Football Recruiting News Last Tuesday night, I was catching up on some reading when I received a report alert via my iPhone. “Thomas Tyner decommits…” I was floored. Yet, after the initial 10 seconds of shock, I thought, “Oh, he’ll be back.” That moment of peaceful wisdom was confirmed not two days later when Tyner (4-Star/Beaverton, OR/Rivals#6RB) recommitted after taking some …
Can you believe that it’s time to be watching basketball again? It doesn’t seem so long ago that we were tracking how our beloved Ducks were performing in the NIT! The ride is about to start and if you’re like me then you’re eager to see our Ducks play and get into the post season. What’s in store this year? …
I do not know where Chip Kelly comes up with all these new wrinkles, but as someone who studies his Offense, I find that it has become an analyst’s paradise with each weekly discovery. The Arizona State game was particularly subject rich, as we saw formations, motions and plays from nearly two years ago, last year…and NEVER BEFORE SEEN. We …
Say what you want about Chip Kelly, but in his 3+ years at Oregon, one common theme has emerged: His teams – after finding themselves up by 30, 40, even 50 points in two quarters – have played conservative second halfs more often than not. As far as I’m concerned, it’s time for that to stop. On Thursday night, as …
1964 brought one of the most significant changes to the layout of college football in the history of the game. That year, the NCAA erased the rule requiring its athletes to play on both sides of the ball, marking a return to the so-called ‘two-platoon system.’ This rule change was quite significant, because it allowed players to specialize and focus …
After this week, we can really see who made a statement to be in the title game. We can pretty much take West Virginia out of all title and Heisman talks…welcome to the BIG-12. SEC looks to place at least two teams in the BCS…so what else is new? After this week we are definitely in for a true offense …
October 25, 1997 Renowned Los Angeles Memorial Coliseum: deep in tradition, short on victories for past Oregon teams. In the previous 26 years, Oregon had only a single victory on Trojan Turf – the jumpstart their most improbable turnaround to the 1994 season en route to the Rose Bowl. Three years later, Oregon (coming off a great win over Utah) …
There are 8766 hours in a broadcast year. If you agree with me that the 3-0 Oregon State/Pittsburgh Apparently the Pirates Sun Bowl can only be shown so many times, there are a lot of hours that need to be filled. Seeing Rick Neuheisel on a continuous loop does great harm to my blood pressure so I have come up …
It’s too early, I know. There are five games left, I get it. But after last night, my God…it’s hard not to think “what if” when envisioning an Oregon vs. “whoever-survives-the-SEC” matchup. This is not your father’s Oregon Ducks. Hell, it’s not your slightly older brother’s Oregon Ducks. This is something different. This is something…special. The final score may have read …
It was SUPPOSED to be the first real test for both teams, SUPPOSED to be either the next step towards a championship or validation for a new regime, SUPPOSED to be another typical Thursday thriller continuing the long-standing trend of upsets and nail-biters, SUPPOSED to be a lot of things. In the end it proved very little, except that Oregon …
As I sat with of my friends in Autzen Stadium, our anticipation was high. The 2012 version of Oregon versus Washington was about to start. We stood at our seats in Section 26 . Once again the stadium speakers screamed “Kenny Wheaton is gonna score!” Like the other 50,000 Duck fans at Autzen Stadium two weeks ago, we laughed and cheered. As …
For Duck fans who haven’t been hitting refresh on their Twitter every 30 seconds for the past 36 hours, here’s what you missed: Thomas Tyner, senior running back for Aloha (OR) High School, announced on Twitter that he was re-opening his recruiting process, and decommitting from Oregon. His decision is likely based on an Oregon Football policy that prohibits commits …