2013 Mid-Term: Top 5 Ducks — so far

Sam Arney FishWrap, FishWrap Archive

Craig Strobeck Now that we are halfway through the season, I thought I would take this chance to highlight some of the top players.  Most of the names on this list are the usual suspects and for good reason.  While there are players on the team whose roles go unnoticed on the stat sheet – for example, offensive linemen –  I am sticking with …

Recruiting Analysis: Best Class Ever?

Chris Charbonnier FishWrap, FishWrap Archive

Kevin Cline Oregon’s 2014 recruiting class keeps getting better.  It might not end up a large class, but it will be talented, very talented.  Fans shouldn’t concern themselves with team recruiting rankings, since as I wrote about a couple of weeks ago, those rankings are biased against teams with effective roster management like Stanford and Oregon.  To recap, quantity (class …

The Enemy of My Enemy Still Needs a Good Thrashing

Kim Hastings Best of FishDuck.com Humor

koze950.com If there is one thing that I have in common with Washington State football fans it is my understanding of what makes them mad.  Nothing sets off a Cougar fan like The Color Purple. So let me tell you something indeed. It’s hard to write snarky things about a team that dislikes purple as much as I dislike purple. …

The Fighting Ducks Came Marching Home

Jim Maloney History

www.ohsu.edu Oregon’s 1942 football season had turned out to be a major disappointment, finishing 2-6 with a roster that had managed to beat the eventual Rose Bowl bound 7-4 UCLA Bruins.  To make matters worse, even though the Pacific Coast Conference (PCC) had voted to allow freshman eligibility in December 1942, it would not be enough to save varsity football at Oregon …

Recruiting Update: What Can Brown Do For You?

Mark Flores FishWrap, FishWrap Archive

Kevin Cline Football Recruiting Commitments Saturday, Oregon solidified a “Decade of Dominance” over its northern rival behind a Heisman-leading performance from quarterback Marcus Mariota.  Off the field, the Ducks’ resounding win produced a commitment from one of the top wide outs in the class of 2014 – route-runner Jalen Brown (4-Star/Phoenix, AZ/Rivals250). A 6-foot-2, 183 pound, jack-of-all-trades, Brown beats defenders with myriad talents.  …

Did Helfrich’s Game Plan “Chip-Away” at Washington?

Charles Fischer, Mr. FishDuck Fish Reports

from Video Oregon fans that read this site have become accustomed to the unusual game plans assembled by Chip Kelly, and we have had some dandies to study over the years.  The natural question concerns whether new Head Coach Mark Helfrich would do the same?  Justin Wilcox had faced the CK game plan last year, and he had better defensive …

Five Things “Reasonable” Huskies Fans Learned Last Saturday

Josh Hall FishWrap, FishWrap Archive

from Video 1.  The coaches were right; opponents do fake injuries against Washington to beat them.  This was obvious on Saturday after Oregon wide receiver Josh Huff went down with a suspicious ‘injured ankle,’ only to come back in the second half to haul in a 65-yard touchdown pass that set the tone for the remainder of the game.  He …

Did You Guys Just Get Here? Washington’s First College GameDay Saturday

Nathan Roholt FishWrap, FishWrap Archive

30fps.mocksession.com It was the logical choice for ESPN’s College GameDay: Washington, who was ranked 16th in the nation, and also a team coming off a three-point road loss to a top-five school, is now having their biggest rival — the nation’s second-ranked program — come to town in the highest-ranked matchup in college football last Saturday.  Yet, the fact that …

A Decade of Dominance: Oregon Crushes the Huskies

Chris Charbonnier FishWrap, FishWrap Archive

from video Ten years is a long time.  A gloriously long time.  On Saturday afternoon, the Oregon football team capped a decade of dominance against their most hated rival, the Washington Huskies.  The Ducks controlled the game and won convincingly, 45-24. While watching the game yesterday afternoon, it was hard not to think about “The Pick.”  Arguably the most iconic moment …

College Football Nation: The upsets have arrived and Mack Brown survives another week

Jeff Hostetler FishWrap, FishWrap Archive

  I was starting to get worried that too many teams would finish the season undefeated, until today.  As the season goes on we are finally getting to see the upsets.  Upsets are what we live for in college football, as long as our team isn’t on the wrong end of the stick.  Watching the impossible become possible is what …

Inside the Locker Room: Huskies Now 0-for-the-Decade

Nathan Roholt FishWrap, FishWrap Archive

from video Spirits were high in Seattle Saturday morning.  Fresh off a narrow three-point loss on the road to Stanford, the Husky faithful were confident that this was the year, after nine failed tries in a row, that Washington would finally get the best of Oregon.  An estimated 10,000 fans arrived by 3:00 AM for the first-ever appearance of ESPN’s …