As the No. 13 Oregon Ducks baseball team enters a critical stretch against the No. 1 UCLA Bruins and No. 18 USC Trojans, Oregon has added a member of the football team onto the baseball roster.
Four-star defensive back Malakai Taufoou from Junipero Serra in San Mateo, California, has an early-building relationship with Oregon Ducks first-year defensive coordinator Chris Hampton.
The Oregon Ducks' Autzen Stadium has never been the biggest venue in college football, but for decades, it has behaved like one of the sport’s most unforgiving environments.
The Big Ten Conference just shattered records with a $1.37 billion payout - topping the SEC's $1 billion - and even on a reduced share, the Ducks are already cashing in at a level that turns heads.