The Ducks are finishing up their final full practice before Saturday's showdown with No. 9 USC, and as of 6 p.m. Thursday, the week has been productive and injury free. While UO didn't have two extra days of preparation like the Trojans did, the fact that so many Oregon starters saw limited or light duty after halftime in Pullman had to help a little bit.

Just like last week, rain fell for a good chunk of the afternoon and then stopped right before the team took to the Autzen turf.

Today's injury report, for a midseason game week, was relatively brief. Justin Roper was a scratch again today due to illness, officially eliminating him from travel consideration. Jamere Holland, who practiced on Tuesday, missed the past two days due to a head injury and will unavailable for the second straight week. Terrell Tuner, who suffered a knee injury at WSU, will be out 2-6 weeks.

Oregon will stick to the same travel day schedule as last week: Walk-through at Autzen at 1:45, depart Eugene at 4:30 p.m. The flight will obviously take longer and the team is staying in Pasadena, of all places, so the arrival team at the team hotel will likely be later as well.

The UO equipment trailer sits ready and waiting to load the final pieces of player gear at the end of Thursday's practice before heading down I-5 South to La La Land.

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