Tuesday Practice Updates

[MFRDuckFan]

From Adam Jude ajude34 on Twitter ~

With Kenjon Barner nursing minor quad injury, LeGarrette Blount takes reps with second-string offense for second straight day.

[gofightingducks]

Hopefully the Ducks can get a big lead and ride Blount in the 4th quarter to a victory!

[MFRDuckFan]

Hopefully the Ducks can get a big lead and ride Blount in the 4th quarter to a victory!

Just like last year!

[MFRDuckFan]

Oh no..........Dickson & James out sick. Dickson was out yesterday & now James is out.

http://www2.registerguard.com/cms/index ... ments/tue/

[MerDuck]

Oh no..........Dickson & James out sick. Dickson was out yesterday & now James is out.

http://www2.registerguard.com/cms/index ... ments/tue/

So some guys are sick...their bodies get a break from being beat up early in the week....they will most likely be fin come Saturday.....just means our backups get to be prepare for what has in the past been a game that we needed them!

[gofightingducks]

Barner also out with a quad injury that is why Blount has moved up. Crenshaw, Alston and Blount are the healthy backs practicing. That's kinda scary. I hope Dickson, LMJ and Barner are ready to go Saturday!

[goyellowgreen]

yup! most of the team has been vaccinated for the H1N1, so hopefully it's just a nasty cold like what i just got ride of!!

[gofightingducks]

http://www2.registerguard.com/cms/index ... ments/tue/

Not H1N1 though these are the players affected by the bug: Ed Dickson, Dion Jordan, LaMichael James and Keaton Arden. WR coach Scott Frost also out with the bug.

Practice was in the MO in full pads, high energy good practice. The benefit of Barner and LMJ being out is it allows the other to get a lot of reps as LMJ and Barner probably don't need the reps.

[Penky26]

better question is how do they have a tackling sled on the field with barner fielding punts, that part of yesterdays update drove me nuts

[gofightingducks]

http://oregon.rivals.com/showmsg.asp?fi ... 65&style=2

The best defensive practice all year according to A.J.

[dthomas=ddixon]

http://oregon.rivals.com/showmsg.asp?fi ... 65&style=2

The best defensive practice all year according to A.J.

That's really good to hear. BTW gofightingducks, thanks for sharing what all the "insider" articles are talking about. It's much appreciated. Recruiting especially. Keep it up bro.

[duckscribe]

Does anyone know how they sanitize the field in the MO center? Guys spit a lot and it just goes into the artificial turf. No wonder they get sick. Seems like one big germ factory in a closed system. Then on game days they cover it with something and all those bugs have more fun underneath the surface while people eat and drop things.

[woundedknees]

Nice to see you thinking of the bright side there, duckscribe...

Astro turf is inherently a can-0-worms, er, germs, so to speak.

When I coached kids who were playing soccer inside Autzen, I recall Duck training staff would distribute aerosol cans of disinfectant to discourage infection.

[bigfootlebowski]

look at the bright side blount gets more reps and gets back into rythm with the O this way, if LMJ and Barner are practicing he will take longer to get up to game speed!

[UOducksTK1]

From Adam Jude ajude34 on Twitter ~

With Kenjon Barner nursing minor quad injury, LeGarrette Blount takes reps with second-string offense for second straight day.

Interesting. This will be a tough game for Blount to play in, but I believe he can do good if Barner is still shaken up.