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8-0 Ducks after four innings. Boy, Ryan Featherston looks so sharp, as he has this changeup pitch that just dies...and batter are waving at chunks of air. He retired the side again, and has given up just one hit in four innings and 55 pitches. It is BASEBALL season again...and I'm a Happy Duck!

8-0 Ducks after three innings. Geez, the development of all three returning pitchers this weekend has been amazing. Ryan Featherston is just attacking batters with strikes on the first pitch, and puts them in a hole quickly. Looks much different than last year!

8-0 Ducks after two innings. I was worried that with Ryan Featherston sitting for a half hour due to the long first inning--that he would lose his edge. Nope, as he got three outs in four batters. Ryan Cooney got to second on a LF error, and Jax Gimenez singled to short-CF. Dominic Hellman blasts a hit on the RF side of second as the GM shifted to left, and scores Cooney with the speedy Gimenez making to third from first. Gabe Miranda got plinked, and Drew Smith grounds out to shallow LF to score two!

5-0 Ducks after one inning. Ryan Featherston got his first start at Oregon, and put them down in order. He has a 90-92 mph fastball, but a nasty curve/drop-ball that creates soft contact and grounders. Then he has a changeup to boot! Ryan Cooney got plinked, and moved to second on a balk. Jax Gimenez walked, and then Dominic Hellman just put the barrel out there and got a hit with two strikes into the shallow right field. He is beginning to improvise to help the Ducks, and get on base when his favorite pitches aren't available. Gabe Miranda got walked and brought in the first run with the bases being loaded, and then Maddox Molony rips a shot down the 3rd baseline to get a double and score two! Drew Smith grounds out at first, but scores Miranda, and then Angel Laya grounds out to score Molony. Wow, what a first inning and it comes from pitching gifts again. Great to see it happens to other schools too, although this pitcher has not pitched in three years due to recovery from Tommy John surgery. Yep...he was rusty.

Yardy Rum Bar…Chef was semifinalist for James Beard award. If you don’t like their food, you might like some rum. Otherwise, I am looking for clean and easy, since I am usually not staying long.

What the Big Ten's Expanded Playoff Proposal Would Mean for the Oregon DucksWith the Big Ten reportedly proposing a 24-team bracket for the College Football Playoff, how would that change impact the Oregon Ducks' regular season? Oregon Ducks On SIWhat the Big Ten's Expanded Playoff Proposal Would Mean f...The Big Ten is reportedly considering the idea of College Football Playoff expansion, and a potential 24-team bracket using the results of the 2025 season has b

Ducks add another speedster from Texas for 2027At the Carl Lewis Invitational his freshman year, CaDarius McMiller ran the indoor 60 meters in 6.97, a personal record. McMiller, 6-1, 195, committed to the Ducks on Saturday, their fifth commitment of the 2027 class. He's the latest in a series of promising Texas running backs to fly north for college football. All-time great LaMichael James and Tradarian Ball hail from Texarkana, about two hours northeast up State Highway 155N. ames ran his best time in the 60 as a redshirt freshman at Oregon, 6.77 seconds at the Husky Classic in Seattle. McMiller, four years younger than LMJ was then, only needs to gain a stride and a half to catch him. As a sophomore at Tyler the tall, lean running back ran 10.59 in the 100 meters. He could crack 10.5 this spring, which would put him in James/Barner/Thomas territory as a speed merchant. Autzen ZooDucks add another speedster from Texas for 2027At the Carl Lewis Invitational his freshman year, Cadarius McMiller ran the indoor 60 meters in 6.97, a personal record.

Will Dante join the elite circle of Heisman winners? Autzen ZooThe simple, surefire Heisman campaign for Oregon's Dante...Oregon is legendary for flash and innovation, for always being on offense and seizing attention.

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If you're visiting Eugene, don't miss Barry's. It's an institution. https://www.barryseugene.com From The Daily Emerald. "And how soulful it is. Barry’s the best deli I’ve seen outside its traditional headquarters of New York and Los Angeles. I really don’t believe you can have it better unless you’re at a place like Canter’s in LA or Katz’s in New York. Sure, you can visit the “new-style” delis in Portland or Seattle but they’re borderline sacrilege. The new delis often make a pastrami sandwich with thick-sliced meat, or a bagel and lox with half the lox you’d normally get. The thought of this would make many purists cringe. Deli food isn’t supposed to be reinvented. It’s the food that you ate when your 94-year-old great grandmother pinched your cheek and called you shayna punim, or “pretty-face” in Yiddish."

Two years in the Big Ten Conference brought a lot of fresh faces to Eugene, Oregon for the Oregon Ducks. With so many new fanbases checking out the Emerald Valley for the first time, here's a list of some best bites after a game. What are your favorite places to go to? Oregon Ducks On SIBest Places to Eat in Eugene for Fans Visiting Autzen Sta...With nearly two years of membership in the Big Ten Conference, the Oregon Ducks welcome a brand new set of opposing fans from far and wide, with Eugene, Oregon

Oregon Fans Will Love What Urban Meyer Said About Dante MooreThree-time national champion head coach Urban Meyer recently raved about Oregon Ducks quarterback Dante Moore. Oregon Ducks On SIOregon Fans Will Love What Urban Meyer Said About Dante M...Oregon Ducks quarterback Dante Moore is entering the 2026 season with high expectations from college football analyst and fans, and three-time national champion

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The byes have been a giant failure. They don't want to sit while everybody else plays. And then they are rusty when they play. 32 is too many. #32 vs #1 first round is like Oregon playing Portland State. Any big 4 can climb to #16 by winning games. Nobody owes anybody an invitation without earning it in the polls. Just because you beat junior varsity teams and have some wins doesn't mean you are great. The glory of the conference championship games went away when they did away with the divisions. Back then, there was some pride in your division. Now, it is just an exhibition game kind of preview of the playoffs. What they could do is bring back divisions (since the conferences are so big now) and factor that into the schedule and the polls as the season wears on. I would be OK with the top 4 conferences getting their division winners in and then playing with just them. To do that, ND would need to join a conference. The big 4 would have to pick up the pac12 teams that are worthy plus a few others. Or remake the pac12 and merge the southeast into one conference. Even with 12 teams, those at the bottom of the best 12 cannot compete. That is just how the game is.

I checked out his tape on 247. With his size, speed, moves, ability to see the holes, and finally top end speed running straight ahead, he should see the field. He looks like a giant upgrade over the guys who went into the portal. What I did not see was his ability to shed tackles. That should come as he gets older, stronger, meaner and nastier. But on most of his runs, he didn't need to as he just out ran everybody.

OREGON ATHLETIC COMMUNICATIONS FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE | SATURDAY, FEBRUARY 14, 2026 BASEBALL | @OregonBaseball Ducks Take Series with Doubleheader Sweep EUGENE, Ore. — Oregon clinched the series with George Mason scoring 28 runs in a doubleheader sweep on Saturday. The Ducks won game one 14-5 before claiming the nightcap 14-4. Oregon (3-0) belted seven home runs in the two games, with true freshman Angel Loya hitting his first two career long balls and senior Drew Smith slugging a pair of homers as well. True freshman Brayden Jaksa joined the home run parade with his first career bomb to cap Oregon’s scoring in the second game. Oregon’s starting pitching keyed the victories with junior Collin Clarke and sophomore Cal Scolari combining to allow just two runs on two hits in 10 innings with 17 strikeouts. Game 1: Oregon 14, George Mason 5 Oregon hit four home runs while Clarke picked up the win allowing just two runs on two hits over six innings while striking out a career-high 10 with no walks. The Ducks finished with 12 hits, the second consecutive game with double-digit hits. How It Happened: After GMU took a 1-0 lead with a solo home run in the first, the Ducks answered with nine runs in the bottom of the second. Laya gave the Ducks the lead with one out, belting his first career homer, a two-run shot, over the right-field wall. Jaksa followed with a two-bagger off the left-field fence before coming around to score on a Jax Gimenez two-out single. Jack Brooks made it 4-0, scoring on a wild pitch before Maddox Molony drew a bases loaded walk to plate the fifth run of the inning. After a pitching change, Smith capped the inning blasting a grand slam over the wall in left-center field. The Patriots got one back in the fourth with another solo homer, but UO answered with a Gabe Miranda RBI base hit that scored Gimenez from second. After GMU cut the lead to five in the seventh inning with three runs, the Ducks put the game away in the eighth with four more runs. Laya led off the inning with his second home run of the game before Ryan Cooney finished the frame with a three-run homer to give the Ducks a nine-run lead. Angel Laya Game 2: Oregon 14, George Mason 4 Scolari did not allow a hit in four innings of work while striking out seven Patriots. He was credited with the win in a predetermined work load for the starter. How it Happened: Oregon took the early lead with a little help from the Patriots. The Ducks put runners at the corners in the second after GMU misplayed an infield pop up with two outs. With Laya at the plate, Cooney swiped second while George Mason catcher Vincent Cowdrey attempted to back pick Jack Brooks at third. The throw went into left field allowing Brooks to score. The Ducks added two more runs in the third on back-to-back jacks by Molony and Smith. Molony hit a 2-1 pitch off the scoreboard in left-center field before Smith ambushed the next pitch and deposited it on the roof of the indoor hitting facility beyond the right-field wall. The Ducks broke the game open with an eight-run fourth inning. Smith and Gimenez each had 2-RBI singles in the inning while the Ducks also scored four runs on either walks or HBPs with the bases loaded. After the Patriots put four runs on the board in the seventh, Jaksa capped the scoring with a two-run shot. Doubleheader Box Score Notes: Jaksa made his first career start behind the plate in game one … Jaksa doubled off the left-field wall in his first career at-bat … After hitting a pinch-hit home run in the second game, he stayed in the game and played first base … Right-handed pitcher Leo Uelmen entered in the seventh inning of game one, making his first appearance since May 12, 2023 … Oregon’s four home runs in the first game tied for the eighth most in school history … Cooney had four hits in the game and five in the doubleheader while driving in five runs … Smith had three hits and seven RBI in the twin bill. Quotes: Head Coach Mark Wasikowski On Angel Laya not showing up on many preseason watch lists... “I don't know. The gurus that think they got this thing wired — I don’t fault any of the publications that don’t have people listed. I think they're trying. They're giving us great coverage of college baseball. The kids will earn their stripes. The play takes care of itself, and by the end of it, the dust will settle, and everyone's going to know who the best players are.” On Collin Clarke's pitching outing... “Dominant. Pitched well. They got a couple of swings off when he was first pitch swinging, out, and second pitch swinging, and the guy caught one. Two solo shots. Dominant. Didn't walk anybody, struck a bunch of guys out, and just continued to fill the zone up. And he obviously pitches with a lot of emotion. It’s fun to see that.” On the Ducks' goals for the year, improvement over the offseason, and what coach is looking to see from the team... “We’ve improved a ton physically-wise to start with, with Darnell Hunter in the weight room. Athleticism and the way they move. I think we've improved across the board. The goals are just to improve every single day. If we do that, I think we’ve got a team that can make a real run for the College World Series and do the things we want to do in terms of putting up a national championship banner here. It's a little early for that talk, but I just want to win and improve every single day. That's my goal.” Collin Clarke On Leo Uelmen getting a chance to play for the first time in years... “I see the hard work he puts in, and in the weight room—it’s every day. So it’s awesome when you see him go out there.” On Catcher Brayden Jaksa... “It's definitely fearful for the opposing team in the box, so that's great.” On balancing the game as a pitcher... “Yeah, I was just trying to get ahead of guys, and the game just happened.” Drew Smith On his bare-handed highlight at third base... “We do that stuff in practice every day, so it doesn't shock me when I do something like that. Gavin (Grant) does a really good job with coaching us, so all the infield stuff is really dialed.” On teammate Angel Laya... “Yeah, he’s an absolute stud. He clicked like that all fall too, so it wasn't a surprise to us, but I'm happy to see it come to fruition in a game.” On the emotions in the dugout... “It's good vibes for sure. And everybody is just rolling and hitting. It gets contagious.” Ryan Cooney On the infield connection this season... “Yeah, it's been awesome. You know, Drew is a super versatile player, and he fits in really well over there at third base. And Miranda's great. Braden got out there and played first base at the end of the second game. So, anybody can do it. And you know, we have a great connection regardless of who's out there.” On a slow pace mid-game... “I mean, regardless of the pace, you get used to it after a while, and it's fun. Guys are working hard for each other, and I think that's what keeps the game going quickly for guys out there, just being able to be behind each guy every at-bat.” On the playing time and depth in the roster this weekend... “It’s super important, especially for the younger kids. I think it was a great experience. I was in that position one time, getting in a game like this, and for me, it helped me develop a lot. And I think it's really important for those guys. But also, to show you if something happens, we have another guy who can play. It's really exciting for the future.”

He is a 4-Star on Rivals, and besides Oregon was offered by Texas Tech, Notre Dame, Florida, Ole Miss, Tennessee and Washington. (Ha!)

Ducks win 14-4 as Michael Meckna does it again with a 1-2-3 inning. It is great to win, but also to learn about your team. So many surprises! On the negative...Burke-Lee Mabeus doesn't have a hit yet, and Maddox Molony is struggling at times. Can't have everyone on fire!

14-4 Ducks after eight innings. Sophomore Michael Meckna comes in with a variety of pitches to put them out 1-2-3. Not much on offense this inning...

14-4 Ducks after seven innings. Gabe Howard from West Linn came in and gave up a run. He was replaced by true freshman, the No. 2 LHP of the state of Washington in freshman Shane Johnson, but he must have been rattled, as he gave up three runs. We still don't know who our closer is yet! Heralded transfer Josh Schleichardt had a turn at bat, and got plinked, and then true freshman Brayden Jaksa comes in blasts the ball out-of-the-park.

12-0 Ducks after six innings. Ian Umlandt is given a chance to get warmed up for the 2026 campaign, and he kept the Patriots scoreless in two innings. He had to work out of a bases-loaded jam, but got the strikeout needed to keep the lead high. Jack Brooks walked, and then Ryan Cooney hit a deep one down the right field line to score Brooks!

Redshirt Review: Oregon offensive quarterback Akili Smith Jr.Many 2025 signees found a role last fall. Many top true freshmen didn't, including offensive quarterback Akili Smith Jr.. Here's where we think things stand with him after one year at Oregon. https://247sports.com/college/oregon/article/redshirt-review-oregon-offensive-quarterback-akili-smith-jr-274359914/

Oregon Ducks Land Texas Four-Star Running Back RecruitThe Oregon Ducks landed an elite running back recruit over the Texas Longhorns and Texas A&M Aggies on Saturday. Four-star running back CaDarius Miller, from Tyler, Texas, has committed to the Oregon Ducks and coach Dan Lanning, per Rivals' Hayes Fawcett. Miller is the fifth recruit to commit to Oregon out of the class of 2027, and he is the first skill position prospect to join the Ducks on the offensive side of the ball. Oregon Ducks On SIOregon Ducks Land Texas Four-Star Running Back RecruitFour-star running back CaDarius Miller, from Tyler, Texas, has committed to the Oregon Ducks and coach Dan Lanning, per Rivals' Hayes Fawcett. Miller is the fif

11-0 Ducks after four innings. Cal Scolari was in a zone...even in the rain. He has been throwing 93-96 mph, and yet has a nasty curve/drop pitch that locks them up. He retired the side, and my only concern is if his arm isn't getting cold with as long as the inning went with Oregon batting and George Mason changing pitchers so much. Sometimes...it is the other team who has pitchers who are melting down, and GMU had that this inning. Angel Laya got it going after two outs with a grounder for a hit into right field. Dominic Hellman gets walked, and then Gabe Miranda gets walked to load the bases. Then Maddox Molony gets walked to score a run, while Drew Smith drills a low liner below the mitt of the 3rd baseman to score two. Burke-Lee Mabeus walks, and then Elijah Cook gets plinked to bring in another run. Jack Brooks also gets plinked to score another...and Ryan Cooney gets plinked to score yet another! And I thought Christmas was nearly two months ago... Jax Gimenez comes in to pinch-hit, and does so to shallow right, and score two more runs...wow. Take the gifts!

3-0 Ducks, after three innings. Cal Scolari mowed them down in the 3rd, and gave confidence to Oregon hitters coming up. Maddox Molony has had a rough start to this year batting...until now. He blasted a Homer over left field, and then Drew Smith came up and did the same thing over the right field fence. Back-to-Back Dingers!