LaMichael James follows a record-breaking trail from Oregon to the 49ersThe day it happened was a memorable one, September 3rd, 2011. Outside, the thermometers in Dallas had been registering triple digits, a humid-but-windy true “Texas heat.” For those who haven’t had the pleasure, try to imagine the feel of standing in a wind tunnel fed …
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Pac-12′s Biggest Loser: ’08 Washington vs ’11 Oregon StateNo, this isn’t a feature on an offseason weight loss competition insprired by a popular TV show matching two historically feeble football rivals. Sorry if that is what you were expecting based on the title, as funny as that might be to imagine. Instead, consider this as a head-to-head battle between …
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OREGON DUCKS FOOTBALL: Spring Game Take Away / Throw AwayIt can be difficult to discern exactly what to make of a football team after taking in the 15th of the allotted 15 spring practice sessions. Some say that you can’t put too much into any of it, what with kickoff of the first game still …
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THE OREGON SPRING GAME: 7 Ducks You Need To WatchFinally! We are allowed to go back inside!! The Annual Oregon Spring Game is upon us. Yes, you read that right, we are now just mere HOURS away! Congratulations to all of you fellow Duck fan “survivors.” As my good friend “Fitz” likes to say, we …
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Oregon Ducks Football: Good Cop/Bad Cop with the 7 Toughest Matchups in 2012The line between a team achieving a 12-2 dream season and an 8-5 “rebuilding year” is probably much narrower than many of us would like to admit. If the Oregon Ducks are fortunate enough to win a 4th consecutive Pac-10/12 conference crown in football this …
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Oregon Ducks Football: Counting Down the 7 Most Menacing MallardsDo “Top 5″ lists leave you feeling empty inside, wanting more? But, you don’t have enough time, before your boss catches you to click through another exhausting, lengthy and predictable “Top 10″ slideshow? Well, look no further! Yeah, you read the title correctly. Introducing the …
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Great Seasons in Duck History: 1998 – Akili Smith’s Time To ShineIn the years prior to the 1998 season, the Oregon Ducks football team had seen it’s share of exceptional quarterback play. Players like Shy Huntington, Norm Van Brocklin, Dan Fouts, Reggie Ogburn, Chris Miller, Bill Musgrave, and Danny O’neil were some of the notable names generally …
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Tales From The Pit: #16 Oregon 68 – #1 UCLA 66On a brisk Saturday afternoon in Eugene on January 6th, 2007, two early Pac-10 title contenders clashed in an epic game at storied MacArthur court. The 2:00 pm tipoff had been much anticpated, as the two teams were both nationally ranked in …
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Tales From The Pit: Oregon 56 – #1 UCLA 51On the eve of February 16, 1974 University of Oregon students camped out in hopes of securing a coveted ticket to watch the home town Ducks take on top-ranked UCLA, a team who was coming off of it’s 7th straight NCAA Championship and had posted back …
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Tales From The Pit: NIT Oregon 77 – Colorado 72March 17th, 2004 was the last time the Ducks found themselves playing in the first round of the NIT tournament. That year, the 16-12 Ducks had drawn the 18-11 Buffaloes from the Big-12. The Ducks were playing post-season March basketball again, and were coming off of just the second stretch of …
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