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    An Open Letter To Chip Kelly

    Dear Coach Kelly, By now most Duck fans seem resigned to the notion of the Fiesta Bowl being your last game as Oregon’s coach. In the media and at the proverbial water cooler, your visor has long been packed for the National Football League. And …

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  • Mourning One of Oregon’s Greatest Seasons

    Although it may have been bested in 2010 with a perfect campaign, one-loss regular seasons at Oregon are the mark of something very special. In the 67 years since the end of World War II, only the 2001 and 2005 teams have done it. That …

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  • The Impossible Dream: What Winning A National Championship Would Mean

    In 1984, Brigham Young University won the Holiday Bowl. It wasn’t a marquee January bowl game, let alone any kind of championship – or so people thought. The game was held before the traditional marquee of New Year’s Day. Many in the college football world, …

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  • John McKay, John Robinson, and the USC-Oregon coaching tree

    In 1959, Oregon was only a year removed from its first Rose Bowl appearance in 39 years. Coach Len Casanova had, after three losing seasons to begin his tenure from 1951-54, built the Ducks into a consistent winner. Although the 1958 season had been a …

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  • In 113 years of Ducks-Huskies, Oregon’s time is now

    As the Ducks and Huskies get ready to renew a rivalry that began in 1900 (with a 43-0 Ducks victory), there is a lot to play for, be it for this year’s squads with bowl and championship dreams, or as another chapter in a more …

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  • FishDuck Game Review: Flags Fly As Ducks Cruise Past Golden Eagles

    There is no cheering in the Autzen Stadium press box. No asking for autographs from players, or having your photo taken with players or coaches. It is the third rail in the life of a sports reporter, do not touch it. There is no wearing …

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  • Winged Victory: Oregon’s Uniforms Balance Boldness and Restraint

    As Oregon’s 2012 season began on Saturday, not only were quarterback Marcus Mariota and a host of new Ducks making their playing-field debuts, but so was the latest generation in Oregon’s constantly-evolving collection of uniforms. After debuting a shiny metallic helmet with a winged-feather pattern …

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  • Forgiving Cam Newton: After Cancer, A Duck Fan’s Changed Perspective

    If you had told me on the morning of January 11, 2011 that I’d ever be ready to forgive Cam Newton, I’d have asked how your straightjacket is fitting. But just as we sometimes end up learning something cold but truthful about our team sometimes …

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  • Icons don’t need nametags: Oregon’s new helmets reconsidered

    I once heard former Notre Dame coach Lou Holtz say he wished he could have put the school’s ND logo onto the helmet (in order to mark his era and signify moving forward), but that the tradition of the wordless Golden Dome inspired helmets, free …

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  • Thomas’ Rose Bowl 91-yarder joins shortlist of Oregon’s most transcendent touchdowns

    There it was: all those years of rooting and hoping, all the dreams and disappointments and surprises, and suddenly one ten-second moment transforms your whole world as a Ducks football fan. The first quarter of the Rose Bowl was just about in the books with …

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