It seems like it was just yesterday that the college football season ended as Michigan topped Washington in the national title game in Houston. When the game ended, the worst time of the year began for college football fans: the dreaded offseason. Nearly eight months without college football. It feels like it just started, but we have somehow already made it to May. The weather is getting warmer, and we are getting closer to football season. Spring football just concluded for Oregon football, and Ducks fans can't wait for the 2024 season to roll around.
Spring football is one of the best times of the college football offseason as a sense of hope comes to every fan base around the country. It's exciting to see your team in action in the first time, even though it's just a scrimmage. You started to see the roster taking shape and projected depth charts start trickling out. Spring football is the first sign of the season, and now that it's over, college football fans are really in the home stretch. The cold winter months are tough to survive without football, but the excitement that comes with spring football makes everything easier. There is still a ways to go before the new season, but it is coming.
This next season of college football is going to be an exciting one, and there are a ton of reasons to be looking forward to it. There are a lot of changes coming to the game like rule changes, coaching changes, conference changes and playoff changes. Perhaps the most intriguing part of the new season will be the new conferences. The Pac-12 is gone, and the Big Ten and SEC are going to be loaded. They both seem to be on the verge of forming super conferences.
The SEC will be welcoming Texas and Oklahoma to the conference next year, and the Big Ten is getting a good crop of Pac-12 teams as USC, UCLA, Oregon and Washington are all joining the conference. Both the Big Ten and the SEC are going to be absolutely loaded next year, and it seems like more schools will potentially join the conferences in the future.
Next season, the College Football Playoff will look different as well as it is expanding to 12 teams. There will also be first round games on college campuses. More teams will have a chance to make the CFP, and there will be more games. It's going to be fun.
Oregon football is making the move to the Big Ten
Oregon football should once again be a contender in 2024. It will be a big year for the program as they are no longer in the Pac-12 and they will be competing in the Big Ten for the first time along with USC, UCLA and Washington. It's going to be a big change, but the Ducks are expected to be one of the best teams in the conference. They are bringing some good talent back from last year's team, and they have already picked up some great talent in the transfer portal.
The Oregon football team had a good season last year and they were one of the best teams in college football. The Ducks lost only two games, and they were both to Washington, who made it all the way to the national title game. Oregon had a chance to get into the College Football Playoff as they played the Huskies in the Pac-12 title game, and they were surprisingly big 9.5-point favorites. That line didn't make a ton of sense since Washington beat Oregon earlier in the year and they were undefeated, and the Huskies ended up winning outright to squash the Ducks' hopes of winning a national title.
Now that the spring transfer portal is closed, the Ducks have a good idea of what their roster looks like. They still have a chance to add some more players as there is a lot of uncommitted talent in the portal, but Oregon is done losing players.
Oregon football did a good job of limiting damage in the transfer portal this offseason. They picked up some good additions, and they didn’t lose much, especially in the spring window. Still, they did lose some younger guys that could’ve earned starting roles in the future. Here is one that hurts a bit.
Johnny Bowens III, DL
Johnny Bowens III wasn’t with the Oregon football team for very long as the 2023 season was his freshman year. He didn’t get a lot of playing time as he had just two total tackles and one sack, but that is pretty common for a true freshman. Johnny Bowens III likely realized that he wasn’t going to get a ton of PT this season as well, and he decided to test the waters elsewhere.
This isn’t a big loss for Oregon football in terms of this season as they are loaded with talent, and that is what creates transfer portal departures a lot of the time. Still, Johnny Bowens III had the potential to be a future starter. He is 6’3” and 290 pounds, so he certainly has the build to be a beast along the defensive line.
Overall, the Oregon football team was a winner in the transfer portal this offseason. They didn’t take any major hits, and they brought in some players that will make a huge difference next year. It’s been a good offseason for the Ducks.
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