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  • 2013 Oregon Football ‘All-Dark Alley Team’

    Recently, I’ve been reading up on Duck foes for the upcoming football season. Oregon has what looks like a challenging and intriguing schedule laid out for their 2013 season.  They face Tennessee at Autzen stadium, and go on the road to Virginia, Washington and Stanford.  There …

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  • Measuring Up: Ducks vs. the SEC and other BCS powers

    As the 2013 off-season grinds along, it’s high-time to take a look at how the Ducks spring roster stacks up against 24 other programs in the country.  After all, the 2012 Fiesta Bowl champion Oregon Ducks were among the very largest in the country a season ago, …

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  • 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 …

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  • Meet Your New Ducks: The Jolly Green Giant

    Arik Armstead arrived in Eugene last spring as a blue chip recruit surrounded by a ton of hype and promise.  While he served his smaller role dutifully this past season, some fans were left wondering where that game-changing presence was like De’Anthony Thomas had shown …

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    Tyner Looms As Next Five-Star Challenge

    I have often wondered how big-time schools like USC can get so many five-star recruits, and limit them under their star potential.  For the most part, players earn their stars for a reason, but it is up to the coaches to make them realize that …

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  • Top breakout Candidates for Next Season

    With the loss of key players from last year’s Fiesta Bowl Championship team, Mark Helfrich will have his hands full this spring organizing the depth chart and finding replacements for those leaders on and off the field who have now moved on.  Here’s my take on the top breakout candidate from each …

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    Ducks Zone Blitz Attack De-Claws the ‘Cats Deep Passing Game

    Early in the Fiesta Bowl, Collin Klein and the Kansas State offense had success with short throws to help put together some lengthy drives.  My article last week described how the Duck defense stuffed the K-State option game when it counted in the first half, helping Oregon score …

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  • Why Arik Armstead should take notes from Seferian Jenkins

    Can you imagine having a body-pounding practice season that lasts from the beginning of summer all the way to the end of March, and on top of that traveling every other weekend for games?  Welcome to Arik Armstead’s life!  This true freshman is a rare multi-sport athlete playing …

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    Arik Armstead two-sport athlete

    In this day and age, athletes are often encouraged to focus solely on one sport when they enter college.  Don’t tell that to Arik Armstead, Oregon’s highly recruited defensive lineman who just wrapped up his Freshmen season playing for the Ducks football team.  Armstead has …

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