Oregon Ducks NCAA Football News

With signing day now firmly in the rear-view mirror, the focus for Chip Kelly and the Oregon Ducks now turns to spring football.

It is my pleasure to announce that the site has scored an awesome Q&A with the generous and terrific Dale Newton A from The Duck Stops Here .

The 2012 NFL Draft isn't necessarily loaded with running back talent, though a guy like Trent Richardson certainly is worthy of a first-round pick.

This is a series that will run through the "black hole" known asA February. In my first post, I argued that drafting a defensive back is aA crap-shoot and that they should be drafted in bulk in the mid-rounds, especially in this deep draft class.

Very few people get to experience playing football in the National Football League.

Happy Friday. Here's where you go if you've been wondering , "I wonder what it would be like to follow that Pac-12 blogger dude on Twitter?" To the notes! SBrooks from Portland writes : I'd like to read your take on Chip's history of "coaching up" quarterbacks, and getting the most from their individual talents.

For college football fans, this is a dead period of having to wait and wait, and while spring practice and games give us a short reprieve, the wait drags out all the way until August.

The Rose Bowl celebration has hardly ended, but the Oregon Ducks' offense will be looking for an upgrade.

As we navigate the awful dead period of college football between Signing Day and spring practice, only one thing truly makes sense to the obsessive college football mind...speculating wildly about who'll be starting at QB seven months from now! I'm serious.

The Nike Oregon Project's Galen Rupp will make a bid to break Bernard Lagat's U.S. record in the indoor two-mile Saturday in the USA Track & Field Classic in Fayetteville, Ark.

Even though the start of the 2012 college football season is months away, many experts have already pegged their Heisman favorites.

Intrigue and suspense all could define the competition to replace Darron Thomas as Oregon's starting quarterback.

Former Oregon defensive back Cliff Harris might have ruined his college career with a series of irresponsible actions but that hasn't stopped NFL teams from wanting to take a seriously close look at the former All-American. Harris has received an invite to this month's NFL Scouting Combine giving the Ducks seven representatives at the event which ... (more)

In order for the Oregon Ducks to win their fourth consecutive Pac-12 championship in 2012, seven returning players must have big seasons.

Is USC going to party like it's 2004 in 2012? That's what ESPN.com's Mark Schlabach says in the second iteration of the Way-Too-Early Preseason Top 25 : The Trojans move up from No.

LaMichael James is one of the greatest players in Oregon Ducks and Pac-12 history, and the former third-place Heisman vote-getter is heading to the 2012 NFL Draft after wisely deciding to skip his senior season.

New England Patriots safety Patrick Chung, left, breaks up a pass intended for New York Giants wide receiver Hakeem Nicks during the second half of the NFL Super Bowl XLVI football game Sunday, Feb.

Coming off a 45-38 Rose Bowl victory over Wisconsin, the Oregon Ducks will be without some key players going forward in 2012.

We like doing Power Rankings at ESPN.com. These are the post-signing day Power Rankings.

Nov 12, 2011; Stanford CA, USA; Stanford Cardinal guard David DeCastro blocks Oregon Ducks defensive end Terrell Turner during the fourth quarter at Stanford Stadium.