NCAA Scandals

            This spring there has been a lot of controversy and scandals brought up in college football. Duck fans are experiencing a very nerve racking time with NCAA looking in on the payment and mentor status of Willie Lyles.
            Other football programs are experiencing similar scandals. Ohio State is going through a scandal for their coach, Jim Tressell, lying about infractions that were committed by their team. SEC is always going through these scandals as well. Four former Auburn players admitted on HBO "Real Sports" that they were being paid by boosters, and how on visits to Ohio State they were offered sexual favors. This is not a surprise to a lot of people. There is a reason why the SEC is so dominant, schools will do anything to have a winning football team. The Lyles scandal that the University of Oregon is going through right now would be a minor violation in the eyes of the SEC, but to many Oregon fans, this is a big violation.
           I have heard a lot of people say that "what Oregon is doing is fine because everyone else is doing it"... that doesn't make it alright. I have higher expectations for Oregon and I hope they clean it up and get the job done in the correct way. No more playing in the mud, we learned our lesson. Let's be better than the SEC. Go Ducks!

Thursday Practice

The Ducks finished the last day of padless practice. The Ducks will have pads on starting Saturday. Practice today consisted of trying to find a center, and two classmates of mine: Karrington Armstrong and Hroniss Grasu compete to replace Jordan Holmes. Lache Seastrunk had another stellar day along with fellow backs: Kenjon Barner and LaMichael James. Bryan Bennett again wows practice with his fastball type throws. Ducks are looking to reload this year and not rebuild.

Ducks Win! Ducks Win!

Ducks forced a game three for the CBI tournament finale. Ducks beat Creighton 71-58, forcing a game 3 to be held at Matthew Knight Arena on Friday. "Betta get ya popcorn ready." The Ducks look to put a great ending to a surprisingly successful season. The Ducks current record right now is 20-18. Nobody saw a 20 win season on our hands.

Chip Kelly interview after practice

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Ken Goe analysis

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great analysis by Ken Goe of the Oregonian on todays first spring practice.

Homecoming Loss for Altman

The Ducks lost the first game of the CBI final tonight at Creighton. Altman received an applause from the Creighton crowd. The Ducks look to bounce back against Creighton on Wednesday at Matthew Knight Arena.

Spring Football

Spring Football starts up on Tuesday of this week. Ducks look to have another stellar spring like they had last year. Oregon is trying to return to a third straight BCS game this upcoming football season. I will post news and updates from the practice as soon as I can. Go Ducks!
Oh also the spring game is going to be dedicated to the women and men who serve our country.

17 innings

The Ducks yesterday played in a 17 inning battle with Wichita State. The Ducks lost by one after a comeback to tie the game in the ninth. The Ducks Won today 6-1, putting a great end to a great series of baseball with Wichita State. The Ducks overall record now is 14-9. The Ducks will now start conference play this week at Arizona State. ASU by the way is a baseball powerhouse so the Ducks better play some great baseball.

Title Game

Oregon will play Creighton in the CBI title. It seems like this title game is fate. Creighton is Dana Altman's school that he coached at last. The CBI tournament isn't taken too seriously considering OSU won it two years ago, but this is a huge step for Oregon though. CBI tournament has really given the Ducks a chance at more game experience and should set up for a more experienced and mature team next year.

Seven in a Row

Ducks Baseball extended their win streak to seven games. Wow... let it never end.

Extra Innings seals the deal

Oregon beat San Diego State today in extra innings. The Ducks won 6-4 in 10 innings. Ducks are playing real good baseball right now.

I'm Back

Sorry for the absence. Just got done with Finals week so I hope you understand. What have I missed: Ducks won their CBI opener and will play again on Monday at Matt Arena against the Dukes. Ducks baseball is on a winning streak that was extended to five games today against San Diego State. As for my grades I had a slouchy grade term so I am expecting a 2.6-3.0 GPA this term :'(   I better get back into my books.

CBI tournament

Ducks accepted to play in the CBI tournament. They will play Weber St. on Wednesday at Matthew Knight Arena.

Ducks are .500

Ducks beat BYU at home yesterday at PK Park. The Ducks won 4-2, with the help of Madison Boer's outstanding pitching, as always. The Ducks clinched the series. The second half of the rotation needs to step it up now for the rest of the year.

Streak Ends

Ducks mens basketball lost last night to the Huskies. The loss put an end to the Ducks season. The Ducks were way better than people thought that they were going to be. Ducks were projected to finish last in the Pac-10, but they ended up finishing 7th, before the tournament. Dana Altman has to be the coach of the conference this year, for the fact of winning games with the type of players that he has. It was an exciting tournament this year, and it personally made my season when the Ducks beat UCLA....I hate cry baby Nelson. Thanks for a great season Ducks.

Ducks Win Against BYU

Ducks baseball won against BYU 6-3. Tyler Anderson struck out 12 today. It is good to see that the Ducks are backing their pitching finally lets hope the Ducks take the series this weekend, the Ducks need it. All I have to really say about this game is that Tyler Anderson....YOU'RE A FREAK OF NATURE! That's a good thing btw. Go Ducks!

Brandon Bair

Brandon Bair today at Oregon's pro day was pretty good. Bair was very fluid in his defensive tackle drills, but he was also approached by scouts about being a tight end. Bair later took some drills involving him catching. Bair was recruited as a tight end by Oregon. He was a little rusty but he will get it going. This just gives Bair a little more versatility.

Washington vs. Oregon

Looks like the Oregon Ducks will be taking on Washington Huskies tomorrow at the Staples Center at 8:30pm.

Colt Lyerla

Colt Lyerla is a local product out of Hillsboro, Oregon. Lyerla can play anywhere from linebacker, wide receiver to tight end. Lyerla has said that he would prefer to play on the offensive side. Lyerla is 6'5" 225lbs, simply a beast. The kid is a freak I expect great things out of him. I would compare him to a faster Justin Peele and maybe even an Ed Dickson type of receiver/tight end.

B.J. Kelley

B.J. Kelley is a wide receiver out of Fresno, California. Kelley is 6'2" and 175lbs. He is a homerun threat that is very underrated. I project him to do really well on wide receiver screen passes. Again he is another type of player that could gain a little more weight during the off season. Kelley reminds me of a taller Samie Parker, but not as fast.

Marcus Mariota

Marcus Mariota is a quarterback out of St. Louis High School in Honolulu, Hawai'i. Mariota is 6'4" and 185 lbs. He reminds me of a Dennis Dixon finesse type of player, but he also has the stature of Darron Thomas. When Mariota rolls out he reminds me of Masoli, not in the way that he is going to run someone over, but just his aggressive cutting. Mariota has one heck of an arm. I am really excited about this player. He will be a great player here. Hopefully in the years that he is in the shadows waiting he can gain a little more weight and maybe be able to lower the hat a bit.

Recruit rundown

Keep an eye on my blog to check out my projections of Oregon recruits. I will start it tonight.

Pro Day Results

Pro Day has come to an end and from what I have heard the guys did fairly well. Matthews got to put down some times for scouts today. He ran what he said was a 4.6 40 yard dash. Matthews still could not bench press today because of his shoulder pain. Jeff Maehl also improved on his broad jump to 10' 1". He didn't really have to do too much because he had a very good combine. Spencer Paysinger also seemed to be surprisingly fast in the video that I saw of him and he had really good catching skills as well. He is pretty darn fast.

Singler Does It Again

The Ducks wowed viewers tonight by beating.... check that, by crushing the UCLA Bruins 76-59. E.J. Singler lead the Ducks with a career high 24 points. The Ducks will be taking on the winner of the UW vs. WSU game at 8:30pm tomorrow night. Armstead also played extremely well. Garrett Sim was another notable standout in the game with a buzzer beater three point shot at half-time.

Three is a magic number

Ducks beat ASU last night. FINALLY! The Sun Devils were going for a sweep of three games over the Ducks this year, but Singler and company put an end to that. Singler scored a career high 22 points. He was on fire. The Ducks won 76-69. Next up is UCLA at 6:10pm tonight. The Ducks can definitely win this game. They have played well against UCLA before. All they have to do today is not turn the ball over and finish the game. Go Ducks!

Pro Day

Oregon's pro day is today. Jeff Maehl, Casey Matthews and company will be there. Even Javes Lewis who has decided to leave early will be there.

Jim Tressel

Ohio States head coach Jim Tressel ha been suspended by OSU yesterday for two games for having prior knowledge of violations made by his team. The NCAA is looking into it and will see if there needs to be a harsher punishment.

Cal White Helmet

Cal looks to wear white helmets next year. Personally the facemask needs to be blue but whatever looks good.

Clash of Champions

Clash of the Champions was held at Matt Arena today. The most noteable match was Nadal vs.Federer. Nadal pulled out the victory in the friendly match. I will try to post pics as soon as I am able to. Hope more events like this happen at Matt Arena.

Baseball slump

Oregon baseball has not been going well to say in the least. The Ducks definitely came into the season a bit overrated. Today the Ducks lost to OSU for the fifth straight time. Let's hope coach Horton gets the team together so the season can be manageable before league games start counting. I feel like the ducks are missing a big player like they had last year with Rodriguez... Maybe the Ducks just need...a player like Tom Selleck in Mr. Baseball. That's a great movie by the way.

Randall and Simmons

Jerrard Randall seems to actually not be going to the U of O because the university requires certain academic standards that Randall does not qualify for. Good news that has come today was that Delvon Simmons, one of the top defensive end prospects, is considering leaving North Carolina and go to Oregon. This is after he stiffed the Ducks about a month ago by committing to North Carolina. Simmons wants to leave because of staff changes. I think the Ducks will be more than happy to take him. Go Ducks!

Jerrard Randall

Jerrard Randall has finally passed his ACTs and now is eligible for Oregon. He intends to keep his commitment to Oregon. This is great news considering all of the recent recruiting trouble. Go Ducks!

Recruiting Scandal

Right now, as you have probably heard, the Ducks are in a recruiting controversy for using a recruiting service of Willie Lyles. Lyles is a "sketchy" guy who most teams stay away from. The Ducks paid him $25,000 for recruiting service. The NCAA is investigating why the payment was so high, and what the Ducks could have possibly gotten for that. Another fishy thing was that Lyles' website has packages to purchase and there wasn't a $25,000 package until late Friday. I hope the Ducks didn't do anything wrong. NCAA is also looking into Seastrunk's relationship with Lyles. Many SEC reporters and talk show hosts have said that this is being blown out of the water, and that a lot of schools in the south are doing the same thing. This doesn't make it okay for what Oregon did, and it is good to see that people around the U of O really do care and have higher expectations for the Ducks. So hopefully this investigation will bring nothing bad, or if it does hopefully something minor so the Ducks can learn from it. Go Ducks!

Another uniform

Oregon against Arizona this week busted out another uniform. An away gray uniform. I like it, but let's slow up on all the uniforms. Anyway the Ducks played crappy against ASU, but on Saturday put up a real good fight and barely lost. In the tournament the Ducks will get another chance at ASU once again. Let's hope Dana Altman gets the team going again.