From Gossip, Fast Fashion, Female Lifestyle, Sex & Love: CollegeCandy » College Candy - Leaked Channing Tatum Email Will Make You Love Him Even More Oregon and Oregon State may be huge rivals, but the two programs certainly respect one another.
To show that respect for Oregon and Heisman Trophy-winning quarterback Marcus Mariota, Oregon State took out a full page ad in The Oregonian to congratulate Mariota on winning college football’s most prestigious hardware.
The ad reads:
Our own Terry Baker brought that treasured hardware home to Oregon 52 years ago. So we know that feeling. And what it takes to get there.
It takes doing the work. Showing up, then stepping up. Becoming a leader on the field.
It takes thousands of yards, gained one pass and one run at a time. Keeping your head in today’s game, not on yesterday’s hype.
It takes dedication. Standing with your team until the job’s done. Representing your school and state with character to the last.
And you’ve done that.
Congratulations, Marcus Mariota, on winning the Heisman Trophy. From the Oregon State Beavers.
That’s a pretty awesome gesture from the Beavers. Mariota became the first Ducks player to win the Heisman and the first from an Oregon school since OSU’s Terry Baker in 1962.
With the Heisman media frenzy coming to a close, Mariota will turn his attention to the Ducks’ New Year’s Day College Football Playoff semifinal matchup against Florida State in the Rose Bowl.
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The sophomore went down with a neck injury on Nov. 8 and missed the Sooners’ final three games of the season, but returned to practice on Saturday, the program announced.
“It’s a big plus, definitely,” OU head coach Bob Stoops said of Knight’s return. “We’ve missed him the last several weeks. Obviously he’s got experience and the bowl experience from a year ago, so hopefully this will give us a big boost.”
According to the Oklahoman, doctors had been hesitant to clear Knight to play after being diagnosed with transient quadriplegia, a condition that can range from “mild weakness that goes away in minutes to complete paralysis that lasts for hours.” Knight, who is 11-3 as Oklahoma’s starter, was able to walk around after the Baylor game, but he was held out of action as pain from the injury lingered.
Now, Knight is set to make his return to the field when the Sooners take on Clemson in the Russell Athletic Bowl on Dec. 29.
“It felt so good to get back and run around with the guys a little bit and throw the ball around,” Knight said. “It’s been tough not being able to practice for so long. I got back in there and got a little rhythm throughout practice and knocked a little rust off. It definitely felt good to be back out there.”
Before the injury, Knight had thrown for 2,197 yards, 14 touchdowns and nine interceptions while completing 58.1 percent of his passes.
With Knight out, freshman Cody Thomas filled in for the 8-4 Sooners’ final three games, beating Texas Tech and Kansas while losing to Oklahoma State.
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