The Stanford loss, like most of our losses over the last few years (Auburn, LSU, USC) seems to boil down to getting beat in the trenches. We’ve had some great players on both lines through the years, but we rarely seem to land commitments from the elite players at DT or on the O-line that USC, Ohio State, and even …
Sunday night’s final BCS rankings did not hold any surprises for Oregon, with the Ducks moving up one spot to #4, as expected, and punching their ticket for the Fiesta Bowl against the Kansas State Wildcats. The same cannot be said for the entire BCS, however, as Northern Illinois’s surprise move into #15 and thus BCS eligibility caught many (including …
Many of coach Chip Kelly’s philosophies have captured the imagination of the college football world. Fans and coaches alike are fascinated with Oregon’s use of the hurry up offense on steroids, four-panel picture signs to quickly communicate information to the players on the field, intense conditioning by way of hyper-speed practices and of course; in short, the continued development of …
The #5 Oregon Ducks Women’s Volleyball team hosted the first round of the NCAA tournament on Friday and Saturday night, something they have not done since 1986. They won both of their matches in convincing fashion, posting 3-0 victories against both the Northern Colorado Bears and the Dayton Flyers. Because it has been as long as it has since the …
Win The Day. It’s the mantra of Oregon Football – brought aboard by Chip Kelly the day he became head coach. According to Kelly, that mantra is not just a slogan or some abstract idea, it’s a culture. To have that culture sustain itself, it needs what Kelly refers to as “culture keepers“, players who help the legacy of that …
Championship Week has come and gone, and it was a good one. Well, a good one for Alabama fans, but a weekend to forget if for Georgia fans. The SEC title game was one of the games of the year, while the Big Ten title game was one to forget. As for the ACC title game, I was going to …
Dateline East Philomath: (AP) Chaos broke out in the back woods last Saturday when an Oregon State Beaver fan, overcome with what was happening on the field, spontaneously combusted. A mop and bucket brigade were dispatched forthwith to Section 125, where the unfortunate event took place. While at first the identity of the Beaver fan pictured above was …
On Sunday the BCS match-ups will be released, with Oregon’s opponent in the Fiesta Bowl (this, of course is assuming the Ducks make it, which at this point is a 99.9% certainty) likely being either the Kansas State Wildcats or the hated Sooners of Oklahoma. Both are formidable foes, but the biggest opponent Oregon will face this bowl season will …
