Arkansas' women win NCAA track championships,.. Oregon 2nd http://www.oregonlive.com/trackandf...he_oregon_ducks_have_a_super.html#incart_2box Florida wins men's 2016 NCAA track & field team title, Oregon finishes fourth,.. LSU 5th http://www.oregonlive.com/trackandfield/index.ssf/2016/06/florida_wins_mens_2016_ncaa_tr.html Colin Kaepernick insists he's changed, is excited to be with 49ers http://espn.go.com/nfl/story/_/id/1...now-happy-san-francisco-49ers-play-chip-kelly
Oregon,.. nonconference opponent: Nebraska http://espn.go.com/blog/pac12/post/_/id/100857/better-know-a-nonconference-opponent-nebraska New Oregon QB coach David Yost has a decision to make http://espn.go.com/blog/pac12/post/_/id/100830/qa-oregon-qb-coach-david-yost 70 days until College Football https://days.to/until/ncaa-season,
4-star LB, commits to Oregon Ducks http://www.oregonlive.com/recruitin...ampson_niu_4-star_lb_commits.html#incart_2box Oregon Ducks on a roll: Hot Summer: Oregon Ducks land 6 commits in June (so far) .... good times and sweet memories,.. and those not so sweet Oregon Football coming soon https://days.to/until/ncaa-season,
Happy Friday (from Ted Miller). Welcome to the mailbag. http://espn.go.com/blog/pac12/post/_/id/101080/mailbag-questioning-oregons-decline To the questions! Ed from Vancouver, Wash., writes: Oregon in decline? Because it went 9-4 and lost to an 11-win TCU team in a bowl game when its quarterbacks and center got hurt? Please explain. Ted Miller: Is it just me or is the mailbag being dominated by Oregon andWashington fans this summer? Oregon fans are: 1. Fretting a potential Ducks decline; 2. Irritated at the media suggestion of a Ducks decline (while fretting it on message boards); 3. Enraged by all the preseason hype about Washington. Washington fans are: 1.Eubullient and already talking trash to Oregon fans before much winning has actually taken place; 2. Cautiously optimistic; 3. Struggling to recalibrate their emotions after years of bitter focus on Oregon -- "That 'O'? Stands for how many national titles Oregon has... naaaaa naaaa naaa!" -- while their Huskies meandered through extended mediocrity. Oregon in decline? It's not an invalid subject to speculate over. Before last season, the Ducks hadn't lost four games since 2007, no matter how often they lost four or more games throughout program history -- read: way more often than not. Recruiting seemed to be on a downtick. There was staff upheaval and QB questions and a historically bad defense. More than a few are uncertain whether Mark Helfrich is the long-term answer after Chip Kelly. On the other hand, Oregon had played for a national title the previous season, despite significant injury issues in what amounted to a brilliant coaching job by Helfrich and his staff. Oh, and as previously (albeit sarcastically) noted, Helfrich is 33-8 overall and 22-5 in Pac-12 play in three seasons, which just so happens to be best among Pac-12 coaches during that span. One might recall the previous Pac-12 power in decline: Stanford. The Cardinal went 8-5 in 2014 -- while Oregon played for a national title -- and then lost the 2015 opener to Northwestern. Panic in the streets of Palo Alto! I, in fact, was taken hostage by some of these high-tech loonies and forced to write this story, wondering if David Shaw calling his own offensive plays might be a problem. Things turned out OK for Stanford. It won the Pac-12 and the Rose Bowl, finished ranked No. 3 and averaged nearly 38 points per game. Every season has angles, both among media and fans. Media will pick up on fan sentiments, and that will invite a backlash from those who disagree. It's part of the process, and by the way, part of what makes this whole sports fan thing fun and distracting..... .....College football fandom takes over a person's brain, even if he or she owns a "first-rate intelligence" in general. That means the correct answer to a query about Oregon's potential decline -- "It's too early to tell if Oregon is in a decline" -- disappears into a dew amid the clamor of competing fan and media opining. Go Ducks Deommodore Lenoir, nation's No. 3 athlete, commits to Oregon Ducks http://www.oregonlive.com/recruitin...ommodore_lenoir_nations_no_3.html#incart_2box
Thanx as always, especially for the TM7 clip. Bittersweet for us as much as it was unsweet for you...
Do we have a scolly open for that kicker? Who is punting our balls this year? Frightening question isn't it...
LSU's Brandon Harris: 'I have the best arm ... best team in college football' http://www.nola.com/lsu/index.ssf/2016/06/lsus_brandon_harris_i_really_f.html This an LSU fan site after all .