Chip Kelly Update: Next Steps

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This is the slow season for NFL teams that aren’t in the Super Bowl, and many coaches and players are escaping this snowy winter on tropical islands.  But no Chip Kelly-watcher is surprised that he is already diligently working to beef up his squad in free agency and the draft.  Kelly told a reporter that he and his staff has …

“Nerd Nation” Hangs on to Down Ducks

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After three-and-half quarters of domination, the Stanford Cardinal barely outlasted a furious Oregon comeback, to win 26-20.  Coach David Shaw said “in the back of my mind, all of us, everybody in this room, you all know they were going to make a run.  That’s who this team is.  We were ready for it, we knew it was going to …