Great football players inevitably face a choice between leaving school early for the NFL draft or completing their education.Ā Itās a personal decision for each individual and most Duck fans support whichever direction the player goes, but the 2014 roster comes as a surprise to some of us.Ā Some Ducks, such as DeAnthony Thomas (DAT), should have stayed.Ā Ifo Ekpre-Olomu, ā¦
Recruiting is a merciless and often brutal component of the college football system. Ā Thereās no reason to sugar-coat it: the past couple weeks havenāt been ideal for the Ducks. Ā This is not going to be another article about Budda Baker. Ā There are plenty of those. Ā The fact is Baker is a great player and a great kid with a chance ā¦
Football Recruiting News Life along the recruiting trail is beginning to reach a fevered pitch as signing day draws near. Ā Oregonās 2014 class has seen some rocky moments over the last week but nonetheless figures to be one of the best in the country when all is said and done. Along with some familiar targets, the Ducks recently made moves ā¦
The woes on the hardwood continued for Oregon this past Sunday, as they dropped their fourth straight conference game to Oregon State.Ā After mirroring the best start in school history with 13 consecutive victories, what looked to be a promising season has quickly turned into a nightmareĀ of disarray for the Ducks. Coming into Sundayās game, an improvement on the defensive ā¦
CORVALLIS, OR ā The Ducks havenāt been playingĀ their best basketball as of late, and they continued their struggles against their next door neighbor and Civil War foe, the Beavers, on Sunday afternoon. Ā Oregon is the third-highest scoring squad in the nation, averaging 88.4 ppg, but tonight, their biggest strength was their biggest weakness. Both teams looked like they were ready ā¦
Ā Oh, the dreaded off season. Ā What do you want to talk about? Ā The biggest things we can focus on right now is āNational Signing Day,ā the ever changing Coaching Carousel, and how every team will go about re-loading after losing players to the NFL DRAFT. 1) Right now I am really impressed with new Texas Coach Charlie Strong. Ā He ā¦
The University of Oregon announced this week that former player and long-time assistant coach Don Pellum would be taking over as Defensive Coordinator. Ā This following the recent retirement of even longer time coach Nick Aliotti. Ā All Ducks fans wish Coach Pellum the very best of luck in what we hope will be a long and successful tenure running Oregonās defense. ā¦
The off season always brings about a deluge of coaching changes around the college football world. Ā Some coaches get fired during the season,Ā such asĀ Lane Kiffin at USC, but arenāt replaced until the dust has settled on the final games of the year, while others, like our very own Nick Allioti, retire gracefully after long, successful careers. No matter the situation, ā¦
News stories arenāt really the first draft of history ā theyāre snapshots that someone can go through later and use to piece together what happened. Ā No, itās year end review articles like this one that are the real first draft. Ā Please leave your edits and corrections in the comments. Chip Kelly was hired by the Philadelphia Eagles exactly one year ā¦
When news broke that Don Pellum was going to be Oregonās new defensive coordinator, a number of people asked me how it would affect recruiting. Ā āIt wonāt,ā I said, āthe thing to watch is whether or not John Neal stays put.ā Ā I was worried, since I knew that Neal really wanted that defensive coordinator position. Ā How would he react to ā¦
Basketball: a sport that many a casual fan judges merely by points scored. Ā Points, however, ultimately have little to do with final outcomes. Ā As we know, teams can score 90 points and lose, then score 65 and win. Ā This is a complex game where, as in many sports, many interdependent movements determine success. Ā The points scored result from,Ā not in spite ā¦
It has been fascinating to watch the college football world attempt to justify the myth that the SEC remained, by a large margin, the best conference in the country throughout the 2013 season. Ā In their eyes, this was the only (untouchable) view. This view has survived for a long time, and in fairness there have always been reasonably strong ā¦