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News Remember the debate we had a few months back over Bryce Brown and whether Ducks football fans should be bummed that Oregon again didn't land a top national recruit — or relieved that Brown and his apparent posse of recruiting questions wouldn't be coming to Eugene. Well, according to news reports today, it seems for the moment that relieved is the proper response for UO fans since the ...   More

News By all accounts, Oregon football coach Chip Kelly will announce this morning some sort of plan that creates enough wiggle room for him to back off his once set-in-stone decision to not let senior running back LeGarrette Blount play this season after Blount lost his mind for a few minutes on national TV following the Ducks' opening-game loss to Boise State. Good. The original decision was a hasty ...   More

News Here are four insta-takeaways after watching Oregon football coach Chip Kelly's news conference this morning to announce the prospect that senior running back LeGarrette Blount may play this season after all. 1) Kelly never said his initial decision the day after the Boise State game was wrong. "I made the right decision Sept. 4," Kelly said. 2) Instead, Kelly says Blount's actions — ...   More

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News The University of Oregon announced this morning that LeGarrette Blount will be reinstated for this Saturday's game against Arizona State University. As I've opined before, I think this is the right —albeit belated— move for coach Chip Kelly to make since the original season-long punishment was too harsh. And it also makes sense to bring Blount back for a home game before what will ...   More

News If you believe the adage that there's no bad publicity, then it's nice that Saturday Night Live chose Oregon football as the foil for its skit over the weekend spoofing the video introductions of players on TV for the Rose Bowl. But while Oregon gained a little PR (not that the Ducks athletic office —and its Manhattan billboards of Joey Harrington— is ever slacking in that regard), ...   More

News Not that Oregon Ducks fans were expecting anything from Jeremiah Masoli in the 2011 season if the suspended quarterback returned after he served his one-year football penance (though a fellow Ducks fanatic had me more than half-convinced last weekend that Masoli would be unbelievable as a running back in an option package). But today's news that Masoli's latest screw-up has ended his Ducks career ...   More

News OK. The unthinkable has happened. Thanks to Wisconsin knocking off top-ranked Ohio State on Saturday, Oregon is ranked #1 for the first time. Before I get into the reasons to believe the Ducks can stay atop the rankings in the second half of the football season-and the reasons to fear they can't-I'd like to take a moment to savor this miracle. The fact that Oregon could ever be the top-ranked ...   More