After the Men and Women of Oregon both won their initial Big 10 Indoor Conference meet, the teams move onward to Virginia Beach for the Indoor National Championships this weekend on March 14-15. ESPN+ has the most thorough coverage, while ESPN and ESPNU are also covering the meet, mostly with on replay. Mr. FishDuck was keenly interested in whether the …
Last spring, the Denver Broncos selected Bo Nix, who was the twelfth pick in the 2024 NFL Draft, as their quarterback for the future. Posting a surprising 10-7 record, Nix guided the Broncos to a Wild Card appearance, their first playoff berth since winning the Super Bowl in 2015. As an Oregon Ducks alumnus, Nix was part of a football …
With super conferences taking over college football, any semblance of a balanced schedule among teams in the same conference is out the window. Equally important, one lesson from the first year of the 12-team College Football Playoff is that winning is more important than playing a tough schedule. Therefore, it’s pertinent to ask whether Oregon has an advantageous schedule in …
Lyndsey Grein didn’t just throw a game. She authored a near-religious experience under the lights of Jane Sanders Stadium. The Virginia Tech transfer mowed down No. 8 Florida State, tossing a one-hit shutout on Friday as No. 12 Oregon (21-2) silenced the Seminoles 2-0 in one of the Ducks’ biggest home wins in years. Even Mr. FishDuck took time from …
Recently, we looked at quarterbacks returning who had good starting experience, and what the prospects were for their teams in this article right here. It makes sense to look at the other national programs, and note who has some experience to lead their team or very little. QBs with SOME Starting Experience 1. Texas – Archie Manning – Redshirt Sophomore …
Oregon occupies a respectable position in the very competitive Big 10 conference. Not only have they factored pretty consistently in postseason play, but they actually won the first-ever NCAA Mens Basketball Championship all the way back in 1939. Different times, of course. The playoffs featured only eight teams and generated not even a small sliver of the interest that the …
“Great Scott!” A term commonly expressed by Back to the Future’s Doc Brown when something urgent and unbelievable was happening. And, the term fits perfectly with the idea that anyone would consider hiring former Pac-12 commissioner, and total clown, Larry Scott. Mr. FishDuck took a break from his research of College football and NCAAF news, to share his disbelief at …
One thing in the world that is permanent is change. Nothing remains in stasis, including college football (CFB) with certain roster rollover due to extinguished eligibility, exacerbated by wide open, largely unregulated free agency, poaching going unpunished, and players being paid over the table. Quarterback is the most important position in any team sport. Which preseason top teams have returning …
Evan Stewart has chosen to return for his senior year and give our Oregon football program one last shot at a College Football Playoff run with the NFL-level talent out wide. That means the next-up quarterback Dante Moore will have a familiar target to rely on, someone whose potential has only been partially realized in this Oregon offense. Mr. FishDuck took …
Beware. The strength-of-schedule rankings are based on how a B1G team’s opponents in 2025 performed in 2024. In 2024, this same exercise showed Oregon having a more difficult schedule than Ohio State before the season. This turned out to not the case at the conclusion of the regular season. Who knew about Indiana, and new coach Curt Cignetti? (I should …
December 7, 2024. The Podium after Georgia defeated Texas 22-19 in overtime to capture the 2024-25 SEC championship, with SEC Commissioner Greg Sankey (above) on stage. Q. ‘Kirby (Smart) what does the bye week before the Sugar Bowl mean to you and the team?’ A. ‘Well, it means a rest for a team that Greg Sankey and his staff sent …
Dan Lanning came to Oregon when the transfer portal was in full swing and NIL was in its early years. Unlike many other coaches, he opted to retain most of the Oregon roster he inherited from former head coach Mario Cristobal, though he was aggressive in the transfer portal and not afraid to acquire players who were clearly upgrades to …