In 2025, the Oregon Ducks were predicted to take a step back in football after losing so many veterans. But what has become a trend at this point is that HC Dan Lanning doesn’t need to rebuild but reload. After 2025, Lanning has managed to preserve most of his roster, which is a major advantage as he will have a …
Following South Carolina’s take-down of UConn in the women’s semi-final, Huskie’s head coach Geno Auriemma had a bit of a melt-down. Ostensibly Auriemma was upset about some perceived snub from Gamecock’s head coach Dawn Staley per not meeting him at mid-court for a pre-game handshake. Geno also ranted about the physical play of SC, and how terrible the officiating was. …
It appears that Dan Lanning has finalized his coaching staff for 2027 and his choices are telling. The trend this season is to promote from within. At the end of the 2025 season, both Offensive and Defensive Coordinators Will Stein and Tosh Lupoi left to become head coaches at Kentucky and Cal respectively. It was reported rather quickly that Lanning …
The Oregon Ducks have a long history of producing quality players with longevity. While they may not always attract the excitement and celebrity star quality of some, they are solid and often have fruitful careers. The current crop of players is no different, and there are several players who will thrive in bigger teams and leagues such as the NFL. …
Before we go over the draft, I thought I would share my multi-billion-dollar idea: The NFL partners with a major brewing company and releases a (seasonal?) beer named “NFL Draft.” Jackpot. It has been sitting there hiding in plain sight for all this time. I cannot be the first person to think of this. Can I? Then again, I can …
Oregon football has never produced NFL talent at a higher rate than it does right now. Under Dan Lanning, the program set a record in 2024 with eight players drafted, then broke that mark again in 2025 with ten selections, finishing fourth nationally behind Ohio State, Texas, and Georgia. For any Oregon fan who bled green and yellow through every …
The 2026 NFL Draft opens in Pittsburgh on April 23, running seven rounds and 257 picks across three days. The first round moves at eight minutes per pick, which sounds slow until you remember that every clock tick represents a franchise making a decision worth tens of millions of dollars. Teams like the Titans, Saints, and Chiefs, potentially trading up from …
The 2026 NFL Draft kicks off on April 23 and concludes on April 25. The last time Pittsburgh hosted the draft was in December of 1947. (The same year I was drafted onto this mortal coil, but I don’t remember a thing about this draft? But neither does Mel Kiper.) The Pitt Hotel was the site for the 1947 draft. The …
Watch the first few plays of any NFL game, and it feels straightforward: a pass, a run, a tackle. But stay with it for a few drives, and something else starts to show up. Players shift before the snap. Defenders hesitate. A play that looked routine suddenly breaks open. That’s where the game gets interesting. Not in the obvious moments, …
Three different threads on the Oregon Football message board, the Our Beloved Ducks forum over the recent months have addressed B1G football scheduling. Some of the many ideas on that topic have been incorporated in a draft letter to B1G Commissioner Tony Petitti. Our own Mr. FishDuck took some time from exploring OddsPlays.com and commented several times in those threads how …
Spring practice kicked off in Eugene on March 12, and the Ducks are operating with a kind of controlled urgency that gets college football fans and bettors paying attention months ahead of schedule. If you completed your 1xbet sign up before bowl season even wrapped, Oregon’s offseason might have justified the decision on its own. Dan Lanning lost both coordinators, …
Football still turns on the same old question: which side understands the next snap before it happens? Super Bowl LX gave a clean answer on 8 February 2026, when Seattle beat New England 29-13 at Levi’s Stadium behind the league’s No. 1 defense, and the College Football Playoff title game gave another on 19 January, when Indiana finished 16-0 by …