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CORVALLIS, Ore. -- When the Oregon State Beavers say theyre looking forward to the Civil War, they really mean it.In recent seasons the team hasnt always seemed quite as sincere about the prospects in facing Oregon, which has an eight-game winning streak in the rivalry.But it has been a disappointing season for the Ducks, who are 4-7 overall and 2-6 in the Pac-12, and likely wont play in the postseason for the first time since 2004.Oregon State, which is 3-8 overall but has an identical conference record as the Ducks, likes its chances at home, especially after a 42-17 victory over Arizona at Reser Stadium this past Saturday night.The Beavers are definitely fired up.Everyone in Oregon is probably going to be there, so were looking to win that one, too, said cornerback Dwayne Williams.Marcus McMaryion, pressed into duty as a starter for the Beavers earlier this season after both Darell Garretson and backup Conor Blount were injured, threw for 265 yards and a career-best five touchdowns against the Wildcats.Oregon State announced on Monday that the Civil War game was already a sellout.Big games are created sometimes by win-loss records or where you sit in the season. This game is a big game every year regardless of the situation or the scenario, Beavers coach Gary Andersen said. Our kids understand that, they know that and its a privlege and honor for them to play in it. Its a game theyll remember for the rest of their lives. The Ducks will be motivated, too.Oregon is coming off a 30-28 upset of then-No. 11 Utah, a victory that was sealed by Justin Herberts touchdown pass to Darren Carrington with two seconds left.Oregon State running back Ryan Nall predicted a fun game. Nall has rushed for 796 yards and nine touchdowns, but his season has been marred by a foot injury.Were going to take off with momentum. Oregon also came off a big win, so they are going to come after us, Nall said. Theyre not going to just going to think, `Oh, its Oregon State. We beat them every year. Its going to be a fun game. Were coming off a big win; theyre coming off a big win. Well see who can execute the best.Nalls Oregon counterpart, Royce Freeman, has had two straight games with 100 or more yards, and seems to have bounced back after a midseason lull. Freeman has 839 yards rushing and nine touchdowns.The last two weeks have been better, theres still time, coach Mark Helfrich said. He did some great stuff absolutely like youre saying, thats the quote-unquote `old Royce. That was good to see.In the end, however, the game may come down to defense, where both teams are struggling.Oregon is ranked 126th in the nation for total defense, allowing an average of 528.2 yards a game, and 126th in scoring defense, allowing 42.1 points per game.The Beavers are allowing averages of 433.3 yards and 31.1 points per game. Theyre ranked 88th in both categories.Andersen cautioned not to be fooled by Oregons slump this season.Do I worry about our kids getting over hyped? No, we talked about it today, Andersen said. You walk into these games and you respect your opponent. 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In between is a seemingly harmless visit from a team from the Championship Subdivision.Except that the FCS team coming in for Saturdays game -- The Citadel -- is one of only two undefeated teams at that level, has already wrapped up the Southern Conference title and a year ago knocked off a Power 5 program.The Citadels not going to come in here and feel intimidated by any means, UNC coach Larry Fedora said. Theyll come in here expecting to win a football game.North Carolina (7-3) doesnt have any time to wallow after a 28-27 loss to Duke put its hopes for a second straight trip to the Atlantic Coast Conference championship game in serious jeopardy, though Virginia Techs loss to Georgia Tech two days later kept them alive. The Tar Heels need to beat North Carolina State next Friday and have Virginia upset the Hokies to earn a spot in the Orlando, Florida-based game.But thats next week. Right now the priority is avoiding a slip-up against a lower-level opponent that beat South Carolina last year and has already sewn up a spot in the FCS playoffs that begin next week.Weve got our work cut out for us, no doubt, first-year Citadel coach Brent Thompson said. Its always one of those things we look forward to, an FBS school on an FCS schedule.---Some other things to know about the Citadel-North Carolina game:RUNNING BULLDOGS: Its no secret how The Citadel is going to try to win --- by controlling the clock with its triple-option offense, which is similar to the one Georgia Tech uses.dddddddddddd North Carolina, which allows an ACC-worst 222 yards rushing per game, gave up 334 yards on the ground to the Yellow Jackets but won the game 48-20. You hope theres enough carryover with our guys that it will help because we only have a couple of days to get ready, Fedora said.UNDER THE HOOD: North Carolina RB Elijah Hoods streak of 100-yard games ended last week when Duke held him to 75 yards on 13 carries, though he led the team with 58 yards receiving. Fedora says there were too many very basic things that we didnt do throughout that game which kept us from being efficient and just didnt make the plays to put the ball in the end zone.NO PICKS: North Carolinas defense has one of the more bizarre streaks in college football: The Tar Heels are the only FBS team without an interception. They may not get one this week, either, because The Citadel throws fewer than 10 passes per game.KEEPING IT TIGHT: Both teams are used to playing close games. Seven of The Citadels 10 games have been decided by 10 or fewer points, while the Tar Heels have played four games decided by a total of 11 points. Their record is 3-1 in those games with the lone loss coming last week to Duke.---Follow Joedy McCreary at http://twitter.com/joedyap. His work can be found at http://bigstory.ap.org/content/joedy-mccreary---More AP college football: http://www.collegefootball.ap.org. ' ' '