Thursday, July 12, 2012

Forget The ESPYs, These Are The Duckies

DUCKIES

Clearly ESPN is biased towards the Ducks.  If you wasted your time by watching the ESPYs last night, you would've noticed that.  But forget those, here are the REAL winners: 
  • BREAKTHROUGH ATH. OF THE YEAR: DeAnthony Thomas
DeAnthony Thomas' breakthrough game had to of been the Rose Bowl.

 DeAnthony Thomas aka "The Black Mamba."  In just his freshman year, DeAnthony Thomas was a freshman All-American, ranked 11th nationally in all-purpose yards, and was the only player in the nation with at least 400 yards receiving, rushing, and kick returning.
  • RECORD BREAKING PERFORMANCE OF THE YEAR: LMJ vs. UCLA
LaMichael James set the Pac 12 championship game standard with 219 yards and 3 touchdowns on 25 carries against UCLA.
  • BIGGEST UPSET: USC beating Oregon
I'm going the other way with this and saying USC.  In a game the Ducks had to have to keep their national championship hopes alive, they came out sluggish, and #18 USC (double digit underdogs) made them pay.  They had a 24-7 lead at one point in the third quarter.  Oregon finally showed that they were better than that, and came back, but a missed fg at the end cost them, and ended their hopes of playing for a national championship.
  • GAME OF THE YEAR: Rose Bowl
In one of college football's games of the year, the Ducks FINALLY got that BCS monkey off their back, and ended their Rose Bowl drought with a 45-38 win over Wisconsin.
  • BEST MOMENT: Winning The Rose Bowl 
The moment the clock hit zero.
  • COACH OF THE YEAR: Chip Kelly
Coached the team to a third straight conference championship and won a Rose Bowl!  Need I say more?
  • BEST COMEBACK: vs. #18ASU 10/15/11
It was kind of hard to find a good comeback win because, Oregon hasn't had to come from behind in many of its games.  So I went with this.  The #9 Ducks trailed throughout much of the first half, but they woke up in the second half and took the lead for good in the third quarter, on a 3 yard TD run by DeAnthony Thomas.  The Ducks would go on to win 41-27, in front of an Autzen stadium crowd of 60,0055.
LaMichael James
He set numerous records this year, including: most consecutive games at Oregon with over 100+ yards rushing, and 200+ yards rushing, he became Oregon's all-time leader in rushing yards and climbed up to #2 on the list in Pac 12 history, oh and he led the nation in rushing yards per game.  Pretty shabby.  
 

2 comments:

  1. NO argument here! Agree almost totally. Robert Woods did some stuff too but I ain't trippin

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    1. Robert Woods (USC receiver) is scary but was he a game changer on the level of LMJ?

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