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Jon Embree

4th Annual Coaches’ Awards – Pac-12 Style!

We welcome three new coaches to the awards this season. They are honored, I assure you. The Jeff Tedford award for “We would never ask anyone on our team to fake something! Oh that, well, I didn’t know. Talk to my assistant.” And the winner is: Whoever is responsible at Oregon for releasing documents provided [...]

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SearchBag: Wazzu plays Wheel of Fortune, Mythbusters in Oregon, and an anti-Beaver Picture

This week’s SearchBag is all over the place, but there’s enough anti-OSU talk to get us by. Oh, and Mike Stoops may or may not be a jerk, but he’s at least entertaining.

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Click Tales: Are We Still Talking Fake Injuries? Yep

Vontaze Burfict and Chase Thomas just called. They want to know why no one cares about their ouchies. Said Burfict: “Man, I faked seven injuries on my own! Do you hear me? On my own!”

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SearchBag: Oregon Football is Twittering, A Mascot Abomination Resurfaces and Some Mike Stoops Facial Expressions

It’s not mail, it’s visitor searches. Google, Yahoo, Bing… they all come from somewhere. oregon football twitter (Google Search in Eugene, OR) Haha, oh you know me too well. But I’m off that train now. @OregonFootball died and on the 12th day resurrected as @Duck_Feed. Go ahead and follow. Just don’t forget me along the way. [...]

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Ranking the Pac-10: Week 9 – Cal? Cal? What’s the Deal?

Oregon remains the clear leader of the Pac-10 while also solidifying its spot at No. 1 in the human polls. The computers are still waiting to crunch some better numbers, but anything to give you an extra edge is worth having, right?

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3rd Annual Pac-10 Coaches’ Awards!

When new commish Larry Scott caught wind of this year’s awards, he said, “Nick, you got a good thing going here, but your presentation is weak. Come on, market it, kid! Throw in some pictures or something. Let the world know you exist!” He’s the guru. Now on to the 2010 Coaches’ Awards. The Rick [...]

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The Annual and Obligatory Pac-10 Prediction Post

I pretty much do this post every year for two reasons. (1) I don’t know what else to write when I first come back from 8 months off. (2) I like to look back and see how dumb (or occasionally brilliant) I was. For example, I have correctly picked the Ducks’ finish two years in [...]

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Passable Pac-10 Picks – Week 8

I’m barely getting by here, but you have to understand, it’s the coaching. I can’t take the blame for Jim Harbaugh messing up a game his team mostly dominated. And there’s no way I’m letting Steve Sarkisian and Nick Holt off the hook for that stunt they pulled down in the desert. Nope, 2-2 wasn’t [...]

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Ranking the Pac-10 – Week 1

It’s the first Pac-10 rankings for 2009. For extra perspective on each team, Off The Pond has dug deep into its sources and secured real quotes from around the conference. 1. Cal Why: Dismantled Maryland The Cal fanbase says: “Oh my God, we KILLED Maryland. We’ll probably roll over USC and everyone else. Why aren’t [...]

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2nd Annual Pac-10 Coach’s Awards

Welcome Pac-10 newcomers Steve Sarkisian and Chip Kelly. You are the new representatives at this award ceremony for 2009. We hope you are honored to have such a prestigious award in your name. The Dennis Erickson Award for “What, I’m Still in the Same Place? Why?” …And the Winner Is: Taylor Mays, USC Safety. It’s [...]

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