Money Never Sleeps, and Neither Does Quality Duck Info

21 days to go. Like the team, Duck fans have 21 days to prepare for National Championship. With the windows papered over at the Moshofsky Center, information becomes precious. Knowledge staves off panic.

News of crisp practices, the entire two deep healthy and ready, including Jackson Rice booming punts to the ceiling and landing them at the two, is exactly the kick Duck fans need in the Christmas punch. Lavasier Tuinei is wearing a full-go practice jersey, turning quick screens into first downs and sealing off the second level. There is peace on earth, good will toward men, and a decent chance of pummeling the cow college with the rent-a-quarterback. Somehow a true fan lives with an unspoken sense that if we study hard enough and glean enough win-the-day wisdom, we can coax the outcome toward the dream.

Fortunately, the steady climb of success has brought with it a pure stream of quality information. Rob Moseley, Ken Goe, Morning Mud, and Duck Sports Now will give you the fundamentals. Addicted to Quack provides the summary and analysis and the free-flowing banter of the never-ending tailgate.

Then there are these two wise guys, who provide the football gold, frankincense and myrrh. Here are two other links that belong on your Duck football favorites:


Gary Horowitz, Statesman Journal

Horowitz doesn't quite have the following of Goe or Moseley at the big city papers, but he's a solid journalist who works the beat every day:

The Tigers’ 6-foot-6, 250-pound Heisman Trophy winner leads the nation in passing efficiency, and has run for 1,409 yards and 20 touchdowns.

Newton is by no means a one-man show. Running back Michael Dyer has rushed for 950 yards, and wide receiver Darvin Adams has 48 catches for 909 yards and seven touchdowns.

Tony DiFrancisco,Duck Sports Authority

If you don't currently bookmark the RSS feed to Tony D's tweets, you should start, or turn in your Yell-O tee shirt. DiFrancisco works a speed bag of juicy facts and info on Duck recruiting and other random Duck topics, each as powerful and crisp as a quick left jab from Irish Micky Ward. Tony D is connected. No one drops knowledge like Tony D:

RT @ajude34: Darron Thomas threw 7 interceptions this season. after 6 of those, Ducks immediately scored TD on next possession

Duck_Feed 58 Oregon football players recorded a grade-point average of 3.0 or higher for the fall term #goducks #thenatty

If Cal DL Coach Tosh Lupoi becomes the DL coach for Texas as rumored, it will be interesting to see what happens with Cal's recruiting class

Adam Jude's stat on the Thomas interceptions, only seven for the season against 28 touchdowns, six of them followed by an Oregon touchdown on the next possession, is a testament to the uncommon poise and resilience of this football team.

It's a fact to give you hope, and in the words of the immortal Andy Dufresne, "hope is a good thing, maybe the best of things, and no good thing ever dies."

And that's a Christmas sentiment that every well-informed Duck fan can endorse.