EUGENE, Ore. — Shane Lemieux is from the country.



He’s a big, burly offensive lineman, a blue-collar player from blue-collar Yakima, Wash. He doesn’t consider himself flashy, yet he plays at a program known for its flash.



“Linemen can’t really be flashy,” he said. “In high school a lot of people told me that I was only going there for the uniforms.”



He wasn’t. Lemieux signed with Oregon because of then-offensive line coach Steve Greatwood and has stayed because he’s embraced new Ducks coach Mario Cristobal’s philosophy of physical, hand-in-the-dirt football.



But because Lemieux has spent three seasons in Eugene, he’s experienced the uniform part of the Oregon culture. He’s worn green and yellow and black and white and blue and, in one case, was part of a team that wore orange socks and facemasks in an attempt to resemble Oregon’s mallard mascot. The myriad uniform...