Flashy Ducks deepen Arizona’s ‘dark hole’
From the Arizona Daily Star:
A few strokes before midnight Sunday, a motorcycle policeman turned on his red and blue lights and led four Oregon Ducks buses from Arizona Stadium to the airport.
It was the only time all night that anything red and blue had a step on the Ducks.
I had been sitting on a cement bench near Sixth Street, watching as the Ducks and their entourage shared small talk and their sense of place in college football.
There was no frivolous behavior, but rather a collected air of entitlement. After all, the Ducks have become so good that the Rose Bowl is almost a secondary goal.
Phil Knight, the benefactor of Oregon football, attracted a crowd. So did Chip Kelly, the UO coach who has gone 25-5, absurdly successful at any level, and especially in a conference that had been owned by USC and Pete Carroll as recently as 2009.
Knight is the money behind Oregon’s ascension and Kelly is the brains. Outside the SEC, no organization in college football exceeds their star power. After Pac-12 commissioner Larry Scott, they are the two ranking personalities in the conference.
Full article can be found at: http://azstarnet.com/sports/football/article_015981f4-85cd-50a6-b62f-077307bdf8de.html
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