Last year was the first time in a long time that there was true uncertainty for the Ducks at the running back position. In fact, prior to last season, it had been 15 years since Oregon entered an upcoming season with a major question mark at running back, as the Ducks enjoyed a run of […]
The June recruiting momentum keeps rolling right along for Mario Cristobal and the Ducks, as the second-year head coach picked up his third pledge to the 2020 class in the last seven days with the verbal commitment of Greenville (Miss.) St. Joseph three-star running back Trey Benson. He joins three-star prospects Faaope Laloulu and Jared […]
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 […]
Only now is the dust beginning to settle on Oregon’s red-letter 2019 recruiting class; a monumental recruiting haul on both offense and defense that ultimately landed the Ducks in the top ten of the national recruiting rankings for the first time in school history. Yet, in spite of the incredible and unprecedented work from head […]
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 […]
We are officially two (!) sleeps away from the start of the season, as the days counting down to kickoff have slowly but surely melted off the calendar. To prepare for Oregon’s season opener versus Bowling Green this Saturday, WFOD takes a closer look at the burning questions surrounding the matchup between the Ducks and Falcons. […]
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. Sunday marks the continuation of […]
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 […]
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 […]
