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 […]
After adding four-star running back Byron Cardwell to its 2021 recruiting class roughly a week and a half ago, Oregon and head coach Mario Cristobal were at it again on the first day of the February signing period Wednesday, adding another four-star prospect to their ranks in the form of Omaha (Neb.) Westside cornerback Avante […]
The road to the 2020 Pac-12 Championship was a treacherous one for the preseason favorite in the conference. Widely tabbed as the best team in the Pac-12 in the build up to the season, the Oregon Ducks endured their fair share of lumps and shortcomings over the past seven weeks that left many to rightfully […]
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, […]
De-commitments, particularly at this time of the year, are rather commonplace across college football’s recruiting landscape. For the Oregon football program, this natural order of recruiting is perhaps feeling a little more unnatural than usual given the fact they suffered their second de-commitment from their 2021 recruiting class in six days when three-star JUCO prospect […]
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, […]
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 […]
You’ve got to admit, it was looking a little dicey for a second if you’re a Duck fan who was refreshing your news feed only to find that another key player had decided to opt-out of the upcoming 2020 season due to the uncertainty in this COVID-19 environment. Fortunately for those Duck fans, a bit […]
It wasn’t supposed to play out like this. None of it was supposed to play out like this. In many ways, those words can be a reflection of life, particularly so in 2020. Entering the calendar year, the Ducks and head coach Mario Cristobal were riding high coming off a Pac-12 Championship and a victory […]
