What do you learn in Oregon Duck training? First you learn to listen. It’s not easy when you hear this from early games:
NOT THANKFUL? TRY HARDER
Not thankful is not a season and not a holiday. With no one to be thankful for, be thankful for yourself. How does that work? Please continue:
OREGON DUCK FOOTBALL WIN OPENS FLOODGATES OF HOPE
Oregon Duck football is to sports fans what hot sauce is to a taco. A favorite food-stuff is easily ruined by the wrong sauce. But the right sauce brings glory and memories flooding out like the Columbia River pouring through a Bonneville dam turbine.
LOVE LESSON MEANS KEVIN LOVE
The perfect Kevin Love sequence: Rips the rebound away from Biyombo, runs the court, drills a three, gets back on D. This is Kevin Love, Oregon kid, son of Stan Love, Oregon Duck. He’s related to Mike Love, Beach Boy, and Stan Love’s brother. That’s old news. The new news is he’s a part of […]
OREGON DUCK, DUCK, GOOSE
No matter how the Oregon Ducks’ football season turns out this year, I’m making a request for next year. It’s not too early, not after watching Duck quarterback Marcus Mariota’s 2014 debut where he showed us what to expect from a focus player. Mariota isn’t the only good Duck. The media makes it sound that […]
The Mariota Way vs Baby Boomer
Sports talk radio won’t bring the best out in everyone. Either on the phone or in studio, the margin of error is thin. Say too much and you’re a grandstanding attention hog giving opponents material for their bulletin board. No one wants a fired up defensive tackle whispering sweet nothings in their ear at the […]