In six days the James Madison Dukes and Oregon play football, the first step in the Ducks' bid for a first-ever national championship.
Duck fans saw this year how weather can be a great equalizer, shifting the focus of a game away from speed and talent and turning into a slugfest, a football survivor series where the only focus becomes, as Jordon Davison told himself during a 21-7 win over Wisconsin, "Protect the ball, protect the ball, protect the ball" before every snap.
At the Grateful Ducks Game Davison ran for 102 yards and two touchdowns while Dante Moore threw for just 86, leaving the game in the third quarter with a broken nose.