By any standard, Chip Kelly’s rise to a national darling has been accomplished with racehorse speed. Just three years ago, he was the offensive coordinator at New Hampshire, not exactly a typical laboratory for high-tech football.

The Wildcats didn’t have a fullback one year, so he conjured up his version of the spread offense. That decision and the precision that Kelly attaches to his coaching landed him in the Pac-10 catbird’s seat.

Hired as offensive coordinator by Oregon coach Mike Bellotti in 2007, Kelly instantly created a vaunted, chain-moving option attack. The Ducks’ quest for a national championship was scuttled that year when quarterback Dennis Dixon blew out his knee, but they’re back in the national picture now in Kelly’s first year as head coach.


Click here to read the full article – By Tom FitzGerald of San Francisco Chronicle

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Woke up Sunday never expecting to see the Angels on television right after sunrise services, or these unexpected college football story lines:


Oregon is 3-0 and leading the Pacific 10 Conference. That’s right, the program you switched off after LeGarrette Blount’s punch the Thursday before Labor Day has won five consecutive games and suddenly controls its fate in the race for at least one of this year’s Rose Bowls.

The Ducks came to Los Angeles without their starting quarterback and two starting cornerbacks and dumped UCLA’s Bruins, 24-10. Oregon is more resilient than Flubber, yet the Ducks get no bounce? USC, which had a bye, moved up one spot to No. 6 Sunday in the Associated Press rankings. Oregon stayed stuck on No. 13.


Click here to read the full article – By Chris Dufresne of Los Angeles Times

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