You can almost hear the iconic steel guitar and Merle Haggard's voice: "Silver Wings. Shining in the sun."
At the Orange Bowl the Ducks met a familiar opponent determined to write a new story. This time Joey McGuire and the Red Raiders had the intimidating defense and the senior quarterback. Maybe it'd be the visitors who would fold in the humidity and pressure, perhaps with a Pick Six in the fourth quarter.
Instead, Oregon revisited a familiar theme. They wore the silver wings again, and when it was over Tosh Lupoi and the defense had painted a masterpiece in black, silver, white and gray, a four-quarter domination, a shutout punctuated by four turnovers.