by Dale Newton | Dec 11, 2014
Chip Kelly called Marcus Mariota the best player he ever coached. In an interview with Rueben Frank of Comcast Sports Philadelphia yesterday he said, “When he was a freshman, I remarked this kid’s going to win the Heisman.” Mark Helfrich discovered Mariota him...
by Dale Newton | Dec 4, 2014
The Oregon State athletic department takes in $65 million of annual revenue. Oregon’s is nearly twice that at $119 million. Money talks in college football. It maintains stadiums and hires support staff and coaches, outfits training rooms and the video resource...
by Dale Newton | Dec 3, 2014
Over the last two seasons the Ducks have struggled against Arizona’s 3-3-5 stack defense, which puts more mobile athletes on the field and discourages outside running plays, a good counter to the spread offense. Though limited by key injuries in the two losses,...
by Dale Newton | Nov 12, 2014
The College Football Playoff Committee released the third installment of their weekly rankings Tuesday night on their ESPN reveal show, and their findings included some shockers. 9-1 Oregon was ranked number two ahead of undefeated Florida State, and TCU slipped in at...
by Dale Newton | Nov 6, 2014
From the Oregon game notes comes this startling fact: 24 of the Ducks 56 touchdowns have been scored by freshmen. Royce Freeman has 13, Devon Allen 6, Darren Carrington 1, Charles Nelson 3, Kani Benoit 1. Sophomores Dwayne Stanford and Thomas Tyner have four each as...
