There are tough losses, and then there are losses that absolutely gnaw at every fiber of your being. On Saturday night in Arlington, Texas, the 11th-ranked Oregon Ducks experienced the latter in stunning and agonizing fashion, falling to 16th-ranked Auburn, 27-21. For 59 minutes and 51 seconds of game action, the Ducks never trailed. That […]
It’s not often that a college football season opener carries with it the potential for such extenuating repercussions as it does for Oregon and Auburn. In fact, a strong argument can be made that Saturday’s season opener may mean more for the Ducks than it does the Tigers based solely on the limited number of […]
As I sat down and took some time to consider what to write in this space, one word kept coming to mind in my attempt to take an all-encompassing aerial look at Saturday’s season opener vs. Auburn in Arlington, Texas. “Opportunity.” The word has different meaning compared to the last time the Ducks and Tigers […]
