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19 posts tagged "Oregon"

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Predicting the College Football Playoff committee’s toughest decisions

Matthew Crow | Friday, November 11, 2022

With just three weeks remaining in college football’s regular season, a chaotic race for the College Football Playoff has become clearer, and the number of teams with hopes of reaching the final four has dwindled. After eight seasons with the current playoff system in place, there is an unofficial hierarchy of qualifications that shape the

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Moller: College football tiers for 2021 season

Nate Moller | Monday, August 30, 2021

With week one of college football less than a week away, it’s time to look at the different tiers of contenders for the upcoming season. Tier 1: The contenders Alabama: The Crimson Tide are going to be in tier 1 of college football every year. The talent that they possess on both sides of the

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Moller: Biggest games of 2021 college football season

Nate Moller | Monday, May 10, 2021

Summer is almost here, which means we are one step closer to fall and college football. With that being said, let’s look at the top games of 2021. As far as criteria for the games, I will consider playoff implications, rivalries and location of the game as the main parameters. 1. Clemson vs. Georgia: This

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Observer Sports March Madness Bracket — Round of 32, West Region

Aidan Thomas | Friday, April 3, 2020

Two upsets have headlined our first two Round of 32 articles, but will any more upsets happen in Gonzaga’s region? Read on to find out. No. 1 Gonzaga def. No. 8 LSU, 84-81 (Double Overtime) An absolute thriller to start us off. We got to double overtime by virtue of us being dead tied after

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Becker: Ionescu deserves more recognition for all-around dominance

Courtney Becker | Wednesday, February 20, 2019

The best all-around college basketball player this season doesn’t get nearly enough recognition for it. For those who don’t know who Sabrina Ionescu is, pay more attention. Ionescu is the star point guard for Oregon’s women’s basketball team, and she has more triple-doubles than any player — male or female — in NCAA history. She

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Irish top Ducks to win region, advance to eighth Final Four in program’s history

Daniel O'Boyle | Tuesday, March 27, 2018

SPOKANE, Wash. — It had to start with junior forward Jessica Shepard, the player who made an instant impact after being granted eligibility on the day of Notre Dame’s first preseason game. Top-seeded Notre Dame’s leading scorer had to be senior forward Kathryn Westbeld, the one starter whose value never seemed to appear on box scores.

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Irish look to contain Oregon’s stars in Elite Eight tilt

Daniel O'Boyle | Monday, March 26, 2018

SPOKANE, Wash. — Thirty years ago, Penn State Guard Suzie McConnell recorded a record seventh triple-double of her college career. That record was tied once, by Louella Tomlinson of St. Mary’s (CA) in 2011, but few other players got anywhere near that mark. Before the start of this season, only 26 players had even recorded

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The chipper nihilism of The Decemberists’ ‘I’ll Be Your Girl’

Hanna Kennedy | Thursday, March 22, 2018

Colin Meloy and his group of Portland, Oregon, storytellers are back. No strangers to clever and complex folk, The Decemberists decided to take a new approach on their latest release. “I’ll Be Your Girl,” the group’s eighth album in 17 years, invites producer John Congleton on board and the result is a new sound for

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Carson: Cinderellas still alive this year

Alex Carson | Monday, March 27, 2017

There was no “Cinderella” this year, right? No. 12 seed Middle Tennessee was a good contender, but the Blue Raiders fell out of the tournament in the second round. Princeton, also a No. 12 seed, had a shot to become a tournament darling, but its final-seconds shot to beat Notre Dame was off-target. Many had

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ND Football: a labor of love

Lucas Masin-Moyer | Thursday, September 15, 2016

After the Sept. 4 loss to Texas, Fr. Sorin’s unofficial parody Twitter account posted the following message: “It’s truly appropriate that today is Labor Day, because being an Irish fan is truly a labor of love.” I don’t think I could agree with anything more. The common joke amongst my friends is that I have “been a

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