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Much has been made of Chip Kelly's departure from Oregon, and many questions remain regarding how new head coach Mark Helfrich will handle the red-hot Oregon program in his first stint as a head coach. How much will things change in Eugene? Throu...

Spring ball has come and gone and the Oregon coaches are on the recruiting trail. There were a lot of questions this week, and these are the three we chose to run with. Steven R. (San Francisco, Calif.): What are your thoughts on the Ducks offerin...

With the first spring practice under new head coach Mark Helfrich over, the Oregon coaching staff is on the road to identify and evaluate potential recruits, and there a lot of targets in the west who have yet to receive an Oregon offer. The spring e...

It has been an eventful week already for the Oregon Ducks, preceded by a solid performance in Saturday's spring game. The Ducks hosted several recruits on the weekend and made a strong impression on each of them. On Tuesday, the momentum kept up as t...

Once the offer came in, QB Morgan Mahalak (Kentfield, Calif./Marin Catholic) didn't hesitate in making his decision. Mahalak committed to Oregon on Tuesday, just hours after Ducks offensive coordinator Scott Frost watched him in an early-morning w...

With a casual 52 points and an impressive overall performance by the Oregon offense on Saturday, the Oregon Ducks showed that not much has changed in Eugene with Mark Helfrich as head coach. Based on the reaction of some of the recruits in attenda...

In the Ducks' 2011 recruiting class, Oregon fans were overjoyed when Florida quarterback Jarrard Randall committed to the Ducks. Few paid attention when two more quarterbacks committed a couple weeks later. Randall didn't qualify and, around a brief ...

It appears that not much has changed early in the Mark Helfrich era. Spring practices remain closed to both the public and the media, but there will be plenty of eyes watching the Ducks this spring. The Ducks are expected to host a several recruit...

When Chip Kelly left for the NFL and took defensive line coach Jerry Azzinaro with him, there was concern around the Oregon program that the Ducks' longtime coaching staff would fall apart. USC approached defensive coordinator Nick Aliotti, Louisiana...

Gentlemen, you can't fight in here! This is the war room! Tevin Hood establishing himself as a tough guy on Arizona's defensive line. ASU's Carlos Mendoza happy to be back on the practice field. An analysis of Cal's running back situation. ...

Chip Kelly isn't terribly big. He's not notably loud, either. Nor is he typically expansive. Who he is, however, is -- was! -- the presence most often cited as transforming Oregon's football program from good to great. So his absence from the Ducks' ...

On Jan. 4, Oregon, fresh off its second consecutive BCS bowl victory, was at an all-time high. Then, while riding that wave of emotion, it watched Chip Kelly transformed into Hamlet -- "To go or not to go, that is the question..." Kelly was certai...

One of California's top quarterbacks in the 2014 class has yet to receive any offers, but it isn't for a lack of talent. After making up the credits he was unable to earn as a freshman, QB Manny Wilkins (Novato, Calif./San Marin) is awaiting the resu...

Every program has one or two coaches they turn to when they need to close one of their top prospects. The Oregon Ducks have a number of assistants that have been relied upon greatly over the years. The staff has some new faces that will make an impac...

SAN DIEGO -- The twins Robinson -- Tyree and Tyrell -- and Darren Carrington all went window shopping. But in the end, they trusted their guts and suppressed the knee-jerk, caveat emptor reaction when Chip Kelly left the Oregon Ducks for the NFL. ...

With the hiring of Ron Aiken as defensive line coach and the promotion of Scott Frost to offensive coordinator, Oregon has completed the post-Chip Kelly coaching staff under Mark Helfrich. Good hires. And both coaches inherit loaded decks. Fros...