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The Ducks Confidential podcast, hosted by The Oregonian/OregonLive's Aaron Fentress and former UO and NFL tight end George Wrighster, host of the Unafraid Show, discusses the criticism coach Dan Lanning is receiving following the College Football Playoff loss to Indiana, Dante Moore's future and looks ahead to what the Ducks could look like in 2026. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

The Ducks Confidential podcast, hosted by The Oregonian/OregonLive's Aaron Fentress and former UO and NFL tight end George Wrighster, host of the Unafraid Show, discusses the Oregon Ducks' 56-22 loss to Indiana in the College Football Playoffs semifinal at the Peach Bowl, and reviews the 2025 season. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

The Ducks Confidential podcast, hosted by The Oregonian/OregonLive's Aaron Fentress and former UO and NFL tight end George Wrighster, host of the Unafraid Show, discusses the No. 5 Oregon Ducks' 23-0 Orange Bowl win over Texas Tech and what that victory means for their rematch with No. 1 Indiana in the College Football Playoffs semifinals at the Peach Bowl on Friday. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

The Ducks Confidential podcast, hosted by The Oregonian/OregonLive's Aaron Fentress and former UO and NFL tight end George Wrighster, host of the Unafraid Show, discusses the Orange Bowl featuring the No. 5 Oregon Ducks (12-1) and the No. 4 Texas Tech Red Raiders (12-1). Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

The Ducks Confidential podcast, hosted by The Oregonian/OregonLive's Aaron Fentress and former UO and NFL tight end George Wrighster, host of the Unafraid Show, previews the College Football Playoff, diving into all four games this weekend, including explaining why the No. 5 Oregon Ducks should obliterate No. 12 James Madison. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

The Ducks Confidential podcast, hosted by The Oregonian/OregonLive's Aaron Fentress and former UO and NFL tight end George Wrighster, host of the Unafraid Show, discusses Heisman Trophy voting, Oregon Ducks quarterback Dante Moore's 2026 Heisman chances, playoff buzz and more. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

The Ducks Confidential podcast, hosted by The Oregonian/OregonLive's Aaron Fentress and former UO and NFL tight end George Wrighster, host of the Unafraid Show, discusses the Oregon Ducks hosting James Madison in the first round of the College Football Playoffs and if the matchup is a letdown. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

The Ducks Confidential podcast, hosted by The Oregonian/OregonLive's Aaron Fentress and former UO and NFL tight end George Wrighster, host of the Unafraid Show, discusses the Oregon Ducks' likely playoff matchup, their No. 2-ranked recruiting class, replacing coordinators, Heisman voting and more. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

The Ducks Confidential podcast, hosted by The Oregonian/OregonLive's Aaron Fentress and former UO and NFL tight end George Wrighster, host of the Unafraid Show, discusses the Oregon Ducks winning 26-14 at Washington to punch their ticket into the College Football Playoff, as well as where UO could land in the bracket. At home? Top-Four seed? Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

The Ducks Confidential podcast, hosted by The Oregonian/OregonLive's Aaron Fentress and former UO and NFL tight end George Wrighster, host of the Unafraid Show, discusses the complex College Football Playoff rankings that have the Oregon Ducks (9-1, 6-1 Big Ten) at No 7, and previews UO's big clash with No. 13 USC (8-2, 6-1) on Saturday at Autzen Stadium. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

The Ducks Confidential podcast, hosted by The Oregonian/OregonLive's Aaron Fentress and former UO and NFL tight end George Wrighster, host of the Unafraid Show, discusses the Oregon Ducks' 42-13 win over Minnesota and how they match up with the USC Trojans, who face UO at Autzen Stadium on Saturday. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

The Ducks Confidential podcast, hosted by The Oregonian/OregonLive's Aaron Fentress and former UO and NFL tight end George Wrighster, host of the Unafraid Show, discusses the Oregon Ducks moving up a spot to No. 8 in the latest College Football Rankings, can they reach the playoffs at 10-2 and if Minnesota has a shot to pull off an upset Friday night in Autzen Stadium. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

The Ducks Confidential podcast, hosted by The Oregonian/OregonLive's Aaron Fentress and former UO and NFL tight end George Wrighster, host of the Unafraid Show, discusses the No. 9 Oregon Ducks (8-1, 5-1 Big Ten) winning 18-16 Saturday at No. 20 Iowa, the latest polls and if UO's fourth-quarter defense is a concern. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

The Ducks Confidential podcast, hosted by The Oregonian/OregonLive's Aaron Fentress and former UO and NFL tight end George Wrighster, host of the Unafraid Show, discusses the No. 9 Oregon Ducks' matchup with the No. 20 Iowa Hawkeyes Saturday on the road. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

The Ducks Confidential podcast, hosted by The Oregonian/OregonLive's Aaron Fentress and former UO and NFL tight end George Wrighster, host of the Unafraid Show, discusses No. 6 Oregon's 21-7 win over Wisconsin. Impressive showing in bad weather, or should there be concerns about the offense? Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

The Ducks Confidential podcast, hosted by The Oregonian/OregonLive's Aaron Fentress and former UO and NFL tight end George Wrighster, host of the Unafraid Show, discusses the No. 6 Oregon Ducks game Saturday against Wisconsin and examines the future of the running back room with the emergence of freshmen Dierre Hill Jr. and Jordon Davison. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

The Ducks Confidential podcast, hosted by The Oregonian/OregonLive's Aaron Fentress and former UO and NFL tight end George Wrighster, host of the Unafraid Show, discusses the No. 6 Oregon Ducks' impressive 56-10 win at Rutgers. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

The Ducks Confidential podcast, hosted by The Oregonian/OregonLive's Aaron Fentress and former UO and NFL tight end George Wrighster, host of the Unafraid Show, discusses what the No. 8 Oregon Ducks (5-2, 2-1 Big Ten) must do not only to win this weekend at Rutgers (3-3, 0-3), but also to demonstrate improvement in areas that cost them during last week's loss to No. 3 Indiana (6-0, 3-0). Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

The Ducks Confidential podcast, hosted by The Oregonian/OregonLive's Aaron Fentress and former UO and NFL tight end George Wrighster, host of the Unafraid Show, discusses the Oregon Ducks' 30-20 loss to No. 3 Indiana. Were the Ducks exposed, or can they easily correct the issues that cost them the game? Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

The Ducks Confidential podcast, hosted by The Oregonian/OregonLive's Aaron Fentress and former UO and NFL tight end George Wrighster, host of the Unafraid Show, discusses No. 3 Oregon's matchup with No. 7 Indiana on Saturday at Autzen Stadium. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

The Ducks Confidential podcast, hosted by The Oregonian/OregonLive's Aaron Fentress and former UO and NFL tight end George Wrighster, host of the Unafraid Show, reviews the action that took place around college football, while No. 3 Oregon Ducks had the week off. That includes discussing whether UO's win last week at Penn State was diluted by the Nittany Lions' loss at 1-4 UCLA and their subsequent fall out of the AP Top 25. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

The Ducks Confidential podcast, hosted by The Oregonian/OregonLive's Aaron Fentress and former UO and NFL tight end George Wrighster, host of the Unafraid Show, takes a deep dive into the Oregon Ducks' 30-24 double overtime win at Penn State. Fentress picked Oregon to lose and Wrighster maybe had a little too much fun rubbing that in his face. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

A lot on the line for Oregon State this Friday, as Houston comes to town with the Beavers at risk of falling to 0-5. What does Trent Bray have to say about it, with his job potentially on the line? Find out on the latest episode of Beavers Beat. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

The Ducks Confidential podcast shifted gears for this episode. Aaron Fentress, of The Oregonian/OregonLive, teamed up with PennLive's Max Ralph, who covers Penn State, to discuss this week's matchup between the No. 6 Ducks and No. 3 Nittany Lions in Happy Valley. They examined the matchup from both sides of the ball and gave their early-week predictions. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

The Ducks Confidential podcast, hosted by The Oregonian/OregonLive's Aaron Fentress and former UO and NFL tight end George Wrighster, host of the Unafraid Show, discusses the Oregon Ducks' 41-7 win over Oregon State and takes a peek ahead to Saturday's game at No. 3 Penn State. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

The disparity has never been wider, or at least that's the prevailing narrative heading into Saturday's football game between No. 6 Oregon and Oregon State. If a Beavers upset is out of the question, how can OSU leave feeling good about Saturday's performance in a hostile environment against an elite team?  Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

The Ducks Confidential podcast, hosted by The Oregonian/OregonLive's Aaron Fentress and former UO and NFL tight end George Wrighster, host of the Unafraid Show, discusses the Oregon Ducks-Oregon State series being renewed, Saturday's matchup between the two rivals and takes a look at big matchups around the country. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

The Ducks Confidential podcast, hosted by The Oregonian/OregonLive's Aaron Fentress and former UO and NFL tight end George Wrighster, host of the Unafraid Show, discusses the Oregon Ducks' lackluster 34-14 win at Northwestern, what it means in the bigger picture, and takes a quick look ahead to Saturday's game against Oregon State. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Can Oregon State football rise from the ashes of these first two weeks and pull a stunning upset over No. 21 Texas Tech on the road? We take a quick look at the matchup, and how the Beavers can bounce back, on this week's episode of Beavers Beat. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

When news arrived late last month that Tom Dundon and a collection of investors reached a tentative agreement to buy the Portland Trail Blazers, it sparked more questions than answers for Blazermaniacs. What does it mean for the future of the franchise? What type of owner will he be? What does it mean for the Moda Center? And ... who the heck is Tom Dundon? In the latest episode of the Oregonian Sports Podcast, Luke DeCock — longtime sports columnist at The News & Observer in Raleigh, North Carolina — joins senior writer Joe Freeman to answer these questions and more. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

The Ducks Confidential podcast, hosted by The Oregonian/OregonLive's Aaron Fentress and former UO and NFL tight end George Wrighster, host of the Unafraid Show, discusses the Oregon Ducks' 69-3 win over Oklahoma State and if Cowboys coach Mike Gundy got what he deserved. Plus, UO quarterback Dante Moore let loose with the deep ball and the defense once again appeared suffocating. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

The latest on Oregon State's top cornerback, Exodus Ayers, and the domestic violence accusations that came to light through our reporting this week. Plus, getting to listener questions in this week's edition of the Mailbag Overflow. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

The Ducks Confidential podcast, hosted by The Oregonian/OregonLive's Aaron Fentress and former UO and NFL tight end George Wrighster, host of the Unafraid Show, discusses the controversy that blew up when Mike Gundy was asked about facing Oregon, and previews Saturday's game against Oklahoma State. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

The Ducks Confidential podcast, hosted by The Oregonian/OregonLive's Aaron Fentress and former UO and NFL tight end George Wrighster, host of the Unafraid Show, discusses the Oregon Ducks' 59-13 win over Montana State, the starting debut of quarterback Dante Moore and the defense, which dominated a usually strong Bobcats' rushing attack. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

It's almost gameday. Oregon State and Cal kick off the 2025 season at 7:30 p.m. Saturday, a little Pac-12 After Dark throwback. On this episode of Beavers Beat, we respond to reader questions we couldn't get to in the weekly mailbag for this week's Mailbag Overflow. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

The 2025 season hasn't kicked off yet, and Oregon State is down two starters with season-ending injuries. So it goes in college football. On this episode of Beavers Beat, we take a look at the impact of Clemons' injury and break down each position on the OSU depth chart. Plus, hear from Trent Bray in his first weekly press conference of the season. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

The Ducks Confidential podcast, hosted by The Oregonian/OregonLive's Aaron Fentress and former UO and NFL tight end George Wrighster, host of the Unafraid Show, discusses the Oregon Ducks' opener against Montana State, their biggest challenges to repeat as Big Ten champs and select 10 players who must deliver for UO to remain national contenders. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

It was a quiet week on the football front, with Oregon State finishing up fall camp behind closed doors. Now begins preparation for the opener vs. Cal, and the Beavers will have to do so without one of their top linebackers. There are plenty of other major news stories around OSU athletics as well this week, and we have you covered on this week's episode of Beavers Beat. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

The Ducks Confidential podcast, hosted by The Oregonian/OregonLive's Aaron Fentress and former UO and NFL tight end George Wrighster, host of the Unafraid Show, discusses the Oregon Ducks' second scrimmage, the quarterback competition, the defense still rolling along and goes game-by-game through UO's schedule. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Between injuries, position battles, and emerging key players, Oregon State football camp was chock-full of storylines. On the latest episode of Beavers Beat, we take a look at five of the biggest ones with just under two weeks until OSU's season opener vs. California. Keep an eye out for new episodes as the season approaches. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

The proposed sale of the Trail Blazers to Texas billionaire Tom Dundon sparked a new round of questions about the future of Portland's NBA franchise, including... Who is Tom Dundon? On an emergency episode of the Oregonian Sports Podcast, Bill Oram, Joe Freeman and Aaron Fentress explain what we know about the 53-year-old businessman, including what has happened to the NHL's Carolina Hurricanes in the seven years since he became that team's majority owner. Also discussed on this episode: • Is Dundon the right leader for this franchise going forward? • Does this agreement really ensure that the Blazers are no longer at risk of leaving? • What is the true future of the Moda Center? What will it take to make the building a state-of-the-art facility? • Should Dundon just renovate the Blazers existing home or does Portland need him to dream bigger? • What impact will the ownership change have on the current team? • ... and much more. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

The hosts of the Ducks Confidential podcast, Aaron Fentress of The Oregonian/OregonLive and former UO/NFL tight end George Wrighster (Unafraid Show), take a deep dive into Oregon's offense, which will replace 10 starters from last season, including quarterback with the very unproven Dante Moore, the presumed starter. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

The new hosts of the Ducks Confidential podcast, Aaron Fentress of The Oregonian/OregonLive and former UO/NFL tight end George Wrighster (⁠Unafraid Show⁠), dive deep into fall camp story lines by examining what the defense will look like after losing eight starters from last season. The duo will discuss the offense in the next episode. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices