"Stop the presses!" Usually when we hear someone yell this out, it's in a black and white movie and it comes from a smoke filled office. Ink-covered young men rush around the presses, anxiously looking for the emergency shut down button. Just after midnight Monday morning in Eugene, though, this usually fictitious scene became a reality.
Except for, of course, the smoke filled office.
At The Register-Guard, a local paper based out of Eugene, Oregon, the printing presses were on their way to printing off thousands of copies of a paper with the front page donning the title, "Kelly accepts NFL job."
After Oregon's head football coach Chip Kelly apparently made the decision to jump ship to the Tampa Bay Buccaneers, a rumor confirmed by sources high in the UO athletic department, the headline made perfect sense. Kelly was going to the NFL.
And then he changed his mind.
That's when Adam Jude, a sports reporter for The Register-Guard, got to make his dream announcement as he (probably) sprinted into the newsroom yelling, "Stop the presses!"
Fellow Register-Guard sports reporter George Schroeder then had 10 minutes to write a brand new column to be placed in print. The result? Two copies of the paper, one that came off the press at 11:55pm Sunday night, and the replacement that started running at 12:15 am Monday morning.
With the internet era in full swing, not to mention the Twitter revolution, the newspaper business has become less and less exciting. Stories go live on the internet long before they ever reach the doorsteps of newspaper subscribers.
For Jude and the rest of The Register-Guard staff, Kelly's back and forth night made for some exciting news. Literally.
Other Recent Ducks News:
- Also on Sunday, a 4-star DE switched his commitmentfrom Oregon to UCLA.
- 4-star offensive guard Cedrick Poutasi, a Utah commit, is taking an official visit to Oregon.
- The exit of QB Darron Thomas goes to show how important recruiting is. Class of 2012 commit Jake Rodrigues just might get a shot at the QB battle this year.
- Oregon's top 2011 recruit De'Anthony Thomas won a national college football award this week.
- 3-star athlete Fabian Moreau, who wanted to take an official visit to Eugene, ended up committing to UCLA.
- After decommitting to Washington, athlete Bryan Harper expressed interest in Oregon. The Ducks agreed and extended him a scholarship offer.
- Offensive lineman Dejon Allen is having second thoughts after Dennis Erickson was fired from Arizona State, his original commitment. Allen is still considering Oregon.
- #11 TE recruit (4-star) Pharaoh Brown committed to Oregon.
- 3-star linebacker C.J. Dozier was considering Oregon after decommitting from Arizona State, but he committed to Arizona on January 15.
- 4-star athlete Jaydon Mickens was planning on visiting Oregon on Jan. 20, but has since canceled. Oklahoma State is now the clear favorite.
- 4-star cornerback De'Vante Harris pushed back his planned visit to Oregon.
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