Oregon's ex-QB looks ready for prime time

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Joe Copeland

Joe Copeland Jan 12, 2018

Jan 12, 2018

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                <h1>Oregon's ex-QB looks ready for prime time</h1>
                <h2><p>The Oregonian can hardly contain its glee: Marcus Mariota, the former University of Oregon star, played spectacularly in his first NFL game, a victory for his Tennessee Titans over the Tampa Bay Buccaneers. The paper reports that his four touchdown passes are the most ever by a rookie in a</p></h2>
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               <p>By <a href="/author/joe-copeland-crosscut-com/">Joe Copeland</a></p> 
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            <p>The Oregonian can hardly contain its glee: Marcus Mariota, the former University of Oregon star, played spectacularly in his first NFL game, a victory for his Tennessee Titans over the Tampa Bay Buccaneers. <a href="http://www.oregonlive.com/nfl/index.ssf/2015/09/marcus_mariota_debut_win.html?ref=dev.cascadepbs.org">The paper reports</a> that his four touchdown passes are the most ever by a rookie in a half of his first game (the TDs came in the first half). And only the great Fran Tarkenton has ever thrown for more yards in his first game. Bow down to Oregon.</p>
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The Oregonian can hardly contain its glee: Marcus Mariota, the former University of Oregon star, played spectacularly in his first NFL game, a victory for his Tennessee Titans over the Tampa Bay Buccaneers. The paper reports that his four touchdown passes are the most ever by a rookie in a half of his first game (the TDs came in the first half). And only the great Fran Tarkenton has ever thrown for more yards in his first game. Bow down to Oregon.

By Joe Copeland

Joe Copeland is the former senior editor&nbsp;for Crosscut, where he has been an editor since 2010. Before that, he was an editorial writer and columnist for the Seattle P-I and editorial page edi