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 […]
The last time the Oregon football program scored a victory in Pullman, the year was 2014 and the Ducks were a team that was marching their way toward the inaugural College Football Playoff led by the sublime talents of a soon-to-be Heisman Trophy winner in Marcus Mariota. Much has changed in the six years that […]
Ask any college football fan, “What is the worst part about college football?” A likely answer you’ll receive is that the seasons feel too short, while the offseasons feel painstakingly long. In 2020, that gripe rings especially true for fans of college football programs in the Pac-12 footprint. The wait for the start of the […]
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 […]
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 […]
In case you haven’t noticed, Oregon is making a habit of attracting some of the West’s top offensive linemen to Eugene. In 2018, it was Penei Sewell who made the call for the Ducks after strongly considering Alabama during his recruiting process. That gave Mario Cristobal both his first headline recruit as the head coach […]
The best to ever do it along the offensive line at Oregon has officially called it a career in Eugene. Though Penei Sewell’s time at Oregon may have been brief, it was most certainly spectacular, as Sewell appeared in just 21 games in green and yellow, but proved beyond a shadow of a doubt that […]
Fresh off one of the most epic stretches of recruiting success in program history over the past 10 weeks or so, Ducks head coach Mario Cristobal and his Oregon coaching staff deserve to take, at the very least, a momentary breather. From May 1 to the present day, Cristobal and company have set a remarkable […]
Part of the build-up and excitement heading into a new college football season are the discussions that take place around the players that could take the next step in their development and establish themselves as relied upon stars. Notwithstanding the real uncertainty regarding the viability and safety of having a full and uninterrupted football season […]
