An Oregon Ducks Blog: Often Imitated, Never Duplicated, Always Fashionable
The Ducks first weekend of the season saw them play the Colorado State Rams In Fort Collins. The Ducks dropped both games by respective scores of 3-1 and 4-1. The underlying stats I track indicate that those scores are reflective of how the games transpired over the total of 120 minutes of play. Let’s start […]
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As promised, I started working on a model to predict transfer portal kicker success. Here’s the prelude to this article in case you missed it. I originally focused training the models exclusively on players who entered the portal, but quickly found that the limited sample caused wildly inaccurate predictions with insufficient range to cover top-end […]
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The Ducks aren’t playing today, but there’s plenty to see and talk about. Here are some of the top games going on this Saturday: There are others of interest, so let us celebrate the misery of others on this fine BYE weekend.
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Oregon volleyball traveled to Seattle to face the Washington Huskies on Halloween night. There would be no treats on this night, with the Ducks getting swept by the Huskies 22-25, 19-25, 16-25. Washington opened the first set with a 3-0 run, and Oregon was not able to make up ground to tie the set, much […]
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Earlier this month the Ducks were swept by the Huskies at Matthew Knight Arena. They make the return trip to Seattle tonight for a rematch. The game is extremely important for both teams as they are currently tied at 4-6 in conference. With a trip to #1 Nebraska later this week, a split road trip […]
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Your Oregon basketball teams both played in exhibition matches on Thursday night, let’s talk about how they did. The Men’s team was up first, heading down south to take on the Stanford Cardinal. The Ducks got out to a scorching hot start, jumping out to a 12-2 lead in just about 3 minutes of action. […]
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Early betting line for Oregon vs. Iowa has Ducks as slight road favorites Dan Lanning on interest in other jobs: ‘It’s zero. I’m not leaving Oregon Shoe Duck’ uniforms added to EA Sports College Football 26 Highlight of the Day: Halloween 2009 – The new kings of the PAC
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Your Oregon Ducks Men‘s and Women‘s basketball teams both play exhibition matches tonight! Men: Stanford Cardinal When: Thursday, October 30th @ 5:00 PM PST Where: Maples Pavilion, Stanford, CA Watch: ACC Network Extra Women: Western Oregon Wolves When: Thursday, October 30th @ 6:00 PM PST Where: Matthew Knight Arena, Eugene, OR Watch: BigTen+ ‘Sco Ducks!
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Tristan joins me to review Oregon football’s performance in the last three games, go over the season-long stats and player grades heading into the second bye week, and take a look at how our predictions for the transfers from the offseason have fared.
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Dan Lanning Bye Week Availability Jackson Shelstad seeing steady progress, return date still to be determined Week 8 Ducks vs Them Coast to Coast Episode 1 Highlight of the Day: Big man Touchdown to Gernorris Wilson
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Oregon women’s basketball rebounded in a big way last season. Head coach Kelly Graves embraced a new philosophy in building a team, because NIL and the transfer portal have changed how teams recruit and build a roster. With the exodus of so many players over previous seasons, and the bottoming-out that occurred in the 2023-24 […]
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The Oregon Ducks hockey team began their regular season campaign this past weekend in Fort Collins Colorado as they took on the Rams of Colorado State. I have tracked the weekend series, and it will be part of my recap article this upcoming weekend. Before getting into the results of the season I wanted to […]
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Iowa football DC Phil Parker compliments Oregon’s ‘well-funded’ offense Oregon’s true freshmen tandem of Dierre Hill Jr. and Jordon Davison have become ‘like brothers’ Oregon Ducks coach Dan Lanning discusses mid-season coaching carousel rumors Oregon Projected to Have Three First Round Picks in CBS Mock Draft Highlight of the Day: Mariota to McLaurin to tie […]
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Oregon’s Dante Moore has a particular set of skills. Skills that make him a nightmare for opposing defenses. Usually. Also, raise your hand if you read those first two sentences in Liam Neeson’s voice. But back to Football, Oregon’s quarterback has a golden arm. The trick is using it. Will Stein, Oregon’s Offensive Coordinator, was […]
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Due to the slow start by Oregon’s offense, the game was still somewhat in doubt until the Ducks went up 21-0 at the start of the 4th quarter. Nothing Wisconsin’s own offense had done during the game (or in this season up until now) indicated they could possibly overcome a three score deficit with less […]
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Davison Named Big Ten Freshmen of the week Oregon LB Bryce Boettcher named Senior Bowl Defensive Player of the Week Game time for No. 6 Oregon Ducks vs. Iowa Hawkeyes put on six-day hold On3 Heisman Trophy Poll: Top 10 player rankings after Week 9 Highlight of the Day: Davison caps of the 99 yard […]
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Oregon Ducks volleyball and soccer played thrilling matches yesterday, and if you missed them then you missed out on what makes Oregon Ducks sports great. Soccer Oregon soccer ended their season with their only conference win of the season – a stunning, 2-1 upset victory over the #8 Washington Huskies. The game was a defensive […]
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Monday, October 27 WVB: Wisconsin recap – BWSoccer: UW recap – BWSoftball: Friendlies recap – BW Tuesday, October 28 Football: Wisconsin film review – THEditorial – AH Wednesday, October 29 Hockey: Season preview – DCUWBB: Season preview – BW Thursday, October 30 MGolf & WGolf: Cal Poly Invitational & East Lake Cup recaps – KFMBB […]
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Football slugs it out to pick up win over Wisconsin Volleyball drops a hard fought battle to the Badgers Soccer upsets the Huskies on Senior Day Football holds steady at 6 in AP poll headed into Bye Week Highlight of the Day: Ducks take the lead in the 88th minute to Stun Washington
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The Volleyball and Soccer teams are both in action this afternoon. Discuss the games here Soccer vs #8 Washington Where: Pape Field Eugene, Oregon When: 12:00 PM PDT Watch: B1G Network Listen: KWVA Volleyball vs #12 Wisconsin Where: Matthew Knight Arena Eugene, Oregon When: 1:00 PM PDT Watch: B1G+ As always go Ducks!
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As of week 8, 2025, Oregon is coming off back-to-back weeks in which their opponent hit a field goal from 50 yards or more. Do you remember the last time Oregon hit a 50+ yard field goal? Andrew Boyle hit from exactly 50 yards last season against Michigan State. In the last ten and a […]
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Updated 9:12 pm PT The Wisconsin Badgers came to Autzen to take on the 6-1 Oregon Ducks. Fall weather had finally descended upon the state of Oregon, and it looked like the weather might have something to say about the day’s game. At the start of the game, it had been raining on and off […]
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Your #6 Oregon Ducks play host to the Wisconsin Badgers in a primetime matchup tonight! When: Saturday, October 25th @ 4:00 PM PST Where: Autzen Stadium, Eugene, OR Watch: FS1 ‘Sco Ducks!
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The Oregon Ducks took on the Utah Utes on Friday night in an exhibition match. The Ducks came out hot from the tip, jumping out to a 17-0 lead, and coasting to a 36-22 halftime lead. Oregon would not trail in the ballgame, winning the scrimmage 73-53. Some thoughts I had while watching the game: […]
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The Oregon men begin preparations for a highly anticipated season tonight, and as usual there are injury concerns. The Big Ten will have to wait, tonight the Ducks welcome their former Pac-12 partners the Utah Utes in an exhibition match. Where: Matthew Knight Arena Eugene, OR When: 7PM PDT Watch: B1G+ Listen: Oregon Sports Network […]
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