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The Natty Diaries: Day 2

By on January 17, 2011 in Football

Day 2 of the Natty Diaries proves to be a day to imbibe a spirit or two. And you know O-T-P only rolls V-I-P (so long as it’s free).

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More Football, Less Work…Let's Blog, Shall We?

By on November 19, 2009 in Football

Damn you day job…don’t you know my true love is Oregon Duck blogging? How dare you distract me. Let’s catch up on the week so far. What’s more fun? Reading about LeGarrette Blount or Getting Hit By Him? I have a medical condition known as Blount Fatigue. I don’t want to hear about it anymore. [...]

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Injuries Schminjuries

By on October 8, 2009 in Football

Tim Tebow has been laid up. Same with Sam Bradford and Jermaine Gresham. Dez Bryant just got a year long suspension. Rob Gronkowski? Out for the year. And on top of that, 50% of the Pac-10 (including Oregon) has dealt with some variety of quarterback injuries in 2009. Point is, everybody’s dealing with it. In [...]

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Let's break it down

By on October 2, 2008 in Football

I don’t do this often, so consider this a treat. Today, wait for it…waaaaaait for it…I am actually going to attempt making serious insights into a football game. Yeah, I’m nervous, too. Let’s see how this goes. Gotta’ Run That Football The running game is clearly Oregon’s strength. Wait, wait wait. Nick, if that’s what [...]

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I Heart Fans

By on September 23, 2008 in Football

Hello class. Today, we’ll be talking about message boards. It’s where what I assume are reasonable and rational human beings go to completely lose their collective minds. Now, if you must read the musings of irrational fans (and frankly, I must, because football is an addiction), do your best to check your sanity at the [...]

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Mad and Glad

By on September 20, 2008 in Football

Mad… In most respects, Saturday’s game against Boise State was nothing short of a nightmare. It conjured up the horrifying memories of the year 2004 and a team named Indiana. The first three quarters were awful. There was nothing to be happy about. Some lowlights: Jeremiah Johnson using his running back position as an audition [...]

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Pondering the quarterbacks

By on September 4, 2008 in Football

I watched the Washington game (duh). I was like just about everyone else. More Jeremiah Masoli, more Chris Harper. Roper? Eh, moving on. But wait. Let’s think about this with a little more thought. Why are we all so sure Roper isn’t the guy? He played well enough as a 5th string fill-in to get [...]

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