Um, this is not actually a neutral game. Oregon will travel 1685 miles to San Antonio, Texas 74. Yes, we are all in about Texas being all-in to win one for Mack Brown. They showed against Oklahoma what they can do when they dig deep. For all the negative publicity Brown has gotten, we seem to forget they were 8-4 straight up with a solid non-conference schedule that turned the heat up on Brown.

Remember, folks Oregon entered the Stanford game 8-0 and thinking national championship. Two losses later they are playing in a crappy bowl. One loss was a blowout and the other was a six-point loss that was not remotely as close as the scoreboard said.

Objectively, the travel edge does not get bigger. In the more subjective motivational department, Texas has a big checkmark there too.