An Oregon Ducks Blog: Often Imitated, Never Duplicated, Always Fashionable
Since their first bye week of the season Oregon’s offense had gotten off to slow starts against Indiana, Wisconsin, and Iowa (they scored at will against a Rutgers team that by some metrics is the worst of all 18 defenses in the Big Ten). The trend was shattered against Minnesota at home: after both teams […]
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Ducks take down the Beavers Game 9 Ducks vs Them Dan Lanning Weekly Press Conference Oregon Washington Placed on 6 Day Hold Highlight of the Day: Shelstad with the dagger 3
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The Oregon Ducks (3-0) will tip off tonight against rival Oregon State Beavers (3-0)! When: Monday, November 17th @ 7:00 PM PST Where: Matthew Knight Arena, Eugene, OR Watch: FS1 Go Ducks!
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Inspired by a James Ferguson-Reynolds punt being downed at the 1-yard line, I wrote about the importance of starting field position last week. I covered the expected outcomes over the last decade and compared this 2025 Oregon team to last year’s squad. I had intended to dive further into the details of field position resulting […]
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Oregon women’s basketball remains undefeated in the early season after defeating Army West Point last night in Matthew Knight Arena, 80-55. With Elisa Mevius out for the season, Ari Long has stepped in as the starter. In the first half, Oregon’s defense forced 11 turnovers from the Black Knights, resulting in 14 points off turnovers. […]
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Thomas and Badwater join up to discuss Oregon’s recent wins on the women’s volleyball and basketball courts, the performance of the football team’s defensive and offensive squads the last couple of weeks, and a look ahead to next Saturday’s match with USC.
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Monday, November 17 WBB: Army recap – BWFootball: Starting field position part 2 – ECMBB v Oregon State 7pm PT FS1 – EC Tuesday, November 18 Football: Minnesota film review – THMBB: Oregon State recap – AH Wednesday, November 19 WTEN: ITF W15 recap – KFWBB @ WSU 4pm PT ESPN+ – TH WVB v […]
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Cross Country Qualifies for NCAA Championships Volleyball upsets No.9 Purdue on the Road Women’s Basketball pulls away from Army Football dominates Minnesota Highlight of the Day: Sofia Bell corner dagger 3
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Oregon volleyball faced a pair of tough road challenges the past couple of days, traveling to the Midwest to face #18 Indiana and #9 Purdue. Indiana Oregon’s match on Friday was against Indiana, where they lost to the #18 Indiana Hoosiers in four sets, 25-20, 21-25, 22-25, 14-25. The Ducks started hot in the first […]
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It’s been a season of adjustments for Oregon Volleyball after a coaching change and the loss of prominent players. But Oregon adjusted quite well Saturday, toppling their third ranked opponent of the season with a shocking 3-2 set win over #9 Purdue. The Ducks showed plenty of fight from the get go, losing narrowly in […]
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It was a very successful Friday for the Oregon cross country team at the NCAA west regional championship in Sacramento California as both the men and the women secured automatic bids for the national championships that will be held in Columbia Missouri next weekend. Here are the full results for each team with some highlights: […]
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Updated 10:50 PT Oregon’s home game against Minnesota was spared the weather dramatics of the past two games. After some overnight rain, the sun was out much of the day and we were treated to an unusually mild, mid-November day, with partly cloudy skies and 57-degree temperatures at game time. Before the game, there was […]
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After splitting matches against UCLA (W) and MSU (L) at home last week, volleyball makes another challenging road trip to heartland. Tonight they face the #18 Hoosiers. Where: Bloomington, IN When: 4PM PST Watch: B1G+ As the ladies finish on the court, football kicks off against the Golden Gophers. Coming off a short week after […]
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Man Fail to Advance Oregon men’s tennis wrapped up play at the ITA West Sectional Championships in Berkeley, where Vlad Breazu and Lachlan Robertson both opened their fall seasons with hard-fought matches. Breazu battled through a tight first set against Cal’s Timofey Stepanov, taking it to a tiebreak before dropping the frame. He continued to […]
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Oregon announces six 2026 softball signees Offensive line named Joe Moore Award semifinalist Five questions Oregon Ducks will have to answer in Week 12 matchup with Minnesota Highlight of the Day: Finney Forces the Fumble
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Your Oregon Ducks played host to the South Dakota State Jackrabbits on Wednesday night, looking to start the young season 3-0. SDSU got off to a quick start, jumping out to an 8-2 lead in about a minute and a half of action, but the Ducks would quickly come back to take a 10-8 lead […]
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Special thanks to Max Oelerking of Ski-U-Pod for discussing Minnesota’s roster with me on this week’s podcast: Minnesota’s 2025 season has at its core a major paradox. Last year the Gophers, through a combination of a soft schedule and strength at some key positions, in my second-order win algorithm should have won 11 or 12 […]
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Men’s Basketball gets hot from 3 to take down Jack Rabbits Uniforms for Minnesota Game Unveiled Altman Post Game Availability Everything Minnesota coach PJ Fleck said about Oregon Highlight of the Day: Corner 3 to stretch the lead
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Your Oregon Ducks look to keep things rolling against the South Dakota State Jackrabbits tonight! When: Tuesday, November 12th @ 6:30 PM PST Where: Matthew Knight Arena, Eugene, OR Watch: Peacock ‘Sco Ducks!
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Winning early-season games at home was the way Oregon Women’s Basketball started last season, and it ended up leading to an NCAA Tournament berth. Hopefully, the pattern continues this year. On Tuesday Oregon overpowered Grand Canyon University 84-66 to push their home and overall record to 3-0. Up by 19 at the end of the […]
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Dante Moore confirms nose was broken against Wisconsin Altman Says Jamari Phillips Serving Three-Game Suspension Ducks take down the Antelopes Fatal flaws for every playoff contender Highlight of the Day: Katie Fiso speeds to the bucket for an easy lay-in
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Where: Matthew Knight Arena, Eugene Oregon When: 6:00 PM PST Watch: B1G+ Listen: Oregon Sports Network The Ducks look to continue cruising through non-conference play with the Antelopes coming to town. Sco Ducks!
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The second College Football Rankings for week 11 are out, with Oregon remaining in the top 10 and moving up a spot to #8: The top five teams stayed unchanged. The most significant games in terms of creating poll movement were Texas Tech’s win over BYU in a top ten matchup — that moved the […]
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In previewing Iowa hythloday noted there were two likely scenarios for how Saturday’s game would play out. The scenario most favorable to Oregon was to hit several explosive plays early and win going away as the Hawkeyes struggle to throw the ball for multiple sustained scoring drives to overcome a large deficit. The scenario favoring […]
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Two weeks ago, I stood in a deluge, screaming at the top of my lungs. One play from that game against Wisconsin has stuck in my mind. Oregon’s defense began a sequence with Wisconsin backed up to the 1-yard line. Teitum Tuioti wrapped up Gideon Ituka, ruled down inches past the goal line to avoid […]
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