Tag Archives | TJ Ward

Injuries Schminjuries

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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Chip, You're Freaking Me Out

Chip, I’m going to level with you. The inscrutableness of your injury reports is starting to wear me down. Everyone with a ding in fall camp was day to day. And now, so is C.E. Kaiser even if he’s currently on crutches. Four weeks after a high ankle sprain, T.J. Ward is still – yep [...]

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What Do You See? UC Nightmare

If there is a diametric opposite in this universe to what we witnessed against Boise State, it was shown for four hours Saturday in Autzen Stadium. It was as dominant a performance as has ever been seen from an Oregon team and in drubbling Cal 42-3, the Ducks announced their return to the Pac-10 title [...]

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Utah, Oregon and…Tony Robbins? Trust Me, it Makes Sense

Saturday is Utah v. Oregon. You remember these teams, right? Last year’s #2 and #9 ranked squads? September 19th was supposed to be something of a titanic clash between two teams that have risen from college football’s scrap pile over the last 15 years. But in just two weeks, a couple of confident fanbases have [...]

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It's Gotta' Be the Youth

I feel like I whiffed on Oregon 2009. I thought they were a sure thing. Maybe not “Pac-10 champions sure thing,” but absolutely a challenger. Now, it’s a different story. Oh, they might still be a top tier team, but they might just unravel into the bottom, too. Don’t take this the wrong way. I [...]

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