Innovation and style will always be part of the Oregon brand. They don’t do it to appeal to grumpy old fans. They do it because it’s a hit with players and recruits, and it sells a lot jerseys and tee shirts.
Since it’s a road game the program busted out a new, updated version of the classic Storm Trooper look, the design that inspired the epic win over Michigan in the Big House in 2007, the all-white helmet, jersey and pants the Ducks wore when they steamrolled Washington with 465 yards rushing and six touchdowns on the ground that same year.
A superstition has grown like fungus in a utility sink that the Storm Troopers are bad luck, but those two iconic wins belie that notion. It’s selective memory, or the residue of trauma from the 2015 National Championship Game…