Archive for March, 2009
Courtside at the NCAA Tournament
PORTLAND — Yes, we’re here.
The NCAA Tournament’s first two rounds are in Portland, Ore., today and Saturday, March 21, and ODE Sports, which consists of Kevin Hudson and myself, will be at the tournament all day every day.
We’ll be giving updates for every halftime and final score via our twitter account, @odesports.
Right now it’s 6 [...]
Men to win first ever NCAA Indoor National Championship
Oregon currently leads Florida, 54 to 30, with only the men’s 4×400m relay left. The Ducks, who entered the day in the lead with 23 points, have been bolstered by Ashton Eaton’s heptathlon victory, Galen Rupp’s 3,000m victory, and a second-place finish by Andrew Wheating in the men’s 800m. (Ironically, Wheating finished second to Jacob [...]
Kelly: “I could be my own offensive coordinator”
Kelly said that he wants to hire the best football coach, period, offensively in the nation.
That doesn’t mean he’s ruling himself out, either, if he isn’t comfortable with the pool of applicants. He said that he has a list of people he knows and wants to interview, but that concerns about the spread option background, [...]
Notes from Bellotti/Kelly/Kilkenny press conference
Some quick notes after getting back from the press conference today announcing officially Bellotti’s stepping down as head football coach to become Special Counsel to athletic director Pat Kilkenny until July 1, when he becomes AD.
- Bellotti said he made his decision Wednesday through Thursday, after meeting with former University of Oregon president Dave Frohnmayer [...]
Players react to Bellotti’s decision: To be updated all afternoon
We don’t have a paper until Monday, when this thing is old news, literally. So I’m going to be putting up here the transcripts I’ve had with players this afternoon as I get them.
UPDATE 3:17 p.m.: Still trying to get in contact with players but I’m helping cover the OSAA boys basketball tournament at McArthur [...]
