The prevailing storyline entering Saturday’s game between the Ducks and Bruins is obvious: UCLA head coach Chip Kelly returns to Eugene for the first time to face the program he helped elevate to highest levels of college football. It’s a day that has been highly anticipated for Duck fans everywhere, but particularly by those who […]
What a difference a matter of weeks can make. It was only 17 days ago that the Oregon football program was riding a wave of momentum that was as high as it had been in four years. The Ducks were not only fresh off a win over a top 10 opponent in Washington, but the […]
Raise your hand if you were expecting Saturday’s result in Tucson! Certainly there were things to be concerned about following Oregon’s uneven performance at Washington State last week, but beyond a few select diehards in the Tucson area, it’s hard to imagine anyone soberly envisioning the events that transpired inside Arizona Stadium Saturday night. In […]
A strong finish to the 2018 season begins in earnest this Saturday when the 19th-ranked Ducks travel to Tucson to take on the Arizona Wildcats. In spots this season, Oregon has looked like a team that is more than capable of challenging for the right to the proverbial Pac-12 throne. A win over Washington briefly […]
In many respects, Oregon’s performance last Saturday on the road at Washington State was an outlier based on what we’ve seen throughout the season. In the first half against the Cougs, the Ducks appeared unorganized, undisciplined, and unprepared, which played no small part in Oregon’s stunning 27-point deficit heading into halftime; a deficit that ultimately […]
Following a wild and woolly first half of the football season, teams across the country are gearing up for a final stretch run that they hope either cements their place atop the conference standings, or at a minimum, secures bowl eligibility. For the 19th-ranked Oregon Ducks, bowl eligibility is all but confirmed, though they do […]
After knocking off preseason Pac-12 favorite Washington a week ago, a major question entering the week asked how would Oregon handle the role reversal would have them playing the role of “hunted” opposed “hunter” entering Saturday’s game in Pullman versus no. 25 Washington State. The answer now, it seems, is “not well,” as the 12th-ranked […]
We may still be a few days away from the showdown in the Palouse between no. 12 Oregon and no. 25 Washington State, but it appears that Cougar fans are already in Saturday form given the way they welcomed the College GameDay production trucks to town Wednesday afternoon. Welcome to Pullman!!! @CollegeGameDay #GoCougs #GameDayPullman pic.twitter.com/FQwWYTBX4H […]
Have we caught our collective breaths yet following Oregon’s heart-stopping 30-27 overtime victory over Washington last Saturday? If not, you have some catching up to do, as there is no time for fatigue and emotional hangover with perhaps the most difficult road test of the season on the immediate horizon for head coach Mario Cristobal and […]
As the hoopla surrounding Oregon’s win over Washington begins to subside, I’ve found myself coming back to a place best described as random, yet oddly poetic – at least through my weird prism. As strange as it sounds, my mind wanders to The Wire, the critically-acclaimed HBO television show that last aired to cable subscribers over […]
