2015 NFL Draft: Marcus Mariota – The Arizona Cardinals

Caleb Couturie FishWrap, FishWrap Archive

Over the next five weeks, FishDuck.com Feature Writer Caleb Couturie will be analyzing the 25 teams in the NFL Draft that may look to select Marcus Mariota. Previous Article: Click here No 22: The Arizona Cardinals ARI’s Draft Pick: Twenty-fourth ARI’s 2015 Cap Space: $(-6,847,875) ARI’s Top Needs: LB, QB, Pass Rusher The Cards are a very good team. They’re a playoff team, evidenced by their wild card selection. …

Ducks Bring Gridiron Lessons to the Hardwood

David Koh FishWrap, FishWrap Archive

Throughout the nation the past few years, the Oregon Ducks have become synonymous with speed, ingenuity, and most of all offense.  On its way to the National Championship Game, the bling-flashing, party-crashing, 100-yard-dashing Duck football team put up record numbers in points per game, margin of victory and season total scoring, and  they didn’t do it by inching down-field a yard or two …

Oregon Football Recruiting: Official Visits Are Getting Tight – Who Gets Them?

Jason Fowler FishWrap, FishWrap Archive

With about two weeks left until the national letter of intent day (NLI) or signing day on February 4th, who is not looking at the prospects and trying to figure out how to get key commitments to Oregon from players and juggle the limited official visits? Due to sanctions, Oregon lost one scholarship in each of two years (limiting the …

Learning from Oregon’s Championship Fashion Fail

Brian Libby FishWrap, FishWrap Archive

We don’t just love our school colors—we win in them When Oregon underwent a radical Nike-designed uniform change beginning with the 1999 season, the message was clear: what you wear says something important about you. The Ducks, save for the occasional Rose Bowl every few decades, had never been a traditional powerhouse. Why not claim the future with innovative, constantly changing …

Comparing Ducks’ 2013-’14 Season to 2014-15 Season Performances

McKalie Bellew FishWrap, FishWrap Archive

When it comes to the Oregon Ducks football season this year, the accomplishments the team and program made are unreal. For the team, for individual players, for the coaches and the university, it was more than a successful season; it was a historical one. After the 2013-’14 season ended last year, a group of writers for ESPN wrote team-by-team season …

Ducks Land First Five Star

David Koh FishWrap, FishWrap Archive

Oregon’s 2015 recruiting class just got its first five-star recruit, according to ESPN and Scout.com, and it didn’t even take a flipped prospect or a new commitment. Punahou School Defensive End and Oregon verbal commit Canton Kaumatule picked up his fifth star last Wednesday, making him officially the best prospect in the Ducks’ current class. Kaumatule’s physical tools were impossible to argue (the kid …

Should We Listen to Eagles’ Talk – Moving Up to Take Mariota?

Jason Selby FishWrap, FishWrap Archive

It has been reported in every major news outlet across the country, that the Philadelphia Eagles, and Head Coach Chip Kelly would do whatever it takes to move up in the draft to a position where they feel they could take Marcus Mariota. Since the season ended for the Ducks a few weeks ago, we haven’t heard much on the topic. At …

2015 NFL Draft: Marcus Mariota – The Dallas Cowboys

Caleb Couturie FishWrap, FishWrap Archive

Over the next five weeks, FishDuck.com Feature Writer Caleb Couturie will be analyzing the 25 teams in the NFL Draft that may look to select Marcus Mariota. Previous Article: Click here No 23: The Dallas Cowboys DAL’s Draft Pick: Twenty-seventh DAL’s 2015 Cap Space: $13,048,384 DAL’s Top Needs: LB, Pass Rusher, CB This is where my readers will begin to think I’m crazy. Sure, other situations make sense because …

A Title Remains Elusive, but Greatness is Already Ours

Brian Libby FishWrap, FishWrap Archive

In the wake of Oregon’s loss to Ohio State in the national championship game, it is perhaps inevitable that we stop and assess the state of Duck football: both how far we’ve come and what it takes to make that final step. One senses two disparate facts: that Oregon has cemented itself as one of the premier programs in college …

Big Shoes to Fill, But Not the Ones You’re Thinking

Ashley Young FishWrap, FishWrap Archive

Nationally, all minds have focused on Heisman Trophy winner Marcus Mariota and who will fill his giant, humble shoes. My mind is elsewhere, namely, on the Oregon Ducks defense. The Ducks offense would not be The Duck Offense if it weren’t for the guys on the field the most. Our defense held big, bad Michigan State to 27 points, powerhouse Stanford to 16 points, and flashy Utah to 27 …

Recruiting Update: Oregon Takin’ Bones from Peterson?

Mark Flores FishWrap, FishWrap Archive

Football Recruiting News Now in the twilight of the 2015 recruiting cycle, Oregon appears to remain in the game for several top prospects. The next few weeks leading up to signing day will be a juggling act of who to bring on campus, which is not a bad quandary considering the type of athletes eyeing Oregon. Just to the north, linebacker …

Carrington’s Father Claims Secondhand Smoke

Nik Brownlee FishWrap, FishWrap Archive

Darren Carrington was ineligible for the national title game because he failed an NCAA drug test; he tested positive for marijuana. However, according to Carrington’s father, Darren Carrington Sr., his son wasn’t smoking at all, but rather, the failed test was the result of secondhand smoke. Carrington Sr. played eight seasons in the NFL and started for the Chargers in …