PISCATAWAY – By halftime, it already was party time for the 5,000-plus Oregon football fans who took over the premium seats near the field at SHI Stadium.

Their eighth-ranked Ducks were bludgeoning the Scarlet Knights on their way to a 56-10 body slam, and Oregon grads Mathew Selby, Bryan Selby and Emiliano Campos were loving it as Rutgers fans streamed out of the exits as the Scarlet Knights trailed 42-3.

“You might be historically the first to play football, but you’re actually last in football,” Mathew Selby said. “When everybody thinks of Rutgers, they have an image of leather helmets. Baby, this is 2025. We’re playing tennis and you’re on pickleball.”

Here’s the thing: Selby is not some stranger to the banks of the Raritan. He’s an Oregon native who attends Rutgers as a doctora

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