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Oregon Football Snubbed in EA Sports College Football 25 Ultimate Team Legends?
Set to release in under ten days, the football-based video game “EA Sports College Football 25” has sports fans clamoring for more free time to spend crafting their own NCAA team. Since the franchise went dormant in 2013 due to athlete name, image, and likeness lawsuits, there’s a lot of college football lore this release can pull from.
… And the Oregon Ducks are left off a recent announcement from EA Sports, in regards to “Legends” in “Ultimate Team” mode.
EA’s latest announcement addresses their absence from the football culture in their new “Ultimate Team” announcement. “Ultimate Team” allows a player to choose any of the 134 participating university football programs to manage, recruit, and play against other users or artificial intelligence.
This mode of gameplay will include the 134 teams’ playbooks, player items and abilities, an ICYMI (in case you missed it) feature glossing over previous college football history, live events, available “Legends” from prior seasons, and more.
There’s just one thing missing from this announcement: any sign of an Oregon athlete or uniform. The Mighty Oregon doesn’t make an appearance in any visual for this mode, including available athletes (while former University of Washington quarterback, Michael Penix, is heavily featured) except for a small fictional athlete cameo for team lineups. It’s worth noting there are no discernible uniform designs in these lineups.
There are no Oregon Ducks mentioned as legacy players.
Texas Tech/Kansas City Chiefs’ Patrick Mahomes, Stanford/San Francisco 49ers’ Christian McCaffrey, Wyoming/Buffalo Bills’ Josh Allen, Oklahoma/Dallas Cowboys’ Ceedee Lamb, Maryland/Houston Texans’ Stefon Diggs and LSU/Cincinnati Bengals’ Joe Burrow are among the active NFL players listed as being available in Ultimate Team mode.
Oregon’s lack of major inclusion in EA’s announcement seems to be par for the course. In May, the Oregon Football Team released a teaser for the videogame. Unlike several other teams that included their athletes and uniforms, Oregon seemed to be one of very few programs opting for a different visual. Instead, they used a quick clip of the Oregon Duck riding through Autzen Stadium on the Oregon Harley motorcycle.
Oregon Football quarterback Dillon Gabriel is one of many Oregon players to announce their involvement with the title, but the visual he used on social media doesn’t include his picture or in-game footage. Simply a green canvas of ripped paper with the game’s title, his name, and basic information like his position and number.
We also shared video of how Autzen Stadium will appear in the videogame. There are no athletes or uniforms seen in these videos
Fans may wonder why Oregon seems to be “hush hush” about their uniforms and athlete likenesses for the videogame, but a recent incident may explain the Ducks’ secrecy. In a video published to their Instagram on Tuesday, July 9th, the Boise State Football Team released a teaser video for their new uniforms. In that video, were clips of Boise State playing various universities including Oregon State.
Many online were quick to comment that the footage Boise State used might include the new uniform designs for the Beavers. Popular student-run social media account @barstoolbeavs posited this same accusation, before promptly deleting their post, pinning a post from 2022 dissing the Broncos, and reposting a video from Oregon State Athletics teasing a big announcement.
One may assume Oregon is purposefully being coy about their visuals for EA Sports College Football 25 because of their “Generation O” uniform plan. Generation O has been hyped up by the program through several sneak peeks, their first “Fly Era” uniform release with former Oregon Football legend De’Anthony Thomas and senior linebacker Jeffrey Bassa, and an over 20-minute Youtube documentary about the university’s relationship with Nike.
If you’re wondering why Oregon isn’t visually commanding the EA Sports College Football 25 stage, there are worthwhile theories to explore. For now, we just have to wait till July 16th for pre-order purchasers to receive their game and July 19th for the public exclusively on XBOX Series X/S and PlayStation 5.
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The good times keep on rolling for the Oregon Ducks in the recruiting world. Dan Lanning and the Ducks scored a massive commitment from five-star quarterback Will Mencl out of Chandler, Arizona.
Oregon had been rumored to be leading the race for Mencl’s services for months, but the No. 1 quarterback in the country, per Rivals, cleared the air and committed to the Ducks on Wednesday evening. Mencl chose the Ducks over Auburn and Penn State, both of which battled hard for him down the stretch.
However, Mencl has been connected to Oregon for a long time. While he was offered last fall before breaking out in his junior season, Mencl has been a fan of the program long before he popped up on the Ducks’ recruiting radar. In a post shared by Rivals recruiting expert Steve Wiltfong, Mencl was announced as a quarterback for the Ducks when he was a kid at the 2019 NFL Draft fan experience in 2019.
Now, Mencl is ready to don the green and yellow for real and make his childhood dreams come true. The Ducks have made a point to get Mencl on campus as often as possible and as recently as last week. The continued connection between both sides is ultimately what made the decision easy for the nation’s top passer. Mencl said he told Lanning and the Oregon staff about his decision on Sunday.
“The biggest thing was the relationship with the staff,” Mencl said after committing. “I feel like that continued to grow over time, especially when I first got there last spring. Being able to sit down with Coach Koa, really being an underlooked guy at that time, and kind of blowing up my junior season. And then, the path to the NFL. You can’t deny what they do with quarterbacks and the type of scheme they run. I felt like that was the best fit for me and my family to get to the next level.”
Koa Ka’ai, Oregon’s new quarterback coach, made waves earlier in the offseason after his recruiting test about ice cream flavors went viral, but that doesn’t appear to have scared Mencl off. In fact, the two have a close connection that Oregon hopes will translate to success on the field in the near future.
“My relationship with Coach Koa, I feel like that is super, super strong,” Mencl told Rivals. “I’ve had a lot of discussions with Coach Lanning about the culture there and how they’re going to continue to sustain greatness throughout the program.”
Mencl exploded onto the national recruiting scene with a massive junior season for Chandler. He completed more than 70% of his passes for 3,815 yards and 33 touchdowns against five interceptions in his junior season, leading Chandler to a state title berth. He also rushed for 741 yards and an additional 17 touchdowns.
The Ducks expect to have some competition for Mencl to compete with when he joins the team for the 2027 season, with Dylan Raiola and Akili Smith Jr. already on the roster and competing for a role as the backup. Oregon has gone to the transfer portal as well in recent seasons, finding success with Bo Nix, Dillon Gabriel, and now Dante Moore.
Oregon has recruited well at quarterback in the past, establishing an NFL pedigree that attracted Mencl. Maybe he will be the one to buck the trend and give the Ducks a true, homegrown product under center.
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‘Pour in the largest glass you can find while slow dancing in your socks,’ a Wine Enthusiast contributor said of an Oregon wine
PORTLAND, Ore. (KOIN) – Wine Enthusiast released a list of the top 40 sparkling wines around the world in 2026 – highlighting two bottles of bubbly from Oregon.
“While it can seem like you need a fortune to enjoy high quality sparkling wine, you honestly don’t. Excellent affordable bubbles are being produced around the world, often in places you might not expect. Each of the selections on our inaugural Top 40 Sparkling Wines list delivers personality, freshness, and celebration for under $75,” Wine Enthusiast wrote.
Wine Enthusiast divided its list into separate sparkling categories including, Champagne, Italian Bollicine, American sparkling and bottles $25 and under.
Snagging a spot on the American sparkling list: Corollary Wines in McMinnville.
Corollarly’s 2021 Momtazi Carbonic Rosé Pinot Noir scored 96 points from Wine Enthusiast.
“This is a Peter Max print of a wine, with vivid aromas and flavors to match the wine’s electric Kool-Aid color. It is filled to the brim with aromas and flavors of macerated strawberries, candied rose petals, apricots, and a bitter note similar to watermelon rind. Pour in the largest glass you can find while slow dancing in your socks,” wrote Wine Enthusiast contributor Michael Alberty.
The second Oregon winery to earn a spot on the list: Lytle-Barnett in Dundee.
Wine Enthusiast also gave Lytle-Barnett’s 2018 Brut Rosé Pinot Noir Chardonnay 96 points.
“Bubbles as persistent as an eight-year-old with a question deliver aromas of dried rose petals, macerated strawberries, and a touch of fresh hay and talc. This 70/30 Pinot Noir and Chardonnay blend is packed with flavors of lemon zest, Honeycrisp apple slices drizzled in caramel, and a dollop of raspberry,” Alberty wrote.
The nods to Corollary and Lytle-Barnett come as the wineries recently helped launch Method Oregon, a nonprofit made up of 50 Oregon wineries aiming to turn Oregon into a global sparkling wine destination.
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