Don Smalley – Page 11

RUNNING BACK BY COMMITTEE ISN’T THE NORMAL FOOTBALL FARE, BUT IT’S WORKING – Five Ducks Sharing Carries is Creating Team Chemistry

September 15, 2022September 15, 2022 Don Smalley

In this new world of college sports and prospective NIL deals, it would be a travesty if the current five Oregon tailbacks don’t create some kind of advertising package with ‘Five Guys’ Hamburgers. A bit […]

OREGON WOULD LIKE TO CREATE MORE EXPLOSION PLAYS AGAINST BYU – “I’d love to see some more of those plays that were 15 yards turned into 30-yard plays and create some more explosives” – Dan Lanning

September 14, 2022September 14, 2022 Don Smalley

You hear it from every head coach and offensive coordinator across the spectrum of college football. Explosion plays. How important they are and how they can positively affect the tenor of any game when it […]

OREGON DOMINATES EVERY ASPECT OF THE GAME AS THEY ROUT EASTERN WASHINGTON 70-14 – Ducks Score Touchdowns on Their First 10 Possessions to Win Going Away

September 11, 2022September 11, 2022 Don Smalley

Oregon obviously needed this. It was certainly what the doctor ordered. A dose of winning football from every position on the field. The Ducks ( 1-1 ) went out and appropriately dismantled Eastern Washington of […]

(HALFTIME) OREGON LEADING EWU 42-7 – This is The Duck Team Lanning and Staff Expected

September 11, 2022 Don Smalley

It’s always difficult to judge how a team does against a lesser opponent, but Oregon is doing what it was expected to do with a team like Eastern Washington. The Ducks scored a touchdown on […]

( GAME DAY ) FOR A REBOUND GAME, THE DUCKS FACE THE PERFECT OPPONENT – Oregon Determined Not to Let Georgia Loss Define Them or the Season

September 10, 2022September 10, 2022 Don Smalley

The quicker Oregon can put last week’s loss to Georgia behind them, the better. Eastern Washington comes into Autzen Stadium tonight (5:44 pm, Pac-12 Network) to face an angry Duck football team as Oregon looks […]

A LOT WENT WRONG IN ATLANTA -MISSED TACKLES WERE AT THE FOREFRONT OF OREGON’S WOES – Ducks Working Hard to Clean Up That One Basic Fundamental in Advance of EWU

September 9, 2022September 9, 2022 Don Smalley

It wasn’t just one missed tackle against Georgia. It wasn’t even two or three. Whiffing on potential tackles was an epidemic last Saturday in Atlanta and it cost the Ducks an embarrassing 49-3 loss to […]

IT’S A CROWDED AND TALENTED OREGON BACKFIELD – Sean Dollars was One of Five Tailbacks to Get Carries vs Georgia

September 6, 2022September 6, 2022 Don Smalley

It’s not often one looks at a college football stat sheet and finds five different tailbacks receiving carries during a single game. The Oregon offense did just that in their opening contest. It’s not completely […]

(MONDAY BRIEFING) LANNING IS ANXIOUS TO MOVE ON AFTER GEORGIA LOSS – “We have Eastern Washington on the schedule, but our opponent right now is Oregon” – Dan Lanning

September 6, 2022September 6, 2022 Don Smalley

Oregon seemed to be upbeat and ready to move on after Saturday’s season-opening loss. Certainly, a lot of self-evaluation is in order, but according to head coach Dan Lanning his team went out on Monday […]

DAN LANNING’S DEBUT GOES OFF THE RAILS IN ATLANTA – Georgia Proves Why They’re a Threat to Win Back to Back Titles with a 49-3 Drubbing of Oregon

September 4, 2022September 4, 2022 Don Smalley

It could have been better. It could have been a lot better. It certainly couldn’t have been worse as No. 3 Georgia pounded No. 11 Oregon into submission with a 49-3 victory. Oregon was plagued […]

(AT THE HALF) – NO. 11 OREGON TRAILS NO. 3 GEORGIA 28-3 – Size Differential, Poor Tackling, and Bad Decisions Put Ducks in a Huge First Half Hole

September 3, 2022September 3, 2022 Don Smalley

Georgia started the game with a 12-play, 85-yard touchdown drive where the Bulldogs showed their tremendous size and used it to their full advantage. Throw in a couple of poor throws from Bo Nix that […]