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WINNING NOW: PHIL KNIGHT vs JERRY JONES

Winning now, right now, is more important the older you get. It’s like that when you have more seasons behind you than you do ahead. Phil Knight is eighty-five; Jerry Jones is eighty-one. Would it be too much to ask that they go out winners? First for the Ducks:

DUCK BREATH FROM HURRICANE TO PAC12 SIGH

Duck breath is the same as Husky breath. If the Huskies had lost. Duck breath is a long exhale of joyful expectations and maybe a little spit. That’s what happens when a big one gets away, and the final PAC12, PAC10, PAC8 game was a big one.

GAME CONTROL: FROM COLLEGE FOOTBALL TO EVERYDAY WIN

Game Control? That’s what you need to focus on when you’re doing good. But not good enough. Because, you know, winning the day isn’t enough. You have to control the game. What do I say? Good luck with that.

OREGON DUCK FOOTBALL WIN OPENS FLOODGATES OF HOPE

Oregon Duck football is to sports fans what hot sauce is to a taco. A favorite food-stuff is easily ruined by the wrong sauce. But the right sauce brings glory and memories flooding out like the Columbia River pouring through a Bonneville dam turbine.

WEST COAST WIPEOUT FOR PAC-12?

The west coast finally achieved what the smart sports guys from the eastern time zone have said for years: The Pac-12 is a minor league athletic conference. They always blamed the three hour time difference for media neglect. Was it ever all about the clock? Now time has run out. What happened? No respect, that’s […]

LOSE BETTER FOR THE NEXT WIN

“Lose better” Oregon Ducks and Blazers. At least don’t lose on the same day. In the same time window. One is enough, and if I had to pick one loser on Saturday it would have been ‘your Portland Trail Blazers.’ This is where I start crying about the Ducks. Again. Waaaaaa.

SPORTS WRITING FOR THE WIN WITH HORSHACK

Sports writing is more than sports stories and sporty personalities. Sports betting is another story. Those guys care about sports and personalities, winning and losing, but care more about the point spread. We’ll stick to sports writing in regard to sports and personalities, about the underdogs, not the underbelly.

COACH LANNING HEARS FROM OREGON FAMILY

Coach Lanning didn’t actually get a letter, the Oregon AD did. And that’s not the Oregon family he heard from, though the kid with arrow could be an in-state recruit. The letter to Athletic Director Mullens was signed by Oregon football legends from Joey Harrington to Justin Herbert, along with Marcus Mariota, Akili Smith, Royce […]

MARIO CRISTOBAL BIGGEST WIN? STICK AROUND, FIND OUT

Mario Cristobal and his biggest win? For most people it stands out in a lifetime of effort. It’s the crowning achievement, the top of the top, and oddly enough it means more to the winner than anyone else. At least it should. Take the head football coach at the University of Oregon, for instance. What […]

OREGON DUCKS FOOTBALL FLASHBACK: IT’S HOW YOU FINISH

The Oregon Ducks played an opponent out of the Power Five conferences for the first game of the 2021 season. It was a tune-up for the biggest game on the schedule: Ohio State next week. They were supposed to roll in, roll up the score, and bore us half to death with plays called and […]