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 […]
A topsy-turvy last week within a topsy-turvy 2020 college football season is inching towards completion, as the Oregon Ducks head south to Los Angeles to take on Pac-12 South division champ USC for the rights to the Pac-12 Championship. For Oregon, the route to Friday’s game vs. the Trojans was a circuitous one. Originally scheduled […]
Since Mario Cristobal was elevated to head coach at the conclusion of the 2017 season, there hasn’t been much for Duck fans to gripe about, particularly for those who closely follow the year-round recruiting intrigue. However, if there has been one nit to pick, it would be the fact that Oregon hasn’t quite figured out […]
Though it may only be hopeful optimism at this stage as the U.S. continues to grapple with the COVID-19 pandemic, Friday’s announcement of a revised conference-only 2020 football schedule by the Pac-12 felt like a step in the right direction in terms of getting football this fall. The new-look 2020 schedule. #GoDucks pic.twitter.com/oVm9dHJBTh — Oregon […]
DJ Uiagalelei. Kendall Milton. Justin Flowe. Sav’ell Smalls. Elias Ricks. Kelee Ringo. Darnell Washington. What do these seven names have in common? In addition to being considered five-star prospects out West in 2020 (per 247Sports’ Composite Rankings), each of these players is either currently committed to a school outside of the Pac-12 footprint, or is […]
It’s been said before, and deserves to be said again – recruiting has forever been, and will forever be, one of wildest beats around. If you need validation, look no further than what has recently transpired in the roller coaster recruitments of Bru McCoy and Chris Steele, two of the most highly-touted prospects from southern […]
After signing 12 recruits with direct ties to Southern California during the 2019 recruiting cycle, the Ducks appear well on their way to duplicating that feat in 2020 if their work through the month of April is any harbinger of things to come. On heels of Jaden Navarrette’s commitment on Friday, along with Seth Figgins’ […]
Flock Thoughts is a sporadic series at WFOD that aims to offer opinion and analysis on a collection of newsworthy items surrounding the Oregon football program that don’t necessarily warrant their own in-depth piece. Think of it as going to Costco for the samples, but just replace the nice ladies in hairnets and plastic gloves […]
In the midst of the excitement and star-gazing that took place in the hours that followed the announcement that five-star defensive end Kayvon Thibodeaux would be taking his talents to Eugene next season, there was also news of a departure from the Ducks’ 2019 recruiting class. After committing to Oregon in late July, Yuma (Ariz.) […]
The “Is [insert athlete’s name] elite?” question is as time-honored as anything that has ever existed in sports. In fact, a variation of this question has likely been applied throughout human history, as one can easily imagine the chroniclers of Ancient Greece offering up Hellenistic period hot takes on whether Alexander the Great was really all […]
