I really like Hotchkins and am excited to see what he can do this year. Check him out.

Q&A with A.J. Hotchkins + full video interview

Catching up with Amadi first week of fall camp.

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4* PG Lindell Wigginton, ranked #36 overall

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Ouch... going the UW route with scheduling next year. I know some of it becomes last minute issues, but still, talk about a bad lineup:

Sept 1, 2018 Bowling Green
Sept 8, 2018 Portland St
Sept 15, 2018 San Jose St

All at home, +5 home game Pac-12, put Oregon at 8 home games 4 away next season.

This is a fantastic idea for an area that needs redevelopment. Oregon has had, and has, some of the world's best kayakers and C-1 people due to our year round WW season, but without a year round slalom course, we continue to under-perform in the Oly's and Worlds.
I live in West Linn and will be getting behind this! I ask you do the same. The Falls are surrounded by rusted out, unused pulp and paper mills, and this would be a great use for the site, allowing better public access to the Falls and econ development for OC....

http://willamettefallswhitewaterpark.org/


http://www.rediscoverthefalls.com/

In fact Colson comes in at No. 111 in the initial 2018 rankings. Pretty cool.

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Duck Track Set to Take the Field in Rio

EUGENE, Ore. – The track and field portion of 2016 Summer Olympics begins Friday with a school-record 17 current and former Ducks in Rio. Eleven will represent Team USA, three will compete for Canada, and one each will represent Australia, Greece and Guatemala. This is the 20th straight Olympiad that the University of Oregon has been represented, a streak that dates to the 1932 Games in Los Angeles.

Starting today though the final event of the games – the men’s marathon – goducks.com will provide a daily Olympics version of “What to Watch,” as well as a recap of Ducks in competition.

What to Watch – Friday, August 12

The quest for a medal begins on the first day of track and field for two former Duck NCAA champions.

Brianne Theisen-Eaton tackles the first four events in the heptathlon – the 100 meter hurdles, high jump, shot put and the 200 meters – as she looks to make her first-ever Olympic medal podium. The eight-time NCAA champion won silver medals in the heptathlon at the last two IAAF World Championships in 2013 and 2015, and captured gold in the indoor pentathlon at the 2016 IAAF World meet in Portland, Ore. She comes into the meet with the top heptathlon score in the world this season of 6,765 points. Theisen-Eaton was 11th in her only other Olympic appearance, which came in London in 2012.

The second former Duck NCAA champion in action on Friday will be sprinter English Gardner, competing in her first Olympic Games. She earned her spot on Team USA by blazing to a personal-best 10.74 seconds in the 100 meters at the U.S. Olympic Trials last month at Historic Hayward Field. Having one of the faster times in the field, Gardner won’s have to run in Friday morning’s preliminary rounds, and instead has a reserved spot in Friday’s quarterfinals, which are slated for 6:40 p.m. Pacific Time.

The women’s 100 meters will be one of the most competitive fields in the Olympics this year. In addition to her American teammates Tianna Bartoletta and Tori Bowie, the field includes Jamaicans Elaine Thompson, the current world leader, and Shelly-Ann Fraser-Pryce, the 2012 gold medalist in London. Those advancing on Friday will return to the track for Saturday evening’s semifinal heats.

Gardner is also in Team USA’s 4x100 meter pool along with current Duck Ariana Washington and alum Jenna Prandini.

Two other Duck alumni will also be among the women competing on Friday.

Distance runner and movie producer/director/actress Alexi Pappas will run in the final of the women’s 10,000 meters for Greece. A member of Oregon’s 2012 NCAA national champion cross country team, Pappas was granted citizenship by Greece earlier in 2016 and set that nation’s national record at 10,000 meters, 31:46.85, on May 1. The women’s 10K is slated for 7:10 a.m. on Friday.

Australia’s Zoe Buckman is aiming to make the finals of the 1,500 meters after reaching the semifinals in London in 2012. She is in the third of three heats on Friday (4:30 p.m. PT), with top 6 in each heat, plus the next six fastest times, moving on to Sunday’s semifinals.

Schedule – Friday, August 12

All times Pacific

5:35 a.m. Brianne Theisen-Eaton (CAN) Women’s Heptathlon 100 Meter Hurdles

6:50 a.m. Brianne Theisen-Eaton (CAN) Women’s Heptathlon High Jump

7:10 a.m. Alexi Pappas (GRE) Women’s 10,000 Meters – FINAL

4:30 p.m. Zoe Buckman (AUS) Women’s 1,500 Meters – Heats

4:35 p.m. Brianne Theisen-Eaton (CAN) Women’s Heptathlon Shot Put

6:05 p.m. Brianne Theisen-Eaton (CAN) Women’s Heptathlon 200 Meters

6:40 p.m. English Gardner (USA) Women’s 100 Meters – Quarterfinals

Here Come The Ducks!

The Olympic spotlight turns to track

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I just saw Oregon's 2018 non-conference schedule and I have to say I'm not impressed.
Bowling Green, Portland State, San Jose State. Wow...that strength of schedule will turn some heads.

2017: southern Utah, Nebraska, Wyoming

This year: Virginia and Nebraska are real games. But, we start with UC Davis. The fans deserve better than this. Tickets get more and more expensive.

Kudos to the BIG10 on their new model. No FCS schools; 9 league games. At least 1 non-conference game from a big 5 conference.

Here is my interview with the freshman QB from Media Day.

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I thought his comments on the LB group were interesting. Hopefully they are as deep as he says.

Helfrich week 1 notes

With half the class filled, what positions do you think the Ducks still need for 2017?

Pretty close to where other publications have them.

21. Oregon Ducks 2015 record: 9–4

In a familiar refrain, the Ducks’ offense will again feature one of the best running backs in the nation in junior Royce Freeman, a darkhorse Heisman candidate. Oregon also has a stable of speedy receivers—will Olympic hurdler Devon Allen, a huge piece of Oregon’s 2014 offense, come back for 2016 after a trip to Rio?—but it comes down to who is actually throwing them the ball. The FCS-to-Power Five route worked in 2015, and Oregon is hoping it can repeat that success with transfer Dakota Prukop.

The entire secondary returns, which can be looked at two ways: Good because experience is an asset, but bad because the Ducks were the Pac-12’s second-worst team at defending the pass in 2015. The addition of former Michigan head coach Hoke as defensive coordinator (2015 DC Don Pellum has gone back to coaching just linebackers) means the Ducks will switch to a 4–3 and, theoretically, get more pressure on opposing quarterbacks.


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I just saw this NY Post article about Johnny Manziel continuing to party after making a vow last month to go 'completely sober'. Sounds like he wasn't misbehaving or anything this time but I just wonder if he will ever get his life and career of some sort back on track. I hope so.

Johnny Manziel’s sobriety is still on the rocks.

The disgraced football star vowed to go sober on July 1, but was spotted partying at downtown clubs Marquee, Tao and Avenue over the weekend.

On Saturday, he was “drinking and dancing” at Marquee after Drake’s concert at MSG. “He was not that messy, but drinking and dancing,” a spy told us.

Manziel then attended dinner at Tao with Jason Derulo, Philipp Plein, Alec Monopoly and Jonathan Cheban before heading to Avenue on Sunday where he was seen drinking again.

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The Los Angeles-are stud tells Adam that he is considering making Oregon one of his five officials. It is great to be in on guys of this caliber and a visit could give the Ducks a chance.

Lewis as some visits in mind

dude is a monster... Clay Mathews anyone? #43 for the dummies.

For those of you watching the Olympics it is high drama in Rio for swimmer Michael Phelps who won his 20th and 21st lifetime gold medals yesterday. The first was with the relay team, the second in the butterfly against a highly annoying guy from South Africa who did not medal. It was very humorous seeing the guy try to psyche Phelps out with the shadowboxing, etc.

The women's team gymnastics gold was equally awesome. The ladies just blew away the competition. If you like the sport you can't do better than watch what they did.

Lots of other great performances by US team members. Congrats to them all.

Can't remember so many ticket sales offerings for football. Anyone know how many seats are unsold at this point?

Look forward to the development of the younger guys on this team. Wallace and the new kid Schooler already look the part physically. Morgan will be a nice addition to the OL and I think the DL will play much better this year as well. Moving Canton inside is a plus. Gary Baker should add a lot as well as Drayton.

Tom took these images at media yesterday. Great to have him and Brandon there to help with everything.

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I got a chance to catch up with Dakota today for this DSA exclusive interview with the graduate transfer QB. Very interesting stuff.

Q&A: Dakota Prukop

Has been waived by the Dolphins as well. Very sad deal for him.