After a long flight back from Texas Wednesday night, the Ducks basketball team was looking to put the triple-overtime loss suffered at UTEP in the rear view mirror as soon as possible. With a home game scheduled Saturday against Houston Baptist, the hangover from the disappointing defeat wouldn’t last long. Oregon jumped on the young Huskies early and cruised to …
Bowl season is still going strong after another two bowl games end in great fashion on Saturday. I don’t know what it is about bowl season, but every team plays like there is no tomorrow (but there is, the Mayans were wrong). If every game continues to keep coming down to the final drive or final play, then we are …
Let me start by saying that I have met a few pretty classy Beaver fans over the years. I have also met a few not so classy Oregon fans. However, the majority of Beaver fans I have met (and I have met a considerable amount) need to learn how to properly cheer for their team. So, welcome to Fan 101. …
November 19, 1989: We had just beaten the Beavers in the Civil War. Most seasons that would have been a good end to a season. This year we had a chance for more. I went to a local liquor store that I knew sold papers from around the country. (Remember, this was before there was a computer in everyone’s home.) I wanted to …
The Oregon Duck. You know the one: fluffy white feathers, big feet, good dancer. Always wears that infectious, if not permanent smile, even after hammering out a few hundred push-ups. The mascot for the University of Oregon has seen his popularity surge to unprecedented heights in the last decade. Largely attributable to entertaining gameday antics and a good-natured personality, combined …
Normally, a reserve guard for the Missouri Tigers going 1-for-7 on three-pointers while playing twenty minutes in a Tuesday night non-conference game would elicit as little interest as any topic that could be written about herein. However, the reserve guard in question isn’t just anyone, but once the most celebrated recruit to have signed with Oregon in nearly a decade, …
EL PASO — The Ducks battled back to take the lead in the second half of their game at UTEP Wednesday night, but failed to get key defensive stops down the stretch and missed chance after chance at the free throw line at the end of regulation and in overtime, in dropping a winnable game on the road Wednesday night, …
‘Twas the season of freshman quarterbacks, when all through the nation… not a defense could stop them, not even Nick Saban’s.” Ok, so a couple of defenses slowed them down, but you get the point. The impact that freshmen quarterbacks had on the 2012 college football season is undeniable. Johnny Manziel was the first freshman to ever win the Heisman …
Football Recruiting Offers Oregon has made a living playing cloak and dagger games, so why stop now? Recently opening his recruitment, offensive lineman Sean Dowling (3-Star/Fallbrook, CA) is receiving renewed interest from Eugene as signing day approaches. A 6’6″, 265 lb. trench dweller, Dowling’s signed LOI would be a solid late-hour get for the Ducks as he has the potential …
Although it may have been bested in 2010 with a perfect campaign, one-loss regular seasons at Oregon are the mark of something very special. In the 67 years since the end of World War II, only the 2001 and 2005 teams have done it. That makes the current season among Duck football’s best of the best. But I’ve got a …
The Fiesta Bowl wasn’t the original destination on Oregon’s itinerary, nor was it its backup plan, and now a trip to Phoenix for a BCS game has become somewhat of a consolation prize for the nation’s newest elite football program. Unlike nearly every other BCS matchup, the Fiesta Bowl immediately brought a load of intrigue to the college football world …
Driven to greatness, brains and brawn: Nick Cody Another in a series from our friends at Mighty Oregon. An interview with senior offensive guard, Nick Cody. By Dusty Ritter “He’s not the most talented athlete out there. He’s not the biggest, the fastest, the strongest guy, but he knows what’s going on out there, and is able to put himself …