"Jeremiah Masoli" News

Running back Lache Seastrunk first announced he was headed to Oregon by trumpeting a bill-shaped duck call in his high school gym in Temple, Texas. On Wednesday he made it official with a letter of intent to play for the Ducks.

Three players from the University of Oregon's 2009 football team have left the program, the athletic department said Monday -- including a player the department said was still on the roster last Friday but now says was dismissed Jan. 8.

A fellow student is accusing two University of Oregon football players of theft at a campus fraternity house, but a police spokeswoman said the two "have not been arrested, are not suspects and are not people of interest."

Oregon's potent offense met its match in Ohio State. The Ducks' spread-option bogged down in the Rose Bowl, and No. 7 Oregon lost 26-17 on Friday in its first appearance in Pasadena on New Year's Day since 1995.

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The Ducks are on the homestretch to the Rose Bowl and will hold their final practice Thursday before facing the Ohio State Buckeyes. KVAL News will bring you an hour-long "Rose Bowl Bound" special Thursday morning at 10 a.m.

Oregon quarterback Jeremiah Masoli and his running backs have become masters of the zone read play, and their ability to hide the ball has frustrated opposing defenses.

The high school phenom who chose Ohio State over Oregon will get a first-hand look at what could have been. The two sides will meet in the 96th Rose Bowl for the first time since Pryor became a Buckeye.

The Ohio State Buckeyes know Oregon tailback LaMichael James and quarterback Jeremiah Masoli headline one of the most prolific offenses in the nation. They also know they've got to come up with a way to stop it on New Year's Day in the Rose Bowl.

First time is the charm for the Ducks: new head coach Chip Kelly won Coach of the Year honors from the Pac-10, and running back LaMichael James was named the Pac-10 Offensive Freshman of the Year.

The Pac-10 Champion Ducks spent Sunday at the Eugene Hilton looking back on their 10-2 season with the annual end of the season awards. Jeremiah Masoli and LaMichael James shared the honor as the Most Outstanding Player.

It was a Civil War for the ages on Thursday night, as the Oregon Ducks defeated the Oregon State Beavers 37-33. The Ducks won the Pac-10 title outright, and will play Ohio State in the Rose Bowl on Jan. 1.