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After a convincing conference win against Colorado, the Oregon football team heads out on the road for what looks to be their toughest game so far in the 2013 season. With ESPN Gameday on hand for the Ducks matchup with the University of Washington the eyes of the college football world will be focused on the game in Seattle. With the ramping up of the schedule, Duck coaches will also be turning u

Today I saw this quote:"I don't think so. I think our guys, we have a bunch of guys who have played in big games. Obviously for our newer guys who haven't played a ton there will be some element of newness but yeah, you package that with the new stadium and the nature of the rivalry, it will certainly be a new flavor." That is a diversion from the Chip Kelly faceless opponent mantra and one I ...

Three years ago, Oregon played a Jeff Tedford coached Cal Golden Bears squad that gave Oregon its toughest match-up in their run towards the BCS Title game. During the game, Aaron Tipoti was instructed to fake an injury on at least one, very obvious, occasion by assistant Tosh Lupoi.Many fans round Oregon felt as if Tedford had used Lupoi as a scapegoat; that the game plan and idea was Tedford's w

PLAYERS TO WATCH: WashingtonOctober 7, 2013Scott ReedDuck Sports Authority Staff AnalystWhile the Huskies have been slowly working their way towards the upper echelon of the Pac-12 conference under head coach Steve Sarkisian, they have also upgraded their talent on both sides of the football.This once proud program has fared better over the last few seasons on the heel of some very good skill p

First, i keep seeing that Oregon has not seen a Washington team like this, with a healthy Keith Price. And that our defense will not be able to handle him healthy.Apparently, those people forget the 2011 season. Very conveniently, I might add.In 2011, there were some who tried to throw Keith Price into the Heisman conversation because he had such an outstanding start. He finished the season comple

Turns out that whatever illness caused Colt Lyerla to miss the Tennessee game, it probably turned out to be in Oregon's favor as Johnny Mundt had a breakout game for the Ducks.At the time, it was viewed as an important piece of depth for the Oregon football team. Now? It looks more important than ever with Lyerla's announcement that he is leaving the University of Oregon to turn pro. Rather than w

We did a Q&A with Buff Stampede Publisher Adam Munsterteiger who broke down the Colorado team for this weeks game. Defensively, what is the goal for Saturday? "Well, if you ask Colorado's coaches of course they will give you a politically correct answer about how they expect to compete against Oregon. In all reality, though, Colorado is going to give up a lot of points on Saturday. If the

It's time to call out Pat Forde.Last week he spoke openly on twitter about how players from Georgia Tech were having their "free speech" rights trampled by their coach.For those that do not remember, there were several players on the team that wore "APU" on an article of clothing during their game. APU stood for "All Players United" and it was a message that there are players across the nation who

Today for our expanded coverage of the Oregon game week, we looked at the key story line for both teams headed into the match-up with Colorado; injuries.Colorado saw the return of Paul Richardson from injury this season and he has excelled for the Buffaloes early.For the Ducks, it is a different story; that of an injury that will hurt the Ducks against Colorado creating the absence of perhaps the

In our continuing in-depth coverage of Oregon football game day, we add to it this new feature article which looks at a key story line for each game.As the Ducks head to Colorado for their second conference match-up of the 2013 season, it almost seems as if we are being taken back in time; by two years.Tom CornoDe'Anthony Thomas' injury is a key storyline for Oregon heading to BoulderIn 2011,