An Oregon Ducks Blog: Often Imitated, Never Duplicated, Always Fashionable
Where: Matthew Knight Arena, Eugene Oregon When: 7:00PM PST Watch: BIG+ Listen: Oregon Sports Network The Ducks look to bounce back from an ugly season opening win against the Owls of Rice at Matthew Knight arena. Let’s see what 3 days of Dana practice can do on a short week. As always Sco Ducks!
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Special thanks to Tom Kakert of Hawkeye Report for discussing Iowa’s roster with me on this week’s podcast: Offense The years I’ve been charting Iowa’s offense starting in 2021 represent a local dip and then recovery to the longterm baseline under head coach Ferentz, and talking to Tom for my Summer previews of the Hawkeyes […]
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Volleyball takes down UCLA Getting to know the 10 best recruits, transfers on the Iowa roster Oregon Ducks injury report for Week 11 game vs. Iowa Hawkeyes break out alternate uniforms for game Saturday Highlight of the Day: Ace for Alanah
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Oregon returns to Eugene after losing their last two matches on the road in Seattle and Lincoln, NE. Awaiting them at MKA are the UCLA Bruins, who the Ducks swept 3-0 in Los Angeles two weeks ago. Where: Matthew Knight Arena Eugene, OR When: 7PM PST Watch: FS1 ‘SCO DUCKS!!!
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The Ducks have completed 8 of their 12 regular season games, 7 against FBS competition (insert your own jokes about the OSU’s here…). After the first five games I broke down performance metrics for the team at that time. With three additional games against Big Ten competition, I will take another snap shot of team […]
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Dan Lanning final media availability Oregon Ducks cornerback Dakoda Fields intends to enter the transfer portal Everything Iowa coach Kirk Ferentz said about Oregon Uniform for Iowa game revealed Highlight of the Day: Our punter is better than your punter
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Your Oregon Ducks opened up the regular season in a matchup with the Hawaii Rainbow Warriors on Tuesday night. Hawaii got out to a quick start, capitalizing on four Oregon turnovers in the first five minutes of the game, and taking an early 9-6 lead. The Ducks would hit a few shots back-to-back to take […]
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Men’s Basketball sweats out a 1 point win in season opener Oregon’s punter opens up about fake punt pass and facing nation’s most dangerous return man Oregon at 9 in the initial College Football Playoff Rankings Dana Altman offers injury update on Oregon Ducks forward Kwame Evans Jr. after Hawaii game Highlight of the Day: […]
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Your Oregon Ducks Men’s basketball team kicks off the regular season tonight against the Hawaii Rainbow Warriors! When: Tuesday, November 4th @ 7:30 PM PST Where: Matthew Knight Arena, Eugene, OR Watch: Big Ten Network ‘Sco Ducks!
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The first College Football Playoff rankings of the 2025 season are out, and Oregon is in the top ten, coming in ranked at #9: The first five teams in the CFP rankings are identical to this week’s AP poll. As has typically been the case in the past, the CFP committee seems to have valued […]
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Oregon women’s basketball highlighted their depth and defense, and ran away with their first game of the season in defeating the West Georgia Wolves 100-59 at Matthew Knight Arena. The Wolves presented better defense than Oregon’s exhibition opponent last week, but had no answers for a Ducks defense that created 11 turnovers in the first […]
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Women’s Basketball picks up the win in the season opener On3 Heisman Trophy Poll Predicting where Oregon Ducks will land in first College Football Playoff rankings Dan Lanning Monday Night Media Availability Highlight of the Day: Sofia Bell with the steal and lay-in
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Oregon Ducks cornerback Jahlil Florence to enter transfer portal Volleyball Swept at No.1 Nebraska Oregon closes October at No. 6 in recruiting rankings Highlight of the Day: Ace for Alanah Clemente
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Monday, November 3 XC: Big Ten Championships recap – AHBVB: USF Fall tournament recap – AHMTEN: Jack Kramer Invitational recap – KFWTEN: Gonzaga Invitational recap – KF Tuesday, November 4 WBB: West Georgia recap – BWMBB v Hawaii 7:30pm PT BTN – CD Wednesday, November 5 MBB: Hawaii recap – CDEditorial – KF Thursday, November […]
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After being drubbed in Seattle on Halloween, Oregon volleyball was not looking for a very unlikely win in today’s match against #1 Nebraska. They were just looking to try and be competitive. The unsurprising result is that Oregon was swept by the Cornhuskers, 21-25, 20-25, 12-25. In some respects, the Ducks were competitive, but some […]
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After Friday night’s sweep in Seattle, Oregon volleyball continues their road trip and travels to Lincoln to face the #1 team in the nation, the Nebraska Cornhuskers. When: Today, 11:00 am PT Where: Bob Devaney Sports Center, Lincoln, NE Watch: Big Ten Network
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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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