Ouch!

Ok Jordan.... Here is your belated update. (and the one for those who have no idea what happened)

So Oregon (the University of Oregon Ducks) started the season unranked and pretty much werent expected to do much. They started out good last year...but then lost their last 4 games and many experts thought it would carry over to this year. They ended up going on a big run to start this season... and even tho they had one loss early in the year...they made it all the way up to being ranked 2nd in the whole country! Which normally is a great thing...but this year has kind of been a jinx of sort. Four other previously 2nd ranked teams this year...had lost to unranked teams. And thats what happened to the Ducks. And there is more...but i will get into that a little later.

The Ducks were named 2nd in the Nation last Sunday in the new weekly polls...and they played Arizona on Thursday. This was a nationally televised game on ESPN for their "Thursday Night Football.'' This was the first time they were ever on thursday night football as they usually only play on Saturday. Their Quarterback (Dennis Dixon) was having a huge year and was actually the front runner for the heisman trophy. (that is the award that goes to the best player in all of college football) He had led his team to a great season and his numbers were awesome. A couple weeks ago he tweaked his knee in a game but since the team had the next week off...he had 11 days to rest it. All week in practice he felt fine and on the first 2 drives of the Arizona game this week...he torched the Wildcats as he drove the ball the length of the field twice. But then on the 3rd possession....when trying to make a cutback...his previously injured knee gave way and he went down. Immediately in tears...he was helped to the sidelines and declared out of the game. And to reflect on my previous statement of there being more....he has to have surgery on that knee and will be out for the rest of the year. His team went on to lose the game (even tho they fought a hard 4th qtr and could have won the game) and they have fallen out of contention for a National Championship. And...with him now out...his chances for the heisman trophy have gone by the wayside as well. A sad ending to what could have been a huge year in Eugene and all of Oregon. It even hurts up here in Seattle as I was pulling for them as well!