1. NFL Power Rankings Week 5: Brett Favre Edition

    I wonder what’s sorer right now: Brett Favre’s almost 40-year-old right arm, from throwing all over the Packers defense, or his nuts, from getting sucked on by every commentator in ...

    Keith Becker uosportsdude.com Written by Keith Becker uosportsdude.com about over 3 years ago 1,662 reads 16 comments

  2. Oregon Ducks Pummel WSU Cougars to Force Their Way Back Into BCS Picture

    It's official: Oregon's offense is back and flying higher than ever. Which means the Ducks are the team to beat in the Pac-10, and even more importantly, they have forced their way firmly back into the BCS picture...

    Keith Becker uosportsdude.com Written by Keith Becker uosportsdude.com about over 3 years ago 580 reads 5 comments

  3. Live From The Chip Kelly Press Conference: "This Is Not a Football Decision"

    Oregon head coach Chip Kelly made it clear this morning that the decision to possibly reinstate Legarrette Blount has nothing to do what he can do on the football field. Instead, he is wholly concerned in the character of his senior tailback...

    Keith Becker uosportsdude.com Written by Keith Becker uosportsdude.com about over 3 years ago 137 reads 1 comments

  4. Oregon-Washington State: After Cal Win, Nothing Less Than a Blowout Will Do

    Is Washington State still a Division I team? Sometimes I forget. When you’ve only won one road game since 2007, needed late-game heroics to squeak past a winless Washington squad ...

    Keith Becker uosportsdude.com Written by Keith Becker uosportsdude.com about over 3 years ago 560 reads 11 comments

  5. Week Four NFL Power Rankings: Baltimore Ravens on Top

    My lovely girlfriend drove up with me this weekend to see me off back to school in Oregon and how did I repay her? By watching football, more football, football video games and then even more football...

    Keith Becker uosportsdude.com Written by Keith Becker uosportsdude.com about over 3 years ago 2,594 reads 4 comments

  6. Jeremiah Masoli, Ed Dickson Power Oregon's Upset Special Over No. 6 Cal

    Apparently, all Oregon needed to turn their sluggish offense around was just another set of new uniforms, and Uncle Phil was more than happy to oblige...

    Keith Becker uosportsdude.com Written by Keith Becker uosportsdude.com about over 3 years ago 509 reads 0 comments

  7. NFL Power Rankings: Week Three

    Huge changes in the rankings this week. Call me fickle, but I think it takes two weeks to see the real identity of several teams. To be sure, these rankings will most likely look absurd by week eight, but hey, you don’t read these for the accuracy.

    Keith Becker uosportsdude.com Written by Keith Becker uosportsdude.com about over 3 years ago 673 reads 2 comments

  8. Boise State Shows Oregon the Importance of Scheduling

    It’s easy to look back after the fact and play armchair GM. You hear it all the time from fans: “coach X needs to grow a pair, he should have went for it on fourth down!” ...

    Keith Becker uosportsdude.com Written by Keith Becker uosportsdude.com about over 3 years ago 387 reads 6 comments

  9. Pac-10 Weekend Preview: Possibility for Perfection?

    There are only two teams in the Pac-10 in the AP Top 25. Pretty pathetic, considering this West Coast perennial powerhouse prides itself as talented and deserving of BCS births as the SEC and Big 12...

    Keith Becker uosportsdude.com Written by Keith Becker uosportsdude.com about almost 4 years ago 13 reads 1 comments

  10. How Will Oregon Respond to Adversity?

    College football is the only sport where you can have a must-win game in just the second week of the season. Well, that’s if you want any chance for a BCS bowl game, but that’s how it goes when there are 120 teams competing for ten spots...

    Keith Becker uosportsdude.com Written by Keith Becker uosportsdude.com about almost 4 years ago 9 reads 0 comments

  11. Broncos Try to Give Away Game, Ducks Want None of It; Ends In Loss.

    That was an absolutely pathetically awful, terrible, horrible, no good very bad game. There I said it. Wait, there’s more: ghastly, atrocious, hideous. Sorry I had to get it out of my system...

    Keith Becker uosportsdude.com Written by Keith Becker uosportsdude.com about almost 4 years ago 22 reads 0 comments

  12. Exploiting the BCS: The Importance of Scheduling

    The Pac-10 deserves credit for playing a legitimate non-conference schedule. In an era where the easiest way to make it to a BCS bowl game is to load up on patsies easier than high ...

    Keith Becker uosportsdude.com Written by Keith Becker uosportsdude.com about almost 4 years ago 38 reads 0 comments