Three Plays That Made the Difference: Pac-12 Championship GameUCLA entered the inaugural Pac-12 Championship Game a wounded animal with a lame duck coach. After suffering a 50-0 drubbing to cross town rival, the Bruins backed into the title game when Utah could not beat conference cellar dweller Colorado. The Bruins came in 6-6 overall and 5-4 in conference play. The Ducks, meanwhile, had thorough
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In the second part of our look at the Oregon-UCLA match-ups, today Duck Sports Authority brings you the defensive side of the ball.DEFENSIVE ENDSUCLA: The Bruins defense is more flexible in how they line up depending on the opponent. When the Bruins have faced pass heavy teams, they have used a 4-2-5 alignment as their base in order to have the extra defensive back on the field. Against more t
Read MoreIn this continuing series from Duck Sports Authority we bring you the head-to-head match-ups of the Oregon Ducks and UCLA Bruins. Today the focus is on offense.QUARTERBACKS UCLA: Kevin Prince (6-2, 223) will get the start at QB for the Bruins. The junior has played up and down all season long with good games followed by bad games. Prince has completed just over 58% of his passes going ...
Read MoreThree Plays That Made the Difference: Civil War In the final regular season game of 2011, the Ducks needed a victory in the Civil War to advance tot he Conference Championship Game. Rivalries are usually very closely contested. Between 1997-2006 the Ducks and Beavers had traded off home victories. OSU ended that streak with an overtime 38-31 victory over a depleted Ducks squad down to a 5th string
Read MoreIn the second part of our look at the Oregon-OSU match-ups, today Duck Sports Authority brings you the defensive side of the ball.DEFENSIVE ENDSOSU: The Beavers start two freshman at the defensive end position. Scott Crichton (6-3, 258), a redshirt freshman, will vie for top freshman defensive player in the conference. On the other side is Dylan Wynn (6-2, 240) is a true freshman from long t
Read MoreIn the final week of regular season conference play, the Ducks head into the Civil War with a berth in the Pac-12 Championship game on the line; another "big" game for the Ducks.After a frenetic comeback attempt against USC fell short, the Ducks find themselves at 9-2 overall this season and 7-1 in conference play. Oregon State, meanwhile, has been struggling most of the season, but are comin
Read MoreA Look Back at Saturday around the Pac-12Oregon-USCOffense: Another week, another slow start for the offense. In reality, though, BOTH offenses started slowly. After three possessions each, the Ducks had 21 total yards while USC had 8 total yards. The difference in this game is that is simply took the Oregon offense a little longer to get into rhythm; in fact a lot longer as they rea...
Read MoreThree Plays That Made the Difference: USC A week after upsetting the Stanford Cardinal on the road, teh Ducks returned to the friendly confines of Autzen Stadium. Maybe it was too friendly as the visiting Trojans jumped out to a 24 point lead in the third quarter before holding off a furious comeback attempt in a 38-35 victory over the Ducks. Three plays really stand out that made the difference i
Read MoreIn the second part of our look at the Oregon-USC match-ups, today Duck Sports Authority brings you the defensive side of the ball.DEFENSIVE ENDSUSC: USC runs a base 4-3 defense and their defensive ends fit the typical mold with Wes Horton (6-5, 265) on one side and Nick Perry (6-3, 250) on the other. Perry has been a force coming off the edge with 47 tackles on the season to go along with 11.5
Read MoreAnother 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...
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