Oregon Special Teams Analysis: Swinging What?

Todd Moore Fish Reports

How does Oregon get so many two point conversions?   We have a variety of plays that we have used over the years on extra points, and the Swinging Gate Formation is just one of the reasons Oregon puts the “Special” in special teams.  In every aspect of Oregon football we can see an attack style mentality, including after we score …

Oregon Women’s Lacrosse Storm Papé Field in their Season Opening Weekend

Lauren LaBar FishWrap, FishWrap Archive

The Oregon Women’s Lacrosse team played their season opener at the newly constructed Papé Field last Saturday against the Dartmouth Big Green. The only previous match the Ducks had against the Big Green was in March of 2011, which ended in a 12-10 loss for the Ducks.  Nine players from the 2011 season returned to take on Dartmouth this weekend. …

Oregon Caps Wacky Weekend With Second Series Win

Josh Schlichter FishWrap, FishWrap Archive

Keeping up with the trend set in yesterday’s article, it seems as if Oregon has gotten into a habit of getting their offense in the most unconventional fashions. After getting six runs on just two hits a day before, the Ducks pushed across six more runs on a beautiful afternoon at PK Park. However, all six runs were credited as unearned runs. …

What’s a fan to do when the NCAA comes after you?

Joel Gunderson FishWrap, FishWrap Archive

It’s been nearly two years since initial word of an NCAA investigation over the Oregon program came to light, and since then most of the major players involved have flown the coop.  Lache Seastrunk, the running back out of Texas, is enjoying his successes at Baylor.  Willie Lyles, the man responsible for the investigation, has been relatively quiet.  Chip Kelly, …

Rent versus Buy and the PAC-12 Coaching Carousel

Michael Welborn FishWrap, FishWrap Archive

Rent versus Buy and the PAC-12 Coaching Carousel Not living up to your potential?  Cross town rival forcing you to eat crow for the entire off season?  Maybe it’s time to fire your coach?  While it’s a boon to commercial movers, real estate agents, and assistant coaches; it may not fix the real problem, such as being geographically challenged, playing …

Plunked Ducks Smash LMU in Game 2

Josh Schlichter FishWrap, FishWrap Archive

Seasoned baseball fans have probably seen some wacky things happen on the diamond. From deflected outs, to runners passing each other on the bases, the random feel to baseball is something that most fans treasure. Today’s game had one of the weirdest final box scores I’ve ever seen. Oregon (5-1) beat LMU (3-3) on Saturday afternoon by a score of …

Notes From Around the College Football Nation: Miami Scandal and More Expansion

Jeff Hostetler FishWrap, FishWrap Archive

If you’re a fan of college football…then go check somewhere else because it is that slow time of the year.  If you are a Miami fan, then you have a lot going on because of this whole botched NCAA investigation.  The NCAA could be in store for a major overhaul depending on how the ball rolls with the Miami investigation.  …

Johnathan Loyd Stirs the Drink as Ducks Drub Stanford

Luke Roth FishWrap, FishWrap Archive

Johnathan Loyd had heard it all. The whispers. The comments. The tweets. How he couldn’t shoot, how other teams don’t guard him, how the Ducks have gone straight downhill without Dominic Artis, and on and on. Going scoreless in a heartbreaking loss to California two nights earlier, didn’t help. But Saturday against Stanford, in a game the Ducks had to …

Ducks and the Silver Screen

Kim Hastings FishWrap, FishWrap Archive

Sunday night is America’s Night at the Movies.  It’s the night when glamour meets art and Tommy Lee Jones celebrates with the industry that made him rich.   A look at some of the best picture nominees: Silver Linings Playbook:  This movie is about a young man who comes unhinged at a football game.  We wouldn’t know anyone like that. …

Ted Miller, Bi-Polar Dogs and the Transitive Property: Right or Wrong?

Mike Merrell FishWrap, FishWrap Archive

We all know how Ted Miller and the ESPN Pac-12 Blog hate the overuse of the transitive property.  You can read about it here (among lots of other places).  Could Ted Miller and all the posters on the football blogs be WRONG about this?  For as long as all of us have been on the web, it has been assumed as fact …

Ducks’ Offense Goes With The Weather

Josh Schlichter FishWrap, FishWrap Archive

Perhaps Oregon’s offense goes as the weather does: the sunny beaches of Hawai’i left Oregon’s bats hot, but the frigid rain in Eugene left the Oregon bats cold on Friday night at PK Park. The Ducks dropped their home opener to LMU 7-2 in rather disappointing fashion. Jake Reed (1-1) had flashes of brilliance in his second start of the …

Last-Second California Dagger Stuns Ducks

Luke Roth FishWrap, FishWrap Archive

After 10 consecutive losses to the Bears stretching back to 2008, it looked like No. 23 Oregon had found a way to end the streak. Despite struggling to score for nearly all 40 minutes of Thursday’s Pac-12 game at Matthew Knight Arena, the Ducks controlled the game defensively and led for nearly the entire contest. Oregon defended and rebounded with …