Oregon Football Recruiting Cycle Ending with Fab Five Finish

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Kevin Cline Usually, early December is far too early to accurately predict an Oregon recruiting class, but this year might be the exception.  After landing their 15th verbal commitment earlier in the week from JUCO stud Offensive Guard Haniteli Lousi, it appears that the Ducks are going hard after just five more players.  Who are these five special targets? 1) …

Oregon Hoops: They Don’t Rebuild, They Don’t Reload, They Retransfer!

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Kevin Cline Pac-12 Conference Champions. . .that was last year. . .and again this year!  At this point in the season the Ducks have established an identity as strong competitors for a second straight conference title.  The effort has been led by almost an entirely new unit than those we saw hoist the trophy last year in Las Vegas.  A …

Former Player Tribute: “Nothing Like the Mighty Quinn”

FishDuck Staff Men of Oregon: Players and Coaches

John Giustina “Come all without, come all within . . . You’ll not see nothing like the Mighty Quinn!”  -Manfred Mann A forgotten starting defensive lineman made a major impact during Oregon’s late 90’s – early 2000’s rise to fortune and fame.  A quiet leader and huge anchor to Oregon’s defensive line, this valuable defensive end speedster played a key …

Recruiting Update: 2015 Class on the Horizon

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Steve Francis Football Recruiting Recruiting Trail Just hours following the latest edition of the War, head coach Mark Helfrich and Co. hit the road for the postseason recruiting cycle.  With another regular season in the books, Oregon will begin shoring up our 2014 class and look to the future as high school juniors transition into their final prep campaign. His …

How Oregon Protects Mariota with New Play Variations!

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Craig Strobeck The Civil War game featured the most speed and running skills by Marcus Mariota since the Washington game, as he ran for a couple of first downs and pulled the ball in some Mid-Level Zone Reads.  However, the majority of plays were NOT using the Zone Read by design, and these play variations generated some interesting conversations between …

Oregon Ducks Right Back on Track to Madness

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Craig Strobeck   The Oregon Ducks needed overtime to beat Ole Miss this past weekend but they emerged victorious in their first real road test of the season.  With the win, Oregon is now 8-0 and off to their best start since the 13-0 opening in 2006 — a team led by Aaron Brooks. Mississippi hit 15 three-pointers and guard Marshall …

What Now Oregon?

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Kevin Cline It would appear that after four straight years of BCS appearances, the University of Oregon football team will be left on the outside looking in.  Most likely the team will be headed to the Alamo Bowl, something that most pundits and fans would not have predicted before the season began.  Yet here they are. There is nothing wrong …

Oregon’s Bitter Rival Delivers Another Blow

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Craig Strobeck One of the complaints of the modern shift in college football, with conference realignment and the addition of a playoff amongst other changes, is the end of annual matchups in many historical rivalries.  Yet it is Oregon’s biggest rival in recent years, the BCS, that the Ducks will happily say goodbye to as this era ends.  After four …

Ducks put the O in Oregon in OT Win

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From Video OXFORD, Miss.-  Oregon came into Ole Miss on Sunday afternoon with an incredible record of 7-0 (first time since their 2006-07 season) and were looking to capture another win, making them one of only two teams in the PAC-12 still undefeated.  But, with this being the Ducks’ first matchup in history against the Rebels, both teams knew this …

Johnathan Loyd: The Unsung Hero

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Kevin Cline This is the story of an unsung hero, that man who consistently delivers brilliance, but receives little recognition.  In sports this may be the sixth man, the kicker, or even the designated hitter.  On the Oregon men’s basketball team, this man is the point guard. With star Dominic Artis still on suspension, Johnathan Loyd has led the team to a great start …

College Football Nation: Buckeyes crushed and WAR DAMN EAGLE

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    You’ve just got to love college football.  Just when you think you know who is going to play for it all . . . TODAY HAPPENS.  You have FSU fans looking for flights to Pasadena after they put Duke football in its place.  Stanford did what they do best and ran all over Arizona State.  Auburn and Missouri …

Top 5 Games of the 2013 season

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Steve Francis With the 2013 football season officially behind us, I thought that I would take this time to reflect back over the season at some of the great games.  These games could be great as a whole, or it could be one performance that made the game great.  The following are my top 5 games of the year: 5. …