News Oregon football appears to be proof that winning doesn't breed humility. A recent fan survey by Sports Illustrated ranks Pacific-10 Conference schools top-to-bottom in several categories relating to the fan experience. The Ducks claimed the top spot in only one category, the dubious "rudest fans" category. It's a hard result to dispute, considering the results: 26.2 percent of those surveyed ...   More

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News Last year in the pre-Civil War run-up I wondered whether Oregon had a prayer of beating OSU in Corvallis with a Rose Bowl berth at stake for the Beavers. Happily for me and my fellow Ducks fans, Oregon proved to have more than a prayer and won a game for the ages. But now as sports karma would have it, this year's game has even more at stake with a Rose Bowl on the line for both teams for the ...   More

News My voice is hoarse, and my 44-year-old joints ache —both from standing in the cold for 3 1-2 hours last night and from repeatedly bear-hugging family, friends and longtime seatmates in Section 37 of Autzen Stadium— as one group of football-playing strangers (Oregon) beat another group (Oregon State). Bottom line: this is a childish matter that I can't put away and the Ducks' Rose ...   More

News I break for a moment from my Rose Bowl myopia to pay homage to another group of fans in Oregon paying homage to its college football team. In the spirit of this well-chronicled video by Ducks students, [youtube]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_hrjpe1VCNg[/youtube] there's now this rap by Linfield fans for their 'Cats: [youtube]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Y3XFCVB0O74&feature=player_embedded[/youtube] Credit ...   More

News Reader Kyle S., whose new nickname choice for the troubled Oregon Ducks football team is "Chain Gang Green." Kyle's entry, which wins him four free tickets to tomorrow night's men's basketball game between the University of Portland and the University of San Francisco, was the best among a couple dozen reader submissions that included the Dregs, Malicious Mallards and Water Foul. Read the ...   More

News Three depressing thoughts from the world of sports in the last coupla days: 1) Here's something to take your mind off the Trail Blazers' epic collapse last night against Utah: Go watch Sonicsgate, as I did Saturday night (thanks to BAM: the Beer and Movie Fest). The story of how a market like Seattle lost the Sonics should scare the hell out of Blazers fans when they think about the Blazers' ...   More

News Jack Bogdanski got the ball rolling last night with his proposed "Jail Ducks" name for the Oregon Ducks football team. The Pac-10 champion Ducks have made it hard lately for fans of their on-the-field performance to avoid fearing we're headed toward an all-encompassing "Jail Blazers" conclusion for the players' mounting number of off-the-field legal run-ins. (We're not the only ones who are ...   More

News Three quick moments of disclosure before I opine on the latest problem for an Oregon football player: 1) I am a season-ticket holding Ducks fanatic who has followed this team's fortunes with childish passion since I was a child in the 70s. 2) I did a lot of dumb things in college. 3) And I of course believe in the concept of innocent until proven guilty. But what the hell is going on in Eugene? We're ...   More

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