Quack Fix: Kenjon Barner increases practice participation and the men's basketball team suffers another loss

I think a couple bad performances by Newton and a few great ones by LMJ would also have to happen.

Its neat to have big name programs like Florida taking a page from Oregon’s style.

He followed it up with a smirk, too. I thought that was great.

Are we supposed to get any other answer at this point? Maybe CK should just record himself saying “He’s day to day” and then play that back every time he’s asked something like that….

Reporter: What’s Eddie’s status?
Chip: /holds up voice recorder and hits button “He’s day to day.”
Reporter: What about Barner?"
Chip: /holds up finger while rewinding recording “He’s day to day.”

I hope he gets a good amount of playing time on Saturday. The last 3 games will likely be closer scores and he may not get much game time, if any. If the Arizona game is close, this weekend is the last time we’ll see him play at home. He’s really been an important part of this team over the last 3 yrs and I wish him the best.

would be bad JuJu dude.

unless you’re voting for something dumb. if that’s the case, there still is plenty of time to mail it.

AKA Proposition 19 (formerly prop 10)

I have a choice between somebody I wouldn’t normally vote for, but has worked on bipartisan issues with our democratic senator, or the Tea Party candidate who makes Sara Palin look reasonable, or I could vote for the Democrat who is 10-15 points behind and who’s only political experience is as the mayor of Sitka.

I have never voted for a candidate I don’t like, but Joe Miller is crazy. Scott McAdams is not qualified. Murkowski is the lesser of two evils. I’m not sure what I’ll do, but it’s a tough decision. I will vote though. I always vote.

I was making a link as you comment appeared.

I love the video posted at the end, and Chip Kelly’s “response” to it.

We’re also this week’s Aggro-Tourism destination.

And I forgot to add, keeeeeeeerrrrrrrrrrrrrrttttttttttttttt1’s Duck-USC dance-off video got top billing on the Curious Index.

and while it was briefly amused by this possibility, wants you to know that WE ARE STILL WINNING BY A FUCKING BILLION POINTS.

With Locker, that scenario was probably possible. Without Locker, and with our offense, I just don’t see it. That being said, I never say that there’s no way any team can win. But if we played this game 100 times, I honestly believe we’d win 99 times. With Locker I think they are capable of putting up a fight, but they’re backup QB is going to get his first start ever at Autzen. As if it’s not bad enough for someone to get their first start at Autzen, the crowd will be extra-crazy because it’s the fuskies. Some other 3-5 team might be able to slide under the radar in this scenario, but Autzen is going to be out for blood. Every time I start to feel even a little sorry for the fuskies, I think back to my childhood and how they were, and remember what made me start hating them to begin with. I will never forget them stomping on the logo at midfield in Autzen in 2002, coincidentally the last time they won in Autzen.

Darron Thomas isn’t throwing 4 interceptions.

and I get a complete consensus on it.

University of Notre Dame Seattle Sucks!!!

I wouldn’t expect a 20-yr-old kid from Houston to know UO-UW is a rivalry.

melanoma, once metastasized, is possibly the nastiest cancer you can have. Wish all the best for his family.

My prayers go out to his family.

what his family is going through. Prayers and thoughts to all who knew him!

meant as a reply to sacduxnutx

There are some good posts in there. And I made this point awhile ago (maybe before the Stanford game), but I am terrified of a close game. No team has been within a score of the Ducks in the fourth quarter (excepting Stanford, who was down by 7 for all of 5 seconds in the fourth before the Ducks scored a TD).

I know Kelly does two-minute drills in practice all the time because we hear about those in practice reports. And our offense is already built to excel in that kind of scenario because they run a no huddle anyway. But you can’t replicate the pressure. And Rob Beard hasn’t had to make a pressure-packed FG in a game situation.

In honesty, this is nitpicking. There’s no reason to think this team would choke in that scenario. As posters in that thread mentioned, it’s not an indication of weakness that the Ducks haven’t won by less than 11 points (and not less than 20 in the last four games). But it is something I irrationally worry about. Because at the end of the day, it’s sports, and anything can happen.

To hear the biggest reason they think the Ducks will lose is because they haven’t played in any “close” games. They have been in plenty of close games. Opposing teams are so tired by the fourth quarter Oregon just explodes on their defense.

The matchup in Glendale I’m rooting for is Alabama-Oregon, without a doubt.

which aside from the QB position, doesn’t seem fair. Most of the two deep from the roster remains intact from last year, and they played admirably in some damn close games (@Arizona and OSU specifically). Also, being down 21-3 (vs. a very good Stanford team) and having the poise to come back is nothing to sneeze at. We don’t know for sure how Darron Thomas will respond if we’re down by four with two minutes to go, but all evidence leads me to believe he’ll perform well. All in all, I’d say this team is demonstrably “clutch.”

Didn’t OAC want revenge last year for us knocking them out of the RB in 2008? In their house?

Might as well say “Oregon is motivated! They want revenge for the last two losses at Cal!”

Makes as much sense.

..but everyone knew Tennessee sucked. Including Lane Kiffin

You should change your screen name to “Off Topic… but”

but i have been having problems with my zune and netflix updates, and there are a few small problems i have eith the new set up

Right now on XBOX live. Am watching it and it’s great without the commercials and I swear it’s a lot clearer then the original broadcast.

Kenjon talking to him and motioning like he was telling him to just get up the field and get as many yards as you can without dancing around.. I Love My Ducks!

If Auburn gets through the rest of its schedule, Alabama would have two losses, and there would be a bit of pressure on the BCS bowls to take a one-loss and higher-ranked team over ‘Bama, even if they’re no longer the “defending” national champs. No way Bama at 10-2 gets in over Stanford at 11-1 with its only loss to the #1 team.

The Big10 gets an at-large for sure if TOSU, Wiscy and MSU all go 11-1. Which is certainly within the realm of possibility; in this scenario I don’t know what the Rose Bowl tiebreaker is, but TOSU would likely be the odd team out and would get an at-large bid.

If Stanford wins out, I think it looks like this: Stanford, TOSU, ([TCU/Utah]/BSU Pick One) and either Auburn (if Bama wins out) or the 2nd non-AQ undefeated.

That’s a big “if” though.. where’s the Big Game this year?

I hadn’t read that and it is hilarious and insightful. Hadn’t even thought of our defense being “Ahead of a curve that doesn’t even exist yet.” Could be insanely prophetic as teams continue to jump on the bandwagon of “let’s try to run our offense like Oregon does!”

Erm, that’s two sentences…

Could it be that Thomas isn’t actually “setting” the line? I’ve seen other teams do it, though like 1 time a game, not 60

I’ve been thinking about this for years. Like you said, obviously there’s a rule permitting motion like that after “getting set”, otherwise they wouldn’t use it so much.

I wonder the same thing about the rule of not being able to put two men in motion at the same time, while complete shifts of like four guys at once is kosher.

I think the QB has to move first and then everyone can reset and run the play. For example if two guys go in motion at once, to not get an illegal shift penalty, the QB has to step away and reset the line, pause, and then run the play.

That’s just my educated guess.

4. No offensive player shall contact an opponent or make a false start,
which includes (A.R. 7-1-3-IV) [S7 and S19]:
(a) Feigning a charge.
(b) A shift or movement that simulates the beginning of a play.
This includes the snapper who, after assuming a position for the
succeeding snap and touching or simulating (hand[s] at or below
his knees) touching the ball, moves to another position.
(c ) A lineman between the snapper and the player on the end of the
line, after having placed a hand(s) on or near the ground (below
the knees), moving his hand(s) or making any quick movement;
or a lineman other than the snapper wearing number 50 through
79, after having placed a hand(s) on or near the ground (below the
knees), moving his hand(s) or making any quick movement (A.R.
7-1-3-VII, VIII, X and XI).
[Exception: It is not a false start if any player on the line of
scrimmage immediately reacts when threatened by a Team B
player in the neutral zone (Rule 7-1-5-a-2) (A.R. 7-1-3-VIII and
IX)].
(d) An offensive player between the snapper and the player on the
end of the line, neither legally in the backfield nor legally on the
line of scrimmage, after having placed a hand(s) on or near the
ground (below the knees), moving his hand(s) or making any
quick movement.

It’s relatively refreshing to hear a coach take blame like that. He’s still a douche, but at least he isn’t blaming his players.