Bo Nix is in command. Not only of his play, which has been better over the last six games at Oregon than during his three years at Auburn, but in terms of control of the offense for the No. 8 Ducks.
Nix has full autonomy to make pre-snap checks at the line of scrimmage, something he didn’t have the freedom to do at Auburn, and a sign of the trust Oregon’s coaching staff in their fourth-year junior, who is completing 71.5% of his passes for 1,809 yards with 17 touchdowns and three interceptions entering today’s game at Cal.