Deadspin: Dennis Dixon

Not A Good Week To Quack

Leitch — Wed, 21 Nov 2007 10:40:30 EST

Credit this morning goes to Adam Rank at The Fanhouse, who correctly predicted St. Mary's upset of Oregon last night. See? This blogging thing is easy.

It has been an awfully difficult week for Oregon. In the span of three hours last Thursday, the Ducks lost a clear BCS spot and a Heisman Trophy with the injury to Dennis Dixon, and the state even suffered a minor earthquake just off its coast. The good news? Greg Oden's mending!

St. Mary's Upsets Oregon In Latest Ducks Disaster [Sports By Brooks]
St. Mary's Will Upset Oregon [The Fanhouse]

Not A Good Night To Be A Duck

Leitch — Fri, 16 Nov 2007 12:35:07 EST

With everything else going on and dominating those sports pages of ours, it almost passed notice that the BCS race imploded again last night with Oregon's loss to Arizona. It also obliterated Dennis Dixon's Heisman chances; he's not likely to play the rest of the season. All told, a rather eventful evening.

So, how does the shuffle play out? Well, assuming LSU doesn't lose in the SEC title game, they're in. Which means the other BCS slot should be filled by whoever escapes the Big 12 scrum. If it's Missouri, that could also mean Chase Daniel moves into the Heisman leader; if it's not, it's Tebow fever. For all the talk of rivalry week starting tomorrow, the real college football news came last night. Chaos is fun.

Oregon Falls At Arizona [Rivals.com]

Dennis Dixon Takes Tougher Classes Than Matt Leinart

Leitch — Thu, 08 Nov 2007 11:40:17 EST

You might remember a couple of years ago, when everyone had their proverbial panties in a proverbial bunch about Matt Leinart taking only one class his senior year, ballroom dancing. This ultimately didn't turn out well for Leinart; all that extra time just gave him more impregnation opportunities. We hope Oregon's Dennis Dixon has more luck.

Yep, the Heisman Trophy candidate is also just taking one class this year: Billiards.

As with Leinart, we don't see anything wrong with this: The reason Dixon is only taking one class is because he's already set to graduate with a degree in sociology. (Because, of course, the only reason to play college football is to get a degree.) The only downside is that, unlike Leinart, Dixon is unlikely to sleep with his class partners. Which might be for the best, actually.

Oregon QB Has A Lot Of Balls [Sports By Brooks]