As Oregon and Washington head to Big Ten, a new chapter in the rivalry begins

The landscape of college football is going to look a lot different in 2024 than it has in the past, and that is especially true for the Oregon Ducks.

While the expanded College Football Playoff will have an impact on every team in the nation, Oregon is one of several teams that are moving to a new conference, joining the Big Ten along with Washington, USC, and UCLA.

The new expanded conference offers a ton of exciting matchups for the Ducks, but it could potentially change some things that Oregon fans have come to know and love over the last several decades. In particular, there’s a good chance that rivalries will look quite a bit different in the future.

Oregon will still play the likes of Washington, Oregon State, and USC going forward, but with the addition of games against Ohio State, Michigan, Penn State, Wisconsin, and several other Big Ten teams, there’s a chance that some of the existing rivalries get watered down.

This past week on the Sco-ing Long Podcast, co-hosts Jonathan Stewart and Zachary Neel discussed this. In particular, they talked about Oregon’s rivalry with the Huskies. While it definitely stood as the biggest rivalry for the Ducks throughout their time in the Pac-12, Neel argues that it might lose some of its steam going forward, for various reasons.

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“I think that going into the Big 10, this rivalry loses a little bit of juice,” Neel said. “The rivalry is at its best when both teams are good and competing for a conference championship. I don’t think that we’re going to see that again for quite some time with Oregon being at the top of the Big 10. I don’t think Washington’s there right now. They won’t be this year, and they likely won’t be next year. Five years from now? Maybe, but that kind of depends on where Jedd Fisch…

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Author : Ducks Wire

Publish date : 2024-03-01 14:27:01

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