Fill in the blank: Oregon football in 2017 will be...
A second consecutive bowl-less season? A rebound capped by bowl eligibility? Or -- said in a whisper -- something greater?
After last season's 4-8 record, the purging of the former staff that followed and eight months into Willie Taggart's rebuild from the studs up, Oregon's outlook in 2017 tends to vary wildly depending on whom you poll.
But most tend to agree on one point: 2017 is one of the most anticipated seasons in Eugene, precisely because few are sure what exactly to anticipate when UO opens practice Monday in Eugene.