After a dominating win against Coppin State, the Oregon Ducks kept the winning streak alive against Juwuan Howard Jr. and the Detroit Titans. With eight minutes left in the first half the Ducks and Titans were in a slug fest going at each other’s throats with a flare of 3-points shots and easy lays ups. Toward the end of the …
Devon Allen, along with the rest of his team, has been through a lot recently. The two toughest defenses in the Pac-12 in back-to-back weeks would cause a lot of wear and tear for anyone, but for the Ducks, Stanford and Utah packed a special punch. If the injuries to Pharaoh Brown and Hroniss Grasu weren’t enough, the Ducks have …
The closer it gets, the more fathomable the dream of a title becomes. Win the final two regular season games against arguably the conference’s two worst teams. Get healthy, then a neutral-site matchup against whoever emerges from that clustered South division in a stadium that the Ducks are the only college football team to ever win a game in the …
Four-star football recruit Dillon Mitchell, who committed to Oregon earlier this year, announced yesterday via Twitter that he plans to play basketball for the University as well. Mitchell, the speedy Junior WR is highly touted for his football skills, but many argue that his true value is actually on a basketball court. The junior stud has 25 touchdowns and 2,238 all …
Let it be said that a team is not going to beat the Ducks by being defensively-oriented. Stanford, the second best defense in the country at the time, lost to Oregon by 29. The Ducks beat the best and the second-best pass rushing teams by a combined 49 points. An opponent simply can’t just have a good defense and expect to beat the Ducks, it’s not …
Eager to prove the experts who ranked Oregon as the eighth best team in the PAC 12 wrong, Joseph Young came out firing. The senior transfer missed his very first shot of the game, a dunk, but then proceeded to shoot 8-11 in the first half, including making 5-7 three point attempts. Young was finally taken out the game with 6:28 left to play, finishing …
It’s Friday. Up here in Alpine Nirvana, you know, five hours straight north from the home of the Gonzaga Bulldogs, a gaggle of Ducks fans sit, fidgeting nervously, wondering what to do with their new-found free time this weekend. Yes, we — Ducks fans that is — are everywhere, even in Kaslo, British Columbia, a tiny, isolated village that’s like …
It is a much-needed bye week for your Oregon Ducks as they catch their breath after the Utah game. Oregon defeated the Utes handily, and without any bizarre or memorable plays. Except for the one I can’t watch enough. Now would be the time to ponder the playoffs, and see what may be ahead for the Ducks as they approach …
The College Football Playoff Committee unveiled their rankings last night and the Ducks moved up into the number two slot. Oregon hopped an undefeated Florida State and there is a realistic possibility that Oregon could take over the number one ranking following this weekend. Though Oregon is idle then, this Saturday could have a huge impact on how the playoff …
As Duck fans we are biased. We’re also fanatical, Hawaiian-crazy, freshmen-frenzied football fans who are in the midst of watching one of the many great Duck teams and Duck players of all time. Watching Marcus Mariota slash and gash defenses for touchdown after touchdown is not something we should get used to since players as good as he is only come around …
Football Recruiting Writer’s Note Oregon’s 51-27 drubbing over Utah came with a steep price. One of my all-time favorite Ducks, center Hroniss Grasu, didn’t pop right up after one of his patented pocket blocks. Inching closer to the edge of my favorite recliner at the fire station, I found myself saying… “Why him?!” Now, five days removed from “dropscore,” We, The …
It was 1918. After years of unimaginable horror in the trenches of Belgium and France, the Great War ground to a halt. Millions of men and women in uniform — and countless civilians — had perished. The world stood aghast, sighed and buried its fallen. Back home, President Woodrow Wilson proclaimed the 11th day of the 11th month as Armistice …