After their Week 13 42-27 win over USC, the Ducks have proved something important.
They showed they can win any type of game. So far this year they've prevailed in dominating blowouts, tense, physical defensive battles, bad weather, perfect weather, run-dominated slugfests, overtime, two-and-a-half quarter surgical strikes and four-quarter nail-biters.
They've won through the air and they've won on the ground and matched up against every style of opponent. Saturday they get to test themselves against a revenge-minded foe in a rivalry game, facing dangerous mobile quarterback Demond Williams and Washington.
They've won shorthanded.