7:59 PM ET, Fri September 03, 2010

Jeremiah Masoli wins NCAA appeal, cleared to play for Ole Miss immediately

Behind The Ducks Beat | Oregonian — The former Oregon quarterback could play as early as Saturday against Jacksonville State.

2 hours ago

NFL Local Ties: Saturday cut down deadline looms; who will survive?

Behind The Ducks Beat | Oregonian — NFL teams will cut from 75 to 53 by Saturday and then be able to add eight to their practice squads.

2 hours ago

Oregon football: Watching the preseason watch lists

Behind The Ducks Beat | Oregonian — Kenny Rowe leads the Ducks in most appearances on the preseason watch lists.

2 hours ago

NFL Local Ties: Tennessee's LeGarrette Blount looks like a keeper; Victor Butler dominates for Dallas; Seattle's T.J. Houshmandzadeh on the trading block?

Behind The Ducks Beat | Oregonian — Week 4 preseason round up for NFL locals with stats, photos, links and analysis.

5 hours ago

Pittsburgh quarterback Dennis Dixon likely to start after Byron Leftwich is injured (links)

Behind The Ducks Beat | Oregonian — Leftwich suffered an MCL sprain Thursday against Carolina leaving Dixon as for the probable starter for the season opener Sept. 12 against Atlanta.

5 hours ago

Oregon Ducks rundown: What kind of season will Oregon have? Keep an eye on the quarterback(s)

Behind The Ducks Beat | Oregonian — Do you have the Ducks' season figured out? Let us know.

7 hours ago

Oregon football: The beat reporters' season predictions

Behind The Ducks Beat | Oregonian — Ken Goe and John Hunt peg the Ducks for an 8-4 season, but they disagree on Oregon's postseason destination.

9 hours ago

Oregon vs. New Mexico Preview

Ducks Blog | Oregonian — I was in Vegas this week on business. Wandering past a sports book I couldn't help notice that Oregon as a 34-point favorite. Interesting. That's five touchdowns. I know Oregon's loaded and New Mexico isn't but that's still a ton...

20 hours ago

PSU FOOTBALL SCHEDULE/RESULTS

Portland Tribune — SEPT. 4 – at Arizona State, 7 p.m. SEPT. 11 – at UC Davis, 6 p.m. SEPT. 18 – at Oregon, 3:15 p.m., CSN OCT. 2 – IDAHO STATE, 5 p.m. OCT. 9 – at Montana State, 12:30 p.m. OCT. 16 – MONTANA, 5 p.m. OCT. 23 – at Weber State, 2 p.m. OCT. 30 ...

21 hours ago

PREP FOOTBALL: Marshall, Roosevelt enter 4A ranks with playoffs a possibility

Portland Tribune — With changes to the makeup and playoff format of Class 4A football in Oregon, the state could see something fairly unusual – Marshall and Roosevelt in the playoffs. Marshall and Roosevelt, who have dropped out of PIL 5A, will compete officially at the 4A level this season. Class 4A is for ...

21 hours ago
  • NFL: Jordan Kent among local players cut Portland Tribune NFL teams, who must reduce their rosters to 53 players each by Saturday, began chopping more players with state-of-0regon ties on Friday. Among those waived: • Ex-UO receiver Jordan Kent, by St. Louis • Former Oregon State linebacker Keaton Kristick and ex-Portland State tight end Tony Curtis, ...
  • Frank Gansz, Jr. doesn't like new rule UCLA Blog | ESPN Los Angeles The opening kickoff Saturday--and all other kickoffs this season for that matter--will look a lot different than in the past thanks to an off-season decision by the NCAA to adopt the NFL policy banning wedge blocking. UCLA’s special teams coach Frank Gansz, Jr., is not too happy about it. A wedge is defined as more than two players lined up shoulder to shoulder in order to provide blocking for the return man. “To me it wasn’t very well thought out in doing it,” Gansz said. “It’s sort of a knee-jerk reaction.” The NCAA rules committee proposed the chang...
  • Kelemete looking forward to first start at left tackle Husky Football Blog | Seattle Times Of the many subplots in tomorrow's game. one of the more subtle is the first start for Senio Kelemete (pictured right) at one of the most important positions --- left tackle. The junior started last year at guard before making the move to tackle in the spring, and has performed so well in the run-up to the season that UW coach Steve Sarkisian has taken to referring to him as an "all-conference player,'' --- often not even making the qualifier that he has yet to earn those honors. It appeared for a while as if this might not be the optimum beginning for Kelemete when he suffered a high ankle ...
  • Arizona Wildcats at Toledo Rockets game chat Arizona Republic The Arizona Wildcats open their 2010 season on the road at the Toledo Rockets.
  • Defensive Issues Inside USC | Los Angeles Daily News You could argue it was a first game. In Hawaii. And the Warriors ran a spread-out offense. A less charitable view would be that USC's defense showed some disturbing tendencies that were peculiar to last season, especially in the Stanford...