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Ivan Maisel and I chatted with new Oregon coach Mark Helfrich on Thursday morning for the ESPNU college football podcast. You can listen here. Naturally, we touched on an array of topics: Helfrich dealing with "not being Chip Kelly." What...

While much is made about how Oregon coach Chip Kelly doesn't like the media, he's also often an interesting interview. Just don't ask him about injuries. Here are some highlights from his final Tostitos Fiesta Bowl news conference. One of the r...

We can eliminate two things that Oregon coach Chip Kelly could be doing during the Ducks "improvement" week: Fishing and watching the NFL. Kelly was asked about both this week and said neither was on his agenda. The fishing question was a joke ...

Be prepared. Oregon coach Chip Kelly won't talk big picture this week. He won't talk about national perception or the beauty contest that college football is. A reporter will note to him that Oregon has beaten Washington eight consecutive times by at...

I'm just a big hairy American winning machine, you know? Arizona coach Rick Rodriguez and Oregon coach Chip Kelly should know each others' offenses. Arizona State's special teams weren't good against Missouri. Grading California's performance...

Oregon coach Chip Kelly has no use for depth charts before preseason camp is over. He sees 22 practice before earnest game preparation begins for the Sept. 1 opener against Arkansas State. A lot can happen in 22 practices. "Everything is open," he...

UNIVERSAL CITY, Calif. -- Some notes from Oregon coach Chip Kelly, running back Kenjon Barner and linebacker Michael Clay. Kelly and Barner showed up in all-black. Clay was in some snazzy white pants. Kelly: "We only had 10 seniors on last year...

It appears that Oregon coach Chip "Hemingway" Kelly ran with the bulls in Pamplona, Spain this week. I wonder if he expects to encounter other aspects of bulls when he talks to reporters next week at Pac-12 media day? Kelly apparently was in Pa...

Which college football programs develop the best, pro-ready quarterbacks? That's Brock Huard's question here. To answer it, he enlisted the help of former Oregon coach Mike Bellotti, ESPN Recruiting's Tom Luginbill and a former NFL passer Jesse P...

Oregon coach Chip Kelly runs a fast-paced offense and a fast-paced pre-spring football teleconference. When a telephone operator announced there were no more questions in the queue on Wednesday -- instead of the customary reiteration of "Hit 'star...

Oregon coach Chip Kelly was baffled in a phone interview before the Rose Bowl. How the heck could little-old-him be important to a reporter? "The big story," he said conspiratorially,"is all these new coaches." Well, it's the big story now as t...

Even before his flirtation with the Tampa Bay Buccaneers, Oregon coach Chip Kelly heard a lot of rumors during recruiting. Rumors about himself. "When I heard I was going to Manchester United in the English Premier League, that was a little far-fe...

Oregon coach Chip Kelly told Eugene sports radio talk show host Steve Tannen Thursday that he never flip-flopped from the Ducks to the Tampa Bay Buccaneers and back again last weekend, as reported in both Tampa and Oregon. "The only decision I eve...

In your mind's eye, you could see Oregon coach Chip Kelly leaning back, eyes closed, his iPod on repeat: Should I stay or should I go now? If I go there will be trouble And if I stay it will be double So come on and let me know. This indecision ...

The 2011 season isn't even over but - not unlike Oregon coach Chip Kelly - this is a forward-thinking blog, so what might things look like for the Pac-12 in 2012? Well, website NationalChamps.net already has started its way-too-early preview, incl...

Here's the official transcript of Oregon coach Chip Kelly's news conference Thursday in advance of today's Pac-12 championship game with UCLA. Chip Kelly: Hi. We had a good practice week. Obviously the short week is something we had to deal with, ...