The Oregon football team entered preseason camp at the start of August knowing it was deep and talented at the running back and tight end positions. The Ducks knew they had signed a freshman class laden with potential first-year contributors, including offensive lineman Penei Sewell. And for the first time since Marcus Mariota was a junior in 2014, the UO football team had no question about its starting quarterback for the upcoming season.
Through three weeks of preseason camp, all of those assumptions were backed up on the practice field. And they were reflected, too, in the first game-week organizational chart released by first-year head coach Mario Cristobal on Monday, five days before Oregon opens the 2018 regular season in Autzen Stadium against Bowling Green on Saturday (5 p.