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Players to watch: Colorado

While Colorado has been wallowing in the depths of the Pac-12 Conference cellar for much of the past two seasons, it has been noted that they are still working on adding more speed to the roster.The two coaching changes over the past several seasons have completely decimated what was once a proud program. Nonetheless, there are some talented players on this team. OFFENSE:WR Paul RichardsonRi

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Lane Kiffin and the Oregon Impact

So, I have seen plenty of talk about how this could really hurt the rest of the Pac-12. After all, Kiffin's ineptitude is thought to have directly led to the emergence of Oregon and Stanford as national powers.I disagree with that thought 100 percent.Go back in time and think about the Ducks rise to prominence. It started before Kiffin brough his brand of bad coaching to USC. In fact, the only coa

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Five Questions: Colorado

We spoke with John Henderson of the Denver Post and asked him a few questions about Colorado in advance of this weeks game.As part of our expanded coverage of Oregon football, this week we also spent the time to ask John Henderson, who covers the Buffaloes for the Denver Post, for his take on a few topics related to this game.Getty ImagesPaul Richardson is fully recovered from injuryQ: Going in

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Expanding our coverage

For those that do not have a membership and read just the free content, each day, starting this week, we will have a little bit of free content about the upcoming game.Some of the stuff will be very basic, like the day we release the depth chart through the site.But we are also adding a "Question and Answer" piece where we talk to a writer that covers the opponent and ask a few pertinent questions

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A family affair

NCAA Football: Family Affair“Because we don't know when we will die, we get to think of life as an inexhaustible well. Yet everything happens only a certain number of times, and a very small number really. How many more times will you remember a certain afternoon of your childhood, an afternoon that is so deeply a part of your being that you can't even conceive of your life without it? Perhaps fou

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Freedom of Speech: Stupidity of the press

Congress shall make no law respecting an establishment of religion, or prohibiting the free exercise thereof; or abridging the freedom of speech, or of the press; Read that quote. Read it again. That is the text of the first amendment to the Constitution of the United States. It is a critical piece of our national history. But it also seems to be one of the most misunderstood pieces of writing a

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DSA Tailgate: Cal Edition

Can Saturday get here any faster? Hopefully this storm alleged to be heading our way gets slowed down... or sped up and past us before game time. Game time this week is 7:30... a night game. But that makes the tailgate time perfect! The tailgate starts at 2:30... Last time out we had a HUGE turn-out with some NEWBIES... it was a blast... many different people were there... cannot name them all, bu

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NCAA admits wrongdoing? Again?

PENN STATE SANCTIONS REDUCED No. The NCAA will not formally announce that they messed the Penn State saga like a baby diaper. But the reality is that a baby diaper has less mess on it than this scenario.I said when the sanctions were announced that I thought two things:1. This was a major over reach on the part of the NCAA. Yes, they tried some legalese to define why they could basically, do anyth

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A bye week for everyone

Okay, well, I took the entire weekend off just to relax and watch some football without having to write about it!But I did come away with some thoughts over the weekend.Washington victory over Boise State not that impressive anymoreWatching Boise State lose yet again, to a  Fresno State team that, while good, is nowhere near the caliber of Oregon, Alabama, Clemson or Stanford, it made me ques

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The Oregon Way

Over the weekend, as Oregon made the decision to forgo a punt on 4th-and-6 in favor of a pass to what turned out to be a wide open Daryle Hawkins, I heard the term "The Oregon Way" regarding fourth down conversions.  Earlier this week, Dale Newton talked about the recruiting success at the tight end position. While most talk about the Oregon way for how the game is played in the field, ...

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