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Oregon Football Spring Practice: Defense Pushing Toward Fall Success

The Oregon Football team is entering their final week of Spring Practice leading up to the Spring Scrimmage on Saturday. Defensive Coordinator Jim Leavitt is focused on the basics and getting his players ready, but not just for Saturday, but for the future.

The old staff is gone and there is a new energy in practice. Players and coaches have an extra pep in their step and Coaches have brought the energy, or as Head Coach Willie Taggart calls it ‘the juice.’ While the main focus for Leavitt is the Fall, he is happy with the progress that is being made so far this Spring, “Just try to get better a little every day with the fundamentals.