I just read “Canzano: Oregon Ducks need some help to make the Pac-12 nationally relevant” by the Oregonian’s John Canzano.
So how good do you think the Pac-12 will be? I believe that Oregon, Stanford, Utah and Arizona State will all be legit top tier college football teams… how about you?
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.
This season has truly been one for the record book for University of Oregon football. Take a look at these records set by the Ducks already this season, with still a game to play.
TEAM RECORDS
Single Game
Most Net Yards Rushing: 528 vs. Portland State, 2010
Most Yards Total Offense: 720 vs. New Mexico, 2010
Most First Downs: 35 vs. New Mexico, 2010
Most Points (Modern Record): 72 vs. New Mexico, 2010
Season
Most Yards Rushing: 3,646, 2010
Most Yards Total Offense: 6,450, 2010
Most First Downs Rushing: 181, 2010
Most First Downs: 322, 2010
Most Points: 592, 2010
Most Touchdowns: 79, 2010
Most 1-Points PATs: 72, 2010
Most PATs Total: 77, 2010
Most Consecutive PATs: 69, 2010
Most Victories: 12, (2010, 12-0)
Longest Winning Streak: 12 (2010)
INDIVIDUAL RECORDS
132 points LaMichael James, 2010
22 TDs LaMichael James, 2010
21 rushing TDs LaMichael James, 2010
9 100-yard games LaMichael James, 2010
7 consecutive 100-yard games LaMichael James, 2010
12 TD receptions Jeff Maehl, 2010
1 Something New - Oregon’s style of play is the next evolution in football. It’s basically taking what many people have been doing for years on video games and now doing it real time, in the real world. Oregon’s fast-paced no fear approach is the next step in football, if you play at Oregon you’ll be a step ahead of what many will be imitating for years to come.
2 Play for a National Title – Oregon is in position right now to play for a National Title. If you go somewhere like Boise State, you may go undefeated but not qualify. If you go to an SEC team, you may be really good, but those two league losses will keep you out of the National title game.
3 Win the Heisman – Dennis Dixon was on his way, but got hurt. LaMichael James is by many opinions the front runner right now in the Heisman race. Being on a winning team that puts up insane numbers makes winning a Heisman a real possibility @ Oregon.
4 Score a ton of points – Oregon leads the Nation in scoring. That means several good things: Lots of highlights on ESPN, lots of high fives and jumping up and having a teammate catch you and lots and lots and lots of pushups by the Duck. Oregon scores so many touchdowns that there are plenty to go around.
5 Get playing time – Because of the Ducks frantic pace, they go deep into their lineup… really deep! But since they run a ridiculous amount of plays this means that everyone gets a lot of snaps.
6 It’s not the SEC – Why would anyone want to play in the Southeastern Conference? Just listen to the experts. They say things like, “The SEC is the most physical league.” “Every game in the SEC is like a bowl game.” Will why would you want to do that when you’re just likely to get hurt and not qualify for the National Title game?
7 Play in LA (but you don’t have to live in LA) – USC and UCLA will be on the schedule, but you don’t have to live in Southern California.
8 Biggest deal in town – Eugene is “Track Town USA” the next coolest guys in town weigh 130 pounds and runs 150 miles a week. Not just the biggest deal in town, but because the state of Oregon has no NFL team, Saturday’s @ Autzen Stadium are like a holiday for the whole state.
9 Nike – Have you noticed that the Ducks have the coolest uniforms in football? Will Oregon is the home state of Nike and the Nike man himself Phil Knight is an U of O guy and the Ducks biggest fan. Not a bad way to start a longterm relationship with Nike!
10 Did I mention Nike – Oh yeah, and aside from all those sick uniforms, Oregon has AMAZING facilities. Facilities that seem to be getting better all the time… thanks Nike!
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California
Oregon
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Stanford
Washington
Washington State
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USC
UCLA
Arizona
Arizona State
Colorado
Utah
The Ducks and Beavers are the only undefeated teams in Pac-10 football play so far this season. Oregon (6-0 overall) sits @ 3-0 in the Pac-10, while Oregon State (3-2 overall) is 2-0 in the Pac-10. The Beavers only losses are to two undefeated teams in TCU and Boise State.
No. 2 Oregon’s upcoming games:
vs UCLA
@ USC
vs Washington
@ Cal
vs No. 17 Arizona
@ No. 24 Oregon State
No. 24 Oregon State’s upcoming games:
@ Washington
vs Cal
@ UCLA
vs Washington State
vs USC
@ No. 14 Stanford
vs No. 2 Oregon