The Cowboys and Ducks couldn’t have been on more divergent paths last season.
Oregon, a team known for success, was very not good in 2016. Their record of 4-8 (2-7) was the worst since 1991. It was the first time the Ducks didn’t either make their conference championship or win the conference in eight years, and the first time they didn’t make a bowl game in twelve.
The biggest question going into this game is: how different are the Willie Taggart Ducks? Taggart has rebuilt programs like Western Kentucky and South Florida, but Oregon isn’t exactly those programs.