Make no bones about it, some serious chickens came home to roost for the 2020 Oregon Ducks on a foggy Black Friday night in Corvallis. A sieve-like defense and some critical errors from Tyler Shough on offense served as the prevailing reasons for why the Ducks were handed only their second loss to Oregon State […]
It’s the dawn of a new era in the rivalry game between Oregon and Oregon State. Dating back to 1894, there have been 123 meetings between the Ducks and Beavers in the game formerly known as the “Civil War.” That name, however, will no longer be used moving forward in association with the annual renewal […]
Spin it or slice it any way you want – through three weeks of play, the Oregon defense in 2020 has performed as if it’s a sheep in wolves clothing compared to the stout and stingy group the Ducks employed a season ago. Perhaps more than most of us realized or attributed proper credit to, […]
No matter the season, victories in the game of football are to be savored and not taken for granted. Particularly amidst a pandemic, when the potential to have your season derailed is ever-present and every green-lit Saturday feels like a gift. For Mario Cristobal and the 11th-ranked Oregon Ducks, Saturday’s narrow 38-35 win over the […]
With two weeks down and at least four more weeks to go (hopefully), the 11th-ranked Oregon Ducks return to Eugene this weekend for a date with nostalgia in the form of UCLA head coach Chip Kelly and the Bruins. Of course, no Duck fan needs a reminder when it comes to the tremendous levels of […]
So much about what we know and have come to expect with regard to just about everything has been more or less flipped on its head in 2020. Thus, it almost kind of makes sense when you examine the unexpected role reversal of preseason expectations that appears to be taking place between the Oregon offense […]
The last time the Oregon football program scored a victory in Pullman, the year was 2014 and the Ducks were a team that was marching their way toward the inaugural College Football Playoff led by the sublime talents of a soon-to-be Heisman Trophy winner in Marcus Mariota. Much has changed in the six years that […]
As far as starting debuts go, there was plenty to be encouraged with when considering Tyler Shough’s overall performance this past Saturday vs. Stanford. The redshirt sophomore quarterback flashed great touch and accuracy on downfield throws, he exhibited poise and confidence in the aftermath of mistakes, and perhaps most notably, he demonstrated better-than-anticipated quickness and […]
In a year in which very little has seemingly gone right or according to plan, Saturday offered up a slice of normalcy for those yearning for it as 2020 mercifully comes to a close. For fans of Oregon football, Saturday marked the beginning of a new era; one that featured a number of familiar faces, […]
Ask any college football fan, “What is the worst part about college football?” A likely answer you’ll receive is that the seasons feel too short, while the offseasons feel painstakingly long. In 2020, that gripe rings especially true for fans of college football programs in the Pac-12 footprint. The wait for the start of the […]
