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Pro Ducks NBA Summer League Review

What’s up y’all? Last weekend, the NBA Summer League concluded, so I thought I’d take a look at how some former Ducks ended up playing. Now, I know these results aren’t very surprising. But I was legitimately impressed watching Bittle go out and do work. He looked healthy, and played the same style of ball […]

NBA

Oregon Ducks Football News

2028 4* Edge sets commitment date NYT/Athletic Preseason All-Big Ten teams Oregon targeting Villanova big man Duke Brennan pending eligibility decision Highlight of the Day: A’mauri Washington squats a ridiculous amount of weight… twice

2026 Big Ten Basketball Preview: Northwestern Wildcats

What’s up y’all! We are back once again with another Big Ten basketball preview, and today we’re going to take a look at the Northwestern Wildcats. The Wildcats finished last season with a 15-19 record, 5-15 in conference, in head coach Chris Collins’ 13th season. The Wildcats will be looking to rebuild a majority of […]

Big Ten 2026 Volleyball Preview – Part 1

In Part 1, we look at the teams that placed in the bottom half of the Big Ten. The B1G is, top to bottom, arguably the toughest conference in collegiate volleyball, and most of these teams would probably place differently in other conferences. Success is, by and large, incremental, because it’s difficult to break into […]

Football: The Great Wall of Eugene

If you’ve read enough of my pieces, you know that I’m a very defensive person. Defensive end of the basketball court, defensive unit in Football, digging and blocking in volleyball, pitching and outfield in diamond sports. Love that defense! So it gives me great pleasure to announce that Oregon Football will, at least on paper, […]

MLB

Duck Dive: Maryland 2026 Football Preview

Special thanks to Nolan Rogalski of Testudo Times for joining this week’s podcast to discuss Maryland’s roster: 2026 will be head coach Mike Locksley’s 8th season in College Park. From 2021-2023 Locksley lead Maryland to three straight bowl games for the first time since 2006-2008 under Ralph Freidgen. The last two seasons have been less successful for Maryland as […]

Oregon Ducks Football News

Oregon promoted Tyler Dean to general manager in May, what that means for the Ducks Dante Moore’s Heisman Trophy odds drop ahead of 2026 season 2027 4* DL Brayden Parks commits to Notre Dame Highlight of the Day: 43 Days until Kickoff – 43 points put up on the Huskies in 2009

Oregon Ducks Football News

Dante in the Athletics’ Tier 1 of College QBs Predicting fall roles for Oregon’s transfer portal additions How Dante Moore, Jurrion Dickey stand in 2023 5-star regrade Sabrina Ionescu Amazes WNBA Fans with Unreal Performance in Liberty’s Comeback Win vs. Sky Highlight of the Day: Teitum Tuioti NFL Draft Tape

Quack-12 Football Check-In: The remaining 2

With football season almost here I wanted to do a quick pre-season check in on the old PAC-12 foes outside of the B1G. First up the two teams that remained in the PAC-12 that are now competing in the new PAC-12 that added: As an 8 team football conference the PAC-12 is trying a novel […]

Oregon Ducks Football News

Oregon makes Bill Connelly’s annual “Ifs” list 2028 4* S CJ Craig-James lists Oregon among top 12 schools Autzen ranked No. 2 in BIG Stadium Ranking Highlight of the Day: 45 Days until kick-off – Throwback to putting up 45 at No. 16 Washington

Oregon Ducks Football: Poll Favorite Defense Dynamic Duos

Football is the ultimate team sport: it doesn’t matter how good an individual player is if he doesn’t have great team mates around him. This is most true on defense: a single player failing in their assignment can give up a critical first down or allow an explosive play. Every defender has to read their […]

Oregon Ducks Baseball: Post-Season Pitching Statistical Analysis

Following up on last week’s look at the Ducks’ batting, It’s time to see how the pitching staff performed this past season compared to 2025. A brief review of the pitching stats I am using is in order. As sports-reference.com does have college baseball available, I took advantage of their more extensive database and easier […]

MLB

Oregon Ducks Football News

Which Oregon Ducks cracked the college fantasy football top-300 rankings? 10 Reasons Oregon Is a College Football Playoff Lock Highlight of the Day: Oregon scores 22 points in 3 minutes

Oregon Ducks Football News

Early betting line released for Oregon Ducks’ game vs. Boise State 2027 4* DL Brayden Parks announces commitment date Bittle delivers another strong NBA Summer League performance for Raptors 2 Ducks Crack CBS’ Top 25 NFL players age 25 and under Highlight of the Day: 47 Days to Kickoff 47 Points against USC on Halloween

MBB Big Ten Preview: Maryland

Coming off a 27-win campaign that saw them have a .700 win percentage in the Big Ten coupled with a trip to the Sweet Sixteen, Maryland joined Oregon Men’s Basketball in taking a massive step backward in 2026. They started out reasonably well, with wins over Marquette and UNLV in November and the lone loss […]

Big Ten 2026 Women’s Soccer Preview – Part 2

We now turn to the upper half of Big Ten women’s soccer in 2025. All nine teams reached the NCAA tournament, with Ohio State, Michigan State, and Washington reaching the Elite Eight. We shall begin in the middle and work our way up. Ohio State 11-5-6 (4-2-5 Big Ten, T-8th) Head coach Lori Walker-Hock will […]

MLB Draft Recap: 2026

Howdy, y’all? If you weren’t aware, the MLB Draft was this past weekend, and we had a good number of players get drafted. So, I thought I’d throw together a quick little recap of our newest #ProDucks. So, without further ado, here we go! Round 3, Pick 103: SS Ryan Cooney, selected by the Toronto […]

MLB

2026 Big Ten Basketball Preview: Penn State Nittany Lions

Hey y’all, we are back again with another Big Ten Summer Basketball preview! Today we’re going to be looking at the Penn State Nittany Lions, who finished last season with a 12-20 record, going 3-17 in conference. Head coach Mike Rhoades is going to have his work cut out for him again this season with […]

Duck Dive: Indiana Football 2026 Preview

Special thanks to L.C. Norton who writes about Indiana for SBNation and joined me on this week’s podcast to discuss the Hoosiers’ roster: Offense I use some data normalization methods to control for having a long postseason run facing 10+ win teams, even so it was clear from film study during the year that Indiana’s […]

Oregon Ducks Football News

I’m sorry but the Quack Fix poster is busy enjoying Sunshine and the Lake this week meaning they are not at their computer to find the super critical July headlines. Discuss any relevant news here and here is a highlight of the Day

Football: Inside Linebacker Review

It’s no secret that Oregon’s defensive line is expected to be one of the more elite across the nation, but what about the second line of defense? Though there appears to be a high ceiling for the young group, who do we know beyond Jerry Mixon and Devon Jackson that is a proven commodity in […]

NCAA Baseball: Top Spending vs. Ranking 2025 2026

With all the talk about money, and certain universities throwing money at certain sports, I thought it would be interesting to look at the numbers regarding this question: How does a top budget for a given sport compare to how the team ranked at the end of the season? Is more money translating into a […]

Oregon Ducks Football News

I’m sorry but the Quack Fix poster is busy enjoying Sunshine and the Lake this week meaning they are not at their computer to find the super critical July headlines. Discuss any relevant news here and here is a highlight of the Day, Speaking of Lake’s

Oregon Ducks Football: True Freshmen Contributors – Offence

Following last week’s poll we wanted to get the fan bases opinion on where some of Oregon’s 2026 true freshmen will factor in this upcoming season. Instead of asking about individual players though we are keeping it a little more broad and just asking the fans where true freshmen are most and least likely to […]

Oregon Ducks Football B1G West Coast Blue Chip Dependence

At the time of writing 93% of On3’s Blue Chip High School Football Prospects are committed for the 2027 high school recruiting cycle. As the college football calendar has grown more and more busy in December and January coaches and player personnel staffs have accelerated high school recruiting with most high school classes more or […]