USC Gets the Itch

Are the USC players not using their trojans? Over at Every Day Should Be Saturday they even created a shirt design to go along with Southern California's "pre-dick-ament".

Gary Crowton: QB Genius?

Gary Crowton needs to get LSU's quarterbacks ready for play and considering they only have 2 scholarship QBs, he may have his work cut out for him. He's not worried... He's been through this before...

"I've been through that... We win the game because Brady Leaf was ready. You've got to get everybody ready just in case"

Interesting thought Gary. I seem to remember it a bit differently (as does history). I remember Brady couldn't drive the ball until Haberly's fumble recovery put Oregon up by 7. Yes, Brady completed some passes for first downs to run out the clock but I wouldn't necessary consider that "ready."

Is that also how prepared you made Dennis Dixon and Brady Leaf for the 2006 season? I can't wait to see LSU take a swan dive this year similar to every other Gary Crowton team in its second year.

Yes, I agree, he is an offensive genius (no joke, I do believe that). However, a quarterback coaching genius? NO. He's got a brilliant mind yet no way to completely educate his players with those thoughts/ideas. He lacks the "teacher" aspect of being a coach and considering you are coaching college kids that seems like a big portion of your position.

And I guarantee I'm not the only one with that opinion.

Spanish OR Chinese Basketball Team?!?

The Spanish Olympic Basketball team recently posed for an advertisement where they are pulling their eyes back to look more Chinese (aka slant eyes). Yet the Spanish say that they didn't intend to offend anyone.

I guess how I could see one or even a few people thinking that it was a good idea to pose in a picture like that and thinking... "what a creative, affectionate and funny way to promote the Spanish Basketball team playing in the Olympics (in China)." But a whole team??? I have to stand up and applaud the entire team for being so ignorant. Come on guys, you are on a world stage. Didn't one of you raise your hand and say that might, just maybe, be viewed as inappropriate? Maybe one of the coaches? No? Here's your gold medal (and not for Basketball)...

Though I might have expected this from the French.

OOOOOOOOOOOOOO...

Here are a few links that were sent by friends...

Who says Autzen isn't loud... A discussion on college football stadiums and their fans (especially students).

"It was like some sort of crazy torture in the movies... How do people do that so long without taking a breath? I think my ears are still ringing" - Adrian Peterson

To back that up here is a video of Autzen during Oklahoma's blocked kick at the end of the 2006 game to seal the deal for the controversial Ducks win.

Oregon also came in at #20 in deadspin's college football preview. On top of the 20 ranking the author shows some love to cheerleaders and uniforms.

"Off Topic: The swoosh is awesome."

and for you Beaver fans, finally someone outside the Duck community realized you got off easy last year...

"Yes, OSU has won two in a row, but last year took double OT with a fifth string Fr. QB and a hurried, missed 40 yd FG to seal the deal."

Bellotti Goatee?

For years we have asked when Bellotti would grow back his mustache... While it's not a stache, John Hunt at the Oregonian says that Bellotti is sporting a new goatee...

Chinese Love Oregon?!?

So apparently the Chinese love Oregon...

Ludicrous Speed Huh?

Ivan Maisel created a top 10 list of teams that use their speed to their advantage. Where did the Ducks rank in this list? Oh... only #1.

He also wrote another article on the spread and how it has really sped up a teams offense. An interesting tid bit regarding Oregon is that apparently the other coaches didn't want to speed up the offense and Bellotti overruled that vote.

Miller's Best/Worst Case Scenarios

Ted Miller over at ESPN is going through each teams best and worst case scenarios for 2008. As Moseley points out, you have to like Miller's thoughts on the Ducks this season. A national title or 5-7??? Not bad, not bad at all...

"Ludicrous speed" it is...

2008 Oregon Football Media Guide

The 2008 Oregon Football Media Guide was just posted on Goducks.com. For those into players, stats, the upcoming season, etc... look no further.

Football Notes

Jason Vondersmith from the Portland Tribune wrote a good article that discusses some of the potential impact players this year and some other general notes.

New Scoreboard Update

According to Rob Moseley's video the new DuckVision is up and running. I feel sorry for those fans on the other side of the stadium, they'll never get to see the highlights (that is sarcasm folks)... That thing is huge!

Best-Kept Secret: Chip Kelly

Bruce Feldman from ESPN The Magazine released his top 10 best-kept secrets in college football. Oregon's Chip Kelly topped the list at #1. Kelly truly turned some heads last year with his innovative and intriguing offense. Oregon fans even started talking about Kelly as the next head coach when Bellotti was listening to UCLA regarding their open coaching position. Shows you he made quite the splash in his first year as Oregon's offensive coordinator.

According to Rob Moseley the other day, Kelly

"doesn't have specific long-term plans, but that he would like to be a head coach someday. It would have to be the right situation; he's not going to take any old job just to say he's the head guy. But if the right job opens up a year from now, he acknowleged, he might take it. On the other side of the coin, he could be here '25 more years' if the right situation doesn't come up."

If this year plays out like many Duck fans believe it will I expect that opportunity to come knocking. Maybe not this year, nor next year, but definitelly sooner than 25 years from now. I was happy to see that when Rob asked about the potential to leave for another coordinator position he said it wasn't likely (However, would likely follow Bellotti if he were to head to another program).

NBA's Top Trios

Chris Broussard at EPSN ranked some of the NBA's top trios. There is a little love for Blazers Brandon Roy, LaMarcus Aldridge and Greg Oden toward the bottom. I'm guessing this trio wasn't ranked higher due to Greg Oden not playing last year. Though, it is quite the prediction Chris throws out there.

JC Linebacker Transfer

Just in time for fall camp Ducks picked up a big time junior college linebacker. Here's a good article from Bob Rickert at Oregonlive on Tyrell Irwin a 4 star linebacker from Mt. San Antonio JC. It's pretty exciting to get a proven JC linebacker that still has 3 years to play 3.

Rey Maualuga's Secret?

For a linebacker who is known for his huge hits, he sure knows how to fem it up.