler has a plethora of talented teammates he can sling passes to. The Trojans have the 22nd ranked passing attack in the nation with 295.5 yards per game and have collected 24 receiving touchdowns this season. One of the big reasons for the success in the air is 6-foot-2 sophomore JuJu Smith-Schuster, as he leads the team with 63 receptions for 1,160 yards and 10 touchdowns. For the Ducks, it will be important to contain the Trojans, preventing them from ripping off huge gains. Watch for them to utilize the bend-don’t-break mentality — where they will happily give up short passes instead of back-breaking deep throws.

While the Trojans will be looking to move the ball in the air, Oregon will settle for a rushing attack that is ranked fourth in the nation. The Ducks are piling on 297.4 yards per game, and in the past two weeks have shown an improved depth at the position. While Royce Freeman still takes the majority of the handoffs, Kani Benoit, Taj Griffin and Tony Brooks-James have all contributed to a solid season. On the other side of the ball, USC has struggled to contain the running game, leading to big games for opposing backs. They will have to keep Freeman and company out of the end zone if they want a chance to keep the score close.

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Cravens is yet another star in a long line of talented linebackers who have come through USC. With previous experience at safety, he has the speed and ability to stick with route runners and not be a liability in obvious passing downs. On the season, Cravens has 66 tackles, 5.5 sacks and an interception.

Coleman is the glue guy on the Oregon defense, always making solid plays and keeping things organized through his communication and leadership. He is a nice mix of fundamental tackling and excellent positioning, able to read plays and meet the ball in the hole. On the season, he has 45 tackles and 3.5 sacks. This weekend he will be important in bottling up the USC running game and forcing them to rely solely on the pass.

Nelson is becoming one of the most versatile players in college football. Shifted to safety to help bolster the secondary, he makes plays on defense, offense and special teams. In the past weeks, he has returned kickoffs for touchdowns, delivered punishing blows to opposing receivers and, most recently against Stanford, ripped off a 75 yard run in the triple option. Against the Trojans, Nelson should once again have a major impact.

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Stanford 38-36.This week, the Ducks look to keep momentum rolling as they host Pac-12 South leader No.

22 USC.Its fourth-consecutive win helped vault Oregon (7-3, 5-2 Pac-12) back into the AP Top 25 at

No. 23. The offense is clicking with a healthy Vernon Adams Jr. taking snaps, and the defense is much improved after a horrendous start.

The Trojans (7-3, 5-2 Pac-12) are also bouncing back from a rough start to the season, which saw their head coach fired. Since interim head coach Clay Helton took over, USC has also gone on a four-game win streak that included an upset over Utah.

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Charles Nelson, Oregon’s jack-of-all-trades, has been a major player in all areas of the Ducks’ game this year.(Adam Eberhardt)

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The first decade of the 21st century was perhaps the greatest era of USC football ever. The program won seven Pac-10 titles, appeared in consecutive BCS Championship games, was recognized as the AP National Champion in 2003 and 2004 and had three Heisman Trophy winners.

That was, of course, all before the NCAA enforced sanctions on the program in 2010. USC has struggled to return to its original dominance since.

Nevertheless, USC controlled the college football spotlight. And many current Oregon football players are Southern California natives who followed the Trojans.

For 18 of the current Ducks, home is within a two-hour drive of USC, including Oregon quarterback Vernon Adams Jr.

“I used to go to all the home games, and it was an honor seeing those guys play and seeing how they got it done,” Adams said Tuesday in the lead-up to Oregon’s matchup with the Trojans.

One player in particular caught Adams’ eyes when he went to those games: Reggie Bush.

“I wanted to be Bush,” he said. “I’m a quarterback, but I liked all his moves. It kinda goes though my head [now], it’s like, ‘Bush, Bush, do something.’ He’s one of my favorite players to this day, so I like watching.”

Adams, who grew up in Pasadena, California, sports an ‘SC’ tattoo on his right

arm,just below his elbow. Though the tattoo appears to be the same typeface as the USC logo, he said the tattoo represents Southern California, not the Trojans.

Senior linebacker Rodney Hardrick, like Adams, also had childhood days dominated by the Trojans.

“That was the time of my life when I was watching football 24/7. I was really starting to get into it and it really made me want to play the game,” Hardrick said.

Hardrick used to attend the Trojans practice “all the time” in high school, to the point where he became familiar with the entire program.

“I wanted to go there all my life,” he said.

That is, until Hardrick found the University of Oregon to be a better fit overall. Yet, still today, Hardrick remembers growing his hair out because of former USC All-American safety Troy Polamalu.

“I think I had one of his jerseys laying around somewhere,” Hardrick said.

Hardrick has only played the Trojans once in his Oregon career — at the 2012 game in Los Angeles. In his nine appearances that season, it was the only game the Colton, California native recorded a tackle for loss.

For Adams, this Saturday marks his one and only shot to play his “home school,” an opportunity that’s been on his mind for quite a while.

“I’m just excited to play USC,” he said. “I’ve always dreamed of this.”

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A few days before Oregon faced rival Stanford on the road, senior defensive end DeForest Buckner evaluated the progress of the freshmen and sophomores on the defensive line.

“Some of the young guys are starting to grow up,” Buckner said. “We’re definitely excited to see who stands out in this game.”

The Ducks escaped Stanford with a 38-36 upset win, due in part to Oregon’s D-line standing up to Stanford’s bigger, more physical offensive line. Sophomore Austin Malaota and freshman Rex Manu backed up Buckner’s words and played integral roles in slowing the Cardinal’s rushing attack.

To match their run-heavy sets — sometimes with seven offensive linemen — the Ducks introduced a new five-man front: Buckner, Malaota, Manu, senior Alex Balducci and sophomore Henry Mondeaux. For the most part, the five held their ground.

“To ask three guys, or even four guys, to stand up to their seven was gonna be a difficult task. The rules allow us to match their personnel. We added some more to the equation,” defensive line coach Ron Aiken said

of the game plan. “Our guys were just excited to match bigs with bigs, and they were willing to take on the challenge.”

When defensive tackle Arik Armstead left Oregon for the NFL after last season, few defensive linemen besides Buckner and Balducci had extensive playing experience. Once they, along with senior defensive end Tui Talia, depart at the end of this season, the unit will have a completely different look. Mondeaux has established himself as a starter, while players like Malaota and Manu continue to mature. Only USC and Oregon State remain in the Ducks’ regular season schedule, and these games could offer a glimpse into which defensive linemen will fill the vacant spots.

“Some of the redshirts from last year came in with the attitude this year — since Arik Armstead left — that we have to be able to step up and mature,” Malaota said. “I think all the younger guys — Rex, Canton [Kaumatule], Jalen [Jelks] and Gary [Baker] — they’re all learning their way up.”

Buckner, Balducci and Armstead faced similar circumstances in 2012 when the three arrived in Eugene as freshmen. The trio was

heralded as the future of the defensive line.All three played substantial roles by the end

of the 2012 season. Buckner and Armstead finished with 29 and 26 tackles respectively, while Balducci earned more playing time late in the season as a result of injuries to key linemen.

This year has been different. Outside of Buckner, Balducci, Mondeaux and Talia, no one on the D-line has more than five tackles. But younger linemen have played important roles in the last couple of games, particularly Manu and Malaota.

“In the Cal ball game, Rex grew up,” Aiken said. “It might’ve only been 10 or 12 plays, but he showed something in that game: that he would go on the field and do what’s necessary to have success.”

Malaota was content playing behind experienced linemen last season as a freshman. This year, however, Malaota entered with a new perspective.

“After experiencing the trip to the [national championship] as a freshman,” Malaota said, “it changes your whole mindset on things.”

Oregon’s D-line depth has improved throughout the season, in large part because

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they’re ready to do the right thing ... To get on the

field is one thing, but to get on the field and do it the correct way is more important than anything

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freshmen and sophomore linemen have grown up. Aiken now feels comfortable rotating guys like Malaota and Manu into games. He recognizes the importance of getting inexperienced players on the field, especially in a year where several players will be leaving. But Aiken evaluates his players on their ability to apply practice to games — specifically pad level, locking arms and getting off blocks.

“It’s really important to get them on the field when they’re ready to do the right thing,” Aiken said. “To get on the field is one thing, but to get on the field and do it the correct way is more important than anything else. That’s what guys did this past week.”

Aiken is uncertain if Oregon will use its “jumbo” defensive line package against USC. The Ducks likely won’t face another team using seven offensive linemen the rest of the season. However, USC presents a challenge similar to Stanford.

“[USC] might be bigger,” Aiken said. “Those tackles are huge.”USC right tackle Zach Banner, listed at 6-foot-9, 360 pounds, is

arguably the biggest lineman the Ducks have seen this season.“They’re top-heavy and have a bunch of big, physical players,”

Buckner said. “We’ve got to stay low, just like this past game against Stanford.”

After the seniors depart at the end of the season, Oregon’s D-line will only have six combined starts on the unit, all coming from Mondeaux this season. It will be one of the unit’s biggest turnovers in several years. Young defensive linemen recognize their time is quickly approaching.

“Knowing that Tui, DeFo and Alex are all about to leave to the next level encourages me personally to step up and be the older brother to these guys,” Malaota said. “It makes me realize there’s no one left. Once they leave, it’s us.”

Sophomore Henry Mondeaux (92) is one of the emerging leaders on the Ducks defensive line.

RON AIKEN, Ducks defensive line coach

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The Oregon Ducks (7-3, 5-2 Pac-12) left the California Golden Bears (6-4, 3-4 Pac-12) with a sour taste in their mouths two weeks ago, after thrashing them 44-28 at home for their seventh consecutive match-up victory. The loss was Cal’s fourth straight, following its 5-0 start to the season.

Now, in Oregon’s hunt for an improbable berth in the Pac-12 title game, the Golden Bears could be the Ducks’ best friends. If Cal manages to pull off a major upset against the No. 15 Stanford Cardinal (8-2, 7-1 Pac-12) in the Big Game on Saturday, Nov. 21 at 7:30 p.m., Oregon will be in the driver’s seat to win the Pac-12 North.

That is, however, if the Ducks manage to beat the No. 22 USC Trojans (7-3, 5-2 Pac-12) at Autzen Stadium earlier that day.

Both Oregon and USC, respectively ranked No. 7 and No. 8 in the preseason AP Top 25, are riding four-game winning streaks entering Saturday’s 12:30 p.m. showdown in Eugene.

Oregon sat at 3-3 following a heartbreaking loss to Washington State at home on Oct. 10 that left fans wondering whether the team would even be bowl-eligible by the season’s end. But with a healthy Vernon Adams Jr. back behind center, the Ducks proved their legitimacy with a gritty 38-36 road win over No. 7 Stanford last Saturday.

USC’s season looked to be toast after former head coach

Steve Sarkisian was fired and a subsequent 41-31 loss to Notre Dame left the Trojans with a 3-3 record. But just like Oregon, USC surged back with four straight wins, highlighted by a 42-24 upset against No. 3 Utah on Oct. 24.

With Stanford and Oregon in contention for the Pac-12 North title, and USC, Utah (8-2, 5-2 Pac-12) and UCLA (7-3, 4-3 Pac-12) fighting for the South division crown, the race to the conference championship game is set up for a photo-finish. In reality, though, only the South is a true toss-up. As of Tuesday, Stanford is a heavy 11-point favorite to beat Cal in Berkeley, and thus, win the North.

Oregon needs to beat USC and Oregon State at home, as well as Cal to beat Stanford in order to win an intradivision tiebreaker and claim the North title.

The Pac-12 South title is completely up for grabs. USC controls its own destiny; The Trojans win the division with wins in their final two games against Oregon on the road and UCLA at home. UCLA also controls its own destiny, but its path is more daunting; it must win its final two games on the road against Utah and USC. Utah needs to win out at home against UCLA and Colorado, and USC to lose once in order to reclaim the South lead.

We’ll know a lot more about each team’s chances after the Big Game on Saturday night. For now, the name of the game for all five teams is the same: just win, baby.


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The University of Southern California, with its rich football tradition, and the University of Oregon, with its flashy uniforms and high-octane offense, are the two teams most commonly associated as national powerhouses on the west coast.

Oh, how the west has fallen.From 2002-06, USC either won the national

championship outright or had a share of it. During that same time period, the Trojans won three Heisman trophies.

About the same time USC started to lose its grip on college football, Oregon picked up the Trojans’ pieces and fitted them for itself.

Since 2010, the Ducks have won two Rose Bowls, a Fiesta Bowl, three Pac-12 Championships and have had two appearances in the National Championship game. They also boast their own Heisman trophy winner in Marcus Mariota.

Without a doubt, the No. 23 Ducks and No. 24 Trojans have been the class of west coast college football since 2002, and every time these two teams met, national championship implications came with it.

How the times have changed?Come Saturday, when the Ducks and Trojans

play, there won’t be any national championship implications. ESPN’s College Gameday won’t be in attendance. It’s a miracle that both teams are still within fighting distance of making it to the conference championship game.

What could once be described as the “west coast championship” is merely another game, on another Saturday, near the end of the college football season.

While both teams have players who will play in the NFL, most notably Oregon defensive lineman DeForest Buckner and USC linebacker

Su’a Cravens, there will be no player trying to pad their stats in hopes of raising the Heisman trophy.

Oregon struggled out of the gate this season with losses to Michigan State, Utah and Washington State. The Ducks were breaking in a new quarterback, Vernon Adams Jr., and once he was injured, Oregon’s high-powered offense was anything but. The Ducks have righted the ship with four straight wins but a loss to the Trojans will have fans thinking of the early-season failures rather than the late-season success.

On the other hand, USC has been a tale of Jekyll and Hyde. In some games, the Trojans look dominant (i.e. wins over Utah and Arizona State). In others, the Trojans look like a team with no direction (i.e. a loss to Washington and a three-point win over Pac-12 cellar-dweller Colorado).

The Ducks can be crowned Pac-12 North champions only if they beat USC and Oregon State and if No. 11 Stanford loses to Cal on Saturday.

USC controls its own destiny en route to the conference championship. It needs to beat the Ducks on Saturday before taking caring of business against UCLA in the regular season finale.

With Oregon’s victory over Stanford last week and USC’s victory over No. 13 Utah earlier in the year, the Pac-12 doesn’t seem to have any potential for the College Football Playoff.

Once primed as must-see college football, the game between Oregon and USC is one that will surely fall through the cracks once the rest of the national games have finished. What was once considered the biggest game on the west coast a mere five years ago is now considered an afterthought in the national landscape.

Oh, how the west has fallen.


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HOPESTHIS TIME, OREGON PLAYED THE UPSET. With last Saturday’s 38-36 win that nearly stretched into overtime, the Ducks paved another step on their road to the Pac-12 Championship, while simultaneously taking away Stanford’s shot at the playoffs.

Above left: The late-season loss was devastating for the Cardinal season.

Above Right: Injured Ducks Tyree Robinson (left) and Byron Marshall (right) share a post-game laugh on the sidelines.

Left: The Oregon defensive line stands against a stout Cardinal offense.

Right: Joe Walker (35) tackles Stanford quarterback Kevin Hogan.

Bottom Right: Vernon Adams Jr. (3) slides to safety.

Above: Bralon Addison (2) stiff arms a Stanford defender.

Below: Vernon Adams Jr. (3) looks to the sideline.

Royce Freeman (21) runs away for a touchdown. (All photos by Cole Elsasser)

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