Rankings, Uniforms and Golf?

Perhaps the most important part of the college football season is the rankings. For years now the Ducks have been at the top of those rankings. So, as we near the beginning of the season, the rankings start to be important again. Here is a look at the top four polls in the nation.


Athlon Sports has the Ducks at #6 in front of Stanford and Michigan State. It would not be that bad to be put at #6 away from attention, but still enough time to jump into the top four position.
Lindy's Sports has the Ducks at #4 in the nation. Stay in that position and we could get to the playoffs, but there's 12 games in a season, and at some times, 13. That could be hard to keep that position.
Sporting News has the ducks at #2, very high in the rankings, but it could be important to make a message to the voters across the country.
USA Today Sports ranks us at #4. That seems to be an average as far as rankings. It looks like #4 will be our resting place until the Ducks start their season.


Many of you have noticed that the Ducks do not like to stick to one uniform for long. In fact they change the uniform every game, but are their new snazzy looking uniforms good or are they bad? That's for you to decide, but they are flashy, and they have only published two uniform combinations so far, with much more to come.


Marcus Mariota has already finished college in three years, and has returned to play football for one more year. This year he only has two classes, by his choice: Golf and Yoga. I'm sure there are worse things to take a class on in school. For more questions on any of the topics email me at duckseason2014@gmail.com

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Playoffs in a Nutshell

For the past few years college football was controlled by one system, BCS.  You knew it, I knew it, you may have hated it, you may have loved it, but one way or the other, it's gone.  That's right, this year the NCAA is trying the college football playoffs.  This is pretty confusing for some people, so I'll attempt to explain it for you.

The college football playoffs will start off with the top four teams in the nation at the end of the season. Those four teams will play a total of three games. The match ups will be as follows:  #2 plays #4, and #1 plays #3.  Those games will be played in the Rose Bowl and the Sugar Bowl. (Those locations will change each year.)  The winner of those games will play on a Monday in Texas for the national championship.

As for rankings, the people who will be deciding if the Ducks will be in the playoffs are a selection committee of 13 players and coaches who are very well known in the Football universe; names such as, Archie Manning and Tom Osborn. FYI, the Ducks are predicted to be #4 at the end of the season, which would be enough to get into the playoffs. So there you have it, four teams, three games to decide who will be the champion.  It is the first year of this, so time will only tell if it will work or not, but its a good start.

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Recruiting

The Oregon Ducks are working on hopefully getting new recruits to Oregon to play for the Ducks. Our weak areas in positions are QB, running back, and wide receiver. These are the three strongest offensive points needed for a win. Now, don't get me wrong; we have Marcus Mariota, who is the best quarterback we have had in a long time, possibly since Dennis Dixon, but we need to have more strength behind him. We have Jeff Lockty, but in my opinion he is not that great.

Running back and Wide Receiver strengths are good, but not good enough. Thomas Tyner and Byron Marshall are great running backs, but when they leave maybe next year we need to once again find someone else.  If you recall, Bralon Addison tore his ACL during practice, and that will put him out for the season, which hurts the WR area of our team.

A quarterback by the name of Travis Waller is a Oregon commit and he is very good.  When Mariota goes to the draft we will have Waller if he stays with us, and does not go into basketball or arena football. Its still a while away from kickoff vs South Dakota (54 days to be exact,) so we should look at it about a month from now.

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2014 Schedule

The Ducks have a somewhat easy schedule ahead of them for this season, but it will come with some challenges as we get more into the season.  It starts off with a home opener vs South Dakota, then a good game vs the preseason #3 team in the nation, Michigan State in Autzen . As the season goes on, we play vs Arizona in Eugene.  That will be an interesting game because they beat us last year on their home turf, so that will be a game that we will need to win to make a statement.  We play Oregon rival Stanford in the beginning of November in Eugene, a game we need to win to do anything in the playoff race.

Speaking of the playoffs, how it will work is they will pick the top 4 teams in the nation to play.  #2 plays #4, and #1 plays #3.  They will play this year in the Rose Bowl and the Sugar Bowl, and then the two winners will play in Arlington, Texas, where they will fight for the title game.)  The season ends with the Ducks and Oregon State in Corvallis.

Here is a look at the full schedule and dates:


Aug 30th vs South Dakota - Home    7:30 PT - Pac 12 Networks
Sept 6th vs Michigan State - Home     3:30 PT - FOX
Sept 13th vs Wyoming - Home     11:00 A.M. PT - Pac 12 Networks
Sept 20th vs Wash St - Away     TBA
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Oct 2nd vs Arizona - Home     7:30 PT - ESPN
Oct 11th vs UCLA - Away     TBA
Oct 18th vs Wash - Home     TBA
Oct 24th vs Cal - Away     7:00 PT - Fox Sports 1
Nov 1st vs Stanford - Home   TBA
Nov 8th vs Utah - Away     TBA
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Nov 22nd vs Colorado - Home     TBA
Nov 29th vs Ore State - Away     TBA



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Welcome

Welcome to my new Oregon Ducks blog where I will talking about everything Ducks, to help you be more informed about the best football team on Earth. Just some fast info about the Ducks. The Ducks are located in Eugene, Oregon and our home stadium is called Autzen Stadium, and it can hold 54,000 fans. It is the largest sports arena in all of Oregon. Drop in here anytime for stats and information about the Ducks.  I welcome questions at any time.

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