Thursday, March 30, 2006

Dixon is the readers’ choice.
……Well….at least the “readers” that have responded to this blog.

In an earlier entry I asked for input on the QB competition between Dennis Dixon and Brady Leaf. And thus far, Dixon has received 100 percent of the vote.

The overwhelming consensus is that Dixon has already outplayed Leaf, is already in front of Leaf on the depth chart and simply has more talent. Most agree that Leaf can get the job done but not one person sited a single advantage that Leaf has over Dixon. But readers are gushing of the latter’s potential within the spread-option.

However, one almost universal concern has been Dixon’s durability. He said he’s trying to gain weight but so far hasn’t had much luck. At 198 pounds, Dixon could be in danger of getting slammed around. However, QBs seem to get hurt most often when they are sitting ducks (no pun intended but I’ll take it) in the pocket. QBs are safest when they can run and protect themselves and avoid direct hits. So, maybe Dixon will be OK.

AJF

From www.oregonlive.com

they both suck

Niether of them had ever even started a game , before clemens went down with his ankle injury .Leaf against Cal lead them in ot to win the game and then against wsu dixon lead them to the win and against osu both them did there part when the ducks killed the beavers .After clemens went down both of these guys had alot of pressure on them to succeed.They both performed very well in those games and they did alright in the holiday . record the last 4 games of the year 3-1 the 1 loss coming oklahoma .You cant really say they suck when you probaly dont even watch uo games and they did have winning records when they played

LOOK who they played besides CAL and UO NO one and they split those games and if it wasnt for CAL's QB oregon woulda lost

by the way KELLER only started 1 game before this last year and Carpenter was a freshman and still lead the nation in passers rating.

Oregon still would have won the cal game , that throw was to tie the game i bielive .And if you like asu so much why are you even concerned about the oregon Qb's , unless you like to be an asshole and just bash everything about the ducks .

damn straight im sick of all u DUCK fans talking about 1 good season the DUCKS SUCK!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! OREGON QB's GOT NOTHING COMPARED TO ASU QB'S

The ducks won games last year ans asu didnt win so many , get over it

WHERE WERE ALL THESE DUCK FANS 2 YEARS AGO???? NO ONE TALKS UNTILL THEY HAVE A GOOD SEASON LOOKS LIKE UR GUYS FANS ARE CRY BABYS

Were crybabys , no .you are the one crying and complainig about how asu's qb's are better .I dont see any duck fans on here crying

look at all ur fans post trying to show that u guys think there gonna be good.lol we will have to see how that turns out. NO DUCK fans ever say anything about there team unless there winning so shut up....

How would you know about duck fans whining , when the only duck fans on this board that i know of is me and wb83 and were still talking , why dont you shut up and stop , talkin **** about every duck topic thay is posted

jwest is too u DUMB*** ur the dumb fans posting all these stupid UO things

Whats wrong with posting stuff , isnt that what a message board is for , to inform people and to discuss topics

and im discussing how dumb oregon and there fans are

O WELL , Go ahead and talk **** about most of the stuff you dont even know about and being an asshole , you are a great example of asu fans and the school as a whole , congradulations on being an dumbass

Pac 10 Conference Championships: UO 7 ASU 2

GO DUCKS

Rivals.com 2006 Preseason National College Football Top 25

13. Oregon 10-2
Young quarterbacks gained experience, but Ducks will have to settle on one.

Also receiving votes: Arizona State

Rivals.com Top 25 Article

AJL and ASU FAN....


Let's allow the QB's decide this argument next year. How about a friendly wager on who will have the higher ranked QB's in 2006

1) QB Rating ---1 dollar for every full point difference (i.e. Rudy Carpenter had a 175.01 Rating and Sam Keller had 145.78 vs. Kellen Clemens 152.9 and Dennis Dixon at 142.40) --Well compare #1 and #2 QB's
=$25 (ASU) at this rate....

2) Total Yards ---1 dollar for every 25 yards difference (i.e Rudy Carpenter - 2273 and Sam Keller- 2165 vs. Kellen Clemens- 2,406yds and Dennis Dixon - 777)
=$50 (ASU) at this rate...

3) TD Passes ---5 dollars for every TD difference (i.e RC-17 and SK-20 vs. KC-19 and DD -6)
=$60 (ASU) at this rate...

4) INT's ---3 dollars for every INT difference (ie. RC -2 and SK- 9 vs KC-4 and DD-3)

= $12 (UO) at this rate....


This would be $123.00 for the ASU fan....


Wanna BEt???????

That article is from January 17th....IT'S ALMOST APRIL

Picking the 2006 Top 25 in January is dumber than an improvised lateral on the dead run to an unsuspecting teammate....quoted from the guy who did the poll in January...ala Reggie Bush...

Im not gonna bet on stats , how dumb can you get .I dont really care about QB #'s , Oregon won more games though

hahaha nice quote. if u want to talk about polls in JAN. u can also go to collegefootballnews.com and look at there poll from JAN 27 and u will see they have ASU ranked 15 and UO ranked 26 but it was made in JANURARY so im not going to talk anymore about it because like AZSTSUNDEVIL said its STUPID to do a poll in jan.

Then do not say another word on QB's since you are writing in the "Oregon QB Update" board that you started and now claim to have no interest in....

BTW....you have no faith to put your money where your mouth is.


GO ASU! (I''d bet on you anyday!)

hahaha put ur money where ur mouth is

I have interest in the Oregon QB's , what i dont care about is you and your stupid comments and you claiming that asu is so much better .When all you two do is bash oregon .


GO DUCKS !!!!

When it's all said and done it's the W that matters. If your team scores more than the other guys then you win. You can have the best QB of all time and still not win games unless you have defense also. The main point of this is still out scoring your opponent.

TEAM PF PA MARGIN
UO 36.4 23.7 12.6
ASU 36.1 29 7.1

ASU
September 1 Temple W 63-16 1-0 (0-0)
September 10 No. 5 LSU L 35-31 1-1 (0-0)
September 17 Northwestern W 52-21 2-1 (0-0)
September 24 at Oregon State W 42-24 3-1 (1-0)
October 1 No. 1 USC L 38-28 3-2 (1-1)
October 8 No. 25 Oregon L 31-17 3-3 (1-2)
October 22 at Stanford L 45-35 3-4 (1-3)
October 29 Washington W 44-20 4-4 (2-3)
November 5 at Washington State W 27-24 5-4 (3-3)
November 12 at No. 14 UCLA L 45-35 5-5 (3-4)
November 25 Arizona W 23-20 6-5 (4-4)
December 27 vs Rutgers W 45-40 7-5 (4-4)


UO
September 1 at Houston W 38-24 1-0 (0-0)
September 10 Montana W 47-14 2-0 (0-0)
September 17 No. 23 Fresno State W 37-34 3-0 (0-0)
September 24 No. 1 USC L 45-13 3-1 (0-1)
October 1 at Stanford W 44-20 4-1 (1-1)
October 8 at No. 17 Arizona State W 31-17 5-1 (2-1)
October 15 Washington W 45-21 6-1 (3-1)
October 22 at Arizona W 28-21 7-1 (4-1)
November 5 No. 23 California W 27-20 8-1 (5-1)
November 12 at Washington State W 34-31 9-1 (6-1)
November 19 Oregon State W 56-14 10-1 (7-1)
December 29 vs No. 22 Oklahoma L 17-14 10-2 (7-1)

Who would bet on stats anyway. When you make a bet it's on who's going to win the game. I'd be very happy if Keller threw for 277 yards against us but the final score was UO 31 ASU 17. Tell you what, you keep track of your amazing statics and we'll keep putting up W's! Looks like UO averaged more points per game than ASU and we didn't have a weak bowl opponent.

ok once i again you are talking about one year lets look at all time once again...... i believe it is 16 wins for ASU and 10 for UO!!!! so u can keep on talking about this one year. and about the easy bowl team you were the fans that were crying about you guys not getting invited to the fiesta bowl. i guess thats just what happeneds when i team and there fans get sooo cocky when they finally start winning games.

2002
OREGON
7-6

Arizona State (5-2) 0 10 22 13 45
Oregon (6-1) 14 7 14 7 42
UO was 6-0 going in to this game and ASU basically finshed there season for them here UO would go on to lose 5 of the next 6 games includeing there bowl game
http://oregon.rivals.com/schedule.asp?SID=...REGON&Year=2002

2003
OREGON
8-5
UO was 4-2 heading into this game and ASU once again hurts there season once again by beating them 59-14
Oregon (4-3) 0 7 7 0 14
Arizona State (3-3) 14 7 17 21 59
http://oregon.rivals.com/schedule.asp?SID=...REGON&Year=2003

2004
OREGON
5-6
season started with a loss and ended with one NO bowl game here. ASU beats them 28-13
Arizona State (5-0) 0 14 7 7 28
Oregon (1-3) 0 6 7 0 13
http://oregon.rivals.com/boxscore.asp?Game=16351

2005
OREGON
10-2
good season losing to USC and UO cryed about going to the Holiday Bowl and cryed all the way home after the loss
30-19 in last 4 years
LOST ALL BOWL GAMES
http://oregon.rivals.com/schedule.asp?SID=...ONAST&Year=2004
Arizona State
30-20
ASU 2-1 in bowl games
UO 0-3 in bowl games
ASU 3-1 VS OREGON

basically same records but ASU dominates UO in there recent games and ASU wins there BOWL games ]


ASU beats Purdue and Rutgers losses to Kansas ST.
UO losses too Oklahoma Wake Forest and Minnasota and beats ????????NO ONE

Bellotti's Coaching Record

year overall conf. finish

1995 Oregon 9-3-0 6-2-0 3rd

1996 Oregon 6-5-0 3-5-0 T5th

1997 Oregon 7-5-0 3-5-0 T7th

1998 Oregon 8-4-0 5-3-0 T3rd

1999 Oregon 9-3-0 6-2-0 T2nd

2000 Oregon 10-2-0 7-1-0 T1st

2001 Oregon 11-1-0 7-1-0 1st


Bowl Games : Lost to colorado in 95 , 97 beat air force , 98 lost to colorado , 99 beat minnesota , 00 beat texas , 01 beat colorado , 02 lost to wake , 03 lost to minnesota , 05 lost to oklahoma , bellotti is 4-4 in bowl games .




2002 Oregon 7-6-0 3-5-0 8th

2003 Oregon 8-5-0 5-3-0 T3rd

2004 Oregon 5-6-0 4-4-0 T5th




Oregon Record 80-40-0 49-31-0



Career Totals 101-65-2 64-40-2





Pac 10 coaches by all total wins since 1995

Coach, Team (Years) W L T



Mike Bellotti, Oregon (10) 80 40 0

*Bob Toledo, UCLA (7) 50 32 0

*Mike Price, Washington State (8) 48 47 0

*Ty Willingham, Stanford (7) 44 36 1

*Bruce Snyder, Arizona State (6) 43 26 0

***** Tomey, Arizona (6) 41 29 0

*Rick Neuheisel, Washington (4) 33 16 0

Pete Carroll, USC (4) 32 9 0

*Dennis Erickson, Oregon State (4) 31 17 0

*Jim Lambright, Washington (4) 30 17 1

Jeff Tedford, California (3) 25 13 0

Dirk Koetter, Arizona State (4) 28 23 0

Mike Riley, Oregon State (4) 23 24 0

*John Robinson, USC (3) 21 13 1

*Paul Hackett, USC (3) 19 18 0

*Tom Holmoe, California (3) 16 39 0

Bill Doba, Washington State (2) 15 9 0

Karl Dorrell, UCLA (2) 12 13 0

*John Mackovic, Arizona (2) 9 14 0

*Terry Donohue, UCLA (1) 7 5 0

*Keith Gilbertson, Washington (2) 7 16 0

*Steve Mariucci, California (1) 6 6 0

*Buddy Teevens, Stanford (2) 6 16 0

Mike Stoops, Arizona (1) 3 8 0

*Keith Gilbertson, California (2) 3 8 0

*Jerry Pettibone, Oregon State (2) 3 19 0

*Mike Hankwitz, Arizona (1) 2 10 0

*inactive


Oregon History -

Throughout Mike Belloti’s tenure at the University of Oregon few teams in the nation have been as successful. The Ducks have had 9 bowl appearances since 1994 and a #2 national ranking at season’s end in 2002. Starting with coach Rich Brooks passing the torch to Mike Belloti in 1995, Oregon Football has been able to enjoy 10 winning seasons in the last 11 years. Oregon is also one of only 14 schools in the country to make at least 12 appearances in bowl games in the last 16 years.

Not only does Oregon have great football players in college but the coaches have transformed them into great players in the Pros. Over 40 Ducks have played in the pros since 1994. With the help of the marketing department at the University of Oregon the Football team has been transformed to a national figure. Billboards from New York to Los Angeles have given the Ducks a bright light in the media. The Ducks have also appeared on national network television 38 times over the past five seasons.

Oregon’s commitment is no better illustrated than in its football facilities. With the department completing the $15 million Moshofsky Center indoor practice facility in 1998 and the $90 million Autzen expansion in 2002, the University of Oregon facilities that are unmatched by any other school in the country




Bowl Games

since 1982 asu is only 6-5 in there bowl games , not as great as you make them sound .

Very nicely done AJL2321. The Ducks are not a perennial powerhouse but under Bellotti we've had a lot of success. Most people don't know that he turned down the USC job before it was offered to Pete Carroll. He's a great coach who gets more out of his players than most. Unfortunately who have to opposite kind of coach for basketball. Kent is a superb recruiter but all his players underachieve. I like how you brought up Gibson and Trucks. As you stated they were both one stars who became great college players. Bellotti can also land the big names like Ngata and Stewart. Both were five stars and ranked number one at their positions during their senior year. Bellotti has said in the past that he won't leave the Ducks without a National Championship. Go DUCKS!!!

since 95 40 pros so that would mean some of them wasnt his recruits and second of all how many are still pros???

I guess Belloti is going to die a DUCK because they will never win a National Cahmpionship under him.

GO DUCKS

Here's another update about the DUCKS.


Ducks Article

Thanks for the update

Ducks RB update.

Ducks Article

The sun broke out in the Willamette Valley on Tuesday just in time for the first day of the Oregon Ducks spring workouts. The Ducks may have felt the effects of the sunshine as they conducted a practice that last about two and half hours and Oregon’s head coach was pleased with the results. When Mike Bellotti walked out onto the practice field he commented on the good weather and at the conclusion of the session he was equally pleased.

“I’m glad the weather is cooperating, it is a great day,” said Bellotti before practice started. “I think that adds a certain energy and bounce to everybody’s step.”

Bellotti’s team is coming off a 10-2 season last year and although some big names in Duck Football have moved on, the 2006 Ducks are as deep and balanced as any team to wear the green and yellow. While each position is up for competition there is no doubt that talent level on this team should give fans much to be excited about.

“I think we’re very excited to start spring ball,” observed Bellotti. “Build on what we accomplished last year, fill in some holes on defense and continue to improve the offense.”

As typical of a first day of spring practice there was no contact and team concentrated on drills, conditioning and learning some new plays. One question that might be settled is that Dennis Dixon appears to be firmly placed as the starter. Dixon started all four games in 2005 after Kellen Clemens was lost for the year and even though Brady Leaf saw significant playing time. For now Dixon is the starter and Leaf is the back up even though Bellotti left the door open by saying that he expects competition at each position.

Bellotti also gave some indication of what fans might expect next fall.

“Doing some things from a teaching standpoint offensively to enable us to run the ball better,” Bellotti explained of the initial training session. “We won’t really know that though until we put the pads on.”

Running the ball more means that Budding stars Jonathan Stewart, Jeremiah Johnson and Terrell Jackson should be getting a fair amount of work. During the session all three showed good acceleration and speed. Both Stewart and Johnson are showing the effects of hard work in the weight room. Stewart recorded an impressive 410 pounds in the bench press and his physique showed it.

Bellotti commented on his budding star saying that Stewart learned much from last year and one of the coach’s task is to ensure that the hard running Stewart learn to stop running when the play is done in order to avoid injury.

Two other players that caught Bellotti’s attention were Matthew Harper and Jameel Dowling. Both are transfers and are capable of playing either safety or cornerback.

“I thought I saw some good things from the incoming DBs, (Jameel) Dowling and (Matthew) Harper,” commented Bellotti. “Sometimes they might have fallen into some plays, but the were in the right place…it looked like they move well.”

The two transfers were among six new players to take the field on Tuesday. Also on hand were wide receiver Derrick Jones, tight end Brandon Bair, offensive linemen Pat So’oalo and Fenuki Topou.

Several players have changed their number for spring ball. Cameron Colvin wears 3 instead of 80. Jeremiah Johnson is now 24 and last year his number was 20. Drew Larson wore 80 during Tuesday’s practice.

Most of the practice time was spent with the team broken up by position and the session ended with a passing drill.

Notes:
Bellotti reported that no one was injured on the first day of practice.

Another spring practice update.

Article

Nice articles , thanks for the updates

I know that AJL2321 is the only one who's interested but he's a couple more articles on the Ducks and spring workouts.

Ducks O Line


Ducks DB's


Jackie Bates Article


Ducks RB's

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Thanks for the updates , I check oregonlive often but the register guard articles i dont usually check so thanks for the articles .