Ducks drop two games with Utah State, clear path to renew Civil War

After 128 meetings dating back to 1894, the Civil War itself was an endangered species, but John L. Toner Award-winning athletic director Rob Mullens found a way to revive it. | Ben Lonergan/The Register-Guard / USA TODAY NETWORKOregon and Utah State agreed to mutually cancel a home-and-home series in 2027 and 2028 Wednesday, paving the way for the Ducks to resume their longstanding rivalry with in-state rival Oregon State, at least for two more seasons.

A single game scheduled with the Aggies at Autzen Stadium remains on the calendar. USU is slated to join the reconfigured PAC-12 beginning next season.

It's a reprieve for one of college football's oldest rivalries and a chance for Oregon to…