Ducks Open as Major Favorites In Critical Matchup Against Michigan

It's a one game at a time appraoch for these Oregon Ducks for the remainder of this season. After a really shaky start to the season, the Ducks have seemingly turned it all around and are now in a position to potentially make a run.

Oregon got a life raft from the College Football Playoff committee in the very first CFP rankings when they landed at spot No. 23 in the rankings. The messaging and signalling there were quite obvious, in my opinion. This was the committee saying that if the Ducks won the rest of their games, they had a chance to sneak into the Playoff.

Mission accepted on the side of the Ducks. The biggest and most daunting hurdle that they faced was right in front of them. It was a trip east to Columbus, Ohio, against a wounded Ohio State team that they destroyed and shocked the nation.

It was a signal that the Ducks are not dead and that they feel as though they can beat anyone. The next order of business for them is hosting the Michigan Wolverines.

The truth is that if the Ducks were having a really bad season, then the Wolverines are having a disastrous year. It's been all bad for the Wolverines, as they are trying to wash the culture out of that building from the last two regimes.

Regardless, the Wolverines are coming off of a loss to the Michigan State Spartans in a game that was probably one of the worst games that you will see in a long time. The final score was 15-6. Michigan has fired their offensive coordinator and are now staring down and end to their season that they have to go to Oregon and to Ohio State.

It's a daunting task, and Vegas believes that this one is heavily tilted toward the Ducks. As the game opened, the Ducks started as -10.5 favorites. It's a combination of the Ducks being on a roll and the Wolverines seemingly not being on one.

None of that matters to the Ducks. The only thing that is on their mind is scoring just one more point than the Wolverines. That's it, that is the only thing that they need to do on Saturday is to win this game by any means necessary.

Everything is trending in the right direction for the Ducks. For my money, I feel great about this one for Oregon, as they have such a great chance to keep their heart beating this year.