Fire up that Backstreet Boys CD, throw on your baggy cargo pants, and pop in that Titanic double VHS…because it must be 1998 again.
Oregon’s “Saturday Night Live”, an annual summer tradition of hosting blue chip recruits, paid off yet again as they secured a commitment from 2025 4-star quarterback Akili Smith Jr.
Smith, who said heading to Oregon means the world to him, is the son of Oregon great Akili Smith Sr., who started at quarterback for the Ducks during the 1997 and 1998 seasons, both times leading them into the Top 25 and continuing the upward swing the Ducks began in 1994.