The Oregon Ducks Get the college football weekend started early with a matchup against Michigan State on Friday evening. The program’s first home game as members of the Big Ten against a team that has been in the conference since 1953.

The Ducks will look to keep their 4-0 record unblemished tonight in Eugene, and they’ll definitely need a transfer quarterback to do that Dillon Gabriel to continue playing at a high level. A player, the head coach of Oregon Dan Lanning discussed on Friday Sports center before kick-off.

“I think he’s just very efficient,” Lanning said. “He understands where we want to go with the ball, doesn’t take unnecessary risks and was able to win with his feet. This impressed me last week. But he was really accurate and had some weapons to throw at and he took advantage of that.”

When it comes to efficiency, Gabriel had big shoes to fill as the standout quarterback’s successor Bo NixIt’s been an impressive two seasons with the program. Nix completed 77.4% of his passes for 4,508 yards and 45 touchdown passes with just three interceptions last year.

Entering this season, Gabriel has found a way to be even more accurate and currently boasts an impressive 81.5% completion rate with 1,192 yards and nine touchdowns in four games. Last week, he threw his first interception of the season after his designated wide receiver slipped while running his route, but still served as a steady force for an Oregon team that was stumbling out of the gate.

“The truth is we had some growing moments,” Lanning admitted. “We’ve had to readjust and change who we are a little bit, but Dillon has played really well for us at quarterback and we believe we have a team that understands what we’re trying to accomplish every time we show up.” the field, and that has brought us some success.”

Wins after narrow victories Idaho from FCS and Boise State From the Group of Five, the Ducks have made significant gains in the last two games. In the last two games, in which Gabriel managed a total of 656 yards of offense, he outscored his opponents 83:27.

Gabriel and the Ducks will look to keep things going tonight at Autzen Stadium when they take on the Spartans at 9:00 p.m. ET in a match that will air on FOX and stream on Fubo.