When you’re hot, you’re hot, and right now, the Oregon Ducks are a raging recruiting inferno under head coach Mario Cristobal. Monday saw the Ducks add yet another highly-touted prospect to their 2019 recruiting class, as Calabasas (Calif.) four-star wide receiver Mycah Pittman pledged his verbal commit to Oregon. Pittman’s pledge comes only hours after […]
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. Monday marks the continuation of […]
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 […]
You guys remember that scene in Home Alone when Kevin sneaks into Buzz’s room to nose through his things before stumbling across a picture of Buzz’s girlfriend? Admittedly, it’s a dramatic parallel to make when considering Oregon’s depth at cornerback, but I’d be lying if I said it wasn’t pretty much the first thing that […]
If you’re a Duck fan who follows recruiting, there is very little worth quibbling over at this present moment. In fact, if you find yourself quibbling, you’re likely a professional quibbler who is rarely – if ever – satisfied with anything. The truth is Oregon currently has the nation’s 7th-ranked recruiting class for 2019 – […]
The career arc that has plotted Taj Griffin’s time at Oregon has been one marked by ever-changing roles and undoubted injury frustration, sprinkled with occasional moments of brilliance. A four-star recruit who was rated as the nation’s No. 1 all-purpose running back in the class of 2015 by 247Sports, Griffin was considered a signature piece […]
It wasn’t that long ago that the Ducks were sitting pretty as it relates to how their 2019 recruiting class was shaping up in the defensive backfield. As the calendar turned to June, Oregon laid claim to verbal commitments from four highly-touted defensive back prospects; a group that included three-stars Marques Caldwell and Cameron Williams, […]
Willie Taggart is no longer in Eugene, however the reverberations stemming from his brief stint as the head coach at Oregon linger to this day. One significant change that came with Taggart’s time as the Ducks’ headman is the radical change in mentality and approach when it comes to recruiting. To his credit, Taggart assembled […]
The Ducks have been spinning recruiting gold in 2019, building what is on pace to be the best recruiting class in school history by a wide margin. With 14 prospects known to have given the Oregon coaching staff a verbal commitment, the Ducks currently have the nation’s 4th-ranked recruiting class per 247Sports’ Composite Team Rankings, […]
During his tenure at Oregon, former head coach Mike Bellotti coined what became a relatively popular refrain when it came to imploring members of the Ducks’ special teams units. “SPECIAL TEAMS: BE SPECIAL!” However, beyond kicker Aidan Schneider, who graduated as one of the best kickers in school history at the end of last season, […]
