Down 40-28 in enemy territory with eight minutes to go and a brand new freshman quarterback making his first ever collegiate start, someone needed to take charge.
Moments after a fake punt that gave Oregon a laugh and a first down, Marcus Ball fielded a Oregon fumble that he took to the Ducks’ 10-yard-line, setting up an easy drive for the one and only, Kalen Ballage.
On a backwards pitch from Dillon Sterling-Cole, Ballage muscled seven yards down the field to the three-yard-line.
On second and goal, in the ever so reliable “Sparky formation,” Ballage didn’t run, but rolled out to his right like a wiarteback and threw too an uncovered Kody Kohl for a 3-yard touchdown.