Oregon plays College Football Playoff No. 19 USC in Autzen Stadium on November 22, a renewal of an old and sometimes contentious rivalry.
There was the time Mike Bellotti successfully challenged a challenge, and Trojan coach Pete Carroll mouthed a vitriolic phrase across the field. There was the Fright Night Game at Autzen Stadium in 2009, when Jeremiah Masoli and LaMichael James pummeled the SC defense for a team total of 391 yards rushing on their way to a 47-20 victory.
Nothing in that history prepares the Ducks for the chicanery, resourcefulness and outright mendacity Lincoln Riley and the Trojans displayed Friday night against Northwestern.