Let's see how we are at seeing things.... Just in the last couple of nights....
Boston College was a 90% favorite over Vanderbilt on ESPN's "America's Vote". Sheesh, why'd they even play the game? Should have just called it and saved everyone the trouble. But......Vandy didn't get the memo. They played a hell of a game and brought home their 1st bowl victory since 1955. Way to go Commodores. I was a doubter, I admit it.
The Ducks, my Ducks, were an 80% underdog on the ESPN poll. That was a great game and Oregon DOMINATED the 1nd half when they decided they were going to run the ball. (was that really our 3rd string QB...YUP!) I can't wait for the highlights to get up on youtube, Masoli laid some hits on those OK ST safeties.
Pitt was favored.
Boise Stat was favored.
Not very many people gave Colorado State a chance.
My point all along has been that we don't know. If you've played the game you know that playoffs, big games, bowl games.....they are different. They just are. Again, as the saying goes.....That's why they play the game!"
Wednesday, December 31, 2008
Oregon State makes it 4-0 for the Pac - 10
The Pac-10 had a rough season, I've said it before. But now they are showing how good they can be. In an offensive struggle the Oregon State Beavers outscored Pitt 3 - 0. Yes.....yaaaawwwwwnnnn. 3-0. But the Beavs were underdogs, as were the Ducks and Arizon and they managed to get by.
USC is the last game for the Pac-10, they will fact Penn State tomorrow. I've maintained that I feel like this will be another Big 10 gets blown out type of game. I dont want to see that because I have always liked Penn State but I feel like USC is going to make a statement here.
USC is the last game for the Pac-10, they will fact Penn State tomorrow. I've maintained that I feel like this will be another Big 10 gets blown out type of game. I dont want to see that because I have always liked Penn State but I feel like USC is going to make a statement here.
Tuesday, December 30, 2008
Ducks over OK ST!!!!
Wahoo!
Oregon Ducks win the Holiday Bowl 42-31.
What a tough 1st half to watch for me. Oregon is a running team and at the end of the 1st half they had barely run the football. Blount didn't touch it once. Johnson had 1 big 76 yard TD and Masoli was non-existant. Luckily someone reminded Chip Kelly at half time that we are one of the top run teams in the country.
J Johnson - 12 carries 119 yards 1 TD
J Masoli - 16 carries 106 yards 3 TD
L Blount - 7 carries 74 yards 1 TD
Yes, we are a running team. Most of that came in the second half. Masoli had a decent night throwing the ball ending at 18-32 for 258 yards 1 TD and 1 INT. He had 4 balls clearly dropped and a couple others that really should have been caught.
We had a hell of a 2nd half scoring 5 touchdowns (and we got stopped on the 1 yard line on a possesion).
THE DEFENSE - Going into the game I thought the defense had to play good bend but don't break. They did that well. Started ou a little shakey but stopped OK ST on 8 of it's last 10 possesions. Ducks came up with 2 interceptions and in the 2nd half layed some big time hits on Robinson that seemed to get him a little rattled.
OK ST's top reciever, Bryant, looked extremely good and unfortunately went down at the end of the 1s with an injured knee. This really reminded me of Dennis Dixon's injury last year. I personally think the Ducks played much better in the 2nd half but losing Bryant definately made an impact on this game. He is a hell of a player and I hope he can come back strong from this injury, knees are tricky.
Oregon Ducks win the Holiday Bowl 42-31.
What a tough 1st half to watch for me. Oregon is a running team and at the end of the 1st half they had barely run the football. Blount didn't touch it once. Johnson had 1 big 76 yard TD and Masoli was non-existant. Luckily someone reminded Chip Kelly at half time that we are one of the top run teams in the country.
J Johnson - 12 carries 119 yards 1 TD
J Masoli - 16 carries 106 yards 3 TD
L Blount - 7 carries 74 yards 1 TD
Yes, we are a running team. Most of that came in the second half. Masoli had a decent night throwing the ball ending at 18-32 for 258 yards 1 TD and 1 INT. He had 4 balls clearly dropped and a couple others that really should have been caught.
We had a hell of a 2nd half scoring 5 touchdowns (and we got stopped on the 1 yard line on a possesion).
THE DEFENSE - Going into the game I thought the defense had to play good bend but don't break. They did that well. Started ou a little shakey but stopped OK ST on 8 of it's last 10 possesions. Ducks came up with 2 interceptions and in the 2nd half layed some big time hits on Robinson that seemed to get him a little rattled.
OK ST's top reciever, Bryant, looked extremely good and unfortunately went down at the end of the 1s with an injured knee. This really reminded me of Dennis Dixon's injury last year. I personally think the Ducks played much better in the 2nd half but losing Bryant definately made an impact on this game. He is a hell of a player and I hope he can come back strong from this injury, knees are tricky.
Saturday, December 27, 2008
Oregon Ducks vs Oklahoma State Cowboys
This is an offense vs offense game if ever there was one. Both these teams put up big numbers on the scoreboard and in the run game. OK ST also has a big threat in the passing game as well.
Let's start with OK ST. While I HATE (yes HATE) the OK Sooners I really have no issue with the OK ST Cowboys. They have had a hell of a season and deserve all the credit in the world. I did think OK ST was a little overrated when they broke into the Top 10 just because they hadn't played thier big conference foes at that point. But the fact remains that the 3 losses they have came against the #1, #2 and #3 team (all rankings the week that they played them). I don't care how you slice it, that's great football. Their running game is terrific, both backs are averaging right at 7 yards a carry. They also have a more potent passing attack than the Ducks. Robinson threw for almost 3000 yards and 24 TD's this season and was vastly overshadowed by the QB's of TX,TX Tech and OK (who of course won the Heisman). They beat Missouri when they were ranked 3rd (I called that one). OK ST boasts the #7 ranked rushing offense in the country averaging 256 yards per game. The Ducks will need to slow that down a bit to compete.
Oregon will need to do what I've said all along this season. They need to be somewhat successful with the pass to keep the run game open. Johnson and Blount should have a HUGE day against the OK ST defense. Oregon comes in with the #4 rushing offense in the country.
SIDE NOTE - I you consider that Navy, Nevada, Air Force and LA Lafayette are all also in the top 10 rushing teams in the country I think you can easily slide OR and OK ST up the list to #2 and #3. Those teams I listed don't play in a competitive conference. GA Tech would stay ahead of both teams in this scenario. This game features 2 of the best rushing teams and there WILL be some fireworks.
Alright, back to Oregon. Masoli is the starter and has been for the better part of the season. This is his 1st year at Oregon and this is a complicated offense, he has matured as the season went on. If he's made some strides during the month of December we may see some great things. I'm looking forward to the future. He's a proven leader having won a JC National Championship last year.
The difference in this game will be the defenses. Both teams are going to rush and both teams will put points on the board. One of these teams needs to have thier defense step up and make some big plays. I think Oregon has proven that they can do that. Jairus Byrd, Spencer Paysinger and Patrick Chung need to have good solid games and they need to make a couple of turnovers, preferable like the ones they had against the Beavers where they turn them in to points on the board. I'd also like to continue seeing solid DE play from Nick Reed, he's a little guy for a lineman but you cannot measure heart and he's got plenty of it! I think OR's big play potential on defense is the key to this game!
GO DUCKS!!!!!
(who'd you expect me to pick)
Let's start with OK ST. While I HATE (yes HATE) the OK Sooners I really have no issue with the OK ST Cowboys. They have had a hell of a season and deserve all the credit in the world. I did think OK ST was a little overrated when they broke into the Top 10 just because they hadn't played thier big conference foes at that point. But the fact remains that the 3 losses they have came against the #1, #2 and #3 team (all rankings the week that they played them). I don't care how you slice it, that's great football. Their running game is terrific, both backs are averaging right at 7 yards a carry. They also have a more potent passing attack than the Ducks. Robinson threw for almost 3000 yards and 24 TD's this season and was vastly overshadowed by the QB's of TX,TX Tech and OK (who of course won the Heisman). They beat Missouri when they were ranked 3rd (I called that one). OK ST boasts the #7 ranked rushing offense in the country averaging 256 yards per game. The Ducks will need to slow that down a bit to compete.
Oregon will need to do what I've said all along this season. They need to be somewhat successful with the pass to keep the run game open. Johnson and Blount should have a HUGE day against the OK ST defense. Oregon comes in with the #4 rushing offense in the country.
SIDE NOTE - I you consider that Navy, Nevada, Air Force and LA Lafayette are all also in the top 10 rushing teams in the country I think you can easily slide OR and OK ST up the list to #2 and #3. Those teams I listed don't play in a competitive conference. GA Tech would stay ahead of both teams in this scenario. This game features 2 of the best rushing teams and there WILL be some fireworks.
Alright, back to Oregon. Masoli is the starter and has been for the better part of the season. This is his 1st year at Oregon and this is a complicated offense, he has matured as the season went on. If he's made some strides during the month of December we may see some great things. I'm looking forward to the future. He's a proven leader having won a JC National Championship last year.
The difference in this game will be the defenses. Both teams are going to rush and both teams will put points on the board. One of these teams needs to have thier defense step up and make some big plays. I think Oregon has proven that they can do that. Jairus Byrd, Spencer Paysinger and Patrick Chung need to have good solid games and they need to make a couple of turnovers, preferable like the ones they had against the Beavers where they turn them in to points on the board. I'd also like to continue seeing solid DE play from Nick Reed, he's a little guy for a lineman but you cannot measure heart and he's got plenty of it! I think OR's big play potential on defense is the key to this game!
GO DUCKS!!!!!
(who'd you expect me to pick)
UFC 92
What an event this was. In addition to being an Oregon Duck junkie I am a watcer and practitoner of MMA. This was a great event.
Rashad Evans proved to be too much for Forrest Griffin. I thought Rashad's speed was going to be enough to get him past Forrest but the 1st 2 rounds definately went to Forrest as he kept good distance and used his long leg kicks to keep Rashad at bay. In the 3rd round Evans was able to drop a bomb and take it down to the ground, once on the ground he used his wrestling to control and GnP him to a KO.
Frank Mir looked fantastic against Big Nog, ending the fight in the 2nd round. Finishing Big Nog is something that noone,including the great Fedor (in 2 tries) has been able to do.
Rampage had an extremely nice KO over Wanderlie Silva.
Great night of fights.
Rashad Evans proved to be too much for Forrest Griffin. I thought Rashad's speed was going to be enough to get him past Forrest but the 1st 2 rounds definately went to Forrest as he kept good distance and used his long leg kicks to keep Rashad at bay. In the 3rd round Evans was able to drop a bomb and take it down to the ground, once on the ground he used his wrestling to control and GnP him to a KO.
Frank Mir looked fantastic against Big Nog, ending the fight in the 2nd round. Finishing Big Nog is something that noone,including the great Fedor (in 2 tries) has been able to do.
Rampage had an extremely nice KO over Wanderlie Silva.
Great night of fights.
The California Golden Bears make it 2-0 for the Pac 10
California had as close as you can come to a home game tonight and they squeaked out a victory over the Miami Hurricanes. CAL scored late in the 4th after a forced fumble inside the 5 yard line to take and hold a 24-17 lead and win.
Miami is an extremely young team and showed a great dea of inexperience in the last 3 minutes with a horrific 2 minute drill. Wasting virtually 80% of the last 2 minutes. It was a shame to see a young team play so well for most of the game and then do that at the end.
Hey CAL, when your QB is playing like crap and your running back is averaging 10 yards a carry.....DON'T PASS, JUST RUN! CAL tried to give this game away by continually going to an ineffective pass game. Longshore was 10-21 while Best ran for 186 yards on 20 carries. Best did a great job in space, that guy is fast. All in all CAL represented the Pac-10 well, big explosive offense and a bend but don't break defense was a winning formula tonight.
PAC-10 2-0 in the 2008 BOWL GAMES.
Miami is an extremely young team and showed a great dea of inexperience in the last 3 minutes with a horrific 2 minute drill. Wasting virtually 80% of the last 2 minutes. It was a shame to see a young team play so well for most of the game and then do that at the end.
Hey CAL, when your QB is playing like crap and your running back is averaging 10 yards a carry.....DON'T PASS, JUST RUN! CAL tried to give this game away by continually going to an ineffective pass game. Longshore was 10-21 while Best ran for 186 yards on 20 carries. Best did a great job in space, that guy is fast. All in all CAL represented the Pac-10 well, big explosive offense and a bend but don't break defense was a winning formula tonight.
PAC-10 2-0 in the 2008 BOWL GAMES.
Oregon Ducks over Oklahoma Sooners for the National Championship!!
So we're nearing the end of my mach 2008 football playoff. The #4 Oklahoma Sooners vs the #16 Oregon Ducks for all the playoff marbles. We saw a lot of great games in the playoffs but this was a great championship game. It was close the whole way through but the....well....I guess the video will say it all. That's right, actual video footage of my mach playoffs...
The Ducks take the lead 34-33 with :46 left on the clock for the victory!!!!!!
The Ducks are National Champs!!!! WAAAAAAHOOOOOOOOO!!!!
The Ducks take the lead 34-33 with :46 left on the clock for the victory!!!!!!
The Ducks are National Champs!!!! WAAAAAAHOOOOOOOOO!!!!
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