Two-plus years had passed since the last time the Oregon football program held a spring football game, and while fans were not permitted inside Autzen Stadium Saturday afternoon due to local COVID-19 restrictions, it felt as if we were one step closer to returning to normalcy following a year that was wholly upended by the […]
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 […]
In a normal year, college football’s early signing period would be met with a heightened level of anticipation, as programs and fans of programs across the country buckle in and attempt to white-knuckle their way through the day, living and dying on the decisions made by hundreds of elite 18-year-old athletes. For better or worse, […]
Flock Thoughts is a sporadic series at WFOD that aims to offer opinion and analysis on a collection of timely, newsworthy items surrounding the Oregon football program. Think of it as going to Costco for the samples, but just replace the nice ladies in hairnets and plastic gloves with our thoughts on some of the […]
Spin it or slice it any way you want – through three weeks of play, the Oregon defense in 2020 has performed as if it’s a sheep in wolves clothing compared to the stout and stingy group the Ducks employed a season ago. Perhaps more than most of us realized or attributed proper credit to, […]
No matter the season, victories in the game of football are to be savored and not taken for granted. Particularly amidst a pandemic, when the potential to have your season derailed is ever-present and every green-lit Saturday feels like a gift. For Mario Cristobal and the 11th-ranked Oregon Ducks, Saturday’s narrow 38-35 win over the […]
With two weeks down and at least four more weeks to go (hopefully), the 11th-ranked Oregon Ducks return to Eugene this weekend for a date with nostalgia in the form of UCLA head coach Chip Kelly and the Bruins. Of course, no Duck fan needs a reminder when it comes to the tremendous levels of […]
Game week has finally arrived for the Oregon football program and the rest of the Pac-12 Conference, as this coming Saturday will be the first opportunity for those outside the confines of the Hatfield-Dowlin Complex to get a socially-distanced look at the 2020 edition of Duck football. The delayed start due to the ongoing COVID-19 […]
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 […]
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 […]
