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 […]
It’s only March, but you can already feel the momentum building for Oregon head coach Mario Cristobal and the Ducks on the recruiting trail during the 2022 recruiting cycle. A little over a week ago, Oregon landed a surprise verbal commitment from four-star defensive back Landon Hullaby, putting the Ducks on pace to sign players […]
While most of the hay is in the barn as it relates to Oregon’s 2021 recruiting class, there are still a few more last minute finishing touches that Ducks head coach Mario Cristobal and his staff are putting on before their work is complete. One of the last installations to this historic class came Monday, […]
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 […]
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 […]
The wide receiver position for the Ducks has been the intense focus of Oregon coaches and fans alike the past several months, as the Ducks have been in the running to land one of, if not the best, wide receiver classes in the country during the 2021 recruiting cycle. However, the player who made the […]
When we look back at the pivotal moments for Mario Cristobal and the Oregon Ducks during the 2021 recruiting cycle, it’s likely that we’ll look at May as the month that shifted their recruiting class into overdrive. On Friday, the Ducks picked up their sixth May commitment with the pledge of Perkinston (Miss.) Mississippi Gulf […]
It’s been practically two full months since the 2019 season ended for the Oregon Ducks; a season that will be long remembered as a year of resurgence for the Oregon football program. A Pac-12 Championship. A Rose Bowl victory. A second consecutive star-studded recruiting class signed, sealed, and all but delivered. Those types of accomplishments […]
The month of February in the world of college football recruiting is officially not what it used to be. Gone are the days of coaches and fans sweating out the decisions of 18-year-olds deep into the winter months. That stress and anxiety has been rewound to mid-December, as the early signing period has unequivocally solidified […]
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 […]
