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Lane Kiffin: Matt Barkley Should Be Rewarded For Succeeding During USC’s Probation

Tuesday, November 22nd, 2011

It's hardly out of the ordinary for a college football coach to stump for his standout player who is in the Heisman race. USC's Lane Kiffin is doing a pretty good job of it. Kiffin makes the argument that Trojans quarterback Matt Barkley is being penalized because his team is ...

Stanford Coach David Shaw: We’re Not Trying to Break Passing Records Like Other Teams

Thursday, November 10th, 2011

I wouldn't say that Stanford football coach David Shaw was necessarily stumping for his team here, but he certainly got in a bit of a dig on some of the other teams around the Cardinal in the national rankings. Asked about how Heisman Trophy front-runner Andrew Luck has been playing, ...

Chip Kelly Isn’t Focused on Ruining Washington’s Last Game at Husky Stadium

Friday, November 4th, 2011

It's a historic weekend in Seattle as the Washington Huskies will play their final game in old Husky Stadium, hosting the Oregon Ducks in a critical Pac-12 matchup. Renovations begin next week on the historic stadium and the Huskies will play their final game, the Apple Cup, at CenturyLink Field, ...

SRI College Preview: Science Predicts Alabama Over Oklahoma

Wednesday, August 10th, 2011

SportsRadioInterviews.com has teamed with PredictionMachine.com to preview the upcoming college football season. PredictionMachine.com plays every game 50,000 times before it's played. In this case, the site has played the entire ...

Oregon Ducks’ Lache Seastrunk Attempts to Put Tumultuous First Season Behind Him

Wednesday, August 10th, 2011

Not unlike many college freshmen football players, Lache Seastrunk had to endure a rookie campaign where he had questions and doubts about his playing time and niche with the Oregon program. Unlike most though who had little choice but to continue toiling in hopes of making a name for themselves, ...

Chip Kelly Insists Willie Lyes Investigation Is Not Distracting His Top Ranked Team From Its Preparation for Opener Against LSU

Wednesday, July 27th, 2011

The Oregon Ducks are focusing on preparing for a huge challenge on September 3rd when they kick off the 2011 season at Dallas Cowboys Stadium in Arlington against Louisiana State.  All the while, Chip Kelly has been bombarded with questions about the NCAA's investigation of Willie Lyles and whether he ...

Will Lyles Claims He Didn’t Know He Was Violating NCAA Rules, But That He Didn’t Sway Recruits to Attend Oregon

Wednesday, July 6th, 2011

At best, Will Lyles is a scouting service owner who accepted $25,000 from the University of Oregon for services that have been hard to explain or prove. At worst, Lyles is a street agent who accepted money from the Ducks to help steer prized recruits like LaMichael James and Lache ...

Chip Kelly Remains Gracious and Classy in Defeat: “Their Xs were a lot better than some of our Os.”

Friday, January 14th, 2011

What an incredible season for the Oregon Ducks. I'm sure that's not what they or their fans want to hear after falling just short against Auburn in the BCS Championship Game last Monday night. Chip Kelly has done a top-notch job elevating the Ducks program to even higher heights since ...

Would Oregon Have Reached The BCS Championship Game If Jeremiah Masoli Was Still Their QB?

Thursday, January 13th, 2011

Heading into the season, Jeremiah Masoli was supposed to lead Oregon to another Pac-10 title, not Darron Thomas.  After all, he led the Ducks to the Rose Bowl last year only to lose to Ohio State and the team ended the season 10-3.  But a couple of off-the-field incidents this ...

In a Game of High-Powered Offenses, Auburn’s Defense Leads Tigers to Title

Tuesday, January 11th, 2011

Well, the BCS National Championship Game didn't turn out to be what most of us thought it would be. A high-scoring shootout, it was not. That hardly means the game didn't live up to the hype. Auburn's defense stifled Oregon like no other team on the Ducks' schedule could do throughout ...