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 […]
Not totally unlike Oregon’s recruiting surge in the spring, when verbal commitments were as regular as scattered showers in the Willamette Valley, the Ducks have seen the recruiting pendulum swing in the exact opposite direction in recent weeks. De-commitments from the program have created the most buzz on the recruiting front in recent weeks, as […]
Occupying a very small corner within one of the wildest years in modern human history has been a college football offseason and now season that has appropriately reflected our current day and age. The twists and turns have been numerous and well documented over the past several months, as COVID-19 continues to hang like an […]
If the 2022 recruiting cycle was your oven, consider the present day to be the pre-heat setting. In fact, with roughly a year and a half to go before 2022 prospects can officially sign a letter of intent with the program of their choice, labeling this as the pre-heat stage may even be a tad […]
The month of February in the world of college football recruiting is officially not what it used to be. Gone are the days of coaches and fans sweating out the decisions of 18-year-olds deep into the winter months. That stress and anxiety has been rewound to mid-December, as the early signing period has unequivocally solidified […]
A whirlwind past several days for Duck fans is finally – and perhaps mercifully for some – winding to a close. Indeed, the start of the early signing period Wednesday served up an equal share of exciting gifts and anticipated disappointments, as recruits from across the country made official their commitments to the college football […]
Ladies and gentlemen, Mario Cristobal has done did it again. A year after inking the highest-rated prospect in program history in five-star recruit Kayvon Thibodeaux, the Ducks’ second year head coach went back into Southern California and pried another five-star prospect from the clutches of USC; a player who officially goes down as the second […]
Even though the outcome of the announcement itself was one that had been widely anticipated for months in advance, it wasn’t any less thrilling for Duck fans to learn late Friday night that their beloved program had landed one of the highest-rated recruits in program history. In the midst of a minutes-old championship celebration and […]
With a little less than a week to go before June comes to an end, the Ducks have officially matched the number of commits they received during this month last year en route to a top 10 recruiting class for the 2019 cycle. On Monday, Sparks (Nev.) Spanish Springs three-star linebacker Jackson LaDuke became the […]
If you’ve had WFOD on lock the last several days, then you’re probably well-acquainted with our multi-part series that aimed to re-examine the 2020 recruiting landscape for the Ducks entering the May evaluation period. For those wondering, May is the month in which college coaches from around the country head out on the road to […]
