I’ve been touting Roper all offseason!

ALL OFFSEASON I TELL YOU!

Shit….

This is super bad times.

Do or die time for Roper.

Unbelievable.

Here’s the link if you’re outside of Portland.

I hope he’s ok. Oregon’s a great team.

Moseley’s out of town, so it could be awhile before we get anything

Could this be a hoax? Possibly. This is not being reported ANYWHERE else, and even the Univserity Blog just updated with NO info on Costa.

I guess we will see…

Confirms an incident. He’s out of town, so he doesn’t have a lot of info.

so this might not be as serious as feared. Please, please, please

I know people have been really high on Nate Costa for months and months but perhaps we should wait a bit before saying what a huge blow this is. I know I know…there would be no drop off from last year if Costa wasn’t hurt, yada yada….Roper had a bad spring, yes I know. I’ve seen posts in several locations saying things like “Season is Over” and “I just put my tickets on E-Bay”. I understand that there is a whole lot of hype around Costa but lets face it. We haven’t seen him on the field in game situations. I’m not ready to anoint him the greatest player since Dennis Dixon until he hits the field. Roper wasn’t bad at the end of last year and by all accounts he is having a pretty good fall camp. I’m not ready to say this moves us from an 11-1 team to a 6-6 team just because of hype surrounding Nate Costa. If Costa can’t go, I would be perfectly happy with Roper running the show and vice versa

Don’t get me wrong, losing talent to injuries is never a positive thing for any team but before people start freaking out too bad, we don’t know the extent of all this.

We’re Duck fans. We’ve been through BCS shaftings, a loss to Indiana, season-ending injuries to Kellen and Dennis, and the ridiculous melodrama of the Terrelle Pryor sweepstakes. Whether Nate’s knee injury is minor or severe, we’ll make it through. It’s starting to look like the coaching staff’s decision to stock up on quarterbacks might prove to be brilliant. If anything, we’ll have a guy with a great arm (Roper) and a running quarterback who will make linebackers soil their pants (Harper).

The sky isn’t falling. We have the best offensive coordinator in the country. Everyone take a chill pill.

Go Ducks!

Roper’s been outplaying Costa in camp as of late. At this point the staff has spent so much time trying to develop Nate that he should have been in clear command of this offense. He’s not. Which is to say in terms of development the guy is behind schedule. The team knows Roper is a gamer. He came on at the end of last season. If you’d given him just a few more days to prepare for the civil war he would have won it. the only reason State won is because the UO coaching staff had no idea what to do about being down to their fourth and fifth string QB’s. Justin showed up saying “Here’s your answer.” He played it out until the very end against a tough, underrated OSU defense.
I don’t feel wrong saying that the ducks are in a better place now then they were a few days ago. Now they know (and let’s all just face it) that if Costa’s knee can’t make it through a fall camp where the QB’s get to wear red jerseys than it certainly won’t hold up through the football season when scrambling out of the pocket is a major part of the offense. Say what you want about who’s a better fit in the spread and i’ll tell you that i want the winner! Justin Roper in the course of one month stepped up to the plate a six and a half foot tall Sun Bowl hero from Buford, Georgia saving the ducks season as far as i’m concerned. I’ll take that guy!