Ducks Roll.

David R.

September 12, 2010 - 4:43 PM

After yesterday's blowout in Knoxville I think it is safe to say that our Ducks football team is a force to be reckoned with this season. In a nationally televised game that let the Ducks showcase their skills the team scored 45 unanswered points in one of the rowdiest stadiums in college football.

The game got off to a sketchy start to say the least. After we fumbled on our first kick return the Vols kicked their second field goal to take a 6-0 lead over the number seven ranked team in the nation. As 102,000 fans were at their loudest, suddenly both teams were sent to the locker room. There was a crazy lightning storm right over Neyland Stadium that suspended the game for around 40 minutes. The game was only seven minutes in and already the thought of an upset loomed overhead. Tennessee had taken an early lead after an Oregon fumble and the game was postponed for a reason that I had never seen before in college football.

The more I thought about it though I realized that this might actually help the Ducks. The 102,000 fans that were going wild before the break were deflated after having to sit around for the better half of an hour. When the game resumed however the Vols were able to jump out to a bigger lead at 13-6. Unfortunately for Tennessee that was where the wheels fell off of the bus. The Ducks made a quick strike before halftime as newbie quarterback Darron Thomas threw a dime to tight end David Paulson for a quick six. After halftime the Ducks caught fire and couldn't be stopped. Star running back LaMichael James returned in fashion busting off a stumblin' bumblin' 70 yard touchdown run and Kenjon Barner, considered by some to be the best punt returner in the nation, joined the party with a huge punt return.

  The SEC madness was no match for the Ducks on Saturday and now it's up to us to defend our throne atop the Pacific 10 conference. The Ducks should breeze by Portland State this weekend but will have their work cut out for them when they take on Stanford stud Andrew Luck and and travel to USC. The Ducks are off to a great start and should have their eyes on Pasadena, or Glendale...

I spent my Sunday in Portland out on the Willamette River. I have been boating in a Lake before but never in a river. As we went along I kept expecting to see the end of the lake but then kept realizing that we were in a river that goes for miles and miles.

Most of the people on the boat went wake boarding or water skiing but I took a seat in the middle and enjoyed a relaxing afternoon in the sun. I have never wake boarded before and my last water skiing adventure ended in disaster so I decided to be a spectator. It was still a blast and hopefully I'll get to go out again when it warms up in the spring.