CFB Channel Cruisin’ Week 4: Rivalries and non-conference matchups highlight this week’s slate
After an exciting week last week, there’s no game that’s the caliber of USC-Ohio State, but there’s not a letdown in the least.
This weekend’s slate offers up several rivalry games, a few key early conference matchups, and some good non-conference showdowns as well, and it all gets started tonight. That’s right, tonight, [...]
Ducks go to Plan B (OK, maybe 1A) on eve of season
Oregon sophomore Nate Costa had won a heated battle to become the Ducks’ starting quarterback, only to see that chance lost for much if not all of the season due to another injury to his left knee.
Costa will be out a minimum of eight to 10 weeks after reinjuring his surgically repaired left knee last [...]
2008 Oregon Ducks Preview: Can the Ducks challenge for Pac-10 supremacy?
The 2007 season held a lot of promise for Oregon. Heading into the final few weeks of the season, the Ducks were in control of the Pac-10 and ranked #2 in the country, in position to book a berth in the BCS national championship game with a winning finish.
However, star QB and [...]
Two-man race at Oregon to replace Dennis Dixon
When Oregon’s Dennis Dixon went down with a leg injury last season, so did the Ducks’ national title hopes and Dixon’s Heisman possibilities.
Second-year offensive coordinator Chip Kelly won’t have the graduated Dixon this season as Oregon tries to get back among the nation’s elite and build off that 56-21 Sun Bowl rout of South Florida.
In [...]
