I originally wrote the First Look series of articles in March for Duck Sports Authority. I had been so busy with those duties and work I had never been able to get the time to update the blog with this articles...Now they are on here, but, of course, things change after a couple of months. So, as things change I may give brief updates. In this particular case, Fresno State lost one of their key of

In the final piece of our 12 part early look at the 2012 schedule and the Ducks opponents, today, we move forward to the Civil War. This game made national headlines for two seasons as the Beavers entered the game with a chance at the Rose Bowl in 2008 and 2009. As the Ducks rose in national prominence, however, this game became an afterthought on the national landscape as the Ducks won easi...

In this continuing series from Duck Sports Authority, we continue to take a "sneak peak" at the 2012 opponents for the Oregon Ducks. As the 2012 regular season nears its conclusion, the team Oregon has kept out of the Rose Bowl and beyond for the previous two seasons, the Stanford Cardinal, come to Autzen Stadium to face the Ducks.Stanford has played the Ducks tough for 3 consecutive years. I

After facing an extremely talented USC team on the road, the Ducks will have to travel for a second week in a row. The tenth game of the 2012 season will be a road tilt with the California Golden Bears.As we continue our first look at the 2012 season for the Ducks, today Duck Sports Authority brings you a first look at the California Golden Bears.KEY STORYLINE:Coaching Upheaval. The Golden Be

The game of the year in the Pac-12 falls next for the Ducks. After giving you a first glance at the Ducks first eight opponents of the 2012 season, Duck Sports Authority continues to preview the 2012 season, game-by-game.If all goes according to plan, the Ducks will meet the Trojans at the Coliseum with both teams entering the contest undefeated and with dreams of a BCS National Championship

In this continuing series from Duck Sports Authority, we continue to look at each of the Ducks 2012 football opponents. After a Thursday night game at Arizona State, the Ducks will get a mini-bye week with 10 days to prepare for their next opponent; the Colorado Buffaloes. This will be the first trip for Colorado to Autzen as a member of the Pac-12 conference. This will be the first trip to A...

As we continue to take an early look at each of the Ducks opponents during the upcoming season we turn our attention to game number seven of 2012; a trip to Tempe, Arizona to face the Sun Devils of Arizona State.After their first bye week of the season, the Ducks will face Arizona State on a Thursday night in Arizona.As has been the case seemingly every week in the 2012 season, the Ducks will

Today Duck Sports Authority continues to take an early look at the 2012 schedule. So far we have given you a sneak peak at the first five games of the 2012 season. Playing at home for the fifth time in the first six weeks of the season, after what may be an almost neutral site game in Seattle to face the Washington State Cougars, the Ducks face Washington at Autzen on October 6 in what promis...

Continuing our look at each of the opponents the Ducks will face in 2012, today Duck Sports Authority brings to you a first look at the first road game the Ducks will play in 2012. After four consecutive home games to open the 2012 season, the Ducks will make their first road trip to Seattle to play Washington State on September 29th next season. This is a blessing in disguise as the Ducks wi...

Continuing our look at each of the opponents the Ducks will face in 2012, today Duck Sports Authority brings to you a first look at the first conference opponent the Ducks will face in 2012. After three non-conference opponents all facing an uphill battle, a storyline that will be seemingly the same every week faces Oregon in their first conference game; coaching change. In four of their firs