Just thought that I’d mention it… I can’t believe that it’s been a year.

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Has the Chip beaten the Ducks since his return from where ever?

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Another UCLA transfer who transferred to UCLA from Alabama. She is from southern CA and will follow her two super star friends to Eugene.
Fasten your seat belts we have entered warp speed!

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Oregon seems to be turning out some quality TE prospects in the last several years. Next up is this guy. 247 rates him very high at 11th, where Rivals doesn't rank him. Anyone know much about him? Seems like a no brainer if he's interested.


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Says he's been tearing up the 7/7 circuit and is also a beast at DE.

Can anyone tell me if the B1G network on the following?

Hulu TV?

Direct TV?

YouTube TV?

Fubu TV?



Years ago I had Sling and it was on the sports package.

Makes sense, but seems like some major players are dealing with some sort of injury. Notable potential PT for FR...the coach's sons.

Apparently a tragic swimming accident.

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Central Michigan guard Jesse Zarzuela has announced his commitment to Oregon. The 6-foot-3 guard from Houston has been well traveled throughout his career with stops at UTEP, two different junior colleges, Coppin State and then CMU. He has one season of eligibility left and he will now use it to play for the Ducks after a recent visit to Eugene. Zarzuela averaged 16.3 points, 2.8 rebounds and 2.7 assists last season making him another scoring threat for Dana Altman's team heading into the fall.

Plenty of programs have been in pursuit of the veteran transfer to varying degrees including Arizona, Oklahoma, Notre Dame, Pittsburgh and George Mason. He previously visited George Mason before visiting Oregon and Pittsburgh had been pushing for a visit from him as well.

Instead, he's wrapped up his recruitment and is now part of Oregon's plans for the upcoming season.

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The Ducks check in at No. 15 overall in the first AP Top 25 poll and are one of five teams within the Pac-12 to make the preseason list. USC (No. 6), Washington (No. 10), Utah (No. 14) and Oregon State (No. 18) are the others. Week 2 opponent Texas Tech also just missed out on the top 25 as the team with the most votes outside the list. Only the SEC (6) has more teams on the list than the Pac-12, which is tied with the Big Ten.

In a revised list factoring conference realignment, the Big Ten and SEC are tied with eight teams apiece in this year's preseason AP Top 25.

Here's Aaron's report from last night ...


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“I don’t believe it’s done. It’s never been done,” Alberts said in a recent interview with the Lincoln Journal-Star. “It’s more likely than not that there will be continued periods of angst. I believe that the next go-around — that’s my basic conclusion — will be far more disruptive than anything we’re currently engaged in. We need to prepare ourselves mentally for that.”

The cannibalization of the Pac-12 is the clearest sign yet that a single, pro-style super league is coming:

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Now, after another realignment wave shook the college sports landscape, the meeting is expected to take a different tone. The CFP’s governance structure, revenue distribution model and, most notably, playoff format are all up for re-examination after last week’s realignment shift, several college leaders say.

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The saints go marchin in !

Another Gatorade California Track POY

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Oregon came close a year ago with Bucky Irving (1058) and Noah Whittington (779) leading the Ducks on the ground. The one things that prevented the Ducks from having two 1000 yard rushers a season ago was the effectiveness of Bo Nix (510 yards) on the ground.


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The goducks.com roster pages have been reformatted, "modernized?" and updated with all the current and new players (excepting preferred walkons). This required a bit of extra work to keep the Chile Duck Oregon depth chart up-to-date in it's now familiar format (for some of you), but this has been done and all the new players are slotted into probable positions. It'll be updated as new players get added when fall camp starts. As of today, there are 106 players on the roster. As usual, let me know if you see any problems or issues with the information.

Also for you Track fans, here is the latest Chile Duck Track form chart

Anything on the line up of Oregon's QB's? If Nix should be unable to play for a quarter or game(s) who is next in line and who after that? Is there anyone on the horizon heading toward the Portal?

Not wishing Nix any bad luck, but a team ai always one play away from needing the back-up.

Former California High School Track Athlete of the year Mia Barnett is transferring from UCLA to UO. She was originally at UVA

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I'm a little delayed here, Aaron had a conflict yesterday and I didn't break free as early as I expected, but here's everything Lanning said about the scrimmage -- which as you'll see wasn't much beyond broad generalities.

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Opening comments ...

"A lot of back and forth today. I think offense came out early and really had a lot of success early with the defense. Today we did some live tackling, to the ground, I think that's a shocker to people at first and our guys were running really hard early and had some early scores. I'd say in the second half of the scrimmage, the defense really came back situationally and performed a lot better in 2-minute and third down, red area. So it was a little bit back and forth, plenty of stuff to clean up. We got to see a lot of reps, got to go back and watch the film to see really what we have as far as the guys that participated today."

You wanted to see the offense play fast and efficiently, did they live up to that?

"I don't know if it was consistent enough at the level that we want. We have really high expectations for what we want. At times, we're really, really good, and at times we weren't. So we've got to be more consistent."

Did you see what you wanted to see pre-snap, operationally?

"Well, at times on both sides of the ball, yes, and then at times definitely not. There were times we weren't lined up properly. There were times we didn't execute properly. It has a little bit to do with who's in on both sides of the ball, but also has a little bit to do with us having a sense of urgency in the way we prepare."

Takeaways, turnovers?

"Yeah, there were some takeaways today. There were three interceptions overall, had a fumble down in the red area that was critical, so we've got to do a better job taking care of the ball on offense. Certainly attacked it at times on defense."

Did the offense have some explosive plays, though?

"They did early on. Yeah, they did early on. Like I said, they came out and they scored pretty much with ease. We didn't punt early on in the scrimmage. We were trying to actually have some punts, and we didn't punt because we didn't stop them. But then on the back end, like I said, defense kind of came back."

How was the punting overall?

"I have to go look at it. It looked like it was good at the time, but I have to go look. I know we had one sky punt situation that we didn't get it inside the 10 so we'll go back and revisit those."

Did you do live returns?

"Tag on the returner."

How were the center-QB exchanges?

"Yeah, no issues. A couple errant snaps, but nothing crazy."

Temperatures are projected in the triple digits this week, how do you balance wanting to get your players used to that but also being smart?

"There's rules and regulations about what we can practice in. The reality is we're going to play in hot games really early so it's probably good for us to get that experience."

How do you see the battles at the two offensive guard spots?

"I've got to go watch this film and see how it looked -- you can't just watch the guards all scrimmage. So I have to go back and see how it looked today. Today is a really good example of what it's going to look like in the future. If you want to do it on Saturdays, you have to do it in practice, so we'll see what it looks like and evaluate it from there."

How did you feel about the freshmen?

"Good and bad. It is generalities, but that's really what it was. You had some positive and some negative, so there's room to improve."

Did Popo and Keyon play today?

"Popo was out there, Keyon was not."

Justius?

"Justius was not."

Are you expecting some positive news the next couple days recruiting-wise?

"We'll see."

How much was red zone today?

"Each group had a series in the red zone. One of our groups actually ended up having two series in the red zone."

Any individuals stand out?

"I don't know if there's anybody that absolutely stuck out one side of the ball or the other. If there was somebody who absolutely just tore it up, I would tell you, but I don't think there was any of that."

How about the physicality?

"It needs to be better at times. I thought we, again, started slow. We operated like we were going to be in thud mode today and then those guys didn't go down -- you've got to tackle them. The only way you get good at it is practicing. Now, it came on and some physicality showed up throughout practice, but we have to continue to take that to another level."

Was that a product of the ball-carriers playing really well?

"Um, yeah, and then this is the first time we've gone tackle to the ground. It was more of a product of that. It takes a little bit more to get a man down with force than just a thud."

How much progress has been made on determining a depth chart?

"Probably know better once I watch the film."

What are you looking to improve on?

"I have to watch the film probably before I can tell you what I need to improve on. We have to take care of the ball better, right? That's an easy one. We've got to tackle better. That's an easy one for defense. We've got to communicate and just operate more efficiently, but beyond that I need to watch the film to be able to tell you guys what you want to hear."

How did the new coaches operate?

"Yeah, that dynamic was good. We've done it this spring as well so it's not brand new."