It’s Up to the Ducks

Max Thornberry FishWrap, FishWrap Archive

The Florida State Seminoles have not lost a game since November 24, 2012 against the Florida Gators. That final loss came before the arrival of two-sport star quarterback Jameis Winston. Despite his off-the-field problems leading to inconsistency on the field and a one-game suspension earlier this year, Winston has produced big numbers (3,559 yards passing, 24 touchdowns) and led the …

The Awards Keep Coming For Marcus Mariota

Tyler Robinson FishWrap, FishWrap Archive

It’s almost as if they are making up awards to hand out to Marcus Mariota. The Heisman front runner, and Johnny Unitas Golden Arm recipient took home another award yesterday. Mariota was awarded the Polynesian College Football Player of the Year Award. The Co-Founders of the Polynesian College Football Hall of Fame, Jesse Sapolu and Ma’a Tanuvasa, made the announcement …

Fuzzy’s Guide to Surviving the Rose Bowl: Scoring Tickets

Michael Bigham FishWrap, FishWrap Archive

We continue our series on surviving the Rose Bowl with a tutorial on scoring game tickets. The FishDuck.com resident Rose Bowl expert, Farkquar “Fuzzy” Quackenbush, has been bouncing off the ceiling all morning after receiving notification that his ticket order has been filled by the Duck ticket office. Although he doesn’t know his exact seat location, he realizes he will be …

The Oregon Ducks’ Hawaiian Pipeline

Randy Morse FishWrap, FishWrap Archive

In this video, FishDuck.com’s foreign correspondent, British Columbia-based Randy Morse (aka The Fool on the Hill) talks about the seemingly constant flow of outstanding football players from the Aloha State to Eugene. Top photo Vince Cavalaio via Getty Images

Recruiting Update: The Thunder to Canton’s Lightning

Mark Flores FishWrap, FishWrap Archive

Football Recruiting News Friday night, Oregon put the whole nation on alert with a 51-13 demolition of southwest foe Arizona. Across the Pacific, longtime Duck target Rex Manu (3-Star/Mililani, HI) tuned in for the air-show put on by Heisman finalist Marcus Mariota. A day later, he made his first step to joining Ron Aiken’s two-deep on Oregon’s defensive line. “Oregon is …

Top Duck Recruit Josh Sweat Expected To Announce Tomorrow

Jason Selby FishWrap, FishWrap Archive

Announcement Follows Eugene Visit While living in the moment is everyone’s favorite thing to do, success on a national level is based around how well a school can recruit talent for the years to come. Long-term success is always on the forefront of a coach’s mind, and by having Josh Sweat for an official visit this past weekend, Mark Helfrich …

Nike Unveils Uniforms for College Football Playoff

Tyler Robinson FishWrap, FishWrap Archive

It’s generally a well kept secret as to what flashy uniforms the Ducks will wear on game day. But this time we will not have to wait, as Nike unveiled the uniforms for all four football teams in the College Football Playoff. The Ducks are bringing the “O” back. For the first time since the 2011 season, the “O” will …

Josh Sweat Announcement Approaching Rapidly

Caleb Couturie FishWrap, FishWrap Archive

Five-Star recruit Josh Sweat looks an awful lot like Jadaveon Clowney. Not only are the two some of the most dominating outside pass rushers the sport has seen in recent history, but seriously if you held two pictures of the two up next to each other I’m not sure even friends of Sweat could tell the difference. The highly touted …

Former Ducks Football Head Coach Inducted Into College Football Hall of Fame

McKalie Bellew FishWrap, FishWrap Archive

It seems as though the University of Oregon is creating  history left and right, lately! First we have Marcus Mariota who is soon to be awarded the Heisman (seemingly), we have multiple other players winning all kinds of different awards and now we have a former head coach of our Ducks being inducted into the College Football Hall of Fame. Mike Bellotti coached at …

UAB Football Cancelled: What it Means for Oregon

Alex Towne FishWrap, FishWrap Archive

On Tuesday, December 2nd, the college football world saw something that hadn’t been seen in almost 20 years, the cancellation of a Division I football program, this time at University of Alabama at Birmingham. The last Division I School to shut down was University of Pacific in 1995. While the decision has been met with a lot of criticism, it …

Ducks Flying South for the Winter: On to the Rose Bowl!

Ashley Young FishWrap, FishWrap Archive

We came, we saw, we conquered. A huge sigh of relief. The Ducks have fought their way into the first ever College Football Playoff. What a staple on this great year in Ducks football history. Not only did he Ducks win the Pac-12 Championship against the Arizona Wildcats, but now they get to face the only undefeated team left in …