Duck Down … Next Man Up!

Steven Holstad FishWrap, FishWrap Archive

By now, we’ve all heard of the unfortunate ACL injury Bralon Addison suffered in Spring practice, and it appears to be season ending.  Injuries are an unfortunate reality of sports, especially football, and everyone has to deal with them.  While there are plenty of reasons to be upset about Oregon losing their best and most accomplished receiver, don’t start writing …

Recruiting Update: Full-Auto Murray Brings Cannon to Eugene

Mark Flores FishWrap, FishWrap Archive

  Football Recruiting Visits This past Monday, Oregon welcomed prime-time visitor Kyler Murray (4-Star/Allen, TX/Rivals100) to Eugene.  A consensus Top-3 dual-threat prospect heading into his senior season, Murray was said to have had a spectacular experience during his time with the Ducks.  A lock for the Under Armour All-American Game and 2013 Texas Gatorade POY, Murray (5’11, 170 lbs) passed for …

Discovery of New Knee Ligament Could Change Injury Treatment and Recovery!

NeuroDocDuck FishWrap, FishWrap Archive

How would you feel to know that a significant part of your body was likely unknown to doctors who were treating an injury you suffered?  Probably, surprise and then, perhaps, dismay!  Further, how would you like to find out that after successful surgery and rehabilitation, your knee sometimes gives way?  This can just as easily happen to the weekend superhero as …

Keanon Lowe: Senior, Leader, and Now Oregon’s Top Returning WR

FishDuck Staff FishWrap, FishWrap Archive

EUGENE, Oreg. — 22-19. Those were the numbers on the scoreboard as time expired in the 2011 BCS National Championship game.  The heart of Oregon Duck fans around the country melted as the opportunity to win a national title had come and gone.  No crystal football in the trophy room, no rings to be worn on the fingers of Oregon …

Ducks’ Nine Getting Needed Relief!

Gar Pearson Coach's Opinion

[Ed note: The first three paragraphs reference north-of-the-Columbia River stuff — this is the epitome of “friends in low places.”] I knew it was coming, it always does, my buddy Frank and his Husky purple heart calling to give me grief over the Ducks losing their PAC-12 baseball series to the Huskies.  I’ve known Frank for a lifetime, and he has …

An Oregon Unknown: The Trap Play That Never Was …

Charles Fischer, Mr. FishDuck For the Fans, History

Every team has a “Trap” play in it’s offense, and as a high school offensive lineman I loved to pull in a “Tackle Trap” and nail the first defensive lineman who showed up in front of me.  You blast them from the side, and usually you have caught them by complete surprise.  It seemed like such a natural play for the …

Duck ‘Backers Set to Flock to the Ball in 2014

Casey Fluegge FishWrap, FishWrap Archive

The departure of Kiko Alonzo and Michael Clay after 2012 made last season a rebuilding year of sorts for the Duck linebacker corps, and some maintain the Ducks’ run defense suffered accordingly.  The numbers reveal that the Ducks gave up 169 ypg on the ground, up from 142 ypg the year before. How much that attributed to the extra loss …

College Football Nation: The Bag Man and Missouri Man Down

Jeff Hostetler Editorials

It is a slow part of the season but this past week there has been some good reads on the back door dealings in college football.  Of course it is all coming out while we are once again speaking of paying players and compensating them for their “time.”  I just look forward to the season starting even if it’s more than four months …

With Bralon Addison Gone, Oregon’s Margin for Error Shrinks

Don Gilman Editorials

Injuries happen every year, to every team.  In a game as violent as football, players are injured in every scrimmage and every game.  Most of the time these injuries are bumps, bruises, stingers and sprains.  But the teams that contend for National Championships are either able to weather those injuries or manage to escape major injuries to key players.  Oregon …

My Wife’s Birthday Got Me to Thinking …

Kim Hastings Best of FishDuck.com Humor, FishWrap, FishWrap Archive

Thursday was my wife’s birthday  (“Happy birthday, honey.  Sorry about, well, you know.”)  It being her special day, I just wanted to take this opportunity to tell all of you what a lucky guy I am. When I met her all those years ago, she didn’t know the difference between Oregon and Oregon State.  Last season, at the end of the Civil …

Wanted: A Heisman Recipient With Real Integrity

Laura Brehm FishWrap, FishWrap Archive

As spring practices commence for the Ducks  — and Marcus Mariota remains starting quarterback — high hopes for the upcoming season are infectious.  Currently ranked third in the “Sports Illustrated’s” “Way-Too-Early Top 25″ and sixth on ”Bleacher Report,” 2014 is looking to be an exciting season.  And with Mariota’s knee having months to heal, the stage is set for a potentially great year …

Chip Kelly Update: DeSean is DeGone

Mark Saltveit FishWrap, FishWrap Archive

Two weeks ago, I wrote that Chip Kelly and the Eagles front office seemed to be dissatisfied with star wide receiver DeSean Jackson’s attitude, and it looked like they were shopping him around. Less than three hours after my column was published, the Eagles released him outright.  No trade, no compensatory pick. Just, “Good bye. It’s been real.”  This was …