Duck Stuff: Morning Mud

• Ted Miller has his "What to watch in the Pac-10" story up for this week. Concerning Oregon:

Will Oregon be flat at Stanford? Chip Kelly has done an outstanding job of keeping his team focused on their "national championship" games every Saturday. But the thorough whipping of USC last weekend will be hard to contain with the proverbial "24-hour rule." Moreover, the Ducks won't have the Autzen Stadium crowd there to fire them up. The Ducks won't have to be as sharp as they were against the Trojans, but if they are flat and can't get in sync, Stanford will have a more than remote shot to pull the upset.

• Thursday practice update from Rob Moseley who asked coach Kelly if he was worried about the team being set up for a letdown.

“This team’s really focused, and they understand what’s at stake. We can’t approach Stanford any different than we approached USC or than we approached Cal or approached UCLA. Stanford’s a really good football team.”

Kelly also called the offense "really sharp" yesterday. Eddie Pleasant suited up for practice and should be a game time decision after he tweaked his ankle last week.

• John Hunt takes look at what the Ducks will face going up against the highly touted Stanford freshmen QB Andrew Luck.

Oregon secondary coach John Neal isn't overlooking Luck.

"He's unbelievable,'' Neal said. "I think he's the best quarterback since, I don't know, Brett Favre.''

Pretty lofty praise, but I think I remember similar accolades for a USC freshmen QB.

• Ken Goe has his weekly piece, "two-minute drill: An irreverent look at the week in Pac-10 football", posted for your reading pleasure. My favorite part?

Five things flashing through Pete Carroll's mind last Saturday in Autzen
1. What? Masoli is a junior? James is a freshman? Oh. My. God.
2. How does it go? Click your heels three times and say, what? Oh yeah. "There is no place like home. There's no place like home."
3. Damn, how could I forget earplugs?
4. Sure hope the Panthers' job opens. Tomorrow.
5. Where are O.J. and that white Bronco when you really need them?

• Going to end this post with a heart warming story by George Schroeder on a man who lost a souvenir last week while tailgating at Autzen. Be sure to check it out.

GO DUCKS!