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Third Quarter Hat-Trick Propels Oregon Ducks Past UCLA Bruins
Posted on11. Oct, 2009 by Keith Becker.
Chip Kelly must be one hell of a motivational speaker. After being held scoreless in the first half—for just the second time since 2007—the Oregon Ducks overcame their three-point deficit faster than you could say “LaMichael James for Heisman in 2010.” Literally. Kenjon Barner took the third quarter kickoff back 100 yards for the go-ahead [...]
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Oregon Must Overcome Several Challenges at UCLA to Stay in The BCS Hunt
Posted on08. Oct, 2009 by Keith Becker.
I’m worried. For the first time all season. Seriously. I bought into the hype before Boise State. I was certain Oregon would get their revenge against Purdue. I knew Utah was overrated. I had a feeling the Ducks would step up against Cal. And Washington State is, well, Washington State. But UCLA? What’s so special [...]
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NFL Power Rankings Week 5: Brett Favre Edition
Posted on06. Oct, 2009 by Keith Becker.
I wonder what’s sorer right now: Brett Favre’s almost 40-year-old right arm, from throwing all over the Packers defense, or his nuts, from getting sucked on by every commentator in the history of football, especially Mike Tirico, Jon Gruden, and Ron Jaworski last night. The love fest was sickening. From how the Monday Night Football [...]
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Ducks Pummel Cougars: Force Their Way Back Into BCS Picture
Posted on04. Oct, 2009 by Keith Becker.
It’s official: Oregon’s offense is back and flying higher than ever. Which means the Ducks are the team to beat in the Pac-10, and even more importantly, they have forced their way firmly back into the BCS picture. Fresh off of a 39-point thrashing over then ranked-No. 6 Cal, Oregon completely obliterated Washington State 52-6 [...]
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Live From The Chip Kelly Press Conference: "This Is Not a Football Decision"
Posted on02. Oct, 2009 by Keith Becker.
Oregon head coach Chip Kelly made it clear this morning that the decision to possibly reinstate Legarrette Blount has nothing to do what he can do on the football field. Instead, he is wholly concerned in the character of his senior tailback. Kelly announced that if Blount adheres to strict behavioral and academic “ladders”, there [...]
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Oregon-Washington State: After Cal Win, Nothing Less Than a Blowout Will Do
Posted on01. Oct, 2009 by Keith Becker.
Is Washington State still a Division-1 team? Sometimes I forget. When you’ve only won one road game since 2007, needed late-game heroics to squeak past a winless Washington squad for their only Pac-10 win in 2008, and a 30-27 home win against Southern Methodist a few weeks ago qualifies as a major upset, sometimes you’re [...]
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NFL Power Rankings Week 4
Posted on29. Sep, 2009 by Keith Becker.
My lovely girlfriend drove up with me this weekend to see me off back to school in Oregon and how did I repay her? By watching football, more football, football video games and then even more football. I actually feel kind of bad, considering she is not a football fan. Let’s just say, when I [...]
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Jeremiah Masoli, Ed Dickson Power Ducks Upset over #6 Cal
Posted on26. Sep, 2009 by Keith Becker.
Apparently, all Oregon needed to turn their sluggish offense around was just another set of new uniforms, and Uncle Phil was more than happy to oblige. The University of Oregon legend even went so far as to put a radar on Ed Dickson’s number 83 for Jeremiah Masoli. Jeremiah, you remember your teammate Ed, right? [...]
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Real NFL Power Rankings Week 3
Posted on25. Sep, 2009 by Keith Becker.
Huge changes in the rankings this week. Call me fickle, but I think it takes two weeks to see the real identity of several teams. To be sure, these rankings will most likely look absurd by week 8, but hey, you don’t read these for the accuracy. Wait… Sorry for taking so long to get [...]
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Boise State Shows Oregon The Importance of Scheduling
Posted on21. Sep, 2009 by Keith Becker.
It’s easy to look back after the fact and play armchair GM. You hear it all the time from fans: “coach X needs to grow a pair, he should have went for it on 4th down!” or “he shouldn’t have tried to steal second base in that situation, what an idiot.” But those are the [...]
