Category: Football

Okay, here they are, the long anticipated thoughts on Oregon-LSU. What's that? No one was waiting in anticipation for these thoughts? Oh, well, let's try that again then. Okay, here they are, the long delayed thoughts on the Oregon-LSU game.We have heard considerable talk about the rebuilt Offensive Line against the stout Defensive Line of LSU. And there is validity to that thought pr...

THREE “BIG GAMES” THE DUCKS WONIn Ken Goe's analysis of the the Oregon Ducks under Chip Kelly, the average reader and casual fan might read along, nod their heads and agree with the assertion that Chip Kelly has never won a “big game.”Setting aside, for a moment, the platitude of Chip Kelly referring to “every game as a Super Bowl” is this actually true? Have the Ducks been unable to win a

With the news yesterday of Jordan Jefferson and Josh Johns' arrests for felony battery, there were many sides that spoke their mind. Regardless of how we might feel the QB change impacts the outcome of the most highly anticipated season opening game in a long time for Duck fans, it is important to remember that we are talking about the lives of two young men.While these young men must deal with th

Football season begins in earnest this week. With the official end of "fall camp" and the beginning of game Week, we know that football will soon arrive.Imagine for a moment, arriving at the Autzen Complex on September 10. There will be grills barbecuing all your favorite foods. Duck fans gathered to talk football, celebrate with each other the new season. They will reminisce about last year, and

As Duck fans contemplate the loss of two scholarship players over the last two days, there is a great reminder of a different equalizer in college athletics. Injury.Often as fans file into a stadium, the glamor, passion and glory that is the incredible sport of college football masks an underside rarely seen by many fans. With the promise and excitement of a new season on the horizon, eager to und

Tonight, I read that, what I had believed was one of two very plausible scenarios, is now being told by Darron Thomas to be an accurate reflection of what happened in mid-June.What we learned today is that Darron Thomas was, apparently, back East for an appearance on ESPN. Because, as his high school coach tells us, Darron's personal car is broken and he cannot afford to fix the car, Darron has ha