A Look Ahead (and back) To The Civil War

Joe Packer FishWrap, FishWrap Archive

The Civil War is one of the most historic and heated college football rivalries in the NCAA. It may lack the pizazz and national attention of, let’s say, a Michigan vs Ohio State rivalry game, but this end-of-season matchup has been marked on the calendars of football fans in the Northwest for decades. A strong argument can be made that …

BCS BREAKDOWN: A Little Help Here, Please!

Pat Pannu FishWrap, FishWrap Archive

I do not know about everyone else but I think Saturday’s game gave me a few grey hairs and brought me within reach of a heart attack. I honestly felt a little sick to my stomach as I watched Stanford’s field goal sail through the goal posts. In that one moment, the Ducks went from being national championship contenders to potentially …

Sports Medicine – Shoulder Injuries

FishDuck Staff FishWrap, FishWrap Archive

Sports Medicine Shoulder Injuries By Dr. Jack Dreisen Figure : Dion Jordan Reinjures Shoulder – We Hope He Recovers Soon!   Figure : “This is what happens with shoulder injuries.” As I am not privy to the type of injury Oregon players sustain or the severity of it, I can only discuss shoulder injuries in general.   Figure . Shoulder …

Stanford vs. Oregon: It’s Not The End Of The World – Even If It Feels Like It

Carl Blackwell FishWrap, FishWrap Archive

The #1 Oregon Ducks’ national championship title hopes took a significant blow last night when they dropped their match with #14 Stanford, 17-14 (OT). In a game where statistics demonstrated how closely matched this contest was, small errors loomed large. What was particularly disconcerting to fans, however, was the fact that (losing notwithstanding) we did not recognize the team that …

Game 11 Preview: Oregon vs. Stanford

Joel Gunderson FishWrap, FishWrap Archive

Oregon and 3/11 or their starting defense welcome in the Stanford Cardinal tonight to Autzen stadium, just three wins away from a trip to Miami and the BCS championship game. Ok, maybe 3/11 is an exaggeration…but not by much. The Ducks, fresh off a 59-17 victory at California last week, are as banged up as they have been since…dare we …

Opponent Analysis: Kevin Hogan Upgrades Stanford’s Offense

Josh Schlichter FishWrap, FishWrap Archive

Many people, myself included, had little faith in Stanford’s ability to remain in the BCS conversation after losing Andrew Luck and Jim Harbaugh in successive years. Don’t look now, but the Cardinal are still in the Rose Bowl conversation, even if they fall to Oregon tomorrow night. Head Coach David Shaw deserves tons of credit for taking up Jim Harbaugh’s …

Thanks For Nothing, Alabama

Josh White FishWrap, FishWrap Archive

When the top-ranked Crimson Tide flopped at home against former UO commit “Johnny Football” and the Texas A&M Aggies, the BCS championship hopes (expectations?) of the entire SEC took a huge hit. After winning six consecutive national championships, the proud conference now has no undefeated teams, and appears to be on the outside looking in. You would be hard pressed …

The Impossible Dream: What Winning A National Championship Would Mean

Brian Libby History

In 1984, Brigham Young University won the Holiday Bowl. It wasn’t a marquee January bowl game, let alone any kind of championship – or so people thought. The game was held before the traditional marquee of New Year’s Day. Many in the college football world, myself included, felt an overwhelming amount of skepticism about BYU being voted champion a week …

FLYOVER COUNTRY—Enemy No One’s

Canard Humor

First, a housekeeping matter. I apologize for not providing the readership with a column last month. I had smashed my middle finger on my left hand in an ill fated attempt to repair my malfunctioning garage door and was unable to do production level typing for two weeks. I am fully healed now, so here we go. ————— This Saturday …

Recruiting Update: Dry Spell Coming to an End?

Mark Flores FishWrap, FishWrap Archive

  Derrick Green (5-Star/Richmond, VA/Rivals#1-RatedRB) Football Recruiting Visits/News Oregon looks to emerge from a recruiting lull with a flurry of blockbuster visits and renewed interest from prospects. Running back Derrick Green (5-Star/Richmond, VA/Rivals#1 RB) and safety Max Redfield (4-Star/Mission Viejo, CA/Rivals#3 S) headline a group of super preps who will make their way to Eugene in the foreseeable future; quite simply, …

How to Destroy Every Lame Anti-Oregon Argument in Two Sentences or Less

Sean Goodbody For the Fans

As an astute extremely-part-time football analysis writer and extremely-full-time football blog peruser, I would like to say I have my figurative finger on the figurative pulse of College Football Nation. I couldn’t help but notice that a lot of fans of other teams across the nation are – how do you say – drinking Haterade. (I think that’s what the …