EUGENE -- Preseason football camp can be misery. For three weeks of hot, summer practices, players chase the light at the end of the proverbial tunnel: the moment preparations begin in earnest to hit someone else. At Oregon, that will take place by week's end.
Truth be told, though, the Ducks began preparing for their opponents a while ago.
"Unbeknownst to them," Oregon coach Mario Cristobal said Tuesday, of UO's players, "we incorporate periods (in practice) that have stuff in there as it relates to our first opponent. So they've got a significant amount of work, not only in our first three opponents, but our conference opponents, as well.