The BCS: This Better Not Be Deja Vu All Over Again!

Pat Pannu FishWrap, FishWrap Archive

If you are like me, watching the BCS show on Sunday evening made your blood boil. Even though I was expecting (and bracing myself) for us to drop, it didn’t make it any easier to watch the Ducks move down to the #4 spot, despite a blowout win against the Arizona State Sun Devils. Though a rational part of my …

Recruiting Recap: “I Want to be a Duck” & New Running Backs Emerge

Mark Flores FishWrap, FishWrap Archive

Football Recruiting News Last Tuesday night, I was catching up on some reading when I received a report alert via my iPhone. “Thomas Tyner decommits…” I was floored. Yet, after the initial 10 seconds of shock, I thought, “Oh, he’ll be back.” That moment of peaceful wisdom was confirmed not two days later when Tyner (4-Star/Beaverton, OR/Rivals#6RB) recommitted after taking some …

If It’s October, It’s Time For Basketball!

Carl Blackwell FishWrap, FishWrap Archive

Can you believe that it’s time to be watching basketball again?  It doesn’t seem so long ago that we were tracking how our beloved Ducks were performing in the NIT!  The ride is about to start and if you’re like me then you’re eager to see our Ducks play and get into the post season.  What’s in store this year?  …

Is Chip Taking Kindness Too Far?

Joel Gunderson FishWrap, FishWrap Archive

Say what you want about Chip Kelly, but in his 3+ years at Oregon, one common theme has emerged: His teams – after finding themselves up by 30, 40, even 50 points in two quarters – have played conservative second halfs more often than not. As far as I’m concerned, it’s time for that to stop. On Thursday night, as …

A New Brand of Versatility in Oregon Football

Joey Holland FishWrap, FishWrap Archive

1964 brought one of the most significant changes to the layout of college football in the history of the game. That year, the NCAA erased the rule requiring its athletes to play on both sides of the ball, marking a return to the so-called ‘two-platoon system.’ This rule change was quite significant, because it allowed players to specialize and focus …

Broadcast Ideas for the Pac-12 Network

Kim Hastings FishWrap, FishWrap Archive

There are 8766 hours in a broadcast year.  If you agree with me that the 3-0 Oregon State/Pittsburgh Apparently the Pirates Sun Bowl can only be shown so many times, there are a lot of hours that need to be filled.  Seeing Rick Neuheisel on a continuous loop does great harm to my blood pressure so I have come up …

HELLO, SEC…MY NAME IS OREGON

Joel Gunderson FishWrap, FishWrap Archive

It’s too early, I know. There are five games left, I get it. But after last night, my God…it’s hard not to think “what if” when envisioning an Oregon vs. “whoever-survives-the-SEC” matchup. This is not your father’s Oregon Ducks. Hell, it’s not your slightly older brother’s Oregon Ducks. This is something different. This is something…special. The final score may have read …

Beyond Kenny Wheaton

Ted Werth FishWrap, FishWrap Archive

As I sat with of my friends in Autzen Stadium, our anticipation was high. The 2012 version of Oregon versus Washington was about to start. We stood at our seats in Section 26 . Once again the stadium speakers screamed “Kenny Wheaton is gonna score!” Like the other 50,000 Duck fans at Autzen Stadium two weeks ago, we laughed and cheered. As …

Thomas Tyner Now Responsible For Bad Economy and Global Warming

Nathan Roholt FishWrap, FishWrap Archive

For Duck fans who haven’t been hitting refresh on their Twitter every 30 seconds for the past 36 hours, here’s what you missed:  Thomas Tyner, senior running back for Aloha (OR) High School, announced on Twitter that he was re-opening his recruiting process, and decommitting from Oregon.  His decision is likely based on an Oregon Football policy that prohibits commits …

GAME 7 PREVIEW: OREGON AT ARIZONA STATE

Joel Gunderson FishWrap, FishWrap Archive

After a much needed bye week, Oregon springs back into action tonight in the desert, when they take on the Sun Devils of Arizona State. The Ducks, 6-0 on the season and ranked #3 in the first BCS rankings, face their biggest challenge of the season in the Sun Devils, who are 5-1 overall and riding high under new coach …