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Nasir Wyatt could be in for a massive season this year after a strong true freshman season. What should Duck fans make of reports that he might take snaps at inside linebacker?

Oregon 2027 class features multiple preseason state players of the year picks247Sports revealed its Preseason Player of the Year picks for the 2026 high school season on Monday, with two 2027 Duck recruits being selected and several more receiving votes. DuckTerritory highlights the honorees and who took was picked in the state of Oregon. https://247sports.com/college/oregon/article/oregon-2027-class-features-multiple-preseason-247sports-state-players-of-the-year-picks-will-mencl-brayton-feister-289159940/

Inside Read 3-2-1: Oregon’s possibilities are becoming decisionsOregon spent most of August finding out how many players could help. The second scrimmage gave us a better idea of where some of those competitions are headed. Today on the DSC Inside Read, a look at the state of where Oregon stands following their second scrimmage of fall camp. Inside Read 3-2-1: Oregon’s possibilities are becoming de...Oregon Ducks football, Dan Lanning, Oregon recruiting, college football, NIL, Big Ten, Pac-12, Scott Reed, Duck Sports Central, recruiting news

Two Duck recruits the best player in their state with other receiving votes. QB Mencl from AZ and Feister from Ohio. Oregon 2027 class features multiple preseason state players of the year picks Brayton Feister is the 247Sports Preseason Player of the Year in Ohio Will Mencl is the 247Sports Preseason Player of the Year in Arizona

I'm sure you've read about some of the weight changes from off-season workouts, but let's do a quick review at some jaw-droppers, and then look closely at a couple of freshmen. Dante Moore: 6-foot-3, 220 lbs. (2025 height/weight: 6-foot-3, 206 lbs.) Akili Smith Jr.: 6-foot-5, 245 lbs (2025 height/weight: 6-foot-5, 231 lbs.) Dylan Raiola: 6-foot-3, 232 lbs Gatlin Bair: 6-foot-2, 204 lbs reported by Oregon, so he is an inch shorter than what recruiting sites reported. Kendre Harrison: 6-foot-7, 250 lbs. He is a legit six foot, seven! Defensive Linemen: Aydin Breland: 6-foot-5, 315 lbs (2025 height/weight: 6-foot-5, 304 lbs.) Matthew Johnson: 6-foot-5, 319 lbs (2025 height/weight: 6-foot-5, 295 lbs.) Elijah Rushing: 6-foot-6, 290 lbs (2025 height/weight: 6-foot-6, 275 lbs.) Nasir Wyatt: 6-foot-2, 245 lbs (2025 height/weight: 6-foot-2, 228 lbs.) Anthony Jones Jr.: 6-foot-3, 301 lbs. (Up from 275 lbs.) Offensive Linemen: Dave Iuli: 6-foot-3, 335 lbs (2025 height/weight: 6-foot-3, 332 lbs.) Kawika Rogers: 6-foot-5, 325 lbs (2025 height/weight: 6-foot-5, 320 lbs.) I had no idea that these two guys were this big. Fox Crader: 6-foot-6, 311 lbs (2025 height/weight: 6-foot-6, 315 lbs.) I did not realize he was 6'6"! Demetri Manning: 6-foot-6, 345 lbs (2025 height/weight: 6-foot-6, 330 lbs.) A big backup! Zac Stascausky: 6-foot-6, 311 lbs (2025 height/weight: 6-foot-6, 285 lbs.) An Oregon boy at 6'6"! Douglas Utu: 6-foot-4, 335 lbs (2025 height/weight: 6-foot-4, 335 lbs.) A RS freshman who has grown! Newcomers: Michael Bennett III: 6-foot-5, 320 lbs Koloi Keli: 6-foot-3, 310 lbs True Freshmen: Immanuel Iheanacho: 6-foot-6, 365 lbs Tommy Tofi: 6-foot-6, 360 lbs. (Holy Crap....BOTH these TRUE FRESHMAN are 6'6" and 360 or over...and are threatening to play soon?) The recruiting is superb, but the development and growth on campus is pretty darn impressive too! Kendre Harrison

CBS Sports B1G Picks and Predictions - https://www.cbssports.com/college-football/news/big-ten-expert-picks-preview-2026-season/

Will the Special Teams be Special? Oregon Ducks On SICoach Dan Lanning Offers Honest Thoughts on Oregon's Spec...Entering the 2026 college football season with high expectations, Oregon Ducks fans are confident about the team’s potential on offense and defense, even with t

The info has been floating around for a few days now from another site on notes from the last scrimmage so I feel it's probably not a secret anymore. It sounds like the kicking game is getting better and made some big kicks in the scrimmage. But the thing is that until the game is on the line and the kick is do-or-die we don't know if they truly have ice in their veins. Offensive line seems to still be a work in progress... I love the pieces they have but they need to figure out the chemistry. For Moore I think some of it will be the offensive line chemistry keeping him safe and some plays to enable him to get out of the pocket safely. In both games you mentioned the Ducks couldn't do what they really wanted to do to protect the quarterback in establishing a running game. Oddly enough both games also saw injured starting runningbacks. In the 2024 Rosebowl James went out of the game with a concussion. In 2025 we were obviously down Davison and Whittington. But making sure we have a good offensive line is going to be key this year.

New Mo.2 indoor facility, design by Olson Kundig design team https://www.woodworksinnovationnetwork.org/projects/university-of-oregon-hatfield-dowlin-complex-expan The signature rounded and sweeping roofline mirrors the distinct elliptical contour of the school's O branding. Early on some suggested the design was inspired by Sydney Opera House. I don’t believe that is true, the architect firm had its own vision. But, there might be some parallels to Sydney at U of Cincinnati: https://gobearcats.com/news/2025/04/28/university-of-cincinnati-announces-official-name-of-sheakley-indoor-practice-facility-and-sheakley-athletics-performance-center

In this instance, Paul Finebaum is spot on. CFB-HQ On SIPaul Finebaum Gives Blunt Take After Dae'Quan Wright's Re...College football has absorbed a run of unusual offseason storylines, from realignment fallout to transfer portal moves that reshape rosters every winter. A Loui

Thank you, David. With every team undefeated, it's sunshine-pumping time. I don't mean to be a downer, but I have two concerns. When the pressure's on, is the FG kicker going to come through? There is one layup game on the schedule: Portland State. OBD will play competitive, close games. Will the O-line be big game ready? In the final game of the 2024 season, Dillon Gabriel was under siege. Same with Dante last season. I was surprised that last year's O-line was a Joe Moore Award finalist, mostly because of the play of both tackles against top defenses. No matter how much Dante has matured, he, like all QBs, needs time to see the field and deliver the ball. Dante is an excellent athlete, but he's not Johnny Football or Trinidad Chambliss. Thanks again, David, and Beat Boise!

And/OR.... Send Dakorian Moore out on a Go-Route as well... see if a team can over any of them.

Gotta love the article, and if there was ever a year to have the offense balanced to the passing attack--this is the year. And I think we will. To have Bair doing well so quickly--it means that sending Bair and Stewart deep is sure going to stretch defenses like never before!

What in the heck are we doing? This looks like some kind of futuristic secret society building. I expect to see Superman crashing some sort of Brainiac inspired super Olympics event from this structure. It's like Walt Disney really is alive, and he teamed up with Rod Serling to create a Twilight Zone "World of Tomorrow". What I'm really saying is "Wow"! I don't know what I'm looking at, or why Oregon needs this along with all your other amazing facilities, but I'd sign up to play for the Ducks just to see what was in that structure, if I was a five star athlete. Florida is doing a 1.7 billion dollar renovation on "The Swamp" and the early renderings show some extra press boxes added. That's the "creativity" you get for almost two billion in Gainesville.

Dante Moore has 'higher ceiling' than Fernando Mendoza, per Todd McShay https://duckswire.usatoday.com/story/sports/college/ducks/football/2026/08/24/oregon-football-dante-moore-higher-ceiling-todd-mcshay-fernando-mendoza/91434950007/

Marsh Duck Monday! Going to be honest this one feels like a bit of sunshine pumping but you know what it's the season for that. Also... The info we are getting from the program has been great. Even though I know we haven't seen it in action yet. We Are Hearing All the Right Things Around Oregon Football2026 feels like it could be the year for Oregon.

Predicting Oregon's offensive two-deep depth chart with Boise State on the horizonAutzen ZooPredicting Oregon's offensive two-deep depth chart with B...Fall Camp is winding down, and around college football, teams will start entering game preparation as this week begins Week 0 for the teams that are playing. Th

Great analysis by Dave Bartoo on coaches. He’s high on our DC, not so much on our OC. He has great insight. An analyst and statistician who has worked for several college football programs, creator of the College Football Matrix, Dave Bartoo examines some of the truisms of the game and identifies the teams that truly have the talent and coaching to win the national championship. What about Dan Lanning and the Ducks?

"Iceman" is a good nickname for a kicker! Never too high, never too low. Calm mechanic is what you want. Greg Hurych from West Linn, Oregon will be the kicker. Oregon Ducks On SICoach Dan Lanning Offers Honest Thoughts on Oregon's Spec...Entering the 2026 college football season with high expectations, Oregon Ducks fans are confident about the team’s potential on offense and defense, even with t

Oregon's new coordinators (Chris Hampton and Drew Mehringer) are among the top questions for this Ducks team in 2026. What areas could they get significantly better from 2025? On today's episode of Locked On Ducks, Spencer McLaughlin discusses Dan Lanning's comments regarding former NFL practice squad/training camp players being allowed to compete. Oregon's coach is right, thought the updated ruling affects another Oregon program in a less positive way. Oregon OLB Nasir Wyatt made a sizable impact in 2025 getting 3 sacks in just 40 snaps on the field. What could his role/position look like this Fall? 00:00 Oregon's coaching improvements discussed 05:54 Oregon's defensive challenges 08:14 Discussing TCU and Oregon football strategies 11:19 Under Construction sports documentary 15:01 Eligibility Issues for Oregon Transfers 16:03 Dae'Quan Wright's roster uncertainty 19:27 College football eligibility issues 22:52 Nasir Wyatt's potential linebacker role 27:54 Strategizing Player Positioning 29:51 Discussing Nasir Wyatt's potential

Wyndham surrendered a 5-shot lead, and the US Open champion Clark was tied with Masters champion Rory McIlroy heading into the 16th hole, with Wyndham 3-over par on the day. Then, Clark birdied 16, 17, and 18 to finish even par on the round and capture his third win of the season. May OBD be this clutch in the 2026 football season. Wyndham Clark holds off Rory McIlroy, Patrick Cantlay to...ST. LOUIS (AP) — Wyndham Clark has been through this before — losing a big lead in the final round, playing alongside a gallery favorite. He finished strong Sun

Wyndham wins the BMW Championship for his 3rd win of the season and is one of 30 PGA pros who will play for a FedEx Cup title (and $10 M 🤑) next week in Atlanta. A great turnaround season for Clark, especially after being heckled at the US Open.😍

Previewing Oregon Ducks Running Back Room for Pivotal SeasonHere's a look at the Oregon Ducks running back room entering the 2026 college football season. Oregon Ducks On SIPreviewing Oregon Ducks Running Back Room for Pivotal SeasonThe Oregon Ducks have several talented players at multiple positions on their roster ahead of the 2026 season. Running back is one of those positions loaded wit

Koi Perich gets a tip of the hat from Dan Lanning - Oregon Ducks On SIDan Lanning Gets Real on Koi Perich's Performance in Seco...The Oregon Ducks, in their fifth season under coach Dan Lanning, will have several leaders who will emerge on their roster this year. On defense, Minnesota Gold

The preseason AP Poll and Bill Connolly's SP+ rankings are out. This post examines the AP and SP+ top conference championship contenders and their respective strength-of-schedule (SOS). "Two things matter in college football (CFB): a team's roster and the schedule." Coach Pepper Rodgers (RIP) ACC - Three teams ranked in the AP Poll. No. 7 Miami - SP+ No. 8 - 49 SOS - Depending on the outcome of the Miami at Notre Dame game on November 11th, one of the two teams should finish 12-0 and the other 11-1. He's improved, but with two losses to ACC teams that did not make the 2025 playoff (PO), you cannot entirely discount a Miami player making a game-changing penalty, or Mario's Alice in Wonderland clock management. No. 24 SMU - SP+ No. 28 - 54 SOS - The Ponies open at FSU on September 7th, play 24 Louisville on the road in Week 3, and visit Notre Dame on November 21st. SMU is one of the teams ranked in the preseason AP Poll that may not be there at season's end. No. 24 Louisville - SP+ No. 27 - 60 SOS - Jeff Brohm can coach; the man won a lot of games at Purdue. Louisville has one of the best rosters in the ACC; will Ohio State transfer QB Lincoln Kienholz play like Tyler Shough, now starting in the NFL, or last season's QB flop, Miller (he gathered no championship) Moss? NR Clemson - SP+ 23 - SOS 41 - Has Dabo Swinney found his lost fastball? Last season saw nine Clemson players drafted, and seven wins. We'll get an early tell when Clemson visits LSU's Death Valley on September 5th and hosts Miami in Clemson's Death Valley on October 3rd. The second-deepest and most talented roster in the ACC after Miami. ACC Champ - Louisville opens with Ole Miss in Nashville and closes with the rivalry game vs Kentucky. Louisville plays SMU at home and does not play Miami or Clemson. Miami vs Louisville for the ACC title. Miami wins its first ACC Championship since joining the conference in 2004. - - - No. 4 Notre Dame - SP+ No. 3 - 62 SOS - No conference champ game for the Irish. A 3-game schedule: At 14 BYU, home against No. 7 Miami and No. 19 SMU. With this schedule, Notre Dame should be PO-borderline with one loss and PO over and out with two losses. But if ranked 12th or better by the Committee, the Domers are in the PO. If Notre Dame is ranked 12th, the Irish will hopefully knock out an SEC team that is ranked 11th. --- B12 - Four teams ranked in the AP Poll. No. 12 Texas Tech - SP+ No. 7 - 71 SOS With its G6-equivalent schedule, Moe, Larry, or Curly could start at QB for the Red Raiders and win 11, if not 12, games. Texas Tech does not play No. 14 BYU and No. 21 Utah in the regular season and hosts No. 23 Houston. No. 14 BYU - SP+ No. 18 - 53 SOS BYU hosts Notre Dame and visits Utah. If the Cougars can split these two games, it will have an excellent chance of making the PO, even with a conference championship game loss to Texas Tech. No. 21 Utah - SP+ 24 - 65 SOS What will the Utes look like without Coach Whit and OC Jason Beck now at Michigan? No. 23 Houston - SP+ 36 - 56 SOS Under head coach Willie Fritz, these Cougars went 10-3 last season with a bowl win over LSU. QB Connor Weigman, who led the B12 last season with 36 Total Touchdowns, is back, and 71% of Houston's 2025 production returns. The Cougars open the season hosting Beavis, miss BYU, and play at Utah on November 24th. Big 12 Champ - I think Houston wins tough games at Kansas State and Utah, and rematches against Texas Tech in the championship game, but the Red Raiders are deeper on both sides of the LOS, prevail, and return to the PO as B12 champion, but without a first-round bye. Cody Campbell's investment in Texas Tech returns a 2nd conference championship and back-to-back playoff appearances. --- The Southeastern Conference - Nine teams ranked in the AP Poll. The SEC, Where It Just Means More, except for the six teams that did not win five or more games in 2025 and the five PO teams that did not play for a National Championship. 8-2 versus the Big Ten in the 2024 and 2025 postseasons? Nothing to see here; move right along. No one should be surprised the next time an SEC team wins a National Championship. The talent is still there in Dixie, as evidenced by recruiting rankings and NFL draft picks. But even the most talented rosters without good coaching cannot win it all, and the payback for hubris we are witnessing is a witch. And Greg Sankey refuses to dial down the hubris? Hmmmm. No. 3 Georgia - SP+ No. 4 - 25 SOS A very young group of Dawgs playing behind Coach Kirby Smart and QB Gunner Stockton won another SEC championship in 2025, before running into the Houdini-like Trinidad Chambliss in the Sugar Bowl. A more seasoned Georgia team is ready to take another bite out of the SEC and be more than a rumor in the 2026 PO. Georgia's SP+ 25th SOS is the easiest in the SEC. But the schedule is not the easy-peasy schedule that Miami, Notre Dame, Penn State, and Texas Tech play in 2025. Georgia plays at No. 9 Ole Miss SP+ 15, No. 10 Oklahoma SP+ 12, at 13 Alabama SP+ 11, 25 Missouri SP+ 19, and old foes Auburn SP+ 26, Florida SP+20 in Atlanta, and rival Georgia Tech SP+43. The majority of Top 25-ranked teams would find it difficult to finish 8-4 with this schedule, but not these Dawgs. No. 5 Texas - SP+ No. 6 - No. 1 SOS has a stacked roster and is favored by many to win it all in 2026. And yes, the SOS is goosed by SP+ ranking 11 SEC teams in its top 25, but the Longhorns' 2026 schedule is still far from manageable by any schedule-ranking standard. A blessing on the recovering Sark, but he rostered his way to a B12 title, and the next time he gets Smart will be the first time. The Texas D finished the 2025 season ranked 25th in Total defense. But Sark fired his longtime DC, Pete Kwiatkowski, and replaced him with former Texas Coach-in-Waiting, Will Muschamp. This hire and the USC hire of Gary Patterson as its DC will be scrutinized in 2026. I'm a CFB QB-oriented guy, and so, 2026 SEC Champion: 11-1 Georgia rematches with Ole Miss and Trinidad Chambliss in the SEC Championship game, avenges its sole loss at Ole Miss, and wins another SEC title. Kirby figures out the PO's long layoff, wins the Sugar Bowl game, and advances in the PO. 3-loss Texas also makes the 2026 PO field, along with two other SEC teams. At least six SEC teams win five or fewer games in 2026, and many of the AP-ranked SEC teams will lose three or more games. --- Big Ten Conference - Eight teams ranked in the AP Poll. The B1G has one fewer team ranked than the SEC in the AP Poll, but Texas A&M, Ole Miss, Oklahoma, LSU, and Alabama are ranked between No. 6 Indiana and No. 14 USC. The AP voters, despite the on-field evidence that the CFB paradigm has changed since 2023 with direct payment to athletes, NIL opportunity, and largely unregulated free agency, and since this paradigm shift, the B1G is 10-7 against the SEC in the regular season and 8-2 in the postseason, continue to value the middle of the SEC well above Big Ten teams not named Ohio State, Oregon, and Indiana. If the Big Ten wins the next ten Natty's, perhaps things will change? SP+ has kind of gotten the CFB's new paradigm: No. 1 Ohio State - SP+ No. 1 - No. 4 SOS, and No. 2 Oregon - SP+ No. 2 - 21 SOS, share the same AP and SP+ rankings. This is the first time the B1G has had two teams ranked at the top of the AP Poll since 1961, when Iowa was ranked first and Ohio State second, and the first time for an SP+preseason top two. But things are much the same with the SP+ as with the AP Poll; between SP+ No. 5 Indiana 31 SOS and SP+ No. 13 USC 11 SOS, we find SP+ No. 6 Texas, No. 10 LSU, No. 11 Alabama, and No. 12 Oklahoma. No. 16 Michigan - SP+ 17 - No. 5 SOS, No. 17 Washington - SP+ 21 - 23 SOS, No. 18 Penn State - SP+ No. 21 - 59 SOS, and No. 22 Iowa - SP+ No. 22 - 34 SOS, are ranked in the AP Poll and by SP+. Oregon's 2026 opponents' rankings not shown above: No 28 Boise State, SP+38, is the highest-ranked G6 team in both the AP and SP+ rankings; No. 33 Illinois - SP+ 32, 26 SOS, and No. 34 Oklahoma State - SP+ 39, 39 SOS, are among Others Receiving Votes in the AP Poll. 2026 opponents not ranked in the AP Poll and not receiving votes: UCLA SP+ 48, Nebraska SP+ 37, Northwestern SP+ 49, and Michigan State SP+ 67. FCS Portland State is not ranked. Other B1G SP+ rankings: Minnesota SP+ 45, Maryland SP+ 53, Rutgers SP+61, Wisconsin SP+ 62, and Purdue SP+83. Big Ten teams that I believe are SP+ underrated: 13 USC, 14 Michigan, 32 Illinois, 37 Nebraska, 45 Minnesota, 48 UCLA, 62 Wisconsin, and I believe 82 Purdue would defeat many G6 teams ranked ahead of the Boilermakers. The 2026 Big Ten Champion - Based on Indiana's 31 SOS and missing Oregon and playing Ohio State and USC in Bloomington, I think the Hoosiers return to Indianapolis, and with Oregon playing Ohio State in Columbus, Indiana will rematch with the Buckeyes in the championship game. Ohio State wins the championship game. Many teams could contend for the B1G title, including OBD, USC, Michigan, Washington, and, with the 59th-ranked SOS, Penn State. In 2026, the B1G conference is much larger than just the B1G 3 of Ohio State, Oregon, and Indiana. Four Big Ten teams make the 2026 PO field: the B1G 3 and one other quality championship contender. Let's Play Ball and BEAT BOISE!