Mike Merrell’s Three-And-Out: Teams Ready to Take a Dive

Mike Merrell FishWrap, FishWrap Archive

Three-and-Out opens with a look at teams I predict will underachieve in 2014. Does my opinion mean anything? Well, here is a link to my hex on three teams for 2013. To sum it up for those of you in too much of a hurry to read the link, the teams I predicted would not meet preseason hype last year …

Embrace the Uncertainty

Nathan Roholt FishWrap, FishWrap Archive

What will the 2014 season look like? After eight months of speculating, the first part of that question will be answered this Saturday. Those outside of the Oregon program seem certain everything will be just resemble the Ducks we’ve seen much of the past five seasons; the favorite in the Pac-12, and a contender for a playoff spot come January. …

College Football Nation: Ohio State Is Without Braxton and Jameis Is Snubbed

Jeff Hostetler FishWrap, FishWrap Archive

  With kickoff less than a week away, the action is finally here. The only people who are probably wishing the season was further away — or even over – would be Ohio State. With the new playoff system upon us, more pressure will be put on teams to win and win big. Teams must leave no doubt in voters’ minds …

Chip Kelly Update: Oregon Bias, More Kenjon & Less Huff

Mark Saltveit FishWrap, FishWrap Archive

The Philadelphia Eagles have gone through the entire off-season with no roster changes at all. Then boom! Heading into preseason Game 3, Chip Kelly and GM Howie Roseman moved decisively. First they released Jason Phillips, a special teams ace who never came back from an ACL tear. Then the team traded a conditional 7th-round draft pick for former Oregon star Kenjon Barner, …

8 Reasons Why College Football Is the Greatest Sport of Them All

Kim Hastings FishWrap, FishWrap Archive

This is the week that we have all been waiting for. At the end of last season the Ducks summarily ushered Mack Brown out the door with a swift kick in the rear and the parting words “Next time bring a passing game.” Since that night, Oregon fans have been looking forward to the next season to finally get here. Well, …

FishDuck.com Photographer “Takes one for the Team”

Charles Fischer, Mr. FishDuck FishWrap, FishWrap Archive

It is fun to go down memory lane involving not only our beloved Ducks, but also members of the FishDuck.com team.  In 2009 at Stanford–Oregon trailed as Jeremiah Masoli led a furious comeback but we came up a little short. There was a TD pass play where Masoli threw a 32 yard TD to a streaking Jeff Maehl who barely kept his …

A Duckling Profile: Arrion Springs to Life in the Fall

Lawrence Hastings FishWrap, FishWrap Archive

True freshman Arrion Springs may not start this year, but expect him to rise to prominence early in his collegiate career. The Oregon secondary not only lost three starters this season, but also standouts Brian Jackson and Avery Patterson. So the spot across from All-American defensive back, Ifo Ekpre-Olomu, is wide open. Ironically enough, the Ducks landed four-star recruit Springs who shares a very similar …

Recruiting Update: “At Dawn Look to the East …”

Mark Flores FishWrap, FishWrap Archive

Basketball Recruiting Commitments Uttered by the mythical Lord of the Rings character Gandalf, “… Look(ing) to the East” has proven effective for another savior in head coach Dana Altman. Coming by way of Toronto, Canada, stretch forward Dillon Brooks (4-Star/Toronto, ON/Rivals150) committed to Oregon following an official visit last week. “For Dillon I think it was all about the opportunity …

The Pac-12 Conference: It All started With the PCC

Pat Pannu History

The Oregon Ducks are proud members of the Pac-12 conference and have been, with the exception of five years in the early sixties, since it was known as the Pacific Coast Conference. So how did we get from the PCC to the Pac-12? The PCC  was formed on December 2, 1915, in a meeting held at the Imperial Hotel in Portland, …