AP AA TEAMS 1-3
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Tell me Sewell isn't even 3d team? Otherwise, the usual for us. 2 consensus AA's on D. Not bad for a school known for what was it, OL's?
3d team LB's include a guy from Army, which AJ will love, and one from Wyoming. I'm sorry, but I don't see how they get on the field w/ Sewell on the roster. Oh well, next year, 1st team.
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3d team LB's include a guy from Army, which AJ will love, and one from Wyoming. I'm sorry, but I don't see how they get on the field w/ Sewell on the roster. Oh well, next year, 1st team.
AP All-America team: Young and Tide lead with 3 1st teamers
Heisman Trophy winner Bryce Young and Alabama teammates Will Anderson Jr. and Jameson Williams have been selected All-Americans by The Associated Press.
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HERBERT ALL TIME RECORD ALREADY
- By coreyegner
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I LOVE THIS KINDA STUFF! FROM CBS SPORTS:
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By Cody Benjamin
5 hrs ago1 min read
USA Today
Patrick Mahomes drew legitimate Hall of Fame buzz just a few years into his NFL career thanks to a record-breaking start as the Chiefs' starting quarterback. But there's another AFC West signal-caller who's off to an even better statistical start to his career. With three touchdown passes in the Chargers' blowout win over the Giants on Sunday, second-year QB Justin Herbert eclipsed 30 scoring passes on the year, making him the first player in NFL history to throw at least 30 scores in each of his first two seasons.
That's right. Literally no one had ever topped 30 TD passes in their first two seasons before Herbert pulled it off on Sunday. Not even Mahomes would qualify if you removed his "redshirt" rookie year; he exploded for 50 TDs in 2018 but had just 26 the following year. The NFL has grown increasingly pass-heavy in recent decades, so it's not necessarily a feat that'll prove unbreakable. (Even Peyton Manning's record for scoring connections with a single pass target, which he deemed eternal upon retirement in 2015, is now under fire from Tom Brady.) But it proves just how far Herbert has come in a short amount of time.
Widely considered a polarizing selection by Los Angeles at No. 6 overall in 2020, the Oregon product won Offensive Rookie of the Year in his NFL debut, breaking the rookie record for TD passes with 31 and becoming just the fourth rookie QB in league history to top 4,000 passing yards. This year, Herbert has been just as good, if not better, for an 8-5 Chargers team vying for its first playoff appearance in three seasons. Through 13 games, he's got a nearly identical completion percentage and is already approaching 4,000 yards, with 30 TDs and 11 picks.
Chargers' Justin Herbert becomes first NFL player to accomplish this remarkable passing feat
At just 23, Herbert is already well on his way to an all-time career
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By Cody Benjamin
5 hrs ago1 min read
Patrick Mahomes drew legitimate Hall of Fame buzz just a few years into his NFL career thanks to a record-breaking start as the Chiefs' starting quarterback. But there's another AFC West signal-caller who's off to an even better statistical start to his career. With three touchdown passes in the Chargers' blowout win over the Giants on Sunday, second-year QB Justin Herbert eclipsed 30 scoring passes on the year, making him the first player in NFL history to throw at least 30 scores in each of his first two seasons.
That's right. Literally no one had ever topped 30 TD passes in their first two seasons before Herbert pulled it off on Sunday. Not even Mahomes would qualify if you removed his "redshirt" rookie year; he exploded for 50 TDs in 2018 but had just 26 the following year. The NFL has grown increasingly pass-heavy in recent decades, so it's not necessarily a feat that'll prove unbreakable. (Even Peyton Manning's record for scoring connections with a single pass target, which he deemed eternal upon retirement in 2015, is now under fire from Tom Brady.) But it proves just how far Herbert has come in a short amount of time.
Widely considered a polarizing selection by Los Angeles at No. 6 overall in 2020, the Oregon product won Offensive Rookie of the Year in his NFL debut, breaking the rookie record for TD passes with 31 and becoming just the fourth rookie QB in league history to top 4,000 passing yards. This year, Herbert has been just as good, if not better, for an 8-5 Chargers team vying for its first playoff appearance in three seasons. Through 13 games, he's got a nearly identical completion percentage and is already approaching 4,000 yards, with 30 TDs and 11 picks.
Reminder: MBB Stanford at 4
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Yes, we still have MBB, lol. Actually, a very important game.
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Stanford 72-69 Oregon (Dec 12, 2021) Final Score - ESPN
Game summary of the Stanford Cardinal vs. Oregon Ducks NCAAM game, final score 72-69, from December 12, 2021 on ESPN.
Oregonian on Danny
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I have cut and pasted it because it is a subscriber deal...I don't often do that but in this case...
By James Crepea | The Oregonian/OregonLive
EUGENE — Hours after hiring Dan Lanning to be Oregon’s next head coach Ducks athletic director Rob Mullens spoke directly to fans about their new head coach.
“His track record of success, he’s got an incredible work ethic, just about in every phase of importance of leadership and then when you get a chance to talk to him he just exudes energy,” Mullens said shortly after 6 p.m. Saturday to an audience of over 600 listeners on the Oregon fan-led Twitter spaces, a live group chat feature on the social media app. “Obviously we do deep dives on background checks and talking to people and everywhere we turned it was, ‘what a wonderful human being.’ He values the student-athlete experience, the relationships and then obviously you can look at the historic defenses that he’s been a part of and see what kind of coach he is.”
Mullens, who isn’t on Twitter, used his wife’s Twitter account to enter the Twitter spaces forum where Oregon fans have discussed Oregon’s coaching search around the clock since Mario Cristobal’s departure on Monday.
The audience steadily grew over the course of the week and has included current and former players, player parents, athletic department personnel, local and national media members, UO coaches and even Dan Lanning’s brother, Jordan, who shared anecdotal stories with an audience of over 1,600 people Friday night amid reports of the Georgia defensive coordinator’s candidacy at Oregon.
The parents of several players were in the audience Saturday night, including the mothers of defensive end Bradyn Swinson (Kelli Swinson) and Keith Brown (Sarah Brown) and running back Byron Cardwell Jr.’s father, who all thanked Mullens for his work this week.
“What a great forum for parents, all these loyal Duck followers to jump on,” Mullens said. “Want to to say really appreciate everyone’s support over the last week. It’s great to see the Oregon family come together, the student-athletes, the parents. Really excited for coach Lanning to get here.
“Excited for all of our student-athletes. I received a lot of messages of support and this is a special, special group of young men who’ve built an incredible culture, who’ve really stuck together and I‘m really anxious for them to meet coach Lanning in person and to continue what they’ve built here.”
With their next head coach in place the fans in the Twitter space were already shifting their attention to who will be on Lanning’s staff, particularly on offense. Mullens deferred to Lanning for those decisions but said staffing was part of the interview process and Lanning has a clear plan and vision in mind.
“When you spend time with him he’s given this a lot of thought for a lot of years,” Mullens said. “He’s been planning for this opportunity and it just matched up. I am fully confident based on the relationships, the thoughtfulness and the connections that he has that he’s going to assemble a phenomenal staff.”
Oregon athletic director Rob Mullens talks to Ducks fans via Twitter spaces about hiring Dan Lanning: ‘He just exudes energy’
Updated: Dec. 11, 2021, 7:04 p.m. | Published: Dec. 11, 2021, 7:04 p.m.
By James Crepea | The Oregonian/OregonLive
EUGENE — Hours after hiring Dan Lanning to be Oregon’s next head coach Ducks athletic director Rob Mullens spoke directly to fans about their new head coach.
“His track record of success, he’s got an incredible work ethic, just about in every phase of importance of leadership and then when you get a chance to talk to him he just exudes energy,” Mullens said shortly after 6 p.m. Saturday to an audience of over 600 listeners on the Oregon fan-led Twitter spaces, a live group chat feature on the social media app. “Obviously we do deep dives on background checks and talking to people and everywhere we turned it was, ‘what a wonderful human being.’ He values the student-athlete experience, the relationships and then obviously you can look at the historic defenses that he’s been a part of and see what kind of coach he is.”
Mullens, who isn’t on Twitter, used his wife’s Twitter account to enter the Twitter spaces forum where Oregon fans have discussed Oregon’s coaching search around the clock since Mario Cristobal’s departure on Monday.
The audience steadily grew over the course of the week and has included current and former players, player parents, athletic department personnel, local and national media members, UO coaches and even Dan Lanning’s brother, Jordan, who shared anecdotal stories with an audience of over 1,600 people Friday night amid reports of the Georgia defensive coordinator’s candidacy at Oregon.
The parents of several players were in the audience Saturday night, including the mothers of defensive end Bradyn Swinson (Kelli Swinson) and Keith Brown (Sarah Brown) and running back Byron Cardwell Jr.’s father, who all thanked Mullens for his work this week.
“What a great forum for parents, all these loyal Duck followers to jump on,” Mullens said. “Want to to say really appreciate everyone’s support over the last week. It’s great to see the Oregon family come together, the student-athletes, the parents. Really excited for coach Lanning to get here.
“Excited for all of our student-athletes. I received a lot of messages of support and this is a special, special group of young men who’ve built an incredible culture, who’ve really stuck together and I‘m really anxious for them to meet coach Lanning in person and to continue what they’ve built here.”
With their next head coach in place the fans in the Twitter space were already shifting their attention to who will be on Lanning’s staff, particularly on offense. Mullens deferred to Lanning for those decisions but said staffing was part of the interview process and Lanning has a clear plan and vision in mind.
“When you spend time with him he’s given this a lot of thought for a lot of years,” Mullens said. “He’s been planning for this opportunity and it just matched up. I am fully confident based on the relationships, the thoughtfulness and the connections that he has that he’s going to assemble a phenomenal staff.”