Football Recruiting Offers In an offense that is predicated on speed, Oregon’s recent additions of interior brawn have only continued to bolster the relentless up-tempo “Blur.” Offensive line coach Steve Greatwood is ensuring future trench battles go the Ducks way with an offer extension to Tyrell Crosby (NR/Henderson, NV). Standing 6’4″ and carrying a playing weight of 298 lbs., Crosby’s …
Will Helfrich unleash the beasts?
Featured Photo © Kevin Cline Photography There are a couple of players on Oregon’s roster that make people scratch their heads. Not the players themselves, but the way they have been utilized; or underutilized, as the case may be. For some reason, coach Kelly liked to keep some of his more high profile players like an ace up his …
The Secret I Could Not Tell…Until Now
“The media in this state HATES Chip Kelly.” I could not believe my ears as I was talking to a former television anchor sportscaster in Oregon. He was in my office in the fall of 2011, and what he told me was depressing and astounding. Remember — at that time I was just beginning to produce what now has become …
Thanks for the Dance, Good Things Ahead
For the Oregon men’s basketball team, the dance ended on Friday with a 77-69 loss to Louisville. The Ducks played a good game but they were playing the number one overall seed in the tournament and simply could not keep up. The Cardinal’s Kevin Ware was explosive and their defense was able to keep the ball away from Oregon for …
OREGON RECRUITING MANIFESTO Part 4: A Philosophical Shift
This multi-week series will attempt to take a reasonable, logical and unbiased look at Oregon’s recent recruiting successes and failures while analyzing the program’s recruiting philosophy under Chip Kelly. The series will then look at how that philosophy already has and may continue to evolve under Mark Helfrich before ending with a detailed breakdown of the author’s ideal recruiting blueprint. …
The Day We Have Been Waiting For – Football!!!
Feature Picture Photo by Kevin Cline Football is back. Well, tomorrow it’s back…but it’s back. A football fan lives one of the most stressful lives of any sports fan. While the season is full of excitement, turmoil, hope, and letdown, the excruciating months of the offseason begin to take their toll. The Ducks football team will begin spring practice …
Notes from around the college football nation: Spurrier jabs ESPN and Johnny Manziel makes headlines…again.
Spring football is here but I still can not shake the March Madness. Seeing the playoff atmosphere for the college basketball scene gets me even more pumped for when the college football playoffs arrive! Here is a full list of when practices begin and spring games will occur…something to help plan out your spring break. Let’s get into some news …
Huskies Turn To Dust as Oregon Finishes Sweep of Washington
The Ducks have been hot-hot-hot over the past two weeks, and after a beautiful day up here in the Willamette Valley Oregon completed its second consecutive conference series sweep by smacking the dismal Washington Huskies, 6-0. This game had plenty of bright spots: a fantastic offensive performance from coach Horton’s small ball run factory, and a dominant outing from Oregon’s …
From Hardwood To Hard Hits, Armstead’s Development Continues
As the final seconds of Oregon’s Sweet 16 loss to Louisville ticked off the clock Friday night, one member of the Ducks squad knew that while the basketball season may have come to an end, the real work was about to begin. Arik Armstead gets no rest. Back in Eugene, football is in the air once again, and the big …
Ducks Edge Huskies In Tight Game Two
Well it wasn’t a totally lost day for Ducks fans. Just after the Oregon basketball team fell to top seeded Louisville, the Oregon baseball team redeemed the day with a close 1-0 win over the hated Washington Huskies. After taking UW to extra innings the day before, the Duck offense fizzled out throughout most of the game, but got literally …
Louisville too much for the Ducks in Sweet 16 win
It was a hard fought battle for the Oregon Ducks, who lost to the Louisville Cardinals 77-69 in the Sweet 16 Friday night. Many analysts had Oregon as being extremely overmatched in this contest; while they were overmatched in some facets of the game, they managed to put up a valiant effort against arguably the best team in NCAA basketball …
Surprising Things I Learned from the Oregon/Louisville Game
I learned last night that our Ducks can stay with a very good Louisville team. Nine times out or ten we’re going to go down to defeat to them, but we played them tough, won the game over the last 37 minutes, and comported ourselves well in a Sweet 16 game. We also covered the spread, which did me no …
