It’s No. 6 Oregon and No. 3 Penn State with College GameDay in town, a White Out planned, Big Ten bragging rights on the line and playoff implications aplenty.

What more could you want?

After getting off to a 4-0 start, Oregon’s first true test of 2025 is here: an experienced Penn State team, coming off a bye, looking for revenge after its 2024 Big Ten Championship Game loss. It’s as big of a road game as Tyson and Justin can remember for the Ducks. They preview the game, give their predictions and catch up on the Mariners in this week’s episode of the Traffic Report.

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The game is coming back.

The Oregonian reported earlier this week that Oregon and Oregon State have struck an agreement to resume their annual rivalry game beginning in 2027 — meaning we’ll only have a one-year hiatus after Saturday’s 129th meeting between the two programs.

But on this week’s I-5 Corridor Traffic Report, Tyson Alger and Justin Myers wonder just how much of a rivalry will be left to resume.

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No, Oregon hasn’t played anyone.

No, we’ll probably not know anything until Penn State.

But through two weeks, could the Oregon Ducks have looked any better? Tyson and Justin get together on this week’s Traffic Report to talk about Oregon’s 2-0 start, preview the Northwestern game and wonder just how good this Oregon team could be.

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One game down, and there are no apparent issues for an Oregon Ducks football team that thumped Montana State 59-13 on Saturday in the season opener.

Tyson Alger and Justin Myers break down what they liked, what they still need to see and more in this week's episode of The I-5 Corridor's Traffic Report.

Then they dive into the comment war between Mike Gundy and Dan Lanning and close with Justin's big question: When did guys stop wearing mouth guards?

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— Tyson Alger, The I-5 Corridor

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Ladies and Gentlemen, we’ve made it.

Eight long months have passed since the Oregon Ducks’ football season came to an end in Pasadena. In the time since we’ve seen portal additions, headlining returns, position battles and a new mantra from a team that spent half of 2024 ranked No. 1: Double Down.

Do we think the Ducks can run it back in 2025? Tyson and Justin discuss on this week’s I-5 Corridor Traffic Report.

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— Tyson Alger

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The I-5 Corridor Traffic Report is back to break down the biggest sports story in Oregon this week — OK, so maybe we recorded this before the Blazers news dropped on Wednesday.

However, Tyson and Justin do touch on the changes happening here at The I-5 Corridor, share their thoughts on college football coaches’ injury policies, recap Ichiro’s Hall of Fame weekend in Seattle and then Justin shares an update on Starbucks Tipgate.

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— Tyson Alger

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All season, the Portland Timbers’ fan base has been desperate for the front office to make a move to bolster the team’s run to the postseason.

All season, the Seattle Mariners’ fan base has been desperate for the front office to make a move to bolster the team’s run to the postseason.

Well, the Mariners didn’t just make one move, they made two. Same with the Portland Timbers.

And now, Tyson and Justin are feeling a bit like the dogs who finally caught the car. What do we do now? We try to figure that out on this week’s Traffic Report, then dive into the further NFL-ification of college football.

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Welcome back to The I-5 Corridor’s Traffic Report.

After a two-week break, Tyson and Justin are back for the start of fall camp, and this week they catch up on media days, early-season hype and whether the Ducks and Beavers should keep doing the weird September thing.

Then, it’s on to Ichiro. The Mariners’ legend is officially a Hall of Famer, but where does he rank in the pantheon of best Mariners of all time?

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This week on The I-5 Corridor’s Traffic Report, Tyson and Justin revisit some dorm horror stories, wonder why The Athletic doesn’t find much value in Oregon’s football rivalries, outline trophy etiquette, discuss the Pre Classic and dive deep into Justin’s disdain for backup cameras.

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Programming note: As I mention in the podcast, I’ll be teaching at the High School Journalism Institute camp next week on the Oregon State campus. I have a few stories in the can for while I’m away, but just a heads up that things may be on the lighter side for a few days.

Not to worry: I have my tickets booked for Big Ten Media Days in Vegas the week I return, then we’ll be off to the races with training camp coming in hot.

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It’s the Fourth, but allow us to take you back to Halloween of 2009 on today’s episode of The I-5 Corridor Traffic Report’s Replayables.

It’s a Saturday night. After a dismal start to the Chip Kelly era in Boise, the Ducks have rattled off six straight wins to climb to No. 10 in the nation with No. 4 USC and its seven consecutive Pac-10 titles in town. It’s not the strongest team of the Pete Carrol era, but it’s still USC talent and the Trojans feature the No. 1 overall recruit in the country, Matt Barkley, at quarterback. An early-season shocker to Washington gave the Trojans a limp, but they’ve won four in a row coming into Eugene and might just be a win against these upstart Ducks away from reestablishing the status quo and rejoining the title hunt.

Sure, the Ducks are averaging 38 points per game during their win streak, but there’s no way that fast-paced, gimmicky offense they’re running can hold up against the athletes the Trojans are bringing to town.

Right?

Tyson and Justin look back on today’s episode, plus thoughts on Oregon’s bounce-back week on the recruiting trail.

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(And if you want to watch the game before you listen, here you go.)

— Tyson Alger, The I-5 Corridor

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