QUACK BACK: Volume 4

FOOTBALL ROUTS MISSOURI STATE With a final non-conference game against Missouri State, the Ducks head into Pac-12 play with confidence, but ...

On Notice

The official word was received, of course, from the NCAA at some point during the week. Ever feeling the need to snipe, media folks have pou...

Sunday Wrap Up

Much has been made of the defensive performance yesterday. Lost in the talk, however, are some key elements to what happened. I do not think...

Thoughts On Missouri State

Listen. Do you hear that? That is the sound of critics and media types saying that the Oregon-Missouri State game on Saturday will teach not...

DSA Tailgate-Missouri State Edition

View from Our Tailgate Lot We will be in the Serbu Youth Center Directly across Centennial Blvd (MLK) from Autzen. We will have the flag ...

In The Shadows of Greatness

The Beginning: StayStrong As Duck fans left Dallas, many of us felt down; defeated. Perspective. In a world where our every step seems cal...

QUACK BACK: Volume 3

A LITTLE “O” FLAP Seems to me as if there was much ado about nothing yesterday. Of course, I am referring to Mike Pereira, Director of Pac-1...

Did Will Lyles Help or Hurt Players?

Late last month I received word from a source that is familiar with athletic department policy regarding potential sanctions for...

Sunday Wrap Up

Our Tailgate View As expected, the Ducks rolled over a Nevada team missing it's most potent weapon from last season, the graduated Colin...

Friday Fun

750 The Game Appearance Made an appearance on Dave Smith's show to talk about the Nevada game as well as follow up on Lache Seastrunk. E...

DSA Tailgate-Nevada Edition

Here we are-first home game of 2011. Due to extenuating circumstances, a LOT of people had difficulty making it all the way to the Dallas ...

Look Ahead to Saturday

ODE TO PROGRESS Oregon Duck fans know as well as anyone the long struggle it takes to rise from have not to one of the elite teams in the ...

Heart of Darkness-Understanding the Men Inside the Helmet.

In Notes From Underground , the classic short novel by Fyodor Dostoyevsky, we are introduced to the lead character with this complicated, ...

Quack Back: Volume 2

Follow along on our second edition of the week that was in Oregon Sports with the latest Quack Back! This week we learned that there ARE w...