We've reached the point of ridiculousness:

New Pac-12 coordinator of officiating, Mike Pereira says the Ducks signature 'O' shape the players make with their hands after a touchdown, "borderlines on unsportsmanlike conduct."

Pereira claims he will personally call Oregon head coach Chip Kelly this week to inform his players to cut back on gesture or risk being flagged for a penalty in the future. 

I really don't know what to say.  A salute to the school and the fans is somehow taunting.  Nice job butchering that one, NCAA.

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Passing along some information for some friends of the blog.  Sounds like a great event, so check it out if you're in the Portland area and in need of a football fix.  --Dave

University of Oregon Football Player’s Charity Football Game with MTV Show

Portland, OR - The Oregon Football Association (OFA) is partnering with MTV’s "The
Buried Life" to provide a free youth football camp and charity flag football game
August 6th at Tigard High School. The OFA camp is for 3rd through 6th graders and
will happen at 1 pm before the charity football game, which will include Oregon
Football alumni and the cast of MTV’s "The Buried Life."

University of Oregon football alumni Anthony Trucks, JD Nelson, Walter Thurmond
III, TJ Ward, Jordan Kent, Justin Wilcox, Brian Butters, Jeff Maehl, and OFA Founders
Dennis Dixon, Ryan DePalo, Brent Haberly, Garren Strong, and Jaison Williams
will be coaching during the camp and playing the in the charity football game with
members of MTV’s "The Buried Life." The event idea began when OFA dared the cast
of MTV’s "The Buried Life" to play them in a flag football game last year, and is now
a fundraiser for the non-profit company, while also fulfilling one of the bucket list
items for the TV show.

OFA is devoted to helping young student athletes understand the importance of
hard work, giving back to their communities, and being a part of something bigger
than themselves. OFA works with each student athlete to develop personalized
Community Service Action Plans that instill an importance in civic responsibility at a
young age. Community Service Action Plans are projects that campers come up with
to help better their communities, and OFA helps them to achieve these goals.

There is a suggested donation of $10 and a canned food item for the Oregon Food
Bank to gain entrance to the charity football game. All the proceeds from the event
and donations go directly back to the kids that OFA is trying to help.

If you would like more information on this event contact the Oregon Football
Association at info@oregonfootballassociation.com or find them on Facebook.

Facebook page: https://www.facebook.com/oregonfootballassociation

Event Facebook page: https://www.facebook.com/event.php?
eid=212099935494198

Twitter: https://twitter.com/#!/ofamovement

Just wanted to say thanks to all of our veterans out there.  We appreciate everything you do and the sacrifices you have made.

Interesting court ruling out of Connecticut today, as a federal judge ruled the competitive cheerleading does not count as a sport for Title IX purposes.  This is the result of a lawsuit brought upon by the Quinnipiac volleyball team, which was scheduled to be eliminated while comeptitive cheer was retained.  The ruling required Quinnipiac to keep the volleyball team.  It will be interesting to see if the school appeals.

The ruling for the Connecticut district court is not binding in Oregon.  However, it does provide some precedent if someone were to wish to launch a lawsuit against the University on this issue.  Should Quinnipiac appeal and lose at the appealate level, it could be the end of competitive cheer as a Division 1 sport.

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With the 4th of July just complete, we're a mere 61 days away from when Oregon takes the field again at Autzen. In a month, fall camp will start. It's finally starting to dawn on me: football is very near. And we're just about to that point in the summer when time starts to move very quickly: The release of NCAA Football 2011.

To promote the release of the latest game, EA Sports has teamed up with the SBNation College blogs to celebrate the fans and teams in the greatest sport around. Over the next week and a half, we'll have daily posts on where we've come from as fans leading up to the game release next Tuesday.

While I'm typically skeptical of sponsored posts, this is different. This will be a great opportunity for our community to share some great memories. While we'll be sharing with you, it's just as important that you share with us in the comments. 

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What started out as a rally around a fellow Quacker and his family turned into a tremendous out pouring of support for people in need.  Through the many generous donations, both small and large, we were able to raise over $800 for people battling OI to be able to go to the National Conference.  If you combine these donations along with the auctions our little community was able to generate over $1,200!!!

There isn't enough time and space to thank everyone, from the Gorby family, to scudderfan, to Chip Kelly, to ConnorOSU, to axemen23, the list goes on and on.  Instead Julie from OI got the people who we are helping to write a short bio so you can see and hear from them what this has meant.

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