... down on the farm in Palo Alto, and so was Andrew Luck and Toby Gerhart.  The Ducks iron grip on the Pac-10 has grown slightly less strong after the loss to Stanford and Duck fans have to wonder if this loss was the beginning of a late-season collapse common among Duck teams in the last decade.

What we do know is that the Ducks played the weakest half of the Pac-10 early in the year, and after USC’s sluggish performance against Arizona State last Saturday, there is no guarantee that even they were a great test for the Duck defense.

Arizona State certainly doesn’t expect to be an offensive juggernaut this weekend but both Arizona and Oregon State will bring potent offenses to their matchups wi...

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