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Bucky Irving emerging as lead back for Oregon Ducks
A lead again is rising for the Oregon Geese.
Bucky Irving has but to have a 100-yard sport for the No. 12 Geese (4-1, 2-0 Pac-12), however that statistical feat received’t escape him for lengthy if he maintains explosiveness and consistency he’s displayed over the previous 4 video games, significantly in opposition to Arizona’s poor run protection on Saturday night time (6 p.m., Pac-12 Community).
Irving has 48 carries for 362 yards and a landing and 7 catches for 58 yards and a landing this season. He had 10 carries for 97 yards in final week’s win over Stanford and till the final carry his shortest run of the night time was 5 yards.
“The man works actually exhausting, runs actually exhausting, does a superb job and constantly happy with his efficiency in video games,” Oregon coach Dan Lanning stated. “It’s the identical factor that reveals up in his work ethic and all the things else that he does.”
Irving leads Pac-12 operating backs with 7.54 yards per carry, a charge that ranks within the high 15 in most seasons traditionally, however there’s many extra video games to go for Irving to keep up that.
The Minnesota switch has helped Oregon set the tone with its No. 10 operating sport early on in video games by averaging 11.53 yards per carry within the first quarter, which ranks ninth nationally and second amongst gamers with no less than 10 carries within the opening body. Of Irving’s 15 runs of 10-plus yards eight have come within the first quarter, second nationally, together with three of 20-plus yards.
“First I would like thank my offensive line on the nice job they do on a weekly foundation,” Irving stated. “All of it begins with them guys up entrance. I simply really feel like I bought that mindset, don’t let the primary man convey me down. I be considering like don’t go down, simply attempt to break tackles and have nice contact stability as a result of (operating again coach Carlos Locklyn) preaches {that a} operating again additionally all the time speculated to have good contact stability and good quick space burst.
“Our coach all the time say convey the battle to them, not allow them to convey the battle to you.”
Irving and Noah Whittington (46 carries for 244 yards and a landing) have taken on larger roles over the previous three video games and that might proceed in opposition to the Wildcats, who rank one hundred and twenty fifth in run protection.
“We acknowledge how good Oregon is,” Arizona coach Jedd Fisch stated. “We’re going to do our greatest to battle, scrap, claw and play our greatest sport.”
Another Oregon Ducks transfer has found a new home in the portal as the 2024 college football season comes closer to an end.
Per reports from On3’s Pete Nakos, the Arizona State Sun Devils have landed a commitment and ensuing signature from Oregon defensive lineman transfer My’Keil Gardner. He entered the portal on Thursday and will have four years of eligibility left.
Gardner posted one total tackle in three games last year as a freshman but did not record a statistic with the Ducks in 2024 after sitting the entire campaign due to an undisclosed injury.
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Originally a three-star recruit in the 2023 class out of Liberty High School in Peoria, AZ, Gardner received offers from programs like Texas, USC, Washington State, UCLA, Arizona, Michigan, Wisconsin, Colorado State, Arizona State, Colorado, Iowa State, Nebraska and many more.
He took official visits to Michigan, Texas, Wisconsin, Cal and Oregon before committing to the Ducks on Aug. 3, 2022.
Gardner is now the seventh Oregon transfer to commit out of the portal since it opened last month. He joins safety Tyler Turner (Baylor), quarterback Jaron Keawe Sagapolutele (Cal), cornerback Khamari Terrell (Texas State), offensive tackle JacQawn McRoy (Arkansas), edge rushers Jaxson Jones (Utah), Emar’rion Winston (Baylor) and Jaeden Moore (Pitt) and receiver Ryan Pellum (undecided) as Oregon players that have entered the portal this offseason.
Despite the departures, the Ducks have also made some portal additions in running back Makhi Hughes (Tulane), receiver Malik Benson (Florida State), offensive tackle Isaiah World (Nevada), defensive lineman Bear Alexander (USC), cornerback Theran Johnson (Northwestern), safety Dillon Thieneman (Purdue), offensive lineman Alex Harkey (Texas State) and tight end Jamari Johnson (Louisville).
Gardner will now head to Tempe, where the Sun Devils are coming off one of the best seasons in program history. Under head coach Kenny Dillingham, Arizona State finished the year with an 11-3 record that was highlighted by winning a Big 12 Championship and earning a berth in the inaugural 12-team College Football Playoff. However, the Sun Devils’ season ended in heartbreak with a 39-31 double-overtime loss to the Texas Longhorns in the CFP quarterfinals at the Peach Bowl on New Year’s Day.
Oregon coach Dan Lanning talked about the talent out of the state of Arizona before the Ducks played in last year’s Fiesta Bowl, a game Gardner saw action in. Now, he’s headed back to his home state.
“There’s great football here in Arizona and I think it’s only getting better. There are certainly some great players who play here in Arizona. We want to be able to come to the state of Arizona and get the best players consistently. Having games like this gives us that opportunity,” Lanning said.
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State economists expect Oregon will add 170,000 jobs over the next several years, bolstered by strong growth in the construction and health care industries.
The pace of job growth is slowing, though, as the state’s population ages, the post-pandemic labor boom recedes and as migration into Oregon settles into a slower pace. The Oregon Employment Department’s latest forecast anticipates just 8% more jobs during the coming decade, down from prior 10-year forecasts that predicted employment would grow by as much as 13%.
No. 9 Oregon State put on a show in its first 2025 home gymnastics meet Saturday, scoring 196.40 points to easily beat Brigham Young at Gill Coliseum.
Senior Jade Carey, performing in a home meet for the first time since winning two Olympic gold medals last summer, scored 39.725 in all-around. Carey had scores of 9.95 on bars and floor, 9.925 on beam and 9.90 on vault.
Carey had the highest score in each event on either team. The best scores by a Beaver gymnast aside from Carey were 9.85s by Natalie Briones (bars), Sage Thompson (bars), Lauren Letzsch (beam), Savannah Miller (floor) and Sophia Esposito (floor and beam).
Brigham Young scored 194.2 points. Kylie Eaquinto led the way with an all-around score of 39.050.
— Nick Daschel covers the Oregon State Beavers. Reach him at 360-607-4824 or @nickdaschel. Listen to the Beaver Banter podcast or subscribe to the Beavers Roundup newsletter.
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