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Entries from February 2008

Top 10 Links This Week: February 25th

February 29th, 2008 · No Comments

Jay, here.
An Oregon Cheerleader in Sports Illustrated.  A psychological test for fans.  And football in the Spring.
Here are the Top 10 links for this week on Duck Sports News.
10. Kacey Kennedy: SI’s Cheerleader of the Week
9. Oregon Commit Dunigan Shoots Up Latest ESPN 150
8. Draft Analyst Struggling With Evaluation of Stewart
7. Why Would Canzano [...]

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Tags: Oregon Ducks · The Strongest Links

Sirmon Named Linebackers Coach At Central Washington

February 26th, 2008 · 2 Comments

Former Duck and Tennessee Titan Linebacker Peter Sirmon has told Ducks Sports News that he has officially accepted the position of Linebackers Coach at Central Washington University in Ellensburg, Washington.
Sirmon, 31, is a native of Walla Walla, Washington. At Walla Walla High School, Sirmon was named Washington Defensive Player of the Year by the [...]

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Tags: Oregon Ducks

Watching Terrelle Pryor: A Rorschach Test For Fans

February 26th, 2008 · 1 Comment

Jay, here.
Watchmen is not scheduled to be released for over a year.
But just like the Watchmen’s journal-keeping superhero Rorschach’s name sake, fans are seeing what they want to see in journal-keeping football phenom Terrelle Pryor now.
There’s no real Terrelle Pryor news here, as such. However, I did come across a couple of curious [...]

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Tags: Media · Oregon Ducks

Sports Idol Justin Myers Supports Sea Bass Campaign

February 25th, 2008 · 6 Comments

UPDATE: Some visitors are wondering what is the point of “The Return of Sea Bass”. I might be a little late with an explanation, but I think I have one. And it’s not that bad. Take a look at the comments below for more. But the bottom [...]

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Tags: Idol Time with Justin Myers · Oregon Ducks

Saturday WWE: Wilcox’s Wild Entry

February 23rd, 2008 · No Comments

Jay, here.
It’s too late to apologize. When you get Josh Wilcox going, it’s hard to slow him down.
Here’s Josh and a few of his random thoughts on a former Duck’s appearance in a Timbaland video to a very confused high school football non-recruit.
Wilcox on what it would take to bring back Sea Bass:

“Flounder” [...]

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Tags: Media · Oregon Ducks · Wilcox Over The Middle

Wilcox Gets To The Meat Of The Combine Experience

February 22nd, 2008 · 2 Comments

Jay, here.
Yesterday, Josh Wilcox wrote about the the lead-up to the meat of the NFL Scouting Combines.
Now he explains what it was like to go through a battery of tests that had him wound tighter than an Evil Knievel toy and stretched further than a Stretch Armstrong doll.
Wilcox At The Combines: Performance Hurt, Didn’t Help [...]

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Tags: Oregon Ducks · Wilcox Over The Middle

Giansante: Sea Bass Comeback In The Making?

February 21st, 2008 · 9 Comments

Jay, here.
For every Rocky, there’s a Mickey. Rambo had Colonel Trautman. And The Bad News Bears tolerated Buttermaker.
As Josh Wilcox explained in his origin story of “Sea Bass”, he had Joe Giansante.
Ever the emotional leader, Joe wants to rally the troops one last time.
Sea Bass Comeback In The Making?
Joe Giansante
DSN Contributor
Memories. [...]

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Tags: Oregon Ducks

Wilcox At The Combines: Bowling Shoe Ugly!

February 21st, 2008 · 2 Comments

Jay, here.
As a follow-up to Peter’s entry on the NFL Scouting Combines, I decided to ask Josh what he thought about the experience.
His response: it was bowling shoe ugly.
By the Power of Grayskull, here’s the first part of Josh’s experience.

Wilcox At The Combines: Bowling Shoe Ugly!
By Josh Wilcox
DSN Contributor
As a “journalist”, I have had the [...]

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Tags: Oregon Ducks · Wilcox Over The Middle

Former Duck Appears On American Idol

February 21st, 2008 · 1 Comment

Jay, here.
Unlike a certain DSN Contributor (Cough! Josh Wilcox), I do follow “American Idol”.  It’s kind of tough not to when it’s the most popular program on television.
And when a former member of the University of Oregon football team appears on American Idol, that’s kind of a big deal.  Now, he wasn’t performing.  Nevertheless, he [...]

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Tags: Oregon Ducks

Oregon’s Quarterback Question

February 20th, 2008 · 8 Comments

There’s been much debate over who will be QB-1 at the University of Oregon in the Fall of 2008. The question first arose back in early December of 2007 - at that time it was: Who should start, Kempt or Roper?
The debate continues in cyber-places such as Rob Moseley’s blog, where over 86 comments have [...]

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Tags: Duckscussion · Oregon Ducks · Stats