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Former Paradise High School standout Jeff Maehl and the No. 7 ranked Oregon Ducks play host to Oregon State tonight for the team s first Rose Bowl berth since the 1994 season.

About the worst thing that happened in last year's Civil War, from an Oregon perspective, was linebacker Spencer Paysinger's interception return in the final minutes.

Cal linebacker Mike Mohamed, sacking Eastern Washington's Matt Nichols, is the likely Pac-10 defensive player of the year, but other honors still seem up for grabs, and debate.

UO receiver Jeff Maehl celebrates after scoring against Arizona. Maehl and the Ducks play Oregon State next week for big stakes in the Civil War.

OFFENSE The Ducks started fast, with a 14-0 lead in the first 20 minutes, but they cratered in the middle of the game going punt, interception, punt, punt, punt and punt on successive possessions.

The University of Nevada has done something no other team has ever done. They ran the ball.

Jubilant Oregon fans congratulate Ducks players as they head off the field at Arizona Stadium.

How amazing was last night? Throw out every cliche in the books for this one. Epic sums it up for me.

Oregon quarterback Jeremiah Masoli watched as red-clad Arizona students ringed the sidelines as time ticked down, ready to rush the field.

The Pacific-10 part of the equation is somewhat more complicated. But the two teams that can win their way to Pasadena without help, No.

The desert has been inhospitable to the Ducks in recent years. In Oregon's past two trips to Tucson, the team lost its starting quarterback to injury.

Oregon receiver Jeff Maehl stretches to snag a TD pass against Arizona State. The Ducks take their Rose Bowl hopes to Arizona on Saturday.

Jeremiah Masoli called it a dark day in Oregon history. Actually, it was a couple of dark days.

As LeGarrette Blount awaited his first chance to play since his suspension, LaMichael James ran for 150 yards and three touchdowns for the No.

Oregon receiver Jeff Maehl scores against Stanford. The UO offense might find the going tougher this week against Arizona State.

Top 25 Overview It was over when... Nate Whitaker's third field goal of the game gave the Cardinal a 51-42 lead with 11 seconds left.

Toby Gerhart bowled over the Oregon defense to make the Cardinal bowl eligible for the first time in eight years.

Twelve hours ago, a couple of thousand rabid fans descended onto the Casanova Center parking lot for ESPN's "College GameDay." They've now been joined by about 52,000 more of their feathered friends at Autzen Stadium as kickoff for No.

No matter whether they saw the game, highlights or simply the score, anybody who came across the Oregon-USC result had to be impressed with the Ducks - to the point where the 7-1 team has to be considered national championship contenders, linebacker Casey Matthews said.

EUGENE - No. 10 Oregon scored 17 points in the third quarter and has taken a 41-20 lead at the end of the third quarter of the Ducks' Halloween night Pac-10 Conference showdown against No.