Former Ducks weigh in on the ESPN The Magazine article which estimates '40 to 60 percent' of current and former Oregon football players smoke marijuana.
It has been 31-years since the junior college credit scandal that involved five Pac-10 schools, including Oregon. A handful of players were ruled ineligible by the NCAA and some accounts say then Duck head coach Rich Brooks even offered up his resignation.
KVAL's Tom Ward takes a look at how far the Oregon football program has come since buying their way into the Independence Bowl in 1989. The same year Mike Bellotti arrived as the offensive coordinator at Oregon under Rich Brooks.
KVAL Sports crews on location in Arizona and in the KVAL Newsroom in Eugene present a full hour of reports and analysis Sunday, Jan. 9, at 5 p.m. PST on KVAL 13 TV News.
Following a humiliating loss in the 1996 Cotton Bowl against Colorado, Oregon booster Phil Knight asked head coach Mike Bellotti, 'what would it take to get us to the next level?"
One day after his team was selected to play in the BCS championship game, University of Oregon head coach Chip Kelly was presented with the Eddie Robinson Coach of the Year award by the Football Writers Association of America.
Along with all that flash and dash and those snazzy uniforms, No. 1 Oregon will bring a hefty dose of good old-fashioned grit to the BCS national title game.
Last season was arguably the most hyped Civil War. Dubbed the "War of the Roses," either team would clinch a Rose Bowl berth with a win. This year, the stakes are even higher.
Here's a heads-up for KVAL News viewers and readers of kval.com. We have a story tomorrow (Nov. 24) on the build up to the 2010 Civil War game between Oregon and Oregon State, set for Dec. 4. I'll take a look back at Civil War history and explore...