Remember when we were pleading for Oregon to have a good performance against an elite starter? Well, the Ducks just delivered in spectacular fashion against one of the premier starters in all of collegiate baseball. It’s no mistake – Mark Appel has been ranked as the number one draft prospect by various scouting services for a while now. Ever since …
Some days a deadline looms and nothing in particular comes to mind. Creative writing isn’t something that can be forced, so when it doesn’t come, I just have to wait it out. As I go through my day, something will organically grow…I hope. Meanwhile: 12:17 p.m. Who knew how much fun compressed air cans can be? As I was pondering …
As the 2013 off-season grinds along, it’s high-time to take a look at how the Ducks spring roster stacks up against 24 other programs in the country. After all, the 2012 Fiesta Bowl champion Oregon Ducks were among the very largest in the country a season ago, but has that changed? For reference, this list is assembled using roster data from ESPN.com, …
How deep do your memories of Oregon football go? Would you remember anyone from the 1983 season? What about the 1983 Spring Game? If we looked back, who would we recognize? Let’s play Where’s Waldo? with this photo and see if you can guess who the participants are: Likely, you recognize the subject of the red arrow. That’s Rich Brooks. …
Football Recruiting Visits With anticipation for Oregon’s annual spring game reaching a fevered pitch, safety Mattrell McGraw (3-Star/River Ridge, LA) quietly made his way into Eugene this past week. “It was beautiful, it was more than I could have thought of,” said McGraw. “I can’t even describe how at home I felt with this whole visit… I felt like I …
So much for cold bats! After struggling to score runs against UCLA last weekend, the Ducks turned their offensive fortunes back around in an 11-7 road victory over Portland. The eleven runs scored on Tuesday more than doubled the runs scored over the weekend against the strong Bruin pitching staff, but the Ducks were able to find a bit of …
Over the past few weeks, Oregon and Oregon State have been the two teams atop of the PAC-12 baseball standings, but as the season goes on teams and players get more competitive with one another, and the hunger to win a championship grows more and more with every series. Oregon State is still considered the top team in the conference …
Courtesy of Kevin Cline Photography It is almost upon us, folks. Finally, we get to experience a little dose of what we all love so much, to get us through the next 4 months. The Oregon Ducks spring football game is this Saturday at 11 am. I will most definitely be in attendance to show my love and to check …
This multi-week series will attempt to take a reasonable, logical and unbiased look at Oregon’s recent recruiting successes and failures while analyzing the program’s recruiting philosophy under Chip Kelly. The series will then look at how that philosophy already has and may continue to evolve under Mark Helfrich before ending with a detailed breakdown of the author’s ideal recruiting blueprint. …
Featured Photo By Gary Breedlove Photography While baseball can be a cruel game, it is also a game of averages. For every unsuccessful at bat, inning, or pitch, there is usually a successful one waiting right around the corner. Things were no different this weekend at PK Park during the Oregon Ducks’ series with the UCLA Bruins. Oregon was put …
First off, I would like to take moment to express the sorrow I feel after the Boston incident. After experiencing something like that, take the time to reach out to friends and family and let them know how much you care and love them. Be safe, FishDuck readers. Now for some football. Spring football is in full swing. We have …
By next Sunday night, as many as five former Ducks could find themselves on planes, headed off to the next venture in life, with the NFL staring them in the face. Back in Eugene, spring ball 2013 will soon be a wrap, ushering in the quiet period until we officially kick off fall camp in August. The 2012 senior class – led by Dion …
