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30 Dec 16

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This time next year, the Ducks will be in a bowl

Rebuilding is hard. An incoming football coach has to shed the old culture and hire a new staff. He has to acclimate 105 or so kids to (…)

29 Dec 16

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Ducks best #2 Bruins with Brooks three at the buzzer

Okay, did you all stick around to see how this one ended?   Oregon’s win streak at MKA is now 34, as the Ducks dealt #2 UCLA (…)

23 Dec 16

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The Taggart honeymoon and what it really means

Cynicism is a disease, deadly and invasive. It slowly corrodes the collective heart of a fanbase until it becomes lifeless and barely (…)

22 Dec 16

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Ducks muzzle Bulldogs, face UCLA next

The Ducks capped off their non-league schedule with a victory over Fresno State, a team that would probably finish in the bottom quarter (…)

19 Dec 16

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Ducks Run Over Rebels 83-63

The first bit of new in this game was that star forward, Chris Boucher, was not going to play due to an injured ankle. Fortunately, (…)

16 Dec 16

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Leave it to Leavitt: Willie Taggart goes old school to rebuild the Duck defense

This week new Oregon coach Willie Taggart found his defensive coordinator, nabbing Jim Leavitt from the University of Colorado, (…)

15 Dec 16

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Ducks Trap Grizzlies, 81-67

Thank goodness for Chris Boucher and Dylan Ennis. The former finished with a double-double, 23 points and a career high, 19 rebounds. The (…)

12 Dec 16

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Ducks roll Tide to reach 8-2

At the end the Ducks found the way to win and move their record to 8-2.  It was a great crowd for a mid-afternoon Sunday game, nearly (…)

10 Dec 16

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Setting the right expectations for Oregon football as the Willie Taggart era begins

Oregon is not Alabama or Ohio State, and never will be. In fact, Oregon isn’t even Oregon anymore. Mike Bellotti, Phil Knight and Chip (…)

07 Dec 16

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It's Taggart

Athletic director Rob Mullens made the official announcement just this morning, confirming a report from ESPN that University of South (…)

04 Dec 16

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Rob Mullens demos the kitchen

Women love those house-hunting shows where a schlubby guy and his hot wife or two hunky realtors buy an old, rundown house for a trusting (…)

03 Dec 16

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The Mullens prankster: long, strange, disappointing trip ends with Helfrich under the bus

  For the first time since 2004, the Oregon Ducks football team concludes the regular season with a losing record and no postseason (…)

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Ducks break with tradition, look outside for new football leadership

Oregon just fired a football coach with the second-highest winning percentage in school history, the first head  football coach they’ve (…)

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Masters of the Matt: Ducks bust Broncos 68-63, run home winning streak to 28

It certainly wasn’t pretty, but the Ducks pushed their home court winning streak to 28 with a hard earned, 68-63 victory over Boise (…)

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120th Civil War: will Mark Helfrich be sent home with 40 acres, 11 million dollars and a mule?

College football is all about traditions, and this matchup is no exception. This Saturday, Oregon will travel to Corvallis and face (…)

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Ducks take 5th in Maui by collaring Huskies

For the first time this season the Ducks win consecutive games and clinch 5th place in the Maui Jim Classic. There were hopes for much (…)

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Ducks topple Vols in Maui nailbiter

Facing a must win situation to keep this season from turning into a mess the Ducks came out the victors in a messy, mistake filled (…)

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Hoyas embarrass Ducks at Maui Invitational

Georgetown came in to this game fresh off a loss at home to Arkansas State, the Ducks, after being skewered by Baylor, laid a thumping on (…)

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Reeling Ducks face Utes in last-ditch stab at backing into a bowl

  Oregon travels to Utah this weekend for a matchup with the Utes. Kickoff is scheduled for 2:00 pm ET at Rice-Eccles Stadium, and (…)

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Oregon Vaporizes Valpo 76-54

There were some doubts going in to this game after the listless effort against Baylor. The Ducks did not look anything like the #4 team in (…)

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Ducks shooting goes wacky in Waco, fall to Bears, 66-49

Chris Boucher started the scoring by hitting one of his patented corner 3’s, unfortunately it would be the only one he connected (…)

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Pac-12 Football: Oregon Ducks Matchup Preview, Stanford

Oregon hosts Stanford this Saturday in their final home game this year. The seniors will try to rise to the occasion of Senior Day to (…)

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Ducks outshoot Army with 3-ball barrage, wrestle Bears in Texas Tuesday

Before a sold out, 12,364, Matthew Knight Arena crowd the #5 Ducks got their season started with a victory that leaves mixed feelings. The (…)

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Losing the day, and burying the lead

I haven’t been writing much, because the state of this team is so depressing. It isn’t just the losses, which are bad enough. It’s the (…)

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Oregon Football Matchup Preview: Oregon at USC

By Mike Robinson On Nov. 5, the Oregon Ducks will travel to Southern California to take on the USC Trojans in what most (…)