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STEPPING ON YOUR DUCK FOOTBALL?

September 29, 2015 by

Oregon Football Stepped On Their Duck. Now What? Watching the Ducks fly south at Autzen was a shocker that’s settling in slowly. That it was the worst defeat since the 1977 season was an unwanted reminder of dark Duck days. As a UofO student in 1977 high scores for the other team didn’t feel as […]

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COLLEGE FOOTBALL 2015: OHIO STATE vs THE FIELD

September 9, 2015 by

Only one group gets to knock the defending national champion in big school college football. Alabama stays down after the Ohio State Buckeyes rolled them in last year’s semi-final at the New Orleans Super Dome. Florida State, the defending champ in 2014, got run out of the Rose Bowl. No word from them. That leaves […]

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CHIP KELLY, SPORTS, AND LOYALTY

March 6, 2015 by

What are the Eagles doing? Ask Chip Kelly. Their coach end runs the entire organization and ends up with the final say on personnel. Chip Kelly trades or releases the sort of players other coaches pine for. And he does it more often than most. Didn’t someone explain to him that he’s a coach. He’s […]

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THE BOOK OF EZEKIEL AND CARDALE

January 14, 2015 by

The Oregon v Ohio St. Title Game. Hidden agendas make the best conspiracies. That’s where things get dirty. College football is no exception. The good news is the first College Football Playoff Championship looked as clean as big time college football will ever get. There’s still plenty of suspicion.

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REFEREES READY FOR OREGON CHAMPIONSHIP GAME

January 7, 2015 by

Players Gonna Play, Play, Play. And Refs? How much science goes into a football game? One ref defined the space-time continuum during the Oregon vs Florida State semi-final. “The previous play did not happen,” he said.

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COLLEGE FOOTBALL PLAYOFFS DONE RIGHT IN OREGON

December 9, 2014 by

Originally posted on Oregon Sports News. The College Football Playoffs’ final four works out for Oregon as long as the past stays in the closet. They lost to the SEC before, Auburn and LSU in a short 2011 time frame? Lock that door. Lost to Ohio State in the 2010 Rose Bowl? Nail it shut. […]

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IS EVERYONE A HEISMAN CANDIDATE?

December 4, 2014 by

While the college football season winds down we wait for the answer to who is the best football player in 2014. The magic words that often doom a professional career are, “And the 2014 Heisman Trophy Award goes to….” By now you’ve heard too many coaches say they have a Heisman candidate playing for them. […]

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BAD GUYS IN GOOD SPORTS

November 19, 2014 by

What do you ask of the people who play and coach the sports you love? Do you have an overriding idea of what they should do, or does it go sport by sport? If you look at the big picture you want athletes and coaches to conduct themselves in a similar fashion as you, given […]

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THROUGH AN OREGON DUCK’S EYE

November 12, 2014 by

This Is The Year. Seriously, This Year Is The One. Nothing in college football feels better than waking up Sunday morning with your team still near the top. The top this year is the 1-4 ranking for the first scheduled College Football Playoffs. No matter what else you’ve got going, a winning team makes it […]

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COLLEGE FOOTBALL: SHOW ME THE MONEY

October 21, 2014 by

Ranking The Big Schools And Their State Of Education. By any standards, The Wall Street Journal is a go-to source for money matters. What happens when they start looking at money spent on college football? It’s still money, so what’s not to trust? Last week the WSJ produced the list you see above. By now […]

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