Be We Resolved

Kim Hastings FishWrap, FishWrap Archive

Custom says that tonight Times Square drops the ball. Ducks resolve that the ball doesn’t drop unless we say it drops.   Custom says, tonight is a night to get lit up. Ducks resolve that Montee Ball gets lit up.   Custom says confetti at midnight. Ducks resolve, Gatorade bath for Chip at about 5:30. Custom says somebody is going …

Keeerrrttt1’s FishDuck.com Weekly Video Log – Episode #23

FishDuck Staff FishWrap, FishWrap Archive

Greetings Fish Friends! Every week I create video blogs (vlogs) to update all you fine folk on all things FishDuck, a free-form discussion of current events about Oregon Ducks sports and all that’s new with FishDuck.com, with the occasional off-topics or rants.  It’s a little off-the-cuff, perhaps slightly pretentious, somewhat rambling, and hopefully entertaining…so kick back, relax, drink up, and …

The Fish Report: Rose Bowl Game Plan #2

Charles Fischer, Mr. FishDuck Fish Reports

This is the second part of looking back at plays, formations, and strategies to give my best FishDuck probability percentages as to what we will see as a Rose Bowl game plan. It’s entertaining to look at footage, ponder the possibilities, and see if we can do any better guessing what Chip is up to than the Wisconsin coaches. Let’s …

Oregon’s integral role in the history of the Grandaddy of them all

FishDuck Staff History

On New Years Day in 1890 the first Rose Parade was held in downtown Pasadena, CA; devised as a way to entice people from the east coast to purchase real estate in Southern California, an effort to convince those with deep pockets to escape the cold winter weather for sunny Southern California. “In New York, people are buried in snow, …

The Fish Report: Rose Bowl Game Plan #1

Charles Fischer, Mr. FishDuck Fish Reports

In this video we’re going to have some fun looking back at some plays and formations to try to figure out what Chip Kelly might throw at Wisconsin.  We’ll look at game footage and determine a “FishDuck Probability” of seeing that play, formation, or strategy in the Rose Bowl Game Plan. “Oh how we love to learn about our beloved …

Getting To Know Wisconsin: Special Teams

Josh White FishWrap, FishWrap Archive

  The Oregon Ducks landed in Pasadena yesterday, and the final build up to the Rose bowl has officially begun. It has been 25 days since the Ducks clinched the inaugural Pac-12 Championship, and it is about time for some football! This week, we take a look at the key Wisconsin special teams-specialists, and how they have fared this season. The …

The 19 Greatest Seasons in Duck Football History (with a 20th slot reserved for this year)

Brian Libby History

Win or lose the Rose Bowl on January 2, this year’s Oregon squad has already earned a special distinction: one of the 20 greatest seasons in the history of a team that has been playing football since 1894. After all, this year’s regular season produced only the Ducks’ fifth outright conference title (along with 1994, 2001, 2009 and 2010) and …

Cheese Badger Don’t Care…

FishDuck Staff FishWrap, FishWrap Archive

It’s about time to win a Rose Bowl, “Cheese Badgers don’t care…”     I quite honestly could have stopped there and just had that be this week’s entry, but come on now, FishDuck doesn’t do weak sauce like that & neither do I! 1917.  No that’s not the number of push ups Duckie has done this season (by the …

Biggest Christmas wish: Keeping Kelly around

FishDuck Staff FishWrap, FishWrap Archive

OK, Duck fans, let’s be real here, let’s think big. It’s the morning of Dec. 25. You are about to tiptoe to the Christmas tree stationed in the living room. You are about to start snipping the ribbons, ripping the paper, popping the boxes. You are about to uncover socks, jackets, sweaters, ski boots, iTunes cards, Kindle tablets and HDTVs. …

Here Comes Santa Claus

Kim Hastings FishWrap, FishWrap Archive

It’s a cold morning at 90 degrees north latitude. The big fella hops into his chariot on skis annnndddddd…away he goes.  He drops in at New Zealand and then Australia where he refuels with a Vegemite sandwich along with his milk and cookies. He sails across the open sky to Kazakhstan, Belarus, Greenland and the U.K. before heading north on …