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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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According to some info kevanlee over at OBNUG found, Oregon is a 9.5 point underdog to BSU in the opener, for whatever that’s worth.

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by jtlight on Jul 2, 2009 7:59 AM PDT reply actions   0 recs

Jeez….9.5? If you’re a bettor, go find that outlet and get some money down on Oregon. That is A LOT of road points for a team that’s almost a consensus pre-season top-15 team.

I'm really tired of it not being football season.

by JConant on Jul 2, 2009 8:57 AM PDT up reply actions   0 recs

I have to ask because I don’t know…Who is Jim Howell and why should I care about these projections? The front page of his website has not only an old school counter, but a rainbow stylized horizontal rule.

--Dominic, Addicted to Quack

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

by dvieira on Jul 2, 2009 8:59 AM PDT up reply actions   0 recs

I heard it was a pick ’em until Ropert left.

by grimc on Jul 2, 2009 9:06 AM PDT up reply actions   1 recs

Totally off topic, but this picture is awesome:

--AddictedToQuack, SBNation's Oregon Ducks blog

by jtlight on Jul 2, 2009 10:32 AM PDT reply actions   0 recs

I don’t think I’d be caught dead on that…

by ntrebon on Jul 2, 2009 10:38 AM PDT up reply actions   0 recs

That’s true. If you were dead, you would be several floors below where this picture was taken

--Dominic, Addicted to Quack

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

by dvieira on Jul 2, 2009 10:51 AM PDT up reply actions   0 recs

I doubt they'd let anyone drag a corpse onto that thing...

It’d scare the kids. But on the flip side, it’d make for a great tourist photo-op.

"The brownies,'' Fernandez said after the game. "The brownies are good for me to make three-points.''

- from Quick's Behind the Blazers Locker Room Door, 4/16/09

by ArbyOSU on Jul 2, 2009 12:00 PM PDT up reply actions   0 recs

I dont know what I like better from that vid

Gaines’ sweet dreads (which we have been needing badly), or the amazing afro gracing the head of Mr Masoli. Awesome hair might be the one thing this team needs to get over the top.

Sleeping under an avalanche with Cartman, wake me Sept 3.

by trumpetduck on Jul 2, 2009 11:33 AM PDT reply actions   0 recs

When I saw the video for the first time, I thought the exact same thing. Masoli looked awesome.

--AddictedToQuack, SBNation's Oregon Ducks blog

by jtlight on Jul 2, 2009 11:36 AM PDT up reply actions   0 recs

Masoli and Gaines boxing there was sweet too.

Looks like Gaines is not only a specimen, but a gent too. Sounds like he’s fitting right in well.

I love duck football.

Addicted To Quack [dot] com; Good luck in the WNBA, Kamyron!

by qrsouther on Jul 2, 2009 1:08 PM PDT up reply actions   0 recs

Nice 'burns!

"The brownies,'' Fernandez said after the game. "The brownies are good for me to make three-points.''

- from Quick's Behind the Blazers Locker Room Door, 4/16/09

by ArbyOSU on Jul 2, 2009 1:15 PM PDT up reply actions   0 recs

"I wanted to bang heads..."

In his career at Oregon, punter Jackson Rice will make at least one tackle that makes us say “Wow!”.

I'm really tired of it not being football season.

by JConant on Jul 2, 2009 2:52 PM PDT reply actions   0 recs

I love it.

I wish I could’ve made a tackle. I got stiff armed on two separate kickoffs.

Addicted To Quack [dot] com; Good luck in the WNBA, Kamyron!

by qrsouther on Jul 2, 2009 5:17 PM PDT up reply actions   0 recs

In the video, it also looked like Blount worked off his Momma’s home cookin’.

"It’s spelled S-H-U-F-E-L-T-M-E-U-P"

by JShufelt on Jul 2, 2009 7:51 PM PDT reply actions   0 recs

Two things I want to hear or see for myself this fall: LGB looks trim and fast and mean and unstoppable; Nate Costa is running around in full-speed 11-on-11 drills at decent speed and with no limp.

I'm really tired of it not being football season.

by JConant on Jul 3, 2009 12:44 PM PDT up reply actions   0 recs

Boss Costa

JC: I’m telling the truth. Costa is the second best QB in the Pac 10 and he’s a Duck. With feathers!
qrs: You IS a Duck, too! You like-a the feathers?
Sixty days only you yellow-billed Dudes. Are you coming to the Moshofsky Center?
http://www.addictedtoquack.com/2009/7/3/936895/morning-quack-fix-a-big-jc-recruit#comments

by DONALDUCK on Jul 5, 2009 6:44 PM PDT reply actions   0 recs

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