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Four days into the college basketball season, fourth-ranked Oregon faces a test that concerns coach Dana Altman.After opening the season with an uninspiring 91-77 win over Army, the Ducks will head to Baylor on Tuesday afternoon.Weve got a lot of work to do and Ive been telling the guys that for the last two or three weeks, Altman said. I liked the first couple weeks, but then we got stuck in gear and have had a hard time getting out of that. We had better figure out a way to get in another gear before Tuesday.Oregon has a difficult early schedule as it returns home from Baylor to face Valparaiso before heading to the Maui Invitational.We knew we had some super tough games this year from the jump that are away from home so we wont have the home crowd to help us win, Ducks junior forward Jordan Bell said. So we have been going extra hard in practice and working on rebounding.Oregon beat Baylor 74-67 last season in Eugene, Ore.I dont think we will be that excited like we were last year when we were licking our chops because we knew we were the underdog, Bell said. This year people are saying we are good so I think we need to take the mentality last year like we were underdogs. We will get everyones best game so we have to come out with energy and go for it.Last year, Baylor was in the Top 25 when it lost to Oregon, but now the Ducks are the ranked team in the matchup.They were ranked and we werent and it was a big ballgame for us, Altman said. It is a big one for us to go down there, it will be tough on the road. We are not playing very well and we will be the underdogs going down there. Whether they think they are the favorites or not, we are going down there and it will be a tough game.Oregon will once again be without All-Pac-12 Conference junior forward Dillon Brooks, who is expected to miss the first few weeks of the season following foot surgery.That is no excuse, we have not had him for the summer or the preseason, Bell said. When he comes back, he will help us a lot.Baylor opened the season with a 76-61 win at home over Oral Roberts.This will be a tough game for us, our first real test against a good team, Oregon forward Roman Sorkin said. We are really excited and want to play.Junior guard Al Freeman led the Bears with 16 points against Oral Roberts, including three 3-pointers. Baylor shot 10 of26 from behind the 3-point line.Thats something when you play guards, you hope they make those threes, Baylor coach Scott Drew said. 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Tillman is famous for the Peanut Punch, which became a part of our game-day vocabulary during his career. ?With Tillman calling it a career earlier this week, lets break down the technique that is now on teaching tapes at every level of the game.The setupSquare up the ball carrier in the open field. That sounds simple -- and its taught every day on high school practice fields -- but Tillman always put himself in a position to secure the tackle first and foremost. Thats technique -- consistent technique. And it allowed Tillman to load up and punch the ball out. Take a look at Tillman here versus the Detroit Lions during the 2012 season on Monday Night Football.With tight end Brandon Pettigrew working up the field after a reception, Tillman drives downhill, comes to balance (squares his shoulders/feet) and sucks up the distance to the ball carrier. Put that guy in a phone booth, right? Now Tillman is in a position to take on the stifff-arm from a much bigger player in the open field while loading his arm to punch the ball.dddddddddddd.The punchWith Tillman using the proper technique to square-up Pettigrew at the point of attack, the Bears cornerback can deliver the punch. Check out the placement of Tillmans hand on the ball while he is engaged with Pettigrew.This isnt an out of control attempt at a strip or a defender blindly raking down on the arm. Instead, it is a calculated technique, no different than a boxer throwing a jab to the ribs. Its a straight shot -- with force -- right on the ball.The stripThe punch isnt going to work every time, and thats why we see Tillman secure the shoulder of Pettigrew with his off-hand. If that ball doesnt come out, you make the tackle and move onto the next play. Thats football.However, as Tillman showed throughout his long run in the league, he follows through on the ball, pops it out and forces yet another fumble. No panic here; just technique. And a natural awareness from one of the best I have ever seen at stripping the rock. You want teaching tape? Watch Tillman. ' ' '