Oregon Ducks Recipe to go Deep into the Woods

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Following the 100-96 overtime thriller against the BYU Cougars Sunday night, Oregon is now off to their best start since the 2006-07 season, a season in which Aaron Brooks and company started 13-0 and reached the elite eight of the NCAA tournament. As one of the remaining 10 unbeaten teams in the country, the nation has begun to take notice …

Oregon Ducks Right Back on Track to Madness

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Craig Strobeck   The Oregon Ducks needed overtime to beat Ole Miss this past weekend but they emerged victorious in their first real road test of the season.  With the win, Oregon is now 8-0 and off to their best start since the 13-0 opening in 2006 — a team led by Aaron Brooks. Mississippi hit 15 three-pointers and guard Marshall …

BCS Bowl Hopes for Oregon Still Well Alive

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Kevin Cline The Oregon Ducks concluded the regular season this past weekend with a dramatic 36-35 victory over the Oregon State Beavers. The win gives the Ducks six straight victories over OSU and in that same span, they have now finished each of the past six seasons with at least 10 wins — tying Alabama for the longest current streak …

‘Cats Upset No. 5 Oregon in the Desert

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David Pyles Coming into Saturday’s game, the Oregon Ducks had five straight wins against Arizona, including two on the road. Yesterday, Ka’Deem Carey and the Wildcats made sure that streak didn’t continue, as Arizona raced past No. 5 Oregon to pull off the upset, 42-16. In Arizona’s biggest win in two decades, the Wildcats ended the Ducks’ national championship hopes …

BCS Standings: Oregon Falls, Alabama and FSU Hold Top Two Spots

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The Week 12 BCS standings were released Sunday, and it has cleared up a bit of the picture of who will be playing for the crystal football in early January. There are still four weeks of games left on most schedules – and considering what college football fans have endured thus far this year, the season is far from over. A …

BCS Week 11: The Game of Leapfrog Continues

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Kevin Cline Half of the nation’s top-10 teams were idle this weekend, but Florida State made sure the BCS standings stayed in flux with their convincing win over undefeated Miami.  It was an exciting calm before this week’s highly-anticipated storm of elite match-ups. Alabama remained in the top spot at No. 1 for the third edition of this seasons rankings, but the …

BCS Standings: Oregon Overtakes FSU for No. 2

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Kevin Cline After Week 9 of the college football season, the game of leapfrog continues in the top five for consecutive weeks now, as Oregon jumped Florida State to No. 2 in the second release of the BCS standings after an impressive win at home against the UCLA Bruins.   Both teams are still chasing the reign of No. 1 …

Alabama, Florida State and Oregon Top Initial BCS Standings

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Craig Strobeck The first official BCS standings for 2013 have arrived, and with no surprise, the undefeated and reigning national champion Alabama Crimson Tide is at No. 1.  However, the rest of the field saw significant change, as upsets and the notorious BCS computer calculations once again took over the world of college football. Florida State nudged out Oregon for the …

BCS Recap: Game, Thy Name is Consistency

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Cliff Grassmick We all love college football for a variety of reasons, one of those being the unpredictability the sport offers week-in and week-out.  This week had a perfect blend of blowouts and nail biters to make for an eventful weekend. The top 5 teams in the AP Poll remained the same for the fourth consecutive week, but this past …