UCLA Football 2018 Opponent Preview: Oregon Ducks

Welcome to Bruins Nation’s opponent preview series for the UCLA Bruins 2018 football season! Each week, we will be taking a look at an upcoming opponent this year, examine their strengths and weaknesses, and make a bold prediction regarding the outcome.

This week, we take a look at UCLA’s Week 10 opponent: the Oregon Ducks.

Last Year

I said in the Arizona preview that the Wildcats had the most interesting year in the Pac-12, but Oregon definitely has a case to be made for that spot. Let’s run down what happened for them:

They hired a coach! Willie Taggart was hired from South Florida to take over after Mark Helfrich was let go after a 4-8 season (and if you were keeping score at home, you’d…