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Oregon’s 34-27 win over Boise State showed plenty of fight from the Ducks — and plenty still to clean up after penalties, missed chances and a late defensive stand. My full post game report (practice report style): https://www.ducksportscentral.com/p/postgame-report-he-threw-to-win-today

A really fun Flock Talk to write last night. Oregon is 1-3 in its last four against Boise State. That sounds ominous -- until you actually look at who those Boise teams were, who Oregon was then, and what the numbers say about Saturday. The ghosts are real. The comparison is not. Flock Talk: Walking With a GhostBoise State has haunted Oregon before, but Saturday’s matchup belongs to a very different era

“We worked hard all the way to this point while nobody was watching. … What we did in the dark will eventually come to the light.” — Bear Alexander Fall camp is over. Now we find out what actually carries onto the field. 🏈 My Week 1 Practice Report: Practice Report Week One 2026: The work has to showFall camp was about building options, creating competition and finding out who could handle more. Now Oregon is narrowing those options and preparing to see which ones hold up against Boise State.

Here is the first edition of From Both Sidelines featuring Dan Lanning, Boise State HC Spencer Danielson, DC Erik Chinander, and OC Nate Potter talking about Saturday's game: From Both Sidelines: Oregon and Boise State See the Same...Listen long enough to Dan Lanning, Spencer Danielson, and both Boise State coordinators, and the normal game-week coach speak starts revealing a pretty clear picture of where Saturday will be decided.

For those that did not notice, I moved all of my content to a single site rather than separating premium and free content. It is still all housed at the DuckSportsCentral.com domain, just a different look. The origianl site was done using a blogger template and custom domain. When I added premium content for the 2026 Polynesian Bowl, I created the substack site. But it was getting somewhat cumbersome to post to two different places (*three if you include Ducks Rising) with different structrures. But, I did like having a 2027 commit list and the current season schedule and the Substack architecture does not allow that kind of customization. So I have been working all day today to update the old site (it is now housed at https://hub.ducksportscentral.com/ ). What I wanted this to be was an easy place to see the commit list with links to my commit impact and scouting reports for each commit, the schedule, the Oregon roster, ChileDucks depth chart, season statistics when there are some, plus links to my most recent content as well as an archive of all ym prior stories. I hope you all check it out as an instant resource and enjoy the functionality and simplicity of that site. Oh, anjd keep checking out the content at DSC ( https://www.ducksportscentral.com/ ) as well!

Following up on yesterday's "From the Fall Camp Notebook" article, I put together this look at those defensive notes that did not make it into prior practice reports. From the Fall Camp Notebook: The defensive answers that n...Oregon’s defense carried huge expectations into camp. Some of the best reasons for the excitement stayed in the notebook.

I knew early in camp there would be good material left on the cutting-room floor. Today, I went back to it. From the Fall Camp Notebook: the offensive answers that never made the daily story. From the Fall Camp Notebook: The offensive answers that n...Oregon’s fall camp left plenty in the notebook. Some of those unused answers look more interesting now.

My Full Practice 16 Report: Chris Hampton says Oregon will begin sorting the depth chart Friday, but the bigger story may be how this defense is communicating, competing and building trust. Plus: Devon Jackson, Koi Perich, Davon Benjamin, and more. Duck Sports CentralPractice 16 Report: "Do or die" for Devon JacksonOregon Ducks football, Dan Lanning, Oregon recruiting, college football, NIL, Big Ten, Pac-12, Scott Reed, Duck Sports Central, recruiting news

“Early on, offense was winning. But lately, defense has been whooping us, I ain’t lying.” — Evan Stewart What that says about Oregon’s offense, defense and where camp stands after three weeks. Here is my full Practice 15 report: Practice Report 15: Oregon is trying to get more multiple...Oregon Ducks football, Dan Lanning, Oregon recruiting, college football, NIL, Big Ten, Pac-12, Scott Reed, Duck Sports Central, recruiting news

Thank you so much. Just trying to give everyone the information they love. Trying to find my hedgehog concept and excel to the best of my ability.

“We want it to be harder in practice than it is in the game.” — Dan Lanning Oregon’s defense flipped Scrimmage Two, special teams responded, Evan Stewart delivered late and the OL picture is clearer. What we learned: Scrimmage Two Report: Oregon’s defense flips the script a...Oregon Ducks football, Dan Lanning, Oregon recruiting, college football, NIL, Big Ten, Pac-12, Scott Reed, Duck Sports Central, recruiting news

“I don’t think we necessarily need to have a true number one. I think we have a collection of guys who could hurt you in multiple ways.” — Ross Douglas Practice 13: Oregon’s deep, versatile receiving corps is starting to take shape. Practice 13 Report: Oregon’s receiving corps is being bui...Oregon Ducks football, Dan Lanning, Oregon recruiting, college football, NIL, Big Ten, Pac-12, Scott Reed, Duck Sports Central, recruiting news

Thank you so much. I am really just trying to do the best I can. The one thing I have never done much of or really been good at is promting the work itself. I grind by nature. FWIW, this week I spent the last three days in Denver with my two sons watching baseball (Saw Ohtani have a two homer night Monday and another homer Tuesday). In Montana for the rest of the week to celebrate my granddaughter's birthday. But will absolutely have those practice reports and normal stories ready for everyone. I am grateful for your passion as well and am fortunate to be a part of this great group of fans!

My apologies for the issues in last night's practice report. I tried working from my phone and it failed. Did not notice the issue until this morning. It is corrected now. For tonight: “This is the most bought-in team I’ve ever been around … guys wanting to be better for each other.” — Rashad Wadood That’s a strong statement 12 practices into camp. My Practice 12 report: why Oregon believes togetherness could separate this defense. Practice 12 Report

“If I wasn’t making mistakes, I’d be worried.” — Dante Moore That may be the quote of Practice 11. Lanning is changing practice around what the scrimmage exposed, Moore is taking control, and Oregon’s D-line wants to “destroy the pocket." Practice 11 Report

Here is ny practice 10 report: DUCK Sports Central Practice 10 Report

It's definitely a different world. I sort of got over the reality that tattoos are far more commonplace today than they were three decades ago. My son - who graduated from Michigan Law School and worked at an elite Corporate Law firm (Baker McKenzie) and now works at PwC - has one full sleeve. It's just a different time.

Rankings tell you who a recruit is. Highlights show you what he did. Our scouting reports dig into why it works, what needs development and how it translates to Oregon. I’ll put them up against anyone’s. Brayton Feister’s full evaluation: https://ducksports.substack.com/p/premium-scouting-report-brayton-feister?utm_source=share&utm_medium=android&r=vtxsn

Oregon just added a 235-pound linebacker with 133 tackles, 39 TFL, 13 sacks and a 41.9-inch vertical. Brayton Feister is a big addition to an already loaded 2027 class. My Commit Impact Story: Commit Impact

“I don’t believe in gamers.” Kam Araghi had plenty to say about Oregon’s 20% havoc goal, a crowded EDGE rotation, Nasir Wyatt’s transformation and who is actually earning their way onto the field. Plus, two very different comeback stories. Full Practice 8 report: https://www.ducksportscentral.com/2026/08/oregon-practice-8-ducks-have-defensive.html

“I think you’re going to see an unrecognizable player when it comes from growth from last year to this year.” — Ra’Shaad Samples on Dierre Hill Jr. Practice 7 gave us a deeper look at Oregon’s Year 2 jump and more. My full practice report: https://www.ducksportscentral.com/2026/08/oregon-fall-camp-practice-7-report.html

“Matt’s a guy that’s been obsessed with getting better. He’s worked himself into a role where he’s going to play a lot of significant snaps for us.” — Dan Lanning Six practices in, Oregon is starting to feel fall camp. My full Practice 6 Report https://www.ducksportscentral.com/2026/08/practice-6-oregon-is-starting-to-feel.html

Joe Lorig provided the clearest picture yet of Oregon’s rebuilt specialist group, while A’lique Terry detailed an offensive line still embracing competition as it moves closer to finding the cohesion the Ducks will need this fall. Here is my Practice 4 Recap: https://www.ducksportscentral.com/2026/08/oregon-practice-4-hurych-and-ettridge.html

Elijah Rushing arrived at Oregon with expectations and a clock already running. Two years later, he’s bigger, more complete and no longer measuring his path against anyone else’s. “All of this built me to this moment now.” My deep dive on what patience built: https://api.omarshehata.me/substack-proxy/articles/ducksports-substack-com-p-elijah-rushing-stopped-racing-the.html