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Morning Quack Fix: A BIG JC Recruit, Plus Summer Workouts For Women's Hoops

Time for a little Holiday Weekend Quack. Happy Fourth weekend everyone - keep it fun, and safe. Seems like most of the writers are taking a break too...

  • Always some good football stuff over at DucksTerritory. Competition is hot for the services of 6-7, 310-pound JC o-line recruit Roszell Gayden, and Oregon is in the mix. Another highly-touted Florida athlete has Oregon on his radar...Take a look at 2011 prospect Jabari Gorman.
  • A couple women's basketball articles give us a look into Paul Westhead's up-tempo offense and how the Duck women are preparing for the upcoming season. Jason Vondersmith says Westhead is looking to make a quick impact.
  • Over at the R-G, Rob Moseley reports that all 10 returning players - including two newcomers - are in Eugene this summer, working out as a team.
  • Two Oregon baseball players were named to an all-star team in the Hawaii Collegiate Baseball League.
  • Oregon women's soccer coach Tara Erickson and freshman Julie Armstrong will represent their countries in international competition this summer.

Ugh...slow news day. If you find something interesting, please post in comments.

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Morning Quack Fix: Looking back and Kilkenny and meeting Gaines and Rice

Good morning all. Every day we inch closer to football season, and are now in July, just weeks away from the start of fall camp, and two months from kickoff. Let's get to today's quack:

  • George Schroeder continues his excellent coverage of the changes in the athletic department. His article on Kilkenny can be summed up his line, "He leaves behind big shoes to fill. Or a big mess." But no matter your opinion on Kilkenny's job, I appreciate that he understood what he was doing. He brought changes to the department, the true impact of which we won't be able to evaluate for some time. But he was a visionary and got some very big things started. Through his deals, he helped secure the financial future of the athletic department. With all that he accomplished, it's amazing that he was only around for 2 years. Schroeder does an excellent job capturing all of the complexity of Kilkenny and what he did at Oregon, so make sure to give it a read when you have some time.
  • Moseley is giving us a look at some of the new Ducks, specifically Tyrece Gaines (WR) and Jackson Rice (P). There is a lot of pressure on both players. Rice is expected to start at punter, which is desperately needed after a poor showing of the special teams this spring. Rice is also looking forward to the season opener, as he grew up in Idaho and a Broncos fan. I'm sure that will end shortly. Gaines will have much more trouble catching up with the system, saying, "learning Oregon’s terminology and hand signals has been "like moving to a different country, learning a completely different language." But despite that level of difficulty, Gaines is doing what is needed, working hard. It took Jamere Holland a year to take the work seriously, but Gaines seems to have come in knowing that nothing would be handed to him. And what Duck fans will like to hear most of all, he loves to block, something that is vital for all of our receivers. For more on Gaines, check out this video put together by the Register Guard, it will definitely get you psyched.
  • Buster Sports has a couple things today. Former Oregon player and assistant coach John McKay comes in #2 in their list of the top 30 Pac-10 coaches. They also run down some of the prop bets in the Pac-10. Notably, USC is 2-5 favorites to win the Pac-10 title, with California and Oregon  both around 4-1. But where I think things get interesting is in the Heisman race. Jahvid Best is a 10-1 favorite to win it, while Jacquizz Rodgers is 33-1 and LeGarrette Blount is 40-1. Daschel like Blount, and I can't say I disagree. He could see the ball a lot, and with those odds, might as well put some money on him, if you're in Vegas.

Any other links? Leave 'em below. GO DUCKS!

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Media Wednesday - Indoctrinating the Youth

We here at ATQ feel that it's very important to start kids on Quack at a very early age. For this week's Media Wednesday, we wanted to give you a view into our Quack for Toddlers program. If you're interested in our showcase for the Junior Quack Club, make sure you click the jump.

 

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Morning Quack Fix: Two more Ducks fly the coop, not including Kilkenny

It's Wednesday already, and if you're lucky like me, you'll be getting this Friday off to celebrate America and all its glory. Since we're technically already over the hump, let's celebrate with a quick quack fix:

That's all I've got for today. As always, post any relevant links or comments below.

GO DUCKS!

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Morning Quack Fix: More on Bellotti to AD, Rupp going pro and Frohnmayer's retirement

Good morning Quack addicts.  Here's your latest fix

Well, that's about it.  Please post any comments or other newsworthy links below.

Go Ducks!

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End of the Pat Kilkenny Era

Mike Bellotti will be officially taking over as Athletic Director for the University of Oregon on Wednesday and with that, the Pat Kilkenny Era will be officially over. He didn't even want the job initially, so much so that he tried to lure former UO Football Coach Rich Brooks into taking it. Here we are in 2009, 3 years have gone by with Kilkenny at the helm. Let's take a look at some of the notable efforts during his time.

Landed a $100 million donation from Nike co-founder Phil Knight to construct what would become Matthew Knight Arena

Getting this donation broke down the dam that was holding back the new arena project for years. You can't argue with friends talking friends into spending a bunch of money and that's just what Pat did to Phil. Today, construction is underway for the new arena and whether or not you buy into the politics of how the financing came about, the project is still creating jobs for Eugene and the surrounding areas during a time when unemployment is very high. I wonder about how much money basketball will bring in with the new arena but having a mid-sized stadium in the middle of the state is good for a lot more than just Ducks Basketball Games.

Revived the baseball program after a 28 year absence

I'm not a baseball guy at all. That being said, I gave it my best to follow Oregon Duck Baseball. This was a victory for people that have a lot more invested in the sport than I do. How this plays out long term will be interesting but I take issue with a number of items surrounding baseball's return. First off, the claim by Kilkenny that Oregon State national championships in 2006 and 2007 played no role in bringing baseball back. Right. Sure. Although I buy the argument that college baseball will be a bigger deal in a few years than it is right now, making the claim that baseball coming back at this time is completely unrelated to their national championships and Phil Knight's donation to keep Pat Casey at OSU just isn't believable. Second, what's up with the shady deal of adding in the Eugene Emerald revenue into the projected budget when you don't even have a deal in place for them to play at PK Park? For the Ems, they either need to pony up major cash to revitalize Civic Stadium, pump about $2 million into PK Park to make it minor league baseball compatible or move the team. Counting on this money, when you are already over-budget because of the hiring of George Horton, is funky.

Dropped the wrestling program

Wrestling was never going to make the kind of money that other sports were. Even if you roll with the whole "Oregon's tradition is that there is no tradition!" argument that football uses, then wrestling was definitely on the chopping block. I understand Title IX and the importance of it but this whole situation could have been handled a lot better. I view this as a big black eye on Kilkenny where members of the wrestling team even tried to sue the University in efforts to keep the program alive.

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Morning Quack Fix: Mike Bellotti takes over, Ashton Eaton, and new recruits on campus

It was actually a fairly busy weekend for Duck news, so let's get to it.

  • Mike Bellotti becomes the Athletic Director on Wednesday, and the George Schroeder of the Register Guard has a long piece on the state of the department and how Bellotti will handle his duties. Despite all that Pat Kilkenny accomplished, there were rumblings around the department that the family environment was gone in pursuit of the almighty dollar. While I think that Kilkenny did what he was brought in to do (start construction on the basketball arena), it will be good to have Bellotti in the lead, and bring some balance to the department.
  • Ashton Eaton is getting some well-deserved love from the Portland Tribune, which asks, "Is Ashton Eaton the world's greatest young athlete?" While I don't know if I'd go that far, Eaton is just dominant. Only a junior, he took second in the US Track and Field Championships decathlon this weekend, and is an automatic win in any college decathlon.
  • Rob Moseley has been keeping track of which new recruits on are campus for summer school and workouts. Michael Clay and Tyrece Gaines are in town, but unfortunately Cliff Harris and Diante Jackson are not yet. While there's no reason to worry, with Harris' issues off the field this spring, the sooner he gets to campus and into school, the better.
  • Justin Roper has announced that he will transfer to Montana. Though not all that much closer to Georgia, good luck to him.
  • Buster Sports top 30 coaches of the Pac-10 is getting down to the end, with UCLA's Terry Donahue at No. 5.

There's quite a bit floating around, so if there's anything else you'd like to discuss, leave it in the comments. GO DUCKS!

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Morning Quack Fix: Galen Rupp wins again, Q&A with Josh Kaddu, and Akili Smith

Happy Friday everyone! Let's get to the Quack.

That's all for now. If you find anything of interest, leave it in the comments! GO DUCKS!

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