consummatum est

consummatum est

Win the day? Long gone

After the debacle in the desert, I had hoped that the leaders of the Oregon football team might figure out that they had begun to stray too ...

There is no armour to have chinks

Today's game, while it had plenty of execution errors that lay at the feet of the players, was not about the players. It was about coach...

Weekend recruiting thoughts

This past weekend, the Ducks hosted four official visitors. While three of those visitors, Budda Baker, Chris Brown and Oregon commit Morgan...

Growing from within

Yes. I am a hard cat to understand at times. Many times, I don't really understand myself... I just live and react. The reality is that ...

Talk about ridiculous

A few years ago, there was an hour long special called "The Decision" about Lebron James' free agent choice... today, we get a...

Will it ever end?

Please. Apparently, some people cannot read. This is a PERSONAL BLOG... does anyone get that? Really? Because what I write here is NOT a ...

A farewell to brothers in arms

So I am playing with two different titles in two different genres here, but the point will be made. Yesterday I came to a difficult decision...

Personal Anecdote from the life of a power lifter

One of the great things about having a blog that is mine, I can post about things completely unrelated to Oregon football! Today is such an ...

Mucraking? Me?

Not likely. that is the simplest answer I can give. In the thread yesterday that I deleted, there were some comments comparing my story abou...

Most maligned player in Oregon history?

The last home game brought about a moment I am most embarrassed by; the booing of a college player. Has there ever been a more maligned play...

Myopia runs amok

So, just a funny anecdote that in many ways disappoints me after having defended Oregon fans. I see some commentary today about the "sm...

End of an era of sorts

This has been weighing on my mind the entire 2013 season. I love football. Specifically, I love college football. When I started this blog, ...

More chinks in the armour

"Practice? We're talking about practice?" Yes, Allen Iverson, we are going to talk about practice. Iverson was famously quoted...

The REST of the story is yet to come

Duck fans have been all over the internet tonight discussing the letter John Canzano posted tonight from an unnamed former Duck player who h...

A calling of a different nature

So, I have to confess, I have had a sort of existential crisis ever since Flock Talk last week. At the end of my story on Colt Lyerla, I sai...

Former player sounds off

Today, local columnist included a slightly redacted version of a letter he received with its origins from a former player. John Canzano was ...

Why Kirk Herbstreit is wrong

Herbstreit has long had love for the Oregon program. Today he stated that he thought that, right now, Florida State deserves the number two ...

Flock Talk: Insidious fall

The insidiousness of drugs. Destruction. This week, former Oregon tight end Colt Lyerla was arrested for cocaine possession. As writers, f...

Beyond Flock Talk: An unimaginable darkness

Tomorrow in Flock Talk, I look at the Colt Lyerla story from a different angle. While everyone else talks about their "hope" for h...

Jeff Sagarin - Time To Take Out The Garbage

This is my statement: Jeff Sagarin's computer ranking system should be immediately eliminated from the BCS formula. We learned yesterday...

Other routes to the NFL

So, I have seen some of the complaints about the "unfairness" of the process by which you have to get to the NFL. And what job tha...

Nick Aliotti, Mike Leach and meaningless statistics

Back in the summer, a particular Cougar fan took issue with some commentary I had made regarding the high sack numbers the Cougar offense al...

UO-WSU Match-Ups

The Oregon Ducks (6-0, 3-0) return to Autzen Stadium for the first time in a month this Saturday to take on the Washington State Cougars (...

A contrast in style

In our continuing in-depth coverage of Oregon football game day, we add to it this new feature article which looks at a key story line for ...

The future of Marcus Mariota

I have seen a lot of questions posed both by the media and fans alike as to what the future holds for Marcus Mariota. Will he turn pro after...

Thoughts on Jalen Brown commitment

Brown chose Oregon over some pretty good schools. I talked in a Recruiting impact article about just where this leaves Oregon in wide receiv...

Upon further review

REPLAY OFFICIALS GETTING IT RIGHT The first quarter of the Oregon Washington game saw plenty of replay action as several plays were looked a...

Beyond Flock Talk: Apples, trees and continuity

Bud Withers, who many may remember from his time wrote an exceptional piece the other day about the TRUE origins of Oregon's rise to pro...

Husky game thoughts

So, one of the more popular posts on Duck Sports Authority this week was started with this post: Are the Huskies that much better than...

Husky Week: Game thoughts and predictions

WHAT TO EXPECT: This is a different Washington team that last season; they are full of confidence and are built to play the same style of ga...

DSA Inside Edge: Husky Week

The Oregon Ducks (5-0, 2-0) take to the road again this week heading to the heart of Husky country in Seattle this Saturday to take on the ...