For the second straight week on back-to-back Tuesdays and Wednesdays, the Oregon football team has suffered a departure or defection from the program. Last week, four-star recruits Jared Casey and Jeremiah Criddell announced their de-commitments from the Ducks’ 2019 recruiting class, ultimately dropping Oregon’s class from fourth to seventh in 247Sports’ Composite Team Rankings. This […]
The game lived up to the hype. For only the sixth time in 111 bitter meetings, the 17th-ranked Ducks and 7th-ranked Huskies collided as ranked rivals on what was a picture perfect afternoon in the Willamette Valley. With Oregon seeking its first win over a top 10 team since the 2015 Rose Bowl versus Florida […]
In football, injuries are as inevitable as death and taxes. Attrition affects every team. Ask any coach, any player, anyone who closely covers or watches the game, quality depth throughout your roster is critical to sustained success – over the course of a season, over the course of a coaching tenure. For Oregon, the 2016 […]
Fall camp is in its final stretch, meaning the agonizing offseason wait for football is in its final throes. Believe it or not, only 11 days separate us from Oregon’s season opener vs. Bowling Green on September 1, and HOO BOY are we ready for kickoff. As we grit our teeth and power through these […]
There are commitments you see coming from a country mile, and then there are commitments that smack you right upside the head. The verbal commitment the Ducks received Tuesday night from Auburn (Calif.) Placer three-star offensive lineman Joey Capra definitely qualifies as the latter. Formerly a verbal commit to Arizona State, Capra – the younger […]
The anticipation in the air can only mean one thing: The onset of fall camp is upon us! August 3 is the date circled on the calendars of Duck fans near and far, as that is the day fall camp officially opens at the University of Oregon. The month of practices that follow will not […]
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. Wednesday marks the continuation of […]
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 […]
Following a 2017 campaign that began with great promise and excitement accompanying Willie Taggart’s arrival, and ended with great uncertainty and angst following his hasty departure for Florida State, the Oregon football program finds itself in an oddly familiar place as it enters the 2018 season. Like Taggart, head coach Mario Cristobal approaches the upcoming […]
