EUGENE – The new 12-team College Football Playoff format has sparked significant controversy on several fronts. Notably, many fans were frustrated when all four

The semifinals of the first-ever 12-team College Football Playoff are set to begin on Thursday, and Oregon fans are likely torn about who they should be rooting for. After their team was eliminated in the College Football Playoff Quarterfinals by Ohio State on Jan. 1, Duck fans were without an obvious rooting interest.

Oregon has an opportunity to do something no other team in major college football has accomplished, but making history is never easy. Three wins separate the Ducks from a national title, a 16-0 record and a spot in the record book as the first FBS team to win 16 games in the last 130 years.