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2B Daily News – Thursday, January 17, 2013 NCAA CYCLING After all the drama, Armstrong: Kelly is leaving Oregon People can judge if he was candid (AP) — Oregon faces a future without Chip Kelly after all. The team's enigmatic coach of four years surprised the Ducks with an early morning phone call Wednesday to say he was leaving to become head coach of the Philadelphia Eagles, just a little more than a week after he told Oregon he was staying. Oregon responded by assuming the ''Next Man In'' philosophy that Kelly had always preached at Oregon for replacing key players. Kelly had barely boarded a flight for Philadelphia when the Ducks swung the search for his replacement into gear. A job posting for ''Head Football Coach'' appeared within hours on the university's website. ''We're here moving forward. We're not going to worry about what TE'O (Continued from page 1B) Deadspin.com reported in a lengthy story that it could find no record that Kekua ever existed. Te'o said in a statement: ''This is incredibly embarrassing to talk about, but over an extended period of time, I developed an emotional relationship with a woman I met online. We maintained what I thought to be an authentic relationship by communicating frequently online and on the phone, and I grew to care deeply about her. ''To realize that I was the victim of what was apparently someone's sick joke and constant lies was, and is, painful and humiliating,'' he said. ''In retrospect, I obviously should have been much more cautious. If anything good comes of this, I hope it is that others will be far more guarded when they engage with people online than I was.'' Swarbrick said investigators' report indicated CURRY (Continued from page 1B) assists and 4.2 rebounds. In April, the team said Curry had an operation on his ankle that ''consisted of cleaning out loose debris and scar tissue.'' The former Davidson star also had surgery to repair a tendon in his ankle in the summer of 2011 and often had problems while playing that next season. Curry sat out the final two exhibition game this season as a precaution because of ankle issues. The Warriors then signed him to a $44 million, four-year contract happened. He made a decision that was best for him and we wish him well,'' athletic director Rob Mullens said. ''He's been great for Oregon football and we're moving on.'' Mullens said Wednesday that he had already been contacted by search firms, although he had not heard from any individual candidates outside the program. He set no timeline for replacing Kelly, except to say the Ducks will ''move as fast as we can'' — much like the team's warp-speed offense under Kelly. ''We had already done a lot of groundwork, we had already started the process, knowing that Chip was going to be talking to the Eagles, Bills and Browns. We had geared up our process. We had obviously shut it those behind the hoax were in contact with each other, discussing what they were doing. Deadspin reported that there was no record of Lennay Marie Kekua dying with the Social Security Administration, that a record search produced no obituary or funeral announcement. She supposedly attended Stanford but there is no mention of her death in the Stanford student newspaper. The website reported Stanford registrar's office has no record that a Lennay Kekua ever enrolled. There is no record of her birth in the news. There are a few Twitter and Instagram accounts registered to Lennay Kekua, but the website reported photographs identified as Kekua online and in TV news reports are pictures from the social-media accounts of a 22-year-old California woman who is not named Lennay Kekua. The week before Notre Dame played Michigan State on Sept. 15, coach Brian Kelly told reporters that Te'o's grandmother and a friend had died. Te'o didn't miss the game. He said Kekua had told him not to miss a game if she died. Te'o turned in one of his best performances of the season in the 20-3 victory in East Lansing, and his playing through heartache became a prominent theme during the Irish's undefeated regular season. Te'o's statement also said: ''It further pains me that the grief I felt and the sympathies expressed to me at the time of my grandmother's death in September were in any way deepened by what I believed to be another significant loss in my life. ''I am enormously grateful for the support of my family, friends and Notre Dame fans throughout this year. To think that I shared with them my happiness about my relationship and details that I thought to be true about her just makes me sick. I hope that people can understand how trying and confusing this whole experience has been. The linebacker's father, Brian Te'o, said in a telephone interview with The Associated Press in early October that he and his wife had never met Kekua, saying they were hoping to meet her at the Wake Forest game in November. The father said he believed the relationship was just beginning to get serious when she died. Te'o went on the become a Heisman Trophy finalist, finishing second in the voting, and leading Notre Dame to its first appearance in the BCS championship. Te'o and the Irish lost the title game to Alabama, 42-14 on Jan. 7. He has graduated and was set to begin preparing for the NFL combine and draft at the IMG Academy in Bradenton, Fla., this week. ''Fortunately, I have many wonderful things in my life,'' he said in his statement, ''and I'm looking forward to putting this painful experience behind me as I focus on preparing for the NFL Draft.'' (AP) — Lance Armstrong said viewers can judge for themselves how candid he was in his interview with Oprah Winfrey. ''I left it all on the table with her and when it airs the people can decide,'' he said in a text message to The Associated Press. Armstrong responded to a report in the New York Daily News, citing an unidentified source, that he was not contrite when he acknowledged during Monday's taping with Winfrey that he used performance-enhancing drugs. Although the first installment of a two-part interview doesn't air until Thursday night, there has been no shortage of opinions or advice on what Armstrong should say. Livestrong, the cancer charity Armstrong founded in 1997 and was forced to walk away from last year, said in a statement Wednesday it expected him to be ''completely truthful and forthcoming.'' A day earlier, World Anti-Doping Agency general director David Howman said nothing short of a confession under oath — ''not talking to a talk-show host'' — could prompt a reconsideration of Armstrong's lifetime ban from sanctioned events. And Frankie Andreu, a former teammate that Armstrong turned on, said the disgraced cyclist had an obligation to tell all he knew and help clean up the sport. Armstrong has held conversations with officials from the U.S. Anti-Doping Agency, including a reportedly contentious face-to-face meeting with USADA chief executive Travis Tygart near the Denver airport. It was USADA's 1,000-page report last year, including testimony from nearly a dozen former teammates, that portrayed Armstrong as the leader of a sophisticated doping ring that enveloped the U.S. Postal Service team on the way to title after title at the Tour de France. In addition to the lifetime ban, Armstrong was stripped of all seven wins, lost nearly all of his endorsements and was forced to cut ties with Livestrong. According to a person with knowledge of the situation, Armstrong has information that might lead to his ban being reduced to eight years. That would make him eligible to compete in elite triathlons, many of which are sanctioned under world anti-doping rules, in 2020, when Armstrong will be 49. He was a professional athlete in the three-discipline sport as a teenager, and returned to competition after retiring from cycling in 2011. That person also said the bar for Armstrong's redemption is higher now than when the case was open, a time during which he refused to speak to investigators. The person spoke on condition of anonymity because he was discussing a confidential matter. Armstrong, who always prized loyalty on his racing teams, now faces some very tough choices himself: whether to cooperate and name those who may have aided, abetted or helped cover up the long-time use of PEDs. extension through the 2016-17 campaign hours before the season opener at Phoenix, and he had been making a strong case to be Golden State's first All-Star since Latrell Sprewell in 1997. Also Wednesday, the Warriors said small forward Brandon Rush had surgery on his left knee. Rush was lost for the season when he tore two ligaments in his knee the second game of the season. He had been receiving treatment in preparation for surgery. The team said it would have more details on Rush's operation Thursday after the team doctors had a chance to speak with the surgeon. 49ERS in there but he may hold the ball and take it outside. If you go outside he might give it to the running back and take it up the middle. It's one of those things that makes you play flat-footed a little bit.'' Kaepernick is far from alone in running a style of offense that until only recently was dismissed by many in the NFL as unsuitable for the pro game. Cam Newton has successfully used the zone read in Carolina to post prolific numbers the past two seasons and rookies Robert Griffin III in Washington and Russell Wilson in Seattle used elements of the pistol and the read option game to get their teams to the playoffs. Their success has helped remove the stigma that running quarterbacks can't succeed in the NFL. ''I think quarterbacks that have a talent for running the ball can be very effective,'' 49ers coach Jim Harbaugh said. ''That's been long known in football, the National Football League as well. A quarterback that can get out of the pocket, run, pick up first downs, that's a threat that the defense has to account for. There are some quarterback-driven runs that have been added because our quarterbacks are very good at those, and Colin especially.'' Hall of Famer Steve Young calls the offense a bridge to help athletic quarterbacks with limited pocket experience transition from college to the pros, but said it is still essential to be able to beat defenses from the pocket. That's where quarterbacks like Kaepernick, Griffin and Wilson have the advantage over Tim Tebow, who used the zone read to great success last season in Denver but is struggling to get playing time because of his erratic throwing. Kaepernick prides himself on his ability to do it all, dismissing the question of whether he's a running or throwing quarterback. ''I don't want to be categorized,'' Kaepernick said. Ault implemented the offense at Nevada in 2005, hoping to combine elements of the spread passing game from the shotgun with the power running game. The offense got its name — the pistol — because the quarterback lines up about 4 yards behind center as opposed to about 6 in the shotgun. With the running back behind the quarterback instead of by his side in the shotgun, traditional running plays are easier to execute because the back is moving toward the line of scrimmage when he gets the ball rather than horizontally. The offense began to evolve when Kaepernick took over in 2007. Late that season, Ault began mixing in some of the zone read plays where the quarterback puts the ball in the belly of the running back and then reads the defense to decide whether to go through with the handoff or keep the ball and run outside if the defensive end reacts to the running back. Exposing the quarterbacks to hits running the ball is a big reason why Bull & Gelding Sale CUSTOM DAILY EDITIONS published only in the DAILY NEWS RED BLUFF down, but it's easy to click right back on.'' A person close to the team who spoke on the condition of anonymity because the coaching search is ongoing told The Associated Press early Wednesday that offensive coordinator Mark Helfrich was still considered the ''frontrunner.'' Under Oregon state law, the school must also interview at least one qualified minority candidate for the job. Mullens acknowledged there were internal candidates, but there was no ''leader in the clubhouse.'' ''The expectation for this program has shifted,'' Mullens said. ''We want to win Pac-12 championships. We want to win BCS bowls.'' Kelly set the bar high. TEHAMA COUNTY Fresh coverage 5 days Tuesday, January 22 Wednesday, January 23 Thursday, January 24 Friday, January 25 & Saturday, January 26 Deadline for 5x Flights: Friday, January 18 at Noon Contact your Advertising Representative today (530) 527-2151 (Continued from page 1B) With scintillating runs in the option game and downfield passes with his powerful right arm, Kaepernick has the San Francisco 49ers back in the NFC championship game for a second straight year and has given more credibility to the offense designed by his college coach less than a decade ago. ''At first they said, that's just a college offense,'' said former Nevada coach Chris Ault, who invented the offense and used it in college with Kaepernick. ''Lo and behold, somebody came out and said you can do that in the NFL every so often. The NFL has been such a copycat league. The formation has expanded the landscape of football collegiately and pro wise. The pros see advantages of what you can do with these mobile quarterbacks in the pistol.'' Never had it been more effective than it was in San Francisco's 45-31 win last week against Green Bay. Kaepernick set a quarterback record with 181 yards rushing on 16 carries, scoring on a 20-yard scramble and 56-yard sprint off a zone read play. He also threw for 263 yards and two touchdowns, exploiting whatever opening the Packers gave him. ''The one thing it does is it kind of makes you a little bit indecisive in what you want to do,'' Green Bay defensive back Charles Woodson said. ''You want to shoot NFL teams are hesitant to use the system so much, with Griffin's latest injury a prime example. ''I know you can't run the quarterback in the NFL as much as we do in college,'' Ault said. ''I agree with that. But I've seen quarterbacks take as many vicious hits dropping back 40 times a game as running the pistol.'' Soon, coaches from high school, college, Canada and the NFL made trips to Reno to learn more about the offense. San Francisco offensive coordinator Greg Roman was one of those in 2009 while he was still at Stanford. Roman used a few of the plays with Andrew Luck at Stanford but really started utilizing them once Kaepernick took over from Alex Smith halfway through this season. The Niners have added new wrinkles with tight ends in the backfield, more play-action out of the pistol and different motions to deceive the defense. ''It's a nightmare, especially when you have a guy who can run 4.4, 4.3, a guy who can outrun defensive backs or linebackers,'' Niners safety Donte Whitner said. ''You really don't know where the football is going against this readoption stuff. You really don't know until you finally see it. Sometimes he can pull it back, drop back and throw it deep. You really have to respect all of the weapons and be disciplined. It's tough to do it for four quarters against a quarterback like that.''