Oregon’s keys to victory over Stanford


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An opportunity at redemption rests at the feet of Oregon head coach Mario Cristobal and his team this Saturday, as the Ducks fly south to the Bay Area to the face the Stanford Cardinal in Palo Alto. By now, Oregon players, coaches, and fans have likely hit their limit in terms of the number of […]

September 20, 2019

Analyzing the Adversary: Stanford


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By the time the 16th-ranked Ducks take the field in Palo Alto this coming Saturday vs. the Stanford Cardinal, 364 days will have passed since Oregon suffered one of its most infamous and inexplicable losses in program history. In case you somehow need a refresher, the game was last year’s 38-31 overtime defeat to what […]

September 18, 2019

Assessing the state of the Oregon ground game


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For a full decade (plus a year) spanning either parts or the entire tenures of three head coaches (Mike Bellotti, Chip Kelly, Mark Helfrich), the Oregon Ducks ruled the roost when it came who led the Pac-10/12 in rushing offense. In fact, from 2006 to 2016, the Ducks not only led the conference in rushing […]

September 17, 2019

Oregon’s keys to victory over Montana


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Traditionally speaking, sports fans have a reputation for being somewhat unreasonable when it comes to following and rooting for their favorite teams. Fairly or unfairly, fan expectations are always high, and when the team you root for falls short of that standard, it can be a maddening thing. However, on days like the one that […]

September 13, 2019

Postgame Post Mortem: Takeaways from Oregon’s win over Nevada


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There was no hangover Saturday evening inside Autzen Stadium. For Duck fans, that came Sunday morning. A week after being handed a soul crushing loss at the hands of the Auburn Tigers in Arlington, Texas, it’s safe to say that 16th-ranked Oregon worked out whatever lingering frustrations they may have had entering the weekend, as […]

September 7, 2019