Morning Oatmeal: College football is here!

by jtlight on Aug 28, 2008 7:23 AM PDT in News Comment 10 comments

College football starts today, and we even get a little Pac-10 action to keep us occupied. So let's see what's happening around Duck land.

Well, Costa did in fact tear his ACL and is done for the year. We wish him the best, though this may give him a shot at a medical hardship.

Overall, I'm not worried about Roper. He doesn't have the ceiling that Costa did, but he seems to know his limitations more, which may help limit turnovers. As far as his running ability, he reminds me of Kellen or Joey. He's not someone that has a great scrambling ability, but he can run designed plays, and has enough speed to keep the other team a bit honest. If he can get his passing consistent, which he seems to have done lately, I don't see the offense slipping too many beats, with all the weapons around him.

The RG has a great article today on what may have been the most underachieving team in Duck football history, the 1998 team. Though seriously hampered by injuries at the RB position, the team took you to the highest of highs, and the lowest of lows. The UCLA game and OSU games will forever be classics, but were also games where Oregon shot themselves in the foot. Against UCLA they turned the ball over 5 times, and against OSU...Michael Fletcher.

One thing that hasn't been discussed in the upcoming UW game is the new defense the UW will be employing. I'm not really worried, only because of the rather large talent disparity between the Oregon offense and the UW defense, but the Oregonian has an article on the issue this morning.

Also, the Portland Tribune had an article yesterday on Kelly and Aliotti and their gameplanning this year. It will be interesting to see what Kelly has up his sleeve, but I think I may be more excited to see what Aliotti can do. He has his perfect defense this year, with a stellar secondary and defensive line that can rush the passer. Of all the positions that can change the game on that side of the ball, those are it. With the secondary giving the rest of the defense the opporunity to blitz, and the line getting to the quarterback quickly on it's own, Aliotti will be able to do whatever he wants. It should be fun to watch.

That's all for now. If you have any links or thoughts to share on today's news, add it in the comments!

GO DUCKS!

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John Hunt doesn't like logic!

Apparently FieldTurf causes injuries…because more than a normal amount of injuries have happened there in the past year?

This was sort of covered at Ducks Attack not too long ago, though in relation to the spread offense rather than the turf.

But lets go over this again:
Correlation does not imply causation!

Also, when making any sort of assumption regaring this, it’s recommended that you have a decent sample size.

Looks like they don’t teach basic statistics or logic in journalism school.

--www.AddictedToQuack.com

by jtlight on Aug 28, 2008 9:47 AM PDT reply actions 0 recs

As a proud J-school alumn

I can vouch that they definitely do not teach statistics or logic there… You have to walk across the lawn to Deady Hall for that.

They've gone to plaid!

by gribbit1 on Aug 28, 2008 11:04 AM PDT up reply actions 0 recs

John Hunt is pretty cool

I met him at the practices, nice guy.

Your friendly neighborhood placekicker.

by qrsouther on Aug 29, 2008 10:07 AM PDT up reply actions 0 recs

He's usually pretty good...

I just hate crap like that.

--www.AddictedToQuack.com

by jtlight on Aug 29, 2008 10:12 AM PDT up reply actions 0 recs

If you got some time to kill

Here’s a list of YouTube clips from the ’98 UCLA game.

Seriously, what a great game. Too bad we didn’t come out on top.

--www.AddictedToQuack.com

by jtlight on Aug 28, 2008 10:43 AM PDT reply actions 0 recs

I don't know...

I think any “perfect defense” of Allioti’s has to involve Igor and Haloti at DT. If that were the case, there would be no gaps for the LBs to fill at all. They just wouldn’t exist. we could have played 8 DBs!

Man, it would have been nice to see the two of them play together…

They've gone to plaid!

by gribbit1 on Aug 28, 2008 11:03 AM PDT reply actions 0 recs

Here's an awesome video of...

…Husky players impersonating Willingham. Simply hilarious.

--www.AddictedToQuack.com

by jtlight on Aug 28, 2008 1:49 PM PDT reply actions 0 recs

End of Costa's Career?

With now three knee surgeries, what does this latest setback spell for him with regards to not only the Ducks, but the rest of his career? Are we at a point now where we have to consider that Nate Costa may have to hang up the spikes and strongly consider never playing football again? Don’t get me wrong, I admire his resolve for rehab and wanting to play but at some point you really have to wonder about this young man’s long term health. From an investment standpoint, can the Ducks really afford to count on someone for the long term who has a growing history of major injuries?

I know he can come back from this. He proved that last year. I just don’t know if he will ever be the same having gone through so many surgeries on his wheels.

--Dominic

Autzen Stadium is where great teams go to die." - J. Brady McCullough, The Michigan Daily.

by dvieira on Aug 28, 2008 2:26 PM PDT reply actions 0 recs