GLENDALE, Ariz. — Kansas State quarterback Collin Klein racked up 2,490 passing yards in the 2012 season. In the rushing department, Klein ran for 890 yards, and if you combine both his aerial and ground scores, he tallied 37 touchdowns on the season. If you break it down further, the Heisman candidate was insanely impressive [...]
GLENDALE, Ariz. — If you didn’t understand what was happening when the referee took to his mic and said “we have an obscure ruling” before explaining the Ducks’ one-point safety, you weren’t the only one. The obscurity is one of the rarest in college football — it’s only happened one other time in NCAA history — and most of [...]
GLENDALE—Oregon will wear green uniforms, white jerseys and green pants when they take the field in a few hours against Kansas State, while Kansas State (as they always do) will don silver helmets, purple uniforms and silver pants. Oh, and if you can’t quite figure out what color the wings on the Ducks jerseys are, [...]
Turns out Oregon’s pep rally yesterday was not all that impressive. Except for the parachuting Duck, of course. An ESPN blogger argues that the Wildcats’ receiving corps is the X factor in tonight’s game. The Oregonian reminds everyone that Chip Kelly Watch 2013 will commence immediately following the Fiesta Bowl. KATU News caught up with some Duck [...]
ESPN’s Ted Miller argues that the Fiesta Bowl quarterbacks are both the same and different. Hmm. At least one writer thinks that a Fiesta Bowl win would mean more for Kansas State than it would for Oregon, as it would secure the Wildcats their first-ever 12-win season. Duck fans in Glendale for the game have [...]
PHOENIX—The question was put to Kansas State head coach Bill Snyder rather bluntly: “Is Oregon the best collective team that you feel this team will face this season?” The Oklahoma Sooners — ranked sixth when the Wildcats went into Norman and escaped with a 24-19 win — might object to that line of reasoning, but [...]
If it comes down to a kick, Kansas State will be ready. During the 15-minute window of time the media was allowed to observe the Wildcats’ last practice before their bowl game on Thursday, K-State kickers took turns practicing game-scenario field goals. Every attempt from 20, 30, 40 yards and beyond, glided through the posts [...]
PHOENIX — There are few statistical categories where Oregon and Kansas State are farther apart than penalty yards. The Ducks are one of the most penalized teams in the nation and the Wildcats are among the least penalized teams in the nation, but that may say more about the difference in Pac-12 and Big 12 [...]
After a spate of NFL firings, Chip Kelly is once again in the spotlight; this time he is tabbed as the frontrunner for the head coaching job for the Philadelphia Eagles, according to the Philadelphia Inquirer. Arizona, Buffalo, San Diego, Kansas City and Chicago are all also looking for a new coach. Despite the rumors, [...]
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In the days leading up to the 2012 Fiesta Bowl, the Emerald will take a position-by-position look at Oregon and Kansas State, determining which team has the edge going into the BCS showdown on Jan. 3. Oregon — When senior safety John Boyett announced he opted for season-ending knee surgery following the Ducks’ Week One victory [...]
In the days leading up to the 2012 Fiesta Bowl, the Emerald will take a position-by-position look at Oregon and Kansas State, determining which team has the edge going into the BCS showdown on Jan. 3. Oregon — You might assume there’s no room for a player like a tight end in Chip Kelly’s frenetic [...]
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It’s finally here. Oregon and Kansas State. Speed against power and discipline. While many pundits remain traditional and call the Fiesta Bowl matchup the best game outside of the National Championship, Oregon and Kansas State have the potential to play a far more exciting game than the game that will be played in Miami. The BCS [...]
For a sport that carries such enormous weight here at Oregon, football season always seems regrettably short. Thirteen games — 14 if you’re lucky — simply doesn’t feel like enough in one year. Maybe this will change in 2014 when the angels sing and trumpets sound, and the NCAA institutes a playoff system. But until [...]
So much has been made of the canceled home-and-home series between Oregon and Kansas State, it’s become a bit of a soap opera. The two teams were supposed to play in 2011 and 2012, but when Oregon was faced with the opportunity to start their 2011 season against LSU, Oregon asked to move the series back one [...]
Speed against power. Cutting edge meets tradition. Flashy versus methodical. New versus old. West Coast faces the Deep South. Visor takes on a polo. The prospect of an Alabama-Oregon BCS title game had all the makings of a fight to end all fights. This year, with Oregon’s offense in a higher gear than any other [...]
The beating hearts think Oregon is the number one football program in the country, but the computers aren’t as convinced, placing the Ducks second in the BCS standings. Kansas State claims the top spot in the race for the BCS National Championship after Alabama’s loss, with the Ducks checking in at the second spot and [...]
The news was too weighty too ignore. After all, it’s not everyday the No. 1 college football team in the country falls from grace. On Saturday, hours before Oregon took Cal to the woodshed in its own 59-17 win, defending national champ Alabama lost to SEC newcomer Texas A&M 29-23. The Aggies win sent shockwaves [...]
