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. […]

June 5, 2021

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 […]

May 1, 2021

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 […]

April 17, 2021

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

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April 15, 2021

What might Jalen Jelks' positional versatility mean for Oregon?

Fall Camp Questions: Part VI – How dire is Oregon’s depth at defensive line?

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Behold! Football season is nigh! Believe it or not, mere weeks separate us between now and the start of fall camp for the Oregon Ducks. As preseason camp fast approaches, we at WFOD will be rolling out a series of previews to help fully prepare you for the upcoming season. Thursday marks the continuation of […]

July 19, 2018

Fall Camp Questions: Part V – Which O-line newcomer will make the biggest impact in 2018?

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July 18, 2018

Fall Camp Questions: Part IV – Is Jacob Breeland an All-Pac-12 level tight end?

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July 17, 2018

Fall Camp Questions: Part III – Will consistent difference-makers emerge at receiver?

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July 16, 2018

Fall Camp Questions: Part II – Is Tony Brooks-James equipped to be Oregon’s lead back?

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July 15, 2018

Fall Camp Questions: Part I – Who backs up Justin Herbert?

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July 14, 2018

Is Sean Dollars’ slide in 247Sports’ recruiting rankings justified?

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It cannot be stated often enough: There are few things on this earth more inexact and deceiving than recruiting rankings. Yes, there is a correlation between a school’s recruiting ranking at the end of a given cycle and their capacity to ultimately compete for a national championship. However, more often than not, top 10-caliber classes […]

July 13, 2018

Ducks make cut for Bandes, leaving Oregon with options at defensive tackle

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Oregon may have verbal commitments from two of the West Coast’s best defensive tackles already, but for the moment, that evidently hasn’t diminished their chances of landing one of the nation’s top prospects at the position. Despite pledges from four-star Keyon Ware-Hudson and three-star Suaava Poti, the Ducks were included as one of the final […]

July 12, 2018

How will Oregon’s spring stars fare come fall?

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After months of trudging through the bleak hinterlands on the sports calendar, we can finally, and without reservation, begin turning our attention to the onset of autumn and the start of football. For Duck fans, the beginning of fall camp is roughly three weeks away, which means the span of time is just enough to […]

July 11, 2018

Can Sampson Niu breakthrough the growing log jam at linebacker?

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It wasn’t that deep into the 2017 season before Oregon’s depth at inside linebacker was severely tested. With depth at the position already a concern for the Ducks before the season even began, injuries to A.J. Hotchkins and Kaulana Apelu (plus Keith Simms, who was already set to miss all of 2017 with a knee […]

July 10, 2018