2026: First pass of the game
2025: January 1st
2023: Losing to UW twice
2022: Losing to UW
2021: Losing to Utah twice
2020: Yes
2019: Jayden Daniels hurt me
2018: Stanford
2017: Willie Taggart
2016: Everything
2015: The Alamo Bowl
2014: Ezekiel Elliott
2013: Stanford
2012: Stanford
Just tell me when to stop please
Oregon might have a tight end even BETTER than Kenyon Sadiq.
Jamari Johnson has similar speed and agility, but is even bigger and a WAY better blocker.
Look for him to be a top 15 pick in 2027.
Oregon faced a TOTAL of 35 draft picks in the regular season last year (0 in the first month).
Oklahoma faced a TOTAL of 50 draft picks in the regular season last year.
The committee MUST STOP allowing teams who face NO competition into the playoff.
Oregon spring game thoughts:
-Beautiful day and a record crowd of 46,500 (spring games aren't dead yet).
-Dante Moore looks like he put on some good weight (Raiola not so much). I like Brock Thomas. He could start at a lot of G6 schools. Best QB room in the country.
-Jordon Davison and Dierre Hill form a great 1-2 punch at RB as sophomores. Need to find that 3rd guy though (see playoffs last year).
-Great seeing WR Evan Stewart back healthy. Combined with Dakorien Moore and Jeremiah McClellan and you have a Top 5 WR unit.
-Need to find a 2nd TE behind Jamari Johnson.
-OL is the biggest question mark on team. DL dominated them.
-Speaking of DL, I think the starting four of Tuioti, Uiagalelei, Washington and Alexander is the BEST in the country. The concern I had was the depth with their top 4 backups all transferring. Guys like Aydin Breland and Matthew Johnson really flashed to me.
-LB Devon Jackson and S Peyton Woodyard will get more snaps this year and impressed.
-Defensive transfer class looks to be a hit. DB Aaron Scott (Ohio State) made plays all day starting with the first play. OLB Bleu Dantzler (Oregon State) is a name to keep an eye on and DL D'Antre Robinson (North Carolina) was impressive up front.
-Some freshman that impressed me were WR Messiah Hampton, 5-star OLB Anthony Jones Jr, DB Xavier Lherisse and OLB Dutch Horisk who didn't look like a 3-star.
-Going to sound like a broken record, but the DB room is loaded led by CB Brandon Finney.
-Special teams didn't have a great day (missed a couple long FG's and muffed a punt).
-Outside of OL, my only other worry is the two new coordinators and if they will be a downgrade. Dan Lanning had the same OC/DC the last 3 years. I'm being nit-picky but I don't like that Lanning is 0-3 in rematches during the season (UW 2023, OSU 2024, Indiana 2025). What are opposing coaching seeing and adjusting the 2nd go around? The Ducks fell way short of expectations in all 3.
-Projection: 11-1. Will be favored in 11 of 12 games (at Ohio State the exception). I have the Ducks favored by double-digits in 10 games. This is Lanning's best team yet and a legit National Title contender. Since 2000, the Ducks have arguably had their best 15 teams in school history. It's not a matter of if, but when as far as them winning their first national title.
Announcement from Oregon: Dan Lanning, QB Dante Moore and several other players will travel this June to Tokyo for the inaugural โTokyo Oregon Football Showcase,โ where the Ducks will hold live exhibitions to teach fundamentals and techniques to the Japanese football community.
BREAKING: Four-Star DL Zane Rowe has Committed to Oregon, he tells me for @RivalsโจโจThe 6โ4 260 DL from Denton, TX chose the Ducks over Washington, Oklahoma, and North Carolina
โจโTime to up the Sco, Letโs Go Ducksโ
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BREAKING: Five-Star QB Will Mencl has Committed to Oregon, he tells me for @RivalsโจโจThe 6โ4 210 QB from Chandler, AZ chose the Ducks over Auburn and Penn State
Heโs ranked as the No. 1 QB in the 2027 Rivals300 ๐ฆ
https://t.co/IMziS7hXGP
Oregon senior LB Devon Jackson knows that 2026 is his chance.
"If I don't make it happen this year, then Iโll just be a regular guy. And I feel like I'm too talented to be that. I feel I still got a lot of football left in my life to just, like, let it go in a year."
BREAKING: Four-Star CB Josiah Molden has Committed to Oregon, he tells me for @RivalsโจโจThe No. 1 Recruit in Oregon chose the Ducks over Ohio State, Washington, and Texasโจ
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