How Bill Byrne tried to cover Oregon's asset
Bill Byrne had a dream. He wanted to cover Autzen Stadium with the world’s largest A-cup. The big-idea Oregon athletic director (1984-1992), who took Oregon football from also-ran to bowl status during...
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1994 Redux: What if The Drive had failed?
(note: Originally published on Addicted to Quack during the bye week after the Cal game. There was a spirited debate over whether the 9-minute drive that closed out the win at Cal was the best drive in...
View Article1993: The Last Year Of the Suffering
Before the first game of 1993, Rich Brooks was touting his team as a Rose Bowl contender. Which it probably could have been, considering the talent returning from the ‘92 team that finished 8-4. And,...
View Article1994: The Play That Ended The Suffering
If you’re wondering why I picked 1994 as the ending of Oregon’s football “prehistory”, this should explain it. Until recently, there was another video on youTube that showed The Drive — the 98 yard, 10...
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Why I Hate the Huskies: 1974
Jim Owens, Washington HC 1974 (AP) 66-0. Did you enjoy that, Coach Owens? Had you felt humiliated, after being pummeled the previous year by a team you thought you had no business losing to.. and even...
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Sept 18, 1982: Fresno State 10, Oregon 4
Significant Event: Sept 15 — A federal judge rules in favor of a lawsuit brought by the universities of Georgia and Oklahoma, effectively nullifying the NCAA’s stranglehold on college football...
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The Kevin Willhite Story: The last time Oregon recruited the #1 player in...
The last time Oregon signed the highest-rated recruit out of California, the circumstances were eerily similar to the De’Anthony Thomas coup this year. Like Thomas, this athlete wanted to attend a...
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Rich's Rude Awakening: October 1977
(Originally published 9/27/10 as a This Week In The Suffering entry on Addicted to Quack) In retrospect, Rich Brooks could have been forgiven for being a bit optimistic during his first season at...
View ArticleNine games. 53 points. Total, not average.
After a season where the Ducks averaged around 50 points a game, we look back at an historic scoring drought (1974-75).
View ArticleHeroes of The Suffering: Reggie Ogburn
Oregon’s first great option quarterback. A Hero of the Suffering.
View ArticleOctober 25, 1982 – Notre Dame at Oregon
click to embiggen The city of Eugene has never seen anything like the invasion of die-hard visiting college football fans that hit it in late October of 1982. Once upon a time, the mere utterance of...
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Time For Yet Another Titanic Battle with UCLA.
Okay, the title is a bait and switch. I’m among many not expecting this weekend’s inaugural Pac-12 Championship Game to be much more than a tune-up for the Ducks and a swan song for UCLA’s coach. But...
View ArticleDammit, Stanford.
Oregon’s post-WW2 record vs Stanford is competitive, with the Ducks holding a 30-27 edge in the series since 1945. But the record doesn’t show that time and again, the CardIndianals have shot an...
View ArticleWisconsin and Oregon. Separated at birth?
Unlike Oregon’s other recent Big Game opponents, teams with significant winning traditions and great pedigrees, the 2012 Rose Bowl will see the Ducks playing a team that’s in many respects a mirror...
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“Broadcasting” the 1917 Rose Bowl
Ever wonder how fans back home followed an away football game as it was being played back in the day? Consider that KDKA, the nation’s first radio station, didn’t begin broadcasting from the...
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