Another week, another "big game" for the Ducks. After dismantling the previously 3rd ranked Stanford Cardinal on the road last week, the Ducks return home for their third high profile match-up in a row. On tap this week, the USC Trojans. USC comes into the game on a roll winning five of their last six games with the only loss a triple overtime thriller to the aforementioned Stanford team. USC...
Read More
Scott Reed
Author Posts
A Look Back at Saturday around the Pac-12Oregon-StanfordOffense: The offense started slowly taking over a quarter to get into the positive yardage. Even with the slow start, the Ducks were able to capitalize on an early Stangord miscue and take an 8-0 lead despite having -1 total yards after scoring. From there, though, the Ducks dominated putting up 388 yards on the final 3 quarters. Had t
Read MoreOkay all, THIS is the time of year where tailgating should be good... our two biggest home games coming up... this one a 5PM start... so the tailgating will be at the PERFECT time of day for a real great time.Any of you that were at the two tailgates last year where jambalaya was served do NOT want to miss this game! That's right ladies and gentlemen, it IS jambalaya time... for this game do
Read MoreThree Plays That Made the Difference: Stanford In a game that was billed as the most important game of the 2011 Pac-12 season, there were literally dozens of plays that were critical to the outcome, I have looked at 3 plays that were momentum changers which turned the tide in favor of the Ducks. Without these plays, the outcome could have been drastically different.ONE:1st Quarter, 9:00The Ducks...
Read MoreIn the second part of our look at the Oregon-Stanford match-ups, today Duck Sports Authority brings you the defensive side of the ball.DEFENSIVE ENDSStanford: Stanford runs out of a base 3-4 defense. The defensive ends in their scheme are senior Matt Masifilo (6'3", 280) and Ben Gardner (6'4", 273) a redshirt sophomore. Gardner is the more active of the two with 23 tackles, 6.5 tackles for los
Read MoreIn what has become the "norm" for Oregon, there is yet another "game of the year" on tap for the Ducks. This week, that game is Stanford. The difference, though, is that this game was circled on fans and media's calendar as the "game of the year" in the Pac-12 Conference ever since the schedule was announced. Stanford is coming off of another victory having taken care of the Beavers last week...
Read MoreI am not going to delve too deep into the scandal that has rocked a once proud program. But I do have my opinions and feel the need to share them with the readers.It's interesting that two weeks ago I wrote an article about Knowing When To Fold. That was right after the Colorado Oregon game and I felt at the time that Joe Paterno should retire at the end of this season. Wow, what a shocker the way
Read MoreA Look Back at Saturday around the Pac-12Oregon-WashingtonOffense: LaMichael James, wearing a bulky elbow brace for the second consecutive game, seemed to be his old self again Saturday as he carried the ball 25 times for 153 yards. As a team, the Ducks had 39 carries for 212 yards, nearly 100 yards below their season totals. Part of that looked by design, though, as the Huskies were very ...
Read MoreThree Plays That Made the Difference: WashingtonThis was a game many thought would be a shootout, myself included. Instead, the Ducks turned in their best defensive performance of the season shutting down a very good offense and a great running back.ONE:1st Quarter, 13:24After the Huskies started with possession, early indications were that the Washington offense would be able to move the ball on
Read MoreIn the second part of our look at the Washington-Oregon match-ups, today Duck Sports Authority brings you the defensive side of the ball. DEFENSIVE ENDSWashington: Washington plays a 4-3 defense, but use their personnel as effectively as possible. Josh Shirley (6'3", 229) starts at one defensive end position with Everette Thompson (6'6", 272) on the other side. Thompson is a good tackler with
Read More