Kevin Cline Half of the nation’s top-10 teams were idle this weekend, but Florida State made sure the BCS standings stayed in flux with their convincing win over undefeated Miami. It was an exciting calm before this week’s highly-anticipated storm of elite match-ups. Alabama remained in the top spot at No. 1 for the third edition of this seasons rankings, but the …
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Kevin Cline When Kiko Alonso was selected by the Buffalo Bills in the second round of the NFL draft, there was very little fanfare. In fact, his selection provoked a fairly negative response from the Bills’ fans who were present at the time. Now, at Week 9 in the NFL season, Alonso has quickly become one of the most beloved …
Craig Strobeck With the Ducks enjoying extra preparation before next week’s Cardinalgeddon in Palo Alto, outside of a wild Northwestern vs Nebraska finish, the college football slate was fairly blasé. What more could one expect on a Duckless football Saturday than listless, unsatisfying competition? Here’s what November 2nd was really missing: 1. The Most Interesting Quarterback In The World — …
If you were looking for upsets this week then just stop reading now. We had many of the top teams on a bye week, while the others took care of business between the stripes. College football fans will have much to look forward to next week, as Alabama plays LSU and Oregon takes on Stanford. Don’t forget, we will have Baylor’s …
commons.wikimedia The ankle ligamentous sprain injury is the most common single type of acute sport trauma. Over the years, various preventive strategies have been implemented. However, a recent epidemiology revealed that ankle sprain injuries still dominated in sport injury, as it accounted for 14% of all attendance in an accident and emergency department. In the recent decade, the growing orthopaedic …
from Video Four weeks ago, I thought the Eagles had hit rock bottom with their 52-20 loss to Denver. If only . . . Part of that was the schedule. They had just lost to the dominant Broncos, the (still undefeated) Chiefs and the surprising Chargers. Ahead was a parade of cream puffs: the Giants, Tampa Bay, Dallas (less so), …
Craig Strobeck Now that we are closing in on the last third of the season, I thought I would take the chance to rank the top 5 match-ups I would like to see for Oregon. Most of these matchups are unlikely to happen, but a couple of them actually are a possibility. Having looked at the many teams and what …
Kevin Cline The next three months should be an exciting time for fans of Oregon football recruiting. With national signing day approaching, the Ducks are looking to round out their class with some elite players. While smart money is on Helfrich and company to put together a group that can rival the 2012 and 2013 classes, there is still a …
fantasyfootballwire.com For the player, there is nothing like a bye week to get the aches and pains healed. For the fan, there is nothing like a bye week to reintroduce your children to Daddy and find out if you’re still married. But you know as well as I that you aren’t going to spend the weekend working on Honey Do’s …
Kevin Cline Football Recruiting Commitments Following the 42-14 drubbing of visiting UCLA, Oregon received news of a commitment from southwest-based defensive lineman/linebacker Justin Hollins (3-Star/Arlington, TX). A longtime target of defensive coaches Ron Aiken and Don Pellum, Hollins, a stout 6-foot-5, 210 lbs., fits the mold of a young Dion Jordan and promises to follow in the footsteps of current drop-end Tony …
from Video We heard from ALL the coaches after the game about the extraordinary job done by our defense to hold UCLA to a couple of short-field scores, but HOW did they do it? Offensive players expressed their gratitude at how our “Green Wall” kept us in the game until they could get things untracked. At FishDuck.com, we have not …