Quack Fix: Ducks can finally focus on Stanford (but not too much this time)

Practice highlights notes (from Oregon's official report):

• Monday's session focused on installing the game plan for this week.
• Oregon had 15 different drives against Cal, compare to only eight last year against the Cardinal.
• Dwayne Stanford and Pharaoh Brown have both recently emerged as red zone targets

Quote of the day:

One mistake we might we might have made last year was putting a little too much focus on this game.  In my mind it was circled at the beginning of the year.  I think a lot of players had it circled in their minds [at the] beginning of the year.

--Scott Frost admitting there might have been too much emphasis on last year's matchup with Stanford.

Links:

• After 326 yards and five touchdowns against the Bears, Marcus Mariota was named the Pac-12 offensive player of the week for the second time this season.
• The Ducks look to have at least one injured starter back this week as Keenan Lowe looks to return after missing the last two weeks with a leg injury.
• Kevin Gemmell recaps the last five meetings with Stanford while Dave Lombardi previews week 10 of the Pac-12 season.
• Eugene prepares to make its pitch to host the 2019 World Track & Field Championships this week.  Barcelona and Doha are also competing.  A final decision is expected November 18.
• Former Duck Jake Reed will pitch in the Arizona Fall League's all-star game after pitching effectively in two different levels the Minnesota system last year.

Go Ducks!