One element of a failed state is a government that cannot seem to govern itself, especially when it comes to the maintenance and management of the democratic processes. In any representative state, elections are crucial because how they are handled either strengthens or erodes the public’s trust in its representatives. In a failed state, elections [...]

Former University of Oregon football player and current San Francisco 49er LaMichael James recently took to Twitter to endorse Sam Dotters-Katz and the United Oregon slate. James was a freshman enrolled at the UO during Dotters-Katz’s first term as ASUO president. “We are so proud to have received the endorsement of the state house majority leader, the [...]

We won’t get to see any of this until the Spring Game, but here are three storylines from the training camp: 1.) De’Anthony Thomas becomes a first option De’Anthony Thomas had an explosive first two seasons with the Ducks but he’s always been a second or third option behind LaMichael James and friends. It’s not [...]

Regardless of the result on Sunday, a Duck would become a Super Bowl champion. Unfortunately for Will Tukuafu and LaMichael James, it was the Baltimore Ravens and players Ed Dickson, Haloti Ngata and Dennis Dixon walking off the field with the Lombardi Trophy in hand. But many in the 49er camp, including head coach Jim Harbaugh, are criticizing the [...]

No doubt, the SEC is the college football conference routinely flexing its muscles in the national championship. But in this year’s Super Bowl between San Francisco and Baltimore, it’s not the Southern boys who have the best chance to make the biggest impact. In fact, come Sunday, Ohio State will have more alums on the [...]

Call it what you want — a coincidence, a sign of things to come, whatever — it was freaky. At 1:01 p.m., Pacific time Sunday, Oregon football officially issued a press release naming Mark Helfrich its head coach. Exactly one minute later, LaMichael James, Oregon’s all-time career rushing leader, scored his first NFL touchdown. James’ 15-yard [...]

College football may be over, but eight former Ducks are still seeing action on the gridiron in the NFL Playoffs this January. Each of this weekend’s four Divisional Round games featured a pair of Oregon alums, and only University of Miami and Wisconsin have more alumni still in contention for a title. Maybe no game [...]

Oregon running back Kenjon Barner was named to the Football Writers Association of America All-America team. Barner was a finalist for the Doak Walker award and was named to four of the five All-America teams used by the NCAA to determine consensus All-Americans. Barner is the fifth Duck to be named a consensus All-American, joining [...]

The hype surrounding the 2012 Oregon football season began just hours after LaMichael James and the Ducks defeated the Wisconsin Badgers 45-38 in Pasadena on Jan. 2. The program had just won its first Rose Bowl in 95 years, and after two failed attempts at winning a BCS bowl game, Chip Kelly & Co. had [...]

The California Golden Bears must have the best defense in the entire country. At first glance, a layman might have made this deduction by seeing that California held the Oregon’s NASCAR offense to its lowest scoring efforts in the recent past — the most important being when the Bears kept it close in a loss [...]

Chip Kelly talks about Kenjon Barner’s amazing game, focusing on the win and having LaMichael James on the sideline.

Kenjon Barner had barely left the locker room when the cameras caught sight of his mohawk. Media surged around him, hot lights from the cameras drawing fresh beads of sweat on his brow. Barner took a step back from the glare and hit the concrete wall behind him. For the first time all night, Oregon’s [...]

He is the epitome of Oregon football — longevity, success, style and class. Running backs coach Gary Campbell has been mentoring tailbacks for the Oregon Ducks for 30 years now, making him the longest-tenured coach in program history, as well as the longest-tenured current coach in all the Football Bowl Subdivision. In his three decades [...]

**Editor’s Note: Each week during football season we will feature an essay from the opponent’s student newspaper on how Oregon will lose. This week’s edition is from Zack Rosenblatt, the sports editor at Arizona’s Daily Wildcat.** In 2009, I was a freshman at Arizona. I was in Arizona Stadium when … well, you know the [...]

As the NFL wraps up another round of roster cuts, many former Ducks are getting news — both good and bad — about their future in the league.

You’re in line for a promotion. It’s a real high-profile, punishing job as the face of an organization with national influence and interest. Oh, and the turnover rate’s pretty high. Also, I forgot to mention — the guy you’re replacing? He did the job better than anyone in the company’s 120-year history. You would feel [...]

Produced by: Will Rubin/ Sreang “C” Hok The 2009 Civil War between Oregon and Oregon State marked the 115th year of the gridiron rivalry, but the first contest that would earn the winner the Pac-12 championship along with a trip to the Rose Bowl. Televised to a national audience on a Thursday Night, anticipation had [...]

Produced by: Will Rubin/ Sreang “C” Hok The 2009 Oregon football season was a roller coaster ride unlike anything seen in recent memory. Beginning in Boise with the loss of both the game and star running back LeGarrette Blount to an afternoon getting picked apart by emerging Stanford star Andrew Luck, Duck fans were reaching [...]

In 2009, Oregon went into their Halloween night contest against the USC Trojans on the verge of a full recovery from September’s debacle in Boise. Having beaten USC at Autzen in 2007 and the Trojans carrying a previous Pac-10 loss into the game, it was a chance for the Ducks to put a stranglehold on [...]