An Oregon Ducks Blog: Often Imitated, Never Duplicated, Always Fashionable
Your Oregon Ducks play host to the Omaha Mavericks tonight, in a final tune-up before conference play begins! When: Sunday, December 28th @ 5:00 PM PST Where: Matthew Knight Arena, Eugene, OR Watch: Big Ten Network ‘Sco Ducks!
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Over the course of the season, both online and while watching a play unfold, I continually saw how Big Ten officiating crews don’t call holding. This made me curious to see if the data supports that hypothesis and whether there are other judgment call penalties that certain conferences don’t call or call at a higher […]
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Here is the list of bowl games (all times are PT): 8:00 AM Military Bowl – Pittsburgh vs. East Carolina – ESPN 9:00 AM Pinstripe Bowl – Penn State vs. Clemson – ABC 11:15 AM Wasabi Fenway Bowl – UConn vs. Army – ESPN 12:30 PM Pop-Tarts Bowl – Georgia Tech vs. BYU – ABC […]
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Oregon football may not have covered the spread against James Madison, but they certainly could have. That’s just part of the ups and downs with sports betting. Although the Oregon vs. Texas Tech line has been reportedly moving between the Ducks being favored by 1.5 to 2 points in the spread, FanDuel still has a […]
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We still have just under a week to try and take our minds off the impending battle between Oregon and Texas Tech, so we may as well take a peek at the other quarterfinal matches, hmm? Dec 31st 4:30 pm PT – Cotton Bowl – #10 Miami vs. #2 Ohio State Miami is 11-2 so […]
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Merry Christmas Duck fans. With the home playoff game in the rearview mirror and the next challenge up being a New Years Day Bowl Game I wanted to take stock in this team right now and compare it to the last two seasons and how I was feeling at Christmas. I’ve found the 2025 version […]
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While the CFP has taken up most of our attention, bowl season is in full swing. Notable results for Oregon fans so far include a meteor failing to hit the LA Bowl and the WSU Cougars defeating future Pac-St8 conference peer Utah State on the blue turf. Despite losing their quarterback to Ole Miss, of […]
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Iapani Laloulu announces he’ll return to Oregon for final season Herbert leads list of Ducks on NFL Pro Bowl teams Dierre Hill Jr. earns highest RB grade in CFP Round 1 2027 4-star CB Hayden Stepp includes Oregon in final 5 Highlight of the Day: Ducks vs Them Texas Tech
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Well, JMU made the final score look a lot closer than the game actually was, but the outcome was as predicted: Oregon to Miami to square off with Texas Tech in the Orange Bowl, a bowl in which Oregon has never actually played. There’s no bones about Oregon’s offense. With Dante Moore slinging the ball […]
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Oregon’s approach in this first playoff game was as aggressive, if not more so, than during their non-conference schedule. As hythloday’s guests had suggested on the podcast, James Madison stayed with their base single high safety defensive alignment early in the game. It was a big gamble to try and generate negative plays against an […]
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Thomas and Badwater join up to give their reactions to Oregon’s college football playoff first round win over James Madison, and look forward to the quarterfinals against Texas Tech.
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Dan Lanning Media Availability Joey McGuire Media Availability Ducks vs Them Ducks safety Kingston Lopa to enter transfer portal Highlight of the Day: Throwback to the last time Oregon played Texas Tech
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Oregon and Gonzaga, two basketball programs you’d think would meet much more often considering their relatively close location to each other, played in Portland Sunday afternoon. It was Oregon’s sixth quad one game of the season, and we’re not even into January yet. Gonzaga defeated the Ducks 91-82. In those six quad one games, Oregon […]
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Oregon women’s basketball finished their non-conference slate with a game at the Chase Center in San Francisco to face an old Pac-12 rival, the Stanford Cardinal. The Ducks played well in the middle quarters, but Stanford took over in the fourth to win the game, 64-53. The Cardinal jumped on Oregon early, and a 9-0 […]
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Monday, December 22 WBB: Stanford recap – BWMBB: Gonzaga recap – AH Tuesday, December 23 Football: James Madison film review – THEditorial – AH Wednesday, December 24 Football: Oregon departing players – KFFootball: Bowl viewing guide – TH Thursday, December 25 Football: Ducks performance vs adv stats – DCU Friday, December 26 Football: Quarterfinals preview […]
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Ducks beat the Dukes to advance to the College Football Playoff Quarterfinal WBB falls to Stanford MBB is dropped by Gonzaga Highlight of the Day: Oregon picks up a College Football Playoff Victory
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MBB vs Gonzaga Moda Center, Portland OR 3pm PT Peacock WBB vs Stanford Chase Center, San Francisco CA 3pm PT ESPN
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Oregon runs a Mint Defense. Preventing explosives is a core principle of this scheme. That principle would, in theory, limit a Mint defense’s ability to stop the run in short-yardage situations. Oregon doesn’t tend to crowd the box or sell out to stop the run. For the purposes of this analysis, I’ve defined short-yardage situations […]
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Autzen Stadium hosted the first (collegiate) playoff game in the stadium’s history tonight. The James Madison Dukes came in as heavy underdogs, but were determined to show that expectations are not reality. Oregon won the toss and took the ball with the opening kickoff. In only four plays a one handed catch by TE #9 […]
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Oregon Hosts JMU In The First Round Of The College Football Playoff When: Today, 4:30 pm PT Where: Autzen Stadium, Eugene, Oregon Watch: TNT/truTV/HBO Max It’s here! Today is the perfect day for a perfect Oregon football playoff tuneup game. Make no mistake, the chances of JMU coming away with a win is very slim […]
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Alabama came back last night to stun Oklahoma and will face the Indiana Hoosiers in the Rose Bowl on New Year’s Day. The only really important game is tonight, but we have some appetizers before then. Texas A&M Hosts Miami (FL) When: Today, 9:00 am PT Where: Kyle Field, College Station, Texas Watch: ABC Ole […]
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In the world of college football there are numerous storied rivalries. Many culminate in regular showdowns such as The Big Game, Red River Rivalry, Iron Bowl, Civil War and others. I’m still rooting for Cascade Clash for the annual clash between Oregon and Washington. In the era of social media, fans of the various schools […]
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Special thanks to the Purple Antics Podcast for joining me to discuss James Madison’s roster on this week’s podcast: James Madison completed a 12-1 season by defeating Troy in the championship game to win the Sun Belt conference in Coach Chesney’s second year, after taking over for Curt Cignetti when the latter left for Indiana […]
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WBB take down the Pilots List of top 50 players in CFP includes six Oregon Ducks Oregon in the mix to land reclassified 2027 5-star WR Eric McFarland Highlight of the Day: Ducks vs Pilots
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The Ducks were back in action for a matinee skip work/school game against the Pilots of Portland Thursday afternoon. Oregon came into the game 11-1 and the Pilots of Portland represented the final non-conference game on the Ducks schedule aside from playing at the Invisalign Bay Area Women’s Classic this Sunday. The Ducks got off […]
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