Oregon Football: Willie Taggart Likes What He Sees Entering Second Week Of Fall Camp

The Oregon Football team enters the second week of Fall Camp and Head Coach Willie Taggart seems content.

The lessons from Spring Ball have quickly translated into the first week of Fall Camp with the first game of the regular season Iess than a month away, “I like the effort from our guys, the passion they are playing with…I like watching our guys improve. I feel each day they got better.” One area that has seen a

One area that has seen a noticible upgrade, be it from a return to the 3-4 Scheme or Players getting the basics of what Jim Leavitt is trying to teach, the Oregon Defense caught Taggart’s eye, “I know they are flying around a lot faster and better than they were in the Spring.” Troy Dye is one player to keep an eye on this season. He moves from the outside to an inside position and with Brenden Schooler moving to Offense, that leaves an open spot at Safety.

It only took till the second week of Fall Camp for a question to come up about two point conversions. Taggart was quick to answer, “Go for it when you have to. I’m not going for the hell of it.” This should help endear him to some fans who last season watched Oregon lose games for faleid two point conversions under Mark Helfrich, specifically against Nebraska. The Ducks get the Cornhuskers in Eugene in the second week of the season.

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The second week of Fall Camp started on a hot Monday evening in Eugene. The regular season begins on Saturday, September 2nd vs Southern Utah. (5:15pm PT, Pac-12 Network)

Quotes obtained first hand at Oregon Football Practice