Marcus Mariota's Summer (So Far)

PapaG · Jul 17, 2013

http://www.goducks.com/ViewArticle.dbml?ATCLID=208713360&DB_OEM_ID=500

by Rob Moseley
Editor, GoDucks.com

EUGENE, Ore. — Freshly outfitted in a dark, metal skin, the Moshofsky Center sat mostly idle late Tuesday afternoon.

Construction crews buzzed around the building's exterior like so many worker bees. Some were putting finishing touches on a large yellow "OREGON" newly painted along the indoor practice facility's east-side doors; others continued the redevelopment of Autzen Stadium's north side.

Inside, the Mo was vacant — with one exception.

Standing with his back to a cinder-block wall some 10 feet away, Marcus Mariota clutched a weighted medicine ball, twisted and threw it over his shoulder. After hitting the wall, the ball fell to the turf with a thud; Mariota retrieved it, and did it again. Over and over.

Such are the preparations of an all-Pac-12 quarterback: repetitive, minute in their detail and focus, and essential to his development — in this case, of hip strength.

Mariota was left to attend to the workout alone after returning from a weekend serving as counselor at the Manning Passing Academy.

Such are the ways a star quarterback is pulled in multiple directions. Such are the lengths to which he must go to ensure he doesn't short-change his top priority: the 2013 Oregon football season.

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THE HCP · Jul 18, 2013

This guy blew away ALL my expectations last season........ Hope he stays healthy!

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