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  • You Can Have Whatever You Like

    Sitting in the stands with my brother and his fiance in Section 33, I often stare down at the field, amazed by our offense.  Like most fans, the second they step on the field I am on my feet, antsy to see which rabbit gets …

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  • Helfrich Needs a Nickname

    Every great coach has a nickname.  The Mad Hatter and Big Balls Chip are a few, but I have a feeling Mark Helfrich will earn one soon.  With the charisma and charm he has, it won’t take Helfrich long for something to latch on.  I …

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  • Oregon Recruiting Blueprint: The Sales Pitch

    This is the conclusion of a 9-part recruiting manifesto.  This piece looks at the sales pitch, an important piece to any recruiting blueprint.  Below are the previous parts of this manifesto: Part 1: What Happened in 2012-2013 Part 2: What Went Wrong Part 3: What …

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  • Rodrigues or Lockie: Both look to back up The Man

    On Saturday, Oregon fans got their first glimpse of the two men vying for Oregon’s backup quarterback spot in Jeff Lockie and Jake Rodrigues.  While both men impressed statistically, one thing became even clearer during the game: The incumbent, Marcus Mariota, is getting even better …

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  • Chip Moves On — We Move On

    Dateline Monday April 1.  It’s two o’clock in the morning’s wee hours and a headline catches my eye: KELLY RETURNING TO OREGON.  With my semi-conscious brain sufficiently jolted, it took me a moment to see it for what it was — an April Fools prank.  It …

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  • Oregon Recruiting Manifesto Part 5: What the Future Holds

    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 …

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  • From Helfrich: “Why We Closed Practices”

    I am disappointed with coach Helfrich’s decision to close practices, but it is fair that I give his side of it a bit more than I did in my earlier article.  I wish to emphasize that while I made a joke of how we were …

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    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 …

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  • Chip And Team

    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.  …

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  • 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 …

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