Until Oregon’s recent payback win over Stanford, when the Ducks shot 48% from the field, its outside shooting woes and stagnant offensive production have been well-chronicled, especially in the nine-game absence of point guard Dominic Artis. The offensive scouting report on Oregon? “Pay close attention to Singler, Dotson, and Emory on the perimeter, but dare Loyd and everybody else to …
Midweek games usually showcase extended relief outings, with mediocre pitching and uninspired offense – unless you have a pitching staff like Oregon’s. The #6 Ducks were pressed to find a fourth starter for their Tuesday night matchup with Portland at PK Park, especially since typical fourth-starter Jeff Gold’s last appearance ended when a comebacker drilled him in the ankle. Head Coach …
Football Recruiting News Oregon’s backfield draw continues to illuminate marquee preps. One such senior-to-be, tailback Jonathan Hilliman (NR/Jersey City, NJ) claims an Oregon offer this past season and enters 2014 as one of the nation’s elite runners. “I have to get out there see what Oregon has to offer,” said Hilliman. “I’m pretty interested in them… seeing the success they’ve had bringing out …
Special teams has played an important role in the past 20 years of Oregon football. Specifically, Oregon fans, players, and coaches take great pride in the kicking game. During the great era of the mid-90’s – mid-2000’s rise to fame, the Oregon Faithful saw lots of successful kickers split the uprights. One in particular saw his persistence pay off, …
As Charles Dickens once wrote in a Tale of Two Cities, “It was the best of times, it was the worst of times…it was the season of Light, it was the season of Darkness…,” which seems to sum up the Oregon men’s basketball season to a T. Sometimes a loss can show you how much a team has improved. In …
How does Oregon get so many two point conversions? We have a variety of plays that we have used over the years on extra points, and the Swinging Gate Formation is just one of the reasons Oregon puts the “Special” in special teams. In every aspect of Oregon football we can see an attack style mentality, including after we score …
The Oregon Women’s Lacrosse team played their season opener at the newly constructed Papé Field last Saturday against the Dartmouth Big Green. The only previous match the Ducks had against the Big Green was in March of 2011, which ended in a 12-10 loss for the Ducks. Nine players from the 2011 season returned to take on Dartmouth this weekend. …
Keeping up with the trend set in yesterday’s article, it seems as if Oregon has gotten into a habit of getting their offense in the most unconventional fashions. After getting six runs on just two hits a day before, the Ducks pushed across six more runs on a beautiful afternoon at PK Park. However, all six runs were credited as unearned runs. …
Seasoned baseball fans have probably seen some wacky things happen on the diamond. From deflected outs, to runners passing each other on the bases, the random feel to baseball is something that most fans treasure. Today’s game had one of the weirdest final box scores I’ve ever seen. Oregon (5-1) beat LMU (3-3) on Saturday afternoon by a score of …
Johnathan Loyd had heard it all. The whispers. The comments. The tweets. How he couldn’t shoot, how other teams don’t guard him, how the Ducks have gone straight downhill without Dominic Artis, and on and on. Going scoreless in a heartbreaking loss to California two nights earlier, didn’t help. But Saturday against Stanford, in a game the Ducks had to …
Sunday night is America’s Night at the Movies. It’s the night when glamour meets art and Tommy Lee Jones celebrates with the industry that made him rich. A look at some of the best picture nominees: Silver Linings Playbook: This movie is about a young man who comes unhinged at a football game. We wouldn’t know anyone like that. …
We all know how Ted Miller and the ESPN Pac-12 Blog hate the overuse of the transitive property. You can read about it here (among lots of other places). Could Ted Miller and all the posters on the football blogs be WRONG about this? For as long as all of us have been on the web, it has been assumed as fact …