The Friday 5: Slow starts and why is that tree still here?

A Buckeye tree was planted on Oregon's campus 63 years ago. The Ducks haven't beaten the Buckeyes in the 63 years since. We're not saying....we're just saying.

Oregon’s shaky win over San Jose State in 2018 preceded a top-10 loss to Stanford. (Eric Evans/GoDucks.com)

EUGENE — Oregon is 1-0 and that’s a perfectly fine place to be after the weekend the Pac-12 North had. Needle as you will, the Ducks didn’t derail the momentum of a team heading into its biggest nonconference road game in six years. Maybe a less-th…