Masoli on front page of FoxSports - Hurry

[sickaduck]

http://msn.foxsports.com/cfb

Masoli looks like a stud.

[woundedknees]

Not exactly a rousing endorsement... He spends as much time apologizing to the USC faithful for picking the Ducks as he does toutng Oregon.

"Picking the Ducks to rise to the seat of Left Coast leadership is little more than an acknowledgment that all good things must come to an end. If there was a season in which a really good USC team was nevertheless poorly positioned to make (yet) another Pac-10 title defense, this is it. Oregon’s skill-position studs and overall quickness will give UO the chance to exploit SC’s young and unproven linebacking corps. If Trojans-Ducks comes down to a field goal, SC’s weakness in the kicking game could rear its ugly head."

"Oregon will need a mighty effort to subdue its persistent nemesis and rival, but again, just spare any and all talk about the presence of an anti-USC agenda. Pete Carroll ranks at the top of this correspondent’s list of premier college football coaches; Oregon simply seems to be good enough to exceed the Trojans for one solitary season, nothing more, due to the convergence of several key factors."

"The laws of averages affect all of us. Not even the USC juggernaut is immune, and Oregon is the team that stands to benefit after seven seasons of uninterrupted dominance by the Trojan Empire of College Football"

[sickaduck]

Not exactly a rousing endorsement... He spends as much time apologizing to the USC faithful for picking the Ducks as he does toutng Oregon.

"Picking the Ducks to rise to the seat of Left Coast leadership is little more than an acknowledgment that all good things must come to an end. If there was a season in which a really good USC team was nevertheless poorly positioned to make (yet) another Pac-10 title defense, this is it. Oregon’s skill-position studs and overall quickness will give UO the chance to exploit SC’s young and unproven linebacking corps. If Trojans-Ducks comes down to a field goal, SC’s weakness in the kicking game could rear its ugly head."

"Oregon will need a mighty effort to subdue its persistent nemesis and rival, but again, just spare any and all talk about the presence of an anti-USC agenda. Pete Carroll ranks at the top of this correspondent’s list of premier college football coaches; Oregon simply seems to be good enough to exceed the Trojans for one solitary season, nothing more, due to the convergence of several key factors."

"The laws of averages affect all of us. Not even the USC juggernaut is immune, and Oregon is the team that stands to benefit after seven seasons of uninterrupted dominance by the Trojan Empire of College Football"

USC Apologist aside, it is nice to have a picture of our quarterback on the front of the site.

[wheaton4prez]

"The laws of averages affect all of us. Not even the USC juggernaut is immune, and Oregon is the team that stands to benefit after seven seasons of uninterrupted dominance by the Trojan Empire of College Football"

Hah. Seven years of uninterrupted dominance... Except in 2007 when the Ducks interrupted it.

[goyellowgreen]

dammit, i missed it.

[karlhungis]

Not exactly a rousing endorsement... He spends as much time apologizing to the USC faithful for picking the Ducks as he does toutng Oregon.

I thought you meant Masoli was apologizing to the USC faithful.....

[Tray Dub]

"The laws of averages affect all of us. Not even the USC juggernaut is immune, and Oregon is the team that stands to benefit after seven seasons of uninterrupted dominance by the Trojan Empire of College Football"

Hah. Seven years of uninterrupted dominance... Except in 2007 when the Ducks interrupted it.

Well they did win the conference...

[woundedknees]

Dominus interruptus...

[wheaton4prez]

"The laws of averages affect all of us. Not even the USC juggernaut is immune, and Oregon is the team that stands to benefit after seven seasons of uninterrupted dominance by the Trojan Empire of College Football"

Hah. Seven years of uninterrupted dominance... Except in 2007 when the Ducks interrupted it.

Well they did win the conference...

I know. Winning the conference doesn't equal "uninterrupted dominance."

Besides, they wouldn't have won it had Dixon not been injured. That's not dominance. That's lucking out.

[Tray Dub]

Hah. Seven years of uninterrupted dominance... Except in 2007 when the Ducks interrupted it.

Well they did win the conference...

I know. Winning the conference doesn't equal "uninterrupted dominance."

Besides, they wouldn't have won it had Dixon not been injured. That's not dominance. That's lucking out.

I honestly hate taking USC's side against a fellow Duck fan, but seven straight years of winning the conference is to me considered uninterrupted dominance.

[uodux1212]

In 2007 USC and ASU both finished 7-2 atop the conference... we beat both those teams. What coulda been...

2009 is our season!

GO DUCKS

[wheaton4prez]

I honestly hate taking USC's side against a fellow Duck fan, but seven straight years of winning the conference is to me considered uninterrupted dominance.

To me, they are not dominating a team that they are losing to on the field. Thus, an interruption to their dominance.

I don't contest that they have dominated the Pac-10. But, there have been interruptions.

Plus, I am responding to the general context of the article. They imply that Oregon winning against them hasn't happened for many years. It wasn't that long ago that we beat them and were on track to win the Pac-10. USC has been the top dog for many years. But, not by as much of a margin as many might think. They were vulnerable a number of times, including last year until we smacked down the rodents.