What are the Ducks getting in Sir Mells?

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At least publicly, all has been quiet on the recruiting front for Ducks head coach Mario Cristobal and the Oregon football program for the past two months. The last verbal commitment the Ducks picked up had been from DeSoto (Texas) three-star wide receiver Stephon Johnson, who pledged to Oregon on March 31. Since then, crickets. […]

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Postgame Post Mortem: Takeaways from the Oregon Spring Game

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Two-plus years had passed since the last time the Oregon football program held a spring football game, and while fans were not permitted inside Autzen Stadium Saturday afternoon due to local COVID-19 restrictions, it felt as if we were one step closer to returning to normalcy following a year that was wholly upended by the […]

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Spring Storylines: Are we sleeping on the Oregon secondary in 2021?

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Few things in recent memory were as protractedly loathsome across the board as 2020. And while the residuals of the past year linger to this day with COVID protocols remaining in place for most areas of the country, this spring offers a level of hope and optimism that simply did not exist at this time […]

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Spring Storylines: Is Oregon’s linebacking corp the deepest position group on the roster?

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Few things in recent memory were as protractedly loathsome across the board as 2020. And while the residuals of the past year linger to this day with COVID protocols remaining in place for most areas of the country, this spring offers a level of hope and optimism that simply did not exist at this time […]

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Burning questions for Oregon entering Week 10 at USC


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With each passing day, the buzz surrounding Saturday night’s game in the Coliseum between the 7th-ranked Oregon Ducks and the unranked USC Trojans builds. With the Pac-12 North division all but locked up, Oregon justifiably has its sights set on something bigger than a conference title, as it now finds itself in the thick of […]

October 31, 2019

Analyzing the Adversary: USC


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Hopefully you’ve had a moment to catch your breath and lower heart rate since Saturday night, as the game this coming Saturday night in Los Angeles has all the makings to be a encore showing of what we saw this past weekend inside Autzen Stadium. On the heels of their 37-35 win over Washington State, […]

October 30, 2019

Will Oregon have enough in the tank this Saturday at USC?


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Oregon coaches, players, and fans know all too well just how much of a wild, emotional roller coaster ride it has been for the program of late. In back-to-back weeks, the Ducks have staved off defeat by engineering second half comebacks against a pair of Pacific Northwest rivals that required a level of resilience and […]

October 29, 2019

WFOD’s 2020 Recruiting Big Board 13.0


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To make sense of Oregon’s recruiting landscape over the coming weeks and months, WFOD will be rolling out its 2020 Recruiting Big Board at the beginning of every week between now and the final signing period taking place in February. This weekly piece will provide a snapshot of both the recruits currently committed to the […]

October 28, 2019

Oregon’s keys to victory over Washington State


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With temperatures forecast in the mid-30’s for Saturday night’s game between the Ducks and Cougars, the chilly weather shouldn’t temper the action on the field as Oregon looks to put an end to their four-game losing streak to Washington State. Coming off last week’s win at Washington, much of the talk leading up to Saturday’s […]

October 25, 2019

Analyzing the Adversary: Washington State


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As much as things are different for the 11th-ranked Oregon Ducks this season compared to last season, it’s hard to ignore the strange similarities when comparing the build up to this Saturday’s game vs. Washington State and the build up to last year’s game against the Cougars. That may be an unsettling thought for some […]

October 23, 2019