-It took Vernon Adams a little over two weeks to win Oregon football’s starting quarterback job. Head coach Mark Helfrich explained on Saturday why they chose Adams over Jeff Lockie: “He’s just done a lot of good things, as have the other guys. The quarterback position is a lot better certainly now than it was early in the fall because all those guys competed better.”

-Asked about wide receiver Darren Carrington’s status on Saturday, Helfrich said, “It’s not looking favorable.” Carrington was suspended for the 2015 National Championship game versus Ohio State after failing an NCAA-administered drug test in December. Carrington’s name was left off of the two-deep depth chart released on Friday, which likely means he will be suspended until mid-October by the NCAA.

– Now that Marcus Mariota is in the NFL, Emerald sports reporter Ryan Kostecka examines who will become the next face of Oregon football.

– Payton Pritchard, the state of Oregon’s No. 1 basketball recruit in the class of 2016, committed to the Oregon men’s basketball team on Friday. Pritchard had previously committed to Oklahoma, but decided to reopen his recruitment in July.

– Oregon women’s soccer won its first game of the season in a 1-0 victory over Fresno State. The Ducks outshot Fresno State 20 to 5 in the game and 11 to 2 in the second half.

– After two disappointing losses in which they scored one combined run, the Eugene Emeralds exploded for ten runs in a win over the Hillsboro Hops on Sunday. With six games remaining in the regular season, the Emeralds lead the Hops by one game in the Northwest League South second half standings.

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