Published on: 23rd August, 2010
(To preface this article I would just like you to know that I will also be doing a best-case scenario and a piece on what I believe will actually transpire for the Oregon Ducks in this upcoming season. I know many of you will not enjoy what I have to ...Published on: 13th August, 2010
Pac-10 champs? Heisman Trophy candidates? National Championship challengers? I don’t know about you but I am not used to so much preseason hype for the Oregon Ducks. Just five years ago the Ducks were a good home-field team that were better known for producing NFL flops (see Smith, Harrington). Five years ago USC was ...Published on: 3rd December, 2009
Well, well, well, it all comes down to the 113th edition of the Civil War. Win and head to Pasadena, California for New Years, and a little thing called the Rose Bowl. Lose, and, well, your heart is broken and you will live in infamy as the one who lost ...Published on: 24th November, 2009
If there were one word that could describe the mood on the University of Oregon campus, it would be confident. In fact, students and players alike are oozing it. It is everywhere. It is impossible to go on campus and not be smacked in the face with it. It is a great ...Published on: 19th November, 2009
Did you hear that noise late last Saturday night? That was the University of Oregon breathing a collective sigh of relief. After being kicked in the groin by Stanford, Oregon responded by getting back to what it has become accustomed to: winning. The Stanford loss sent a shock of vulnerability through Duck ...Published on: 13th November, 2009
Students here at the University of Oregon are obsessed with LeGarrette Blount. The infatuation with Blount that has developed over the past two seasons has persisted through thick and thin, and has grown through tragedy. He came to Oregon as a relative unknown, transferring from a tiny community college in Mississippi where ...Published on: 9th November, 2009
LeGarrette Blount is back. Yes, that LeGarrette Blount. His return has been expected for quite some time, but no body knew for sure if Chip Kelly was going to allow it. Kelly had been waiting for Blount to show that he deserved to come back from suspension, and apparently Blount has ...Published on: 7th November, 2009
In the aftermath of the destruction of the USC Trojans, there has only been one thing on the mind of the University of Oregon student body: The ever-elusive Rose Bowl. As proof of the Rose Bowl madness setting in, immediately following the USC game, parties began to spring up everywhere around ...Published on: 3rd November, 2009
By now, everybody in the nation knows what happened at Autzen stadium on Saturday night. Oregon completely dismantled the mighty USC Trojans and embarrassed a proud and mighty institution, etc. That being said, only a few thousand know exactly what transpired on that night inside the raucous Autzen stadium. Not to discredit ...Published on: 30th October, 2009
Now that the student ticket catastrophe has blown over and those of us left with out a ticket for the USC game have come to terms with reality, the Oregon campus is finally bursting with excitement. The switch from anger to jubilation may have been sparked on Wednesday afternoon as Oregon’s ...