• Here you go Duck fans, all of the best plays from Darron Thomas during the 2011 season up to and including the Rose Bowl. Stay up to date with all the videos I upload to YouTube by subscribing today. Enjoy!GO DUCKS!
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January 09, 2012
The great thing about covering the sport of college football is that there is a literal never-ending stream of news. Even on the busiest day of the year (the morning of the BCS title game), goofy stuff comes across the ticker that really does need to be seen to be believed.
Today’s hot news item?
How about this: For $350, a Craigslist seller in Oregon is offering your chance...
Via Oregon Sports News
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January 09, 2012
LaMichael James has spent the last three years representing everything that is Oregon football. He was in the right place at the right time when LeGarrette Blount threw the punch at Boise State in 2009 (although it feels like it was a decade ago), and he’s been the face of the university ever since. Now that he’s turning pro a year early, Kenjon Barner has the opportunity to...
Via Oregon Sports News
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January 09, 2012
The greater danger for most of us lies not in setting our aim too high and falling short; but in setting our aim too low, and achieving our mark.
- Michelangelo
Only the mediocre are always at their best.
- Jean Giraudoux
While Ducks fans work off the well-deserved collective hangover, I thought a little dose of perspective might provide an interesting...
Via Oregon Sports News
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January 11, 2012
The Oregon Ducks were two seconds, one great play and an overtime drive away from someone making a popular decision which I just don’t get. No sooner than the Rose Bowl ended, the Fiesta Bowl kicked-off and would later end as a result of two coaches trivializing a complicated play, while complicating the no-brainer.
A field goal attempt is not without risk. It requires a good...
Via Big Red Network
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January 10, 2012
Nebraska: The Anti-Oregon
Below is a pretty boilerplate -- for a traditional news outlet at least -- piece from CBS News and Mo Rocca on those weird and wacky Oregon Ducks football playing outfits. It's not bad, worth the six minutes for three reasons: 1) The part where the Nike man tries to convince Rocca that the wings on Oregon...
Via Pro Football Talk
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January 10, 2012
It would be a lot of fun to see what Oregon coach Chip Kelly could do in the NFL, but there’s no reason to think he’ll get a chance anytime soon. A report from a local Oregon television station said the Dolphins contacted Kelly regarding the team’s head coaching position, but Armando Salguero of the…
Via Oregon Ducks Athletics
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January 09, 2012
University of Oregon running back De'Anthony Thomas has been named to the Football Writers Association of America Freshman All-America team, the FWAA announced before Monday's BCS National Championship game.
Via Wines Family
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January 09, 2012
• FishDuck analyzes a few key plays he didn't see coming for the Rose Bowl.GO DUCKS!
After some off the court drama, the Arizona State Sun Devils (5-10, 1-2) return to desert for their Pac-12 home opener against Phil Knight’s Oregon Ducks (11-5,2-2).
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