The senior sat out the regular-season meeting with an injury, but he could be a huge X-factor for the top-seeded Ducks against the eighth-seeded Buckeyes in the CFP quarterfinal.

For decades, the Ducks have knocked at the door of becoming a desired member of college football's elite. All they're missing is the trophy.

It was so quiet in the Oregon locker room you could hear a season end. Amid the near silence Wednesday night, Ducks cornerback Jabbar Muhammad found himself offering a way-too-early state-of-the union assessment of his program.