Every single time a college football game takes the field, especially a team that has had as much success as the Ducks, defending conference champions, ranked in the Top 25 in each of the last four years, 7,253 uniform combinations, rich, cool and funded by Nike and Phil Knight, a team is always a target.
Oregon is both envied and hated around the Northwest and the Big Ten. The Ucks. The University of Zero. Nike U. The jealousy and resentment runs deep, partly because Oregon just has more fun than everybody else, more style, and the best mascot in sports.