How much of our defensive success is from strategy, and how much is from the players and their abilities? We often hear of Oregon changing up their defense to confuse their opponents, so today we look at two examples in this season’s game against Washington of how we changed, or “Stemmed”, our defense into another to create two big defensive …
“3 and out” is a generally informal, marginally educated, and completely biased look at the Oregon Ducks and their next opponent in a short and simple format. This week’s take: Arizona State Causes for concern Depth Check Oregon enters this game as short handed as they have been all season, and weeks like this demonstrate why making a point …
The winter of 2011 was a dark time for the Oregon faithful. Losing the National Championship weighed heavily on the minds of Duck fans, but it was not the primary source of their consternation. Nor was the realization that the Ducks had failed to capture the championship, despite having the country’s best team for the second time in four seasons. …
Nick Saban has had an incredible tenure at Alabama since 2007, with a 60-12 record, 2 National Championships, 2 SEC Championships, 2 Western Division SEC Titles, 2008 Unanimous Coach of the year and the list goes on and on. So why then would this well-experienced, well-tenured, very decorated head coach take a crack shot at the Oregon Football program? Maybe …
Oregon opened 1958 with a close loss to Ohio State in the Rose Bowl game. That game would be the final game for 11 seniors, including the entire starting backfield and most of the top offensive skill players. The 1958 season opened with a 27-0 shutout of Idaho. That shutout was the first of four shutouts by Oregon’s defense. …
If you would have told me the Big East would have three undefeated teams right now, I would have called you a liar and smacked you. Just when the Big East seemed to be down and out, they are putting on a show for college football. The Big-10 is just a mess this year and after watching its “top” teams …
In August, if someone said the Oregon Ducks would be undefeated at the halfway point of the season, chances are no one would have blinked. With a paper-thin non-conference schedule, and conference bottom dwellers to open PAC-12 play (plus five of the first six games at home), anything less than perfect would be viewed as a gigantic failure. So, what …
Exactly fifteen years to date, Oregon had gone from high to a low as they watched a 3-0 season start turn into a 3-3 devastation. Two of the three losses were games Oregon was in command for the majority of the time, but lost control of at the last minute. UCLA: so close, yet so far. It was October 11, …
8:00 a.m: Sesame Street Meets the Teletubbies. Educational. A bird on a Harley teaches Tinky Spanky the meanings of words and numbers. The word for today is “ass-kicking”. The number for today is “9”. 9:00 a.m: Fantasy Island. Fictional island where, if you can dream it, Mr. Sark can make it so. On this week’s episode a savagely …
Matt Knight Madness was featured at Matthew Knight Arena last night, and if you missed it, you missed out! The #5 Womens volleyball team played the Washington State Cougars, and they were followed with appearances by the Oregon Mens and Womens basketball teams. The PAC-12 has traditionally featured some of the best volleyball teams in the nation, and this year …
Outside of the Stanford game last year, Oregon’s biggest statement game under Chip Kelly was probably against UCLA on a Thursday night in 2010. The Bruins opened the game with a long drive into Oregon territory, and then took a shot downfield only to find John Boyett waiting for the ball. The Oregon offense got the ball, and took over. …
“3 and Out” is a completely informal, marginally educated, and completely biased look at the most current highs and lows of the Oregon Ducks and their next opponent in a short and simple format that should be easy enough for even an OS(U) or UW grad to read! This week’s take: Halftime! Three Down: 1. Injuries “If Jimmy didn’t have a bum ankle, …