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Willie Taggart wants Oregon Ducks to get tougher: 'Our leaders, they've got to learn to fight through things'

EUGENE -- It goes without saying, but Willie Taggart wants to see highlights galore during Saturday's spring game in Autzen Stadium, his first as Oregon coach.

However, he wouldn't mind seeing some struggles, too -- just to gauge his team's response.

"When things don't go our way we have a tendency to just get down on ourselves and not fight through it," Taggart said Tuesday before practice. "That's not going to help you win some ballgames and especially with some of our leaders, they've got to learn to fight through things and when things don't go their way, they've got to keep fighting.