Bryan Bennett is a confident mofo

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http://www.oregonlive.com/ducks/index.ssf/2011/10/whats_the_secret_to_oregon_qua.html

The lesson learned was to always prepare as if you’re going to play. It’s why Bennett bears down in practice, in meetings, in video sessions, in the offseason. He made himself ready, so that when he was summoned last Saturday, he wasn’t nervous.

He was prepared.

“Being a back-up isn’t just being a back-up,” Bennett said. “There is a lot of responsibility that you still have, because you don’t know when your number could be called. You don’t know when you're going to have to step up for your team. It’s not just for yourself. It’s for the good of the team.”

Bennett definitely has a lot of poise. I like that about him. I really wasn't that concerned with him coming into the game on Saturday, and I look forward to maybe seeing him get some more snaps against Colorado.

There's also a tidbit about Thomas in this article.

Thomas was in full pads when he exited Oregon’s closed practice Tuesday morning. He didn’t appear to be wearing a brace or limping. However Jay Allen, a member of the Oregon radio broadcast team, tweeted he had been told that Bennett has taken all the snaps with the first-string offense in practice this week.