The Ice Breaker: Who Are Your Ducks? (Speedsters Edition)

Dean Davis FishWrap, FishWrap Archive

Last time we met, we discussed how important it would be for the Ducks to have energetic big men in order for this to be a successful season. But, how can those big guys even have a chance of executing offensively — or getting back defensively — if the guards aren’t living up to their promising potential? This week we …

Oregon Football Recruiting Update: Chinander of the Corn

Mark Flores FishWrap, FishWrap Archive

Football Recruiting News/Visits Inching closer to Senior Day, Oregon continues to add to the future with a late offer to a member of the 2015 class. Safety/corner combo Octavius Spencer (3-Star/Monrovia, CA) received an Oregon nod over the weekend and seems poised to pick the Ducks going forward. “(The Ducks) have actually been recruiting me the longest but they just offered,” said …

Thanking Oregon’s Senior Class

Tyler Robinson FishWrap, FishWrap Archive

Saturday will be bittersweet, for it’ll be the last time that the senior class will get to take the field at a raucous Autzen Stadium. For those of you keeping track at home, you’ll note that 15 of the 17 seniors are redshirt guys, and almost all of them were just cutting their teeth with the program when Oregon played …

What Will Our Senior Ducks Miss Most About Autzen? Tony Washington Answers.

McKalie Bellew FishWrap, FishWrap Archive

Ashley Young interviewed Tony Washington at the Hatfield-Dowlin Complex this morning for FishDuck.com. Wow. Two games left in regular season … can it really almost be over? This Saturday is the last game of the 2014 season in Autzen Stadium, but more importantly it’s the seniors last game in Autzen stadium. This weekend our Ducks will face the Colorado Buffaloes …

Catching Up with Hamani Stevens

Austin Willhoft FishWrap, FishWrap Archive

  After having a second bye week, the Ducks are back in action preparing for this Saturday’s afternoon game against Colorado. This is going to be quite a special night for everyone as it’s the last game home game of the season. However and most importantly, this is “Senior Night!” This Saturday will be a magical night for the seniors …

Grasu Feels Confident He Will Return This Season

Omar Garibay FishWrap, FishWrap Archive

Ashley Young of FishDuck.com interviewed center Hroniss Grasu during Tuesday’s press conference at the University of Oregon’s Hatfield-Dowlin Complex. The bye week is over; the pads are back, and the Ducks are officially back on the practice field. This Saturday’s matchup against the Colorado Buffaloes marks the last home game of the season for Oregon. The Ducks have outscored the …

College Playoff Update: Destiny in the Hands of Contenders

Evan Gilges FishWrap, FishWrap Archive

In a week when Mississippi State and Alabama were bound to mix up the College Playoff picture, it was another contender who watched its Playoff hopes vanish among the Giant Killers. Final Four Playoff Contenders – Alabama clears path with win over No.1 MSU Alabama – Coming off of an overtime win in Death Valley against LSU, Alabama headed home with …

Game Plans of the Oregon Spread Offense: Helfrich versus Kelly

Charles Fischer, Mr. FishDuck Fish Reports

The transition from Chip Kelly to Mark Helfrich has been fascinating to observe in many areas, but now we can begin to compare their game plans, since Helf’ has now been heading Oregon for nearly two years. Are there similarities? What are the differences? I laid the groundwork in three videos two years ago that fans and coaches loved, thus I …

Ducks Trample Motor City’s Detroit Titans

FishDuck Staff FishWrap, FishWrap Archive

After a dominating win against Coppin State, the Oregon Ducks kept the winning streak alive against Juwuan Howard Jr. and the Detroit Titans. With eight minutes left in the first half the Ducks and Titans were in a slug fest going at each other’s throats with a flare of 3-points shots and easy lays ups. Toward the end of the …

A Familiar Face Back on the Line: the Return of Andre Yruretagoyena

Ashley Young FishWrap, FishWrap Archive

To say the Ducks’ offensive line has been through a lot is an understatement. Battling numerous injuries, including those to redshirt junior Tyler Johnstone, redshirt junior Andre Yruretagoyena, senior Jake Fisher and now redshirt senior Hroniss Grasu, the Ducks’ offensive line seems to have had a target on its back from the beginning. Recently, we have seen several new faces filling in …

The Dynamic Doug Brenner

Max Thornberry FishWrap, FishWrap Archive

Ducks fans, rejoice! The bye week is finished and it is time to get back to football. The team took advantage of its time off to get healthy and get practice in with some of the new starters replacing injured Hroniss Grasu and Pharaoh Brown. Caleb Couturie of FishDuck.com was at the Hatfield-Dowlin Complex after practice today and had a chance …

Devon Allen Puts Distractions Aside to Focus on Colorado

Caleb Couturie FishWrap, FishWrap Archive

Devon Allen, along with the rest of his team, has been through a lot recently. The two toughest defenses in the Pac-12 in back-to-back weeks would cause a lot of wear and tear for anyone, but for the Ducks, Stanford and Utah packed a special punch. If the injuries to Pharaoh Brown and Hroniss Grasu weren’t enough, the Ducks have …