Oregon Accompaniment Division Wrap 2009

Oregon Accompaniment admirers do not charge added affidavit to abhorrence Oregon. The in-state battling Ducks and Beavers comedy a annual alternation advantaged the Civil War. It divides the state, sometimes forth ancestors lines, and is one of the added underrated rivalries in all of academy sports. Both teams accept rarely been amid the aristocratic at the aforementioned time, but in contempo years the football animosity has had a lot ascent on it. In both 2008 and 2009 Oregon Accompaniment went into the Civil War bold defective a achievement over the Ducks in adjustment to defended their aboriginal Rose Bowl anchorage aback the 1960's. Both times, the Ducks denied them. What aching alike added in 2009 is that the Ducks got to go in their place.


That has fabricated some of the Oregon Accompaniment accomplishments on the acreage somewhat bittersweet. Active aback Jacquizz Rodgers had a monster division active the brawl this year. He was amid the nation's best active backs with 1,440 yards and an amazing 21 touchdowns. Sean Canfield additionally completed 303 passes for 3,271 yards and 21 touchdowns adjoin a bashful seven interceptions. Those are abundant numbers, but Oregon Accompaniment absent out on several affairs to defended a Rose Bowl anchorage afore adverse the Ducks. Their final almanac was 8-5, but could accept been abundant more.


The Beavers started the division with an accessible 34-7 win at home over Portland State. A catchy alley cruise to Las Vegas followed, but the Beavers came out of Sin City with a 23-21 win over UNLV. The alternate home to one of the added underrated non-conference amateur this year, as Big East champ Cincinnati beyond the country to appointment them. The Bearcats had a acknowledged appointment acceptable 28-18 and sending the Beavers into Pac-10 comedy at 2-1 overall.


Pac-10 comedy did not alpha able-bodied either. Oregon Accompaniment struggled at home already afresh and alone a 37-32 accommodation to a resurgent Arizona squad. Oregon Accompaniment again went into the arid and came out with a 28-17 win over Arizona State. They abutting affective a key tiebreaker in the Pac-10 chase by animadversion off Stanford 38-28 afore branch to USC. The Trojans had a animosity to settle, as their alone Pac-10 accident in 2008 came at Oregon State. USC acclimatized that animosity by captivation on adjoin a backward Beaver assemblage for a 42-36 win. With two losses in appointment play, it appeared the Beavers were done, but they got bags of advice from about the conference.


Oregon Accompaniment reeled of four beeline wins over UCLA (26-19), California (31-14), Washington (48-21), and Washington Accompaniment (42-10) as aggregate abroad in the appointment fell afar about them. USC, Stanford, and Arizona all fell out of the race, abrogation the Beavers abaft Oregon by one bold activity into the Civil War. A Beaver achievement would accord them the tiebreaker and appointment title, but the Ducks prevailed at home 37-33 acknowledgment to a backward arresting stand. BYU again added to the ache in the Las Vegas Bowl with a 44-20 win.


Writer and editor, Freddie Brister, is a above aerial academy football drillmaster of 25 years. His adulation of the bold of football is reflected in his words and memories of growing up in the South and arena football in the aback backyard with his brother, cousins and adjacency friends. His better adventure is watching above aerial academy players he has accomplished comedy at the academy level. His admired amusement is watching academy football on TV and accessory the amateur in being every adventitious he gets. Freddie Brister is a huge fan of academy football.