{"id":7490,"date":"2010-08-30T12:57:37","date_gmt":"2010-08-30T17:57:37","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.joeduffy.net\/blog\/?p=7490"},"modified":"2010-08-30T12:57:37","modified_gmt":"2010-08-30T17:57:37","slug":"oregon-ducks-to-win-pac-10-football","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.joeduffy.net\/blog\/2010\/08\/oregon-ducks-to-win-pac-10-football\/","title":{"rendered":"Oregon Ducks To Win Pac 10 Football"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>If it looks like a Duck and quacks like one, it will win the Pac-10 this year.<\/p>\n<p>The Oregon Ducks are a 5\/2 favorite to win the Pac-10. Not only that, Oregon is expected to contend for a national championship (35\/1 BCS odds). The Ducks are next in today\u2019s college football preview.<\/p>\n<p>LaMichael James will lead the offense. The sophomore running back is more explosive than a father catching his 16-year-old daughter and her boyfriend getting busy on the couch. Jackson racked up six 150-yard efforts last season. Quarterback is a question mark after Jeremiah Masoli was dismissed from the team; either fifth-year senior Nate Costa or sophomore Darron Thomas will take over under center.<\/p>\n<p>The Ducks\u2019 defense has very few holes. Tackle is a little thin but, besides that, everything looks rosy. End Kenny Rowe will lead the pass rush after notching 11.5 sacks a year ago. The linebackers are very deep\u2014so deep, in fact, that Ricky Heimuli was moved to safety after starting last year.<\/p>\n<p>Get your <a href=\"http:\/\/sports.bodog.com\/welcome\/1861245\/sports-betting\/ncaa-college-football.jsp\">NCAA Football Odds<\/a> in the Bodog Sportsbook! <a href=\"http:\/\/offshoreinsiders.com\/index.php?PageID=140\">Grandmaster Sports Handicapper<\/a> Joe Duffy\u2019s expert take: Even if USC were eligible, Oregon is still the most talented team in the Pac-10. Bet on them to win it. Most projections have them second at worst.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>If it looks like a Duck and quacks like one, it will win the Pac-10 this year. The Oregon Ducks are a 5\/2 favorite to win the Pac-10. Not only that, Oregon is expected to contend for a national championship (35\/1 BCS odds). The Ducks are next in today\u2019s college football preview. LaMichael James will &hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/www.joeduffy.net\/blog\/2010\/08\/oregon-ducks-to-win-pac-10-football\/\" class=\"more-link\">Continue reading <span class=\"screen-reader-text\">Oregon Ducks To Win Pac 10 Football<\/span> <span class=\"meta-nav\">&rarr;<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[4],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-7490","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-sports_betting_news"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.joeduffy.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/7490","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.joeduffy.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.joeduffy.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.joeduffy.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.joeduffy.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=7490"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"https:\/\/www.joeduffy.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/7490\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":7492,"href":"https:\/\/www.joeduffy.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/7490\/revisions\/7492"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.joeduffy.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=7490"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.joeduffy.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=7490"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.joeduffy.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=7490"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}