Welcome back Patchung!
Great stuff. Hope that Patchung! gets back out there this week. We need him for a lot of reasons.
This was a strange time for Oregon. The Ducks, who had been dominant for years, were stumbling. In 2006, they went 7-5 and found themselves in the unappealing Las Vegas Bowl. The coaches held a meeting that season and devised a new team philosophy they called “Win the Day,” during which players were encouraged to push as hard as they could whether it was a game, practice or weight lifting session.
Nobody seized this mentality quite like Patrick. Neal remembers him dropping to the ground and doing 20 pushups during quiet moments of practice. Soon other players were doing pushups, too. It became a tradition. And as Neal looks back, he says the foundation for the Ducks’ current run of conference titles and appearances in BCS bowls was laid the week Chung fell to the grass and began doing pushups.
“Nobody asked him to do it,” Neal said. “He did it on his own.”
Patrick Chung called this the hardest hit of his young career on The Herd this morning. Chad Henne calls it the “huh? I don’t remember that” hit…
Epic Patrick Chung interview via NESN.
I don’t think I’ve ever heard Patchung! talk for this long ever before and it just reinforces what we’ve heard about him being groomed as the next back end captain of the Patriots secondary. Sounds like the consummate Pat…
Patchung! gets thumb surgery
Mike Reiss just reported that Patrick Chung had thumb surgery this week after injuring it against the Chargers. So. Not. Sweet. Everyone knows he’s pretty much my favorite Pat, and if anyone can tough it out and play post thumb surgery it’s gotta be Chung (let’s remember he came back in the game after injuring it). I guess all we can do is pray, because we certainly need him back there for a variety of reasons.
But still… enough with the injuries this season okay, Football Gods?
