Playing at Autzen Stadium in Eugene is tough enough. There’s 54,000 green and yellow and diamondplate-clad fans right on top of you, creating one of the noisiest atmospheres in all of college football.

Add on top of that, a very good football team with an offense that will give any defensive coordinator nightmares, and you’re in for a tough Saturday.

Now, add in one of the top running backs in the country, who has been reinstated from an 8-game suspension.

That’s what the Arizona State Sun Devils are facing this week when they travel to Eugene to play the 13th-ranked Oregon Ducks.

LeGarrette Blount, who made national headlines (and not the good kind) when he punched Boise State defensive end Byron Hout in the aftermath of the Ducks’ 19-8 season opening loss to the Broncos.

Blount was suspended for the season the next day by head coach Chip Kelly. He’s been practicing with the team ever since.

And now he’s been reinstated by Kelly for the Ducks’ last three games, including Saturday’s game against ASU. Blount ran for two touchdowns in Oregon’s 54-20 win in Tempe a year ago.

ASU head coach Dennis Erickson said he’s happy for Blount, and lauded Oregon for handling the situation the right way, but admitted it wasn’t all positive. “As far as we’re concerned, I’m not real excited about. But as far as he’s concerned, I am,” Erickson said. “That gives them a 1-2-3-4-5-6 punch, I guess.”