Northwest Coach Profiles: Chip Kelly
College Football: Chip Kelly
Off the gridiron Chip Kelly is a regular guy who loves surfing and hangin’ out. After a long day at the office, Kelly likes to unwind in front of his TV, but on the field, the visor clad warrior is a different animal all together. While players complain about his rough exterior and poker face, they respect the man behind it.
Chip Kelly
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Oregon Sports Awards Recap
During his acceptance speech, Bud Ossey told the crowd gathered on the Nike Campus that he would have to figure out how to split the trophy he was holding in half. Bud said he didn’t deserve the award all to himself. There should have been two trophies, he said, one for him and one for his wife, Maxine.
Ossey was honored at the 2012 Oregon Sports Awards on Sunday night with the...
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Younger Singler content with role at Oregon
(Eds: APNewsNow. Will be updated. With AP Photos.) By ANNE M. PETERSON AP Sports Writer When the inevitable question about Kyle comes up, E.J. Singler is gracious. He praises the accomplishments of his talented older brother but is quick to note that he is his own man.
E.J. Singler has established an independent identity at Oregon, where the Ducks are in a scramble near the top...
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Ducks Pull Away at End to Capture Win 18
The Oregon Ducks notched the 18th win of the season by downing the Washington State Cougars 78-69 at Matthew Knight Arena on the campus of the University of Oregon. The Ducks were led by E.J. Singler's 23 points as Oregon pulled away in the closing minutes of the tightly contested game.
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Ducks Seek Win #18 on Saturday
The Oregon Ducks (17-7, 8-4) seeks a season sweep of the Washington State Cougars (13-11, 5-7) on Saturday afternoon at Matthew Knight Arena in Eugene with tipoff scheduled for 3:00 p.m., Pacific Time. Oregon had an impressive win on Thursday night against the conference leader, Washington in a 82-57 win in a game led by junior Carlos Emory's career high 16 points.
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Oregon Cheerleaders Inadvertently Snub Rival Oregon State Cheerleaders
“Bring it on.”
Oh, it’s already been broughten.”
Yes the Oregon Ducks vs. Oregon State Beaver rivalry got a little more (I don’t call it the “Civil War” like everyone else does, because c’mon, OU-OSU doesn’t really loom that large in college football or college basketball, and therefore doesn’t warrant a bad ass rivalry...
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Report: Chip Kelly staying at Oregon
The back and forth as it pertains to where Chip Kelly will be coaching football next fall continued as now reports are indicating that he will remain in Eugene and continue coaching the Ducks.
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Oregon Brings in Another Successful Recruiting Class
Though most casual fans judge a team’s current and future success on the on-field product and coaching, those with close knowledge of the game know that a team’s future performance starts and ends on the recruiting trail.
Coming off of three consecutive BCS births and conference championships, the Oregon Ducks had issues to address with recruiting just like every team does. Due...
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Oregon baseball looks for redemption in 2012
After a turbulent third year filled with missed opportunities and chemistry issues that resulted in missing the postseason, Oregon Ducks manager George Horton clearly explained the simple philosophy for this season’s squad.
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Brutal road loss for the Dawgs
The Ducks got a career-high 16 points from Carlos Emory and 13 points from Devoe Joseph in Oregon's 82-57 victory over Washington.
I'd like to stop the recap right there, but that's because I'm a UW fan first and foremost. Secondly though, and most importantly I run a blog with the OREGON Ducks on it as well.
Garrett Sim, E.J. Singler and Devoe Joseph all...
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Oregon 78, Washington St. 69
E.J. Singler scored 23 points, Oregon made a season-high 11 3-pointers, and the Ducks held on to defeat Washington State 78-69 on Saturday.
Devoe Joseph and Garrett Sim also scored 16 points each for the Ducks (18-7, 9-4 Pac-12), who have recorded their most wins in conference play since going 9-9 in 2008.
Brock Motum scored 17 to pace the Cougars (13-12, 5-8). Mike Ladd added...
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Oregon football on National Signing Day: Pharoah Brown joins the Ducks
Pharoah Brown became the second Duck commit of the day by faxing in his letter of intent early this morning.
He's 6-7, 225 and still filling out, all-district in basketball last winter scoring 16.6 points a game, so talented he can dunk with either hand.
Football's become his first love, and as a junior he flashed so much potential, playing defensive end, tight end and...
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Armstead highlights Ducks' recruiting class
The Oregon Ducks were assured of one prized recruit a few days before his letter of intent was due on coach Chip Kelly's desk.
Arik Armstead, a defensive end from Pleasant Grove High School in Northern California, announced on Sunday that he had selected the Ducks over USC, Washington, Notre Dame, California, and UCLA.
The 6-foot-8, 295-pound Armstead, considered by many to...
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Northwest Pac 12 Players invited to 2012 NFL combine
NWSB: 2012 NFL Draft Coverage
There are 11 players from the Pac 12 Northwest schools that have been invited to the NFL combine, sadly though no players from Washington State were invited.
Here are the invitees and my 2012 NFL Draft Predictions on where they may go in the draft.
Oregon
Seven Oregon Ducks were in invited in 2012.
Mark Asper OL – Asper is a mammoth 6’7&...
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Two Former Ducks in Super Bowl XLVI
Two former Oregon Ducks were part of Super Bowl XLVI played on Sunday in Indianapolis where the New York Giants defeated the New England Patriots, 21-17.
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Oregon 82, Washington 57
Reserve Carlos Emory scored 16 points and Oregon knocked off Washington with a resounding 82-57 victory Thursday night.
Garrett Sim, E.J. Singler and Devoe Joseph all added 13 points for the Ducks (17-7, 8-4 Pac-12), who pulled within one game of the Huskies (16-8, 9-3) in the conference standings.
Tony Wroten scored 14 points to lead Washington, which had won five straight and...
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Oregon recruiting on National Signing Day: Brett Bafaro adds intensity and impact to the Duck linebacker corps
A year after signing Colt Lyerla, a five-star athlete with superb skills who contributed five touchdowns as a true freshman, the Ducks dominated in-state recruiting this season by landing three impact players, one each for each level of the defense, Oshay Dunmore, a Parade All-American at safety, Alex Balducci, a tough, physical all-state defensive lineman, and Brett Bafaro, a hard...
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Kelly Should Have Flown South For The Winter
Last week, Oregon Sports News columnist Max Price praised Oregon’s Chip Kelly for making, what Price repeatedly called, a “wise” decision. Price’s point proves salient. Kelly’s career compares favorably to that of Dennis Erickson, insofar as both men our offensive savants. Though Erickson burned out of Arizona, his incarnation of the spread attack laid the groundwork for...
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Oregon recruiting: Ducks get verbal commitment from touted punter
Jackson Rice, the thinking fan's punter, who has proved to be a weapon for the Oregon defense with his laser-accurate shots inside the ten yard line, graduates after the 2012 season. The Ducks may have picked up a great candidate to succeed him in Dylan Ausherman, who made his verbal commitment Monday after a weekend visit.
6-3 180 from College of the Sequoias in California...
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Oregon football on National Signing Day: Chance Allen becomes a Duck
Early this morning Chance Allen faxed his letter of intent to Oregon Athletic Department, joining the 2012 recruiting class for the Ducks.
Allen is a 6-3, 190-lb. burner from Missouri City, Texas. Along with childhood friend Bralon Addison, he gives the Ducks two fast, physical playmakers to add to their young receiver rotation. They wrested him the three-star prospect from Texas...
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NFL Draft 2012: Oregon underclassmen declaring
How Will They Fare?
As our Ducks blogger Crazy Quacker pointed out about a week ago after it was announced that Oregon Ducks head coach Chip Kelly was going to make the leap to the NFL and take over as head coach for the Tampa Bay Buccaneers, he decided he would stay where his heart his, in Oregon.
Not all his troops had the same idea however.
Here’s a recap of the main players...
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Hoops Preview - Oregon
Atop the Pac-12 conference, the Washington Huskies (16-7, 9-2) will have a difficult road challenge Thursday night when Lorenzo Romar’s team travels to Eugene to play the Oregon Ducks. The game will start at 8 p.m. PT and will be aired live on ROOT Sports in the Northwest.
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Finishing strong in recruiting--where the Ducks hope to land with the last few scholarships
The Ducks have 19 verbal commits, including the newest and splashiest one, Arik Armstead. Counting Darron Thomas' full ride they have about six more scholarships to award. Here are the targets for those crucial six additions:
Shaq Thompson
The 6-2, 215-lb. safety is deciding between Washington, Oregon and Cal. Speculation centers around Washington as Thompson just took a weekend...
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Oregon football on National Signing Day: Jake Rodrigues
Already enrolled in school, Jake Rodrigues is Oregon's first commit of the 2012 class.
A 6-3, 215-lb. quarterback from Whitney High in Rocklin, California, he accounted for 84 touchdowns in two years as a starter, passing for 47 and running for 39. Rivals.com called him "the best dual-threat quarterback on the West Coast." In his senior year he threw for 2,036 yards...
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Oregon Duck Football: 2012 Recruiting Roundup
The University of Oregon football program dodged a major bullet two weeks ago when head coach Chip Kelly revealed in an 11th hour decision to remain in Eugene as head of the Ducks rather than making the transition – as seems the trend amongst former Pac-12 coaches as of late (see: USC’s Pete Carroll and Stanford’s Jim Harbaugh) – to the National Football League...
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