With five games down and seven more to go, the 18th-ranked Oregon Ducks will get an opportunity this week to take a step back, take a deep breath, and assess the progress they’ve made through the early portion of their schedule. Sporting an imperfect 4-1 record, optimism around the program is understandably high heading into […]
How do you make sense of the nonsensical? How do you explain that which is inexplicable? These are the questions we’re left to ponder in the aftermath of Oregon’s emotionally gutting 38-31 loss to Stanford on a day and a night that was unfolding to perfection for the 20th-ranked Ducks – until it wasn’t. All […]
Following a decidedly flat performance in their 35-22 victory over San Jose State last Saturday (the third and final game for the Ducks against Charmin soft non-conference competition this season), Oregon head coach Mario Cristobal was asked if he felt his team was ready to take on 7th-ranked Stanford this Saturday inside Autzen Stadium. “I […]
Not unlike last week’s matchup versus Portland State, it will likely take an act of God in order to disrupt any plans the Ducks have as it relates to winning Saturday afternoon’s game versus San Jose State. The Spartans come to Eugene sporting an 0-2 record after being handed defeats from UC Davis (a five-win […]
With two glorified dress rehearsals down, there’s just one more to go for the Oregon Ducks before Pac-12 Conference play begins in earnest on September 22 versus Stanford. However, before the Ducks’ date with the Cardinal, they will play host to San Jose State this Saturday, giving Oregon head coach Mario Cristobal and his team […]
It has been a cake walk for the Oregon Ducks through the first two weeks of the regular season, as their opponents in the first two games (Bowling Green and Portland State) have served as sacrificial lambs for head coach Mario Cristobal’s bunch en route to their 2-0 start. The road to 3-0 doesn’t figure […]
Forgive fans and those who cover the team for looking ahead, but after watching Oregon dispose of two – and likely soon to be three following Saturday’s game versus San Jose State – overmatched opponents in convincing fashion in consecutive weeks, the countdown to the Ducks’ Pac-12 opener versus Stanford is unofficially on. At this […]
A week after a sloppy 58-24 win in their season opener versus Bowling Green, the Oregon Ducks put together a far cleaner overall performance – albeit against a far inferior opponent – in Saturday’s 62-14 victory over Portland State. Offensively, it was a balanced attack for the Ducks, as Oregon piled up 562 yards of […]
Truth be told, aside from a plague of locusts or a team-wide case of bubble guts, there’s not a whole heck of a lot that stands in the way of Oregon moving to 2-0 following Saturday’s late morning/early afternoon tilt versus FCS opponent Portland State. And if you think we’re being crass or insensitive towards […]
With first game jitters now formally out of the way, one should reasonably expect some sense of normalcy and routine to begin setting in for the Ducks after disposing of Bowling Green last Saturday. As Oregon shifts focus to Portland State, WFOD takes a closer look at the burning questions surrounding the matchup between the Ducks […]
