Roughly 72 hours later, and the minds of Oregon fans everywhere continue to linger on last Saturday and what might have been had the Ducks held on to a 21-6 lead with just over four minutes remaining in the third quarter. Instead, the Auburn Tigers came roaring back, scoring 21 unanswered points to cap off […]
As if there weren’t already enough salt in the wound, Oregon’s injury-plagued August got worse Monday as Ducks head coach Mario Cristobal announced that reserve linebacker Adrian Jackson would miss the entirety of the 2019 season after suffering a foot injury in practice in the build up to the season opener vs. Auburn. The 6-foot-2, […]
There are tough losses, and then there are losses that absolutely gnaw at every fiber of your being. On Saturday night in Arlington, Texas, the 11th-ranked Oregon Ducks experienced the latter in stunning and agonizing fashion, falling to 16th-ranked Auburn, 27-21. For 59 minutes and 51 seconds of game action, the Ducks never trailed. That […]
Game day is nearly here! And while roughly 24 hours separate us from the clash between no. 11 Oregon and no. 16 Auburn inside AT&T Stadium Saturday night in Arlington, the countdown to kickoff can’t come fast enough. We’ve already discussed what’s at stake for Oregon in this game, we’ve closely examined the opponent, and have […]
Only two days remain before the showdown between the Oregon Ducks and the Auburn Tigers, as the two teams will meet for just the second time ever before a primetime national television audience under the bright lights of AT&T Stadium in Arlington, Texas. The game is the only matchup on the Week 1 slate pitting […]
It’s not often that a college football season opener carries with it the potential for such extenuating repercussions as it does for Oregon and Auburn. In fact, a strong argument can be made that Saturday’s season opener may mean more for the Ducks than it does the Tigers based solely on the limited number of […]
As I sat down and took some time to consider what to write in this space, one word kept coming to mind in my attempt to take an all-encompassing aerial look at Saturday’s season opener vs. Auburn in Arlington, Texas. “Opportunity.” The word has different meaning compared to the last time the Ducks and Tigers […]
Game week is officially here, and no formality makes it any more official than the release of the first official depth chart of the season. If you’re a regular at WFOD, there’s a good chance you’ve already familiarized yourself with our Living Depth Chart feature, which is constantly updated as roster movement occurs throughout the […]
There are still approximately two weeks to go before the Oregon Ducks kickoff the 2019 season in Arlington, Texas versus the Auburn Tigers, but given the crippling hits the Ducks have sustained to the wide receiver position in recent days, it’s hard to say whether head coach Mario Cristobal should hopelessly lobby for more time […]
Though they didn’t deliver the same kind of eye-popping effect that last year’s uniform unveiling provided, the Oregon football program didn’t shy away from making a fashion statement with exactly two weeks to go before the start of the 2019 season. In fairness, last year’s uniforms were a full-on redesign that marked the start of […]
