For those of you who know me, it comes as no surprise when I say I am obsessed with Oregon Ducks football. For the many of you who don’t, the secret is out; I bleed green and yellow in the fall.

I love to watch the Ducks so much, that in September I drove 11 straight hours from Fresno to Eugene, all through the night, to watch Oregon shock the Cal Bears 42-3.

I own more Oregon merchandise than Fresno State gear, and I’m usually not ashamed to wear it wherever and whenever. See that flattering mug of me up there? I was wearing a black sweater with a giant yellow “O” on the chest.

In my mind, there are few teams that can hang with the Ducks on the field. That goes for the ‘Dogs as well. But also in my mind, I know that off the field, Fresno State puts the Ducks, and other top programs, to shame.

Recently, the biggest names who don the countless Duck uniform combinations, such as former running back LeGarrette Blount, quarterback Jeremiah Masoli and star running back Lamichael James, have all found themselves in a laundry list of trouble with the law. So rather than celebrating Oregon’s recent run to the top of the Pac-10 conference, I have to watch my favorite players stand in front of a judge and plead guilty to serious criminal offenses.

Never have I been so proud to shelve my Oregon gear and replace it with some Bulldog red. In the two football seasons I have been on this campus, not one Fresno State football player has stepped that far out of line, and no signs point to this changing. Something tells me you won’t see Ryan Colburn in cuffs anytime soon.

And it’s not just happening at Oregon. Florida, who owns two of the last four BCS National Championships, has seen more than 25 players arrested since the beginning of 2009.

Fans can cheer, whoop and holler for the best teams in college football all they want, but the Personal Conduct National Championship goes to schools like ours, who don’t have to worry about jail sentences and probation periods casting a shadow over the program.

Some like to argue that off-the-field-issues are obviously helping teams, based on arrest records and win-loss records. Really? To that I say good luck trying to get an interview when football is all said and done and your rap sheet is longer than your resume.

So although Fresno State football has seen its fair share of troubles with busting into the BCS madness or beating our rivals from up North, at least the Bulldogs who represent us on Saturdays seem more focused on football than hiring an attorney.