Ducks 3rd in USA Today Coaches Poll
1. Oklahoma
2. Alabama
3. Oregon
4. LSU
5. Florida State
6. Stanford
7. Boise State
8. Oklahoma State
9. Texas A&M
10. Wisconsin
FULL POLLS
Ducks uniform vs LSU leaked?
• “Oregon Ducks rundown: Photo of uniform for LSU game leaked?” – OregonLive.com (Lots of great links in this article)
• “2011 Oregon Pro Combat Uniform” – Nikeblog.com
Ashton Eaton is “America’s Greatest Athlete”
• “Ashton Eaton: U.S. champion” – The Bulletin
“Flashing a gold mettle
Shattering his decathlon best by 250 points makes Ashton Eaton a favorite for the world championship” – Eugene Register Guard
“Ashton Eaton runs away with the USATF decathlon title, Bernard Lagat kicks to victory in the 5,000″ – Oregonlive.com
Ducks named pre-season all-american in football
Is it that time already? GoDaddy.com’s first team features Oregon’s LaMichael James and Cliff Harris.
1st Team Offense
QB Andrew Luck – Jr. – Stanford
RB LaMichael James – Jr. – Oregon
RB Marcus Lattimore – So. – South Carolina
WR Justin Blackmon – Jr. – Oklahoma State
WR Ryan Broyles – Sr. – Oklahoma
TE Michael Egnew – Sr. – Missouri
OL Barrett Jones – Jr. – Alabama
OL Mike Brewster – Sr. – Ohio State
OL Matt Reynolds – Sr. – Brigham Young
OL Nate Potter – Sr. – Boise State
OL David Molk – Sr. – Michigan
K Blair Walsh – Sr. – Georgia
KR Damaris Johnson – Sr. – Tulsa
1st Team Defense/Special Teams
DL Brandon Jenkins – Jr. – Florida State
DL Jared Crick – Sr. – Nebraska
DL Quinton Coples – Sr. – North Carolina
DL Devin Taylor – Jr. – South Carolina
LB Luke Kuechly – Jr. – Boston College
LB Tank Carder – Sr. – TCU
LB Lavonte David – Sr. – Nebraska
DB Stephon Gilmore – Jr. – South Carolina
DB Cliff Harris – Jr. – Oregon
DB Jayron Hosley – Jr. – Virginia Tech
DB Mark Barron – Sr. – Alabama
P Drew Butler – Sr. – Georgia
PR Cliff Harris – Jr. – Oregon
Eugene in final four of MTV’s
“America’s Best College Sports Town: The Final Four” – The final 4 are: Morgantown, West Virginia; Knoxville, Tennessee; Madison, Wisconsin and Eugene, Oregon.
Lots of good news for Oregon Athletes
• “Oregon women repeat as NCAA indoor champions”
• “Oregon mens tennis: Ducks Fly Past Pilots, 7-0″ – Goducks.com
• “Boys Basketball:
Class 6A boys championship: Jesuit 60, Westview 46 (video)”
• “Class 6A girls basketball: Jesuit withstands Clackamas surge to win first state title”
• Max King wins two local races in one weekend. St. Patrick’s Day & The Grin and Bear It.
• Bend boys basketball finishes 5th @ Class 5A state tournament.
• Corvallis beats Benson for 5A boys basketball title despite 41 points from Andrew Andrews.
• Bend’s Taylor Raterman & Hayden Crook named 2nd-team All tournament and Bend wins “Sportsmanship Trophy.”
Oregon women on their way to NCAA indoor track title
Ducks men’s tennis team has its work cut out
The Oregon Ducks are off to a 6-0 start in men’s tennis, but they have their biggest match so far when they play #40 Denver on Sunday. That’s the first of what is an incredible schedule for the Ducks.
Checkout the current National rankings of the Pac-10 men’s tennis teams:
2 USC
6 UCLA
8 Stanford
19 California
26 Washington
32 Arizona
Oregon – unranked
Now that’s some stiff competition.
U of O and OSU autographed footballs up for auction
“The UO football has been signed by 25 members of the 2010-11 Ducks, including LaMichael James and Jordan Holmes. Opening bid for the UO football is $500.
The OSU football features the autographs of the entire 2010 Beaver team, including brothers James and Jacquizz Rodgers. Opening bid on the OSU football is $250.” – The Bulletin
MV’s Abe Lodwick and Washington St. @ Oregon tonight
Abe Lodwick of Mountain View and his Washington State Cougars are @ U of O tonight @ 6pm.
The Cougars are coming off a big win over #17 Washington.