After rallying back to beat the UCLA Bruins after trailing by 13 at the half, the Oregon Ducks really proved not only to have heart but to have the talent to make a comeback of that large of a margin.

With that win, the Ducks currently are tied at the top in first place with the California Golden Bears. … (read more)

Four quick thoughts on Chip Kelly’s NFL flirtation:

A Source Within the Program
Did anyone ever go on record about any of this? Just before 5 p.m. on Sunday KGW reported that a source had told one of their reporters that Chip Kelly and Tampa Bay were working to finalize a deal. Eight-ish hours later, a source was quoted as saying Chip wasn’t leaving. … (read more)

I’m not sure if it’s because of the hype I tried to bring to the table or because the Ducks are truly an elite team in the Pac 12, but after watching that Oregon vs. Arizona basketball game, I do know this team has heart.

Posting a conference win against a team like that should really boost the squad’s confidence. The confidence that tells them that they can win big games and can be a really good team. The ability to hold onto the lead in a game like that was tremendous and the fact that they did it in Tuscon was even that much more impressive. … (read more)

Wanted to touch on a couple of subjects before officially closing out the 2011 football season and transitioning to basketball and football recruiting.

Onward.

Is LaMichael James the greatest Duck ever?
Touchy subject because comparing players across eras and offensive styles is a dicey proposition. You can definitely make a case for LMJ because he was the heart of the greatest three-year stretch in Oregon history. I’m not going to say he’s definitely better than Mel Renfro or Bobby Moore or Jonathan Stewart or Dan Fouts, but he’s in the conversation. … (read more)

Now that the football season is over, and the basketball season is already mid way through, I thought it’d be only be smart to start talking about this basketball team of ours that is highly under hyped and doesn’t deserve enough credit.

I’m not sure if it’s because our football team is so gosh darn amazing, but I never really here about people on campus buzzing about the schools basketball team. … (read more)

Arguably the greatest player to ever walk through the Autzen tunnel, or to ever put on a Oregon Duck uniform, LaMichael James has had one of the most memorable careers I think I’ve ever witnessed at Oregon. Breaking tackles that some thought were stuffed, squeezing through holes that were stormed by defenses, extending plays that were doomed to be a sack and turned out to be a touchdown. LaMichael James’ historic career here at Oregon will always be remembered. … (read more)

You set your alarm for 4 a.m., but you’re wide-awake before it goes off. You tell yourself you’re getting up at this ungodly hour because you need to get there early to set up the tailgate.

You are lying.

You’re up this early because it’s the Rose Bowl and Oregon is playing in it and the alternative is to lie in bed and stare at the ceiling, so you might as well drive to the stadium. … (read more)

The day of calling ourselves Rose Bowl champions has finally came, and what better fashion than setting a few records while doing it! Sure we almost let them complete the impossible after giving up 62 yards in 16 seconds and if it weren’t for the misjudgment of spiking the ball with two seconds we could be talking about a whole new subject. But nonetheless it didn’t happen, and the Oregon Ducks along with Chip Kelly have finally ended that BCS slump. Thank goodness. … (read more)

The Rose Bowl is currently two days away from kick off and the one player that I am most anxious to see how they perform is Darron Thomas.

To be honest I don’t think this kid is given enough credit. In his first year as a starter at Oregon, Thomas led the Ducks all the way to the their first BCS National Championship, and to their first ever AP and BCS ranking of No. 1 in the nation. Then this year he has led the Ducks to their third straight BCS bowl game. … (read more)

In the world of professional golf, being known as the “best current player who hasn’t won a major” is at once a compliment, an insult and a curse. You’ve won a lot of money, more than a few “lesser” tournaments, and you’re seemingly always in the discussion come Sunday of the four biggest weekends of the year. And the longer you’re known as the BCPWHWAM, the more the pressure builds and the heavier the expectations become. Some guys (Chris DiMarco) sink. Others (Phil Mickelson) meet (and then exceed) those expectations. … (read more)

Every once in a while I find myself discussing the future of the Oregon Ducks football program with someone. Whether it’s with my parents, my duck fan friends or my beaver fan friends, or even myself. I can’t help to wonder, what is next for the Ducks?

First thing’s first, how will the Ducks finish this season? It only feels like a century since the last duck game. I don’t know if that’s because I attended every single home game this season as a student, or if it actually has been a long break, but it’s becoming too long of a break for me. … (read more)

Three quick thoughts on Oregon’s new football uniforms (check them out right here):

1. Ooooh, shiny!: To paraphrase my Twitter pal @BrandonDean85, how dope are those helmets going to look in the Southern California sunshine? Officially, Nike is calling it “liquid metal black.” I’m calling it liquid badass.
2. Something for everyone: Unlike the uniforms Oregon wore in the BCS title game last year which featured neither green nor yellow, … (read more)

The Pac-12 managed to place seven teams in bowl games this season, and all but one (Oregon) are underdogs. Yikes. And it’s not difficult to envision a scenario where the conference goes 0-and-7 and we spend the off-season hearing jokes about the Pac-12 being dropped from BCS automatic qualifier status. Double yikes.

So with that nightmare scenario on the table, let’s see if we can make some money off of these seven games. Oh, and in honor of the trailer for The Hobbit dropping this week—I have to wait a whole year to watch this movie?!? … (read more)

After viewing the first few bowls thus far, my excitement and enthusiasm level for College football continues to rise steadily. Last second field goals, and amazing catches are just a tiny preview to what is to come the next following weeks. At least I certainly hope so. The top five bowl games that I find most intriguing are all most likely going to be close, in my opinion, I think. I can’t wait to finally see the BCS bowl eligible teams get at it and fight to prove their conference is the toughest. But enough with the jibber-jabber, lets get to my top five most intriguing bowl games. … (read more)