Oregon
Idaho coach: Vandals need ‘ton of turnovers’ from Oregon Ducks
EUGENE — A lack of belief from outsiders is typically overstated in sports, but in the case of Idaho at No. 3 Oregon it’s appropriate.
The Vandals are 44.5-point underdogs against the Ducks on Saturday (4:30 p.m., Big Ten Network) at Autzen Stadium. ESPN analytics gives Oregon a 99% chance to win.
The monumental challenge ahead is not lost on third-year Idaho coach Jason Eck.
“We have to execute in all three phases, offense, defense and special teams, and we need for them to be sloppy,” Eck said, according to The Spokesman-Review. “I don’t see a lot of that on film. The key is we need a ton of turnovers. … They don’t do that much.”
The No. 7 team in the FCS, Idaho has vastly improved under Eck and made it to the FCS quarterfinals last season. In three games against Power conference teams under Eck the Valdals have not trailed at halftime, but still lost each, including against Cal last season.
“Got a tremendous amount of respect for coach Eck and the job that he’s done there at Idaho,” Oregon coach Dan Lanning said. “He’s really made them a really solid team, and obviously a playoff team this past year, and done a good job of winning. And they have some good stuff schematically that creates challenges for you.”
Both teams are focused on playing assignment-sound and minimizing errors.
As Eck noted, Oregon committed just seven turnovers last season and was ninth nationally in turnover margin (plus-11). Idaho’s turnover margin last season was minus-five, 84th in FCS, and three of its four losses included committing multiple turnovers with no takeaways.
“We are going to coach loose, we are going to be aggressive,” Eck said. “I think when you are an underdog, you need to take chances to have a chance to win, so we will certainly do that. This game is not going to define our season either way.
“I can live with it if we miss some one-on-one plays but we are in the right positions, but you just do not want to gift a team that is this talented, freebies by not being in the right position on defense, not being in the gap, turning a blitzer loose. It is a different thing if a blitzer makes a move and shakes you and beats you one-on-one, but I want to make sure that we’re going to the right people and executing that part assignment-wise and playing with really great effort.”
A 73-year-old man was sentenced on Tuesday to 20 years in prison for the 1983 killing of his then-girlfriend. It was a case that went unsolved for more than 40 years.
The sentence was announced by Oregon Attorney General Dan Rayfield.
In July 1983, Teresa Peroni, 27, was reported missing after attending a party in the Selma area of Josephine County southwest of Grants Pass. She was last seen walking in the woods with her boyfriend Marcus Sanfratello.
Authorities deemed Peroni’s disappearance suspicious, but they lacked evidence to bring charges against anyone.
In 1997, a human skull was found on private property near where Peroni disappeared. In 2024, authorities in Josephine County reopened the case. In addition to re-interviewing witnesses, they collected new DNA evidence to build a case against Sanfratello.
With the DNA, experts at the University of North Texas confirmed the skull was Peroni’s.
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A grand jury indicted Sanfratello of second-degree murder, on June 27, 2025.
Police arrested Sanfratello in Chico, California the next day. He was then extradited to Oregon to face the charge of murder.
Under a plea agreement, Sanfratello pleaded guilty to first-degree manslaughter.
He will serve at least 10 years in prison, Oregon’s attorney general’s office said.
“For Teresa Peroni’s family, this has been a 43-year wait for an answer they never should have had to wait for,” Rayfield said in a news release. “Cases like this remind us of why we don’t give up. It doesn’t matter how many years have passed — if someone took a life, we’re going to keep working until we can hold them accountable.”
Oregon
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The Oregon Ducks are set for one of the biggest timelines of their recruiting cycle, as many top targets are nearing commitments. This time around, the Ducks have a ton of top targets still remaining on their board compared to past seasons, as the Ducks have eight total commitments at this time.
Oregon coach Dan Lanning and his staff still need to land a safety commitment, but three-star safety Elijah Butler out of Maryland recently included the Ducks in his final six schools.
Oregon Target Elijah Butler Makes Exciting Recruiting Announcement
Butler announced his top six schools ahead of a crucial part of his recruitment, according to a graphic by Leyton Roberts. The Ducks made the cut alongside the Maryland Terrapins, Virginia Tech Hokies, Auburn Tigers, Florida Gators, and the Alabama Crimson Tide. The talented prospect would be a great addition for any of these teams, as they could all use a safety prospect at this point in the recruiting timeline.
Butler is from the state of Maryland, which makes the Terrapins one to watch.
It is also worth noting that he has been labeled as one of the best players in the state of Maryland, as he currently ranks as the state’s No. 9 prospect, according to Rivals. This is important as the Terrapins have always made solid attempts to land their in-state stars, including last season when they landed one of the better players in the state’s history, Zion Elee.
As of now, the prospect hasn’t been predicted to land with any of these schools, which means it is likely still a tight race entering the official visit schedule. He has yet to schedule an official visit with all of the schools he has listed in his top six, as he is still missing three key official visits. Butler has scheduled official visits with Alabama, Auburn, and Florida, according to 247Sports. This means he still needs to set one with Oregon, Virginia Tech, and Maryland if he wants to take one to each school.
If the Ducks are able to get Butler on a visit, then they would likely be in a more favorable position to land his commitment, as it currently. seems they are one of the trailing teams from this list. It seems highly unlikely that the Ducks will gain his commitment unless they get him on an official visit, which is still possible at this point, as plenty of top prospects across the nation are still scheduling their official visits.
As of now, the Ducks have 27 prospects set to take an official visit, according to 247Sports. Among all of the prospects who have scheduled a visit thus far, only one of the players is listed as a safety. That player is a three-star target, Junior Tu’upo. This leads one to believe that the Ducks could try to get Butler on a visit, or at a minimum, pitch their program to the prospect from St Frances Academy.
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