While my San Francisco 49ers weren't able to beat the New York Giants on Sunday, at least they lost to a former Oregon Ducks football player. With the Giants and New England Patriots now set to play each other in Super Bowl XLVI on February 5, 2012, one Oregon football player will become a Super Bowl champion.
Safety Patrick Chung of the Patrios and linebacker Spencer Paysinger of the Giants will square off on football's biggest stage.
Chung, in his third season after being drafted in the 2nd round in 2009, had 62 tackles and an interception in 2011. Injuries limited him to just 8 games during the regular season. In New England's AFC Championship victory over Baltimore, Chung recorded five tackles, giving him nine tackles in the 2012 playoffs.
Paysigner, who is limited to special teams for the Giants, recorded one tackle in their win over the 49ers. Two special teams takeaways for New York ultimately vaulted Paysinger's squad to the Super Bowl.
Paysinger is in his first NFL season after helping lead the Ducks to the team's first-ever BCS National Championship game. Oregon lost that game to Auburn, 22-19, on February 10, 2011.
Oregon had seven total players in the championship games on Sunday. Unfortunately, with Baltimore and San Francisco getting knocked out, five Oregon players were eliminated from the Super Bowl picture: Haloti Ngata (BAL), Ed Dickson (BAL), Adam Snyder (SF), Justin Peelle (SF), and Will Tukuafu (SF).
You can follow Patrick Chung (@PatrickChung25), Spencer Paysinger (@SpittyP), and me (@OsportsExaminer) on Twitter as the teams gear up for the Super Bowl.
Ducks News:
- 4-star DE Jeremy Castro decommitted from Oregon on Sunday and immediately committed 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 Harperexpressed 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.
- 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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