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The hate from Oregon fans towards Washington has irked Rusty Ryan. He wants everyone to know how important it is for Oregon to hate Washington. He gives a history of the rivalry and the implications of it.

I just posted my position preview article on Oregon’s quarterbacks, which can be found at Addicted To Quack.

  College football is almost here! We’ve braved the barren sports landscape of summer, admittedly made a little easier by the Olympics but they don’t play football so they’re not much help. And we are so, so close to being able to gorge ourselves on four TV’s, a laptop or two, and an iPad all [...]

Urban Meyer is putting in an offense similar to Oregon’s. This poses a few problems, one of which can hurt the future of Oregon football.

The QB competition between Marcus Mariota and Bryan Bennett isn’t as important as everyone thinks.

It’s a two man race for starting quarterback. Rusty Ryan looks at the future direction of the offense and the characteristics of the two competitors.

You bet Rusty Ryan keeps a diary. We ripped out a few pages without him knowing so now you can enjoy his memories of the Rose Bowl game. Tears of joy will fall. You’ve been warned.

Chip Kelly went with the bread and butter against Wisconsin with some wrinkles on offense. Rusty Ryan looks at the gameplan and the significant plays on offense that we had barely seen this season.

The Rose Bowl is the most storied bowl game in the history of college football. As I’m sure you’ll hear Brent Musburger say many a time tomorrow in his senile stupor, “The Granddaddy of Them All” is one of the crown jewels of BCS Bowls and holds a special significance that goes beyond the sporting [...]

Rusty Ryan looks at the basic rushing strategies, what defenses do to stop it, and how Oregon counters.

Rusty Ryan does a post on Addicted To Quack on Oregon’s offensive problems in bowl games.

The Statue of Liberty is an iconic play in Oregon football history tied to the Michigan game, but why don’t we see it anymore? Also included is a short history of trick plays under Chip Kelly.

This loss really hurts and Rusty Ryan looks at what our concerns were heading in to the game and how that effected the outcome.

Rusty Ryan talks about why he hates the Huskies so much and the history of the hate. Oregon State is the rival, but Washington is the enemy.

Oregon is taking on Arizona State in Autzen Stadium.  The game last year should’ve been a loss for Oregon but lucked out when Arizona State turned the ball over seven times.   Four turnovers and three fumbles will kill any team, and the Sun Devils only lost by 11.  They outgained Oregon by over two hundred [...]