How the Ducks (or Someone New) Wins the Final Four

Nathan Roholt FishWrap, FishWrap Archive

I’m out of words. I’ve complained  about my disinterest in a national championship involving teams I couldn’t care less to watch.  I’ve complained about how college basketball is worse off when John Calipari’s programs succeed.  Yet those things continue to happen in college sports, so lots of good my complaining does. Rather than picking between two schools who, despite their 7th …

Northwestern Football Players Given Go-Ahead to Unionize

FishDuck Staff FishWrap, FishWrap Archive

Whether through the constantly evolving and rarely boring infamous Duck football uniforms, the noteworthy sense of pride that even an outsider of “Track Town” feels while walking past Hayward Field or the sports logo that has become a symbol of an alliance with Phil Knight and an envy of collegiate athletic programs across the nation, it is apparent that the …

Spring Football Questions As Pondered by FishDuck

Kim Hastings FishWrap, FishWrap Archive

Spring football gets underway around the Pacific Northwest this week.  Looking forward, Duck fans have a few questions for the 2014/15 campaign.  Will the linebackers step up?  Is the offensive line improved?  After they lose for the 11th time in a row, can we expect Washington fans en masse to jump off a Seattle area bridge, or will they use …

Five Great Games From Nick Aliotti’s Stretch Run

Josh White History

The Oregon football team has begun their annual Spring practice period, and will be breaking in a new Defensive Coordinator for the first time since 1999.  The now-retired Nick Aliotti had been a part of the Duck football landscape off and on since 1978.  He was on the sidelines when the Gang Green defense roamed the Autzen turf and when …

Inside the Crystal Ball: Autzen Expansion and Oregon’s “You vs Yesterday” Mindset

Steven Holstad FishWrap, FishWrap Archive

Quick, answer a seemingly impossible question, “What will Oregon’s football program look like in 10 years?”  What about these, “Who will be the powerful programs within a conference as up in the air as the Pac-12?”  ”How long will the college playoff system remain at only four teams?”  (Some might even predict that the NCAA won’t even be around in a …

Mike Moser — Took His Time Going but Hurried Back

Lawrence Hastings FishWrap, FishWrap Archive

The University of Oregon men’s basketball team is just coming off of a rather spectacular season and the fans owe their gratitude, in part, to transfer forward Mike Moser. Although fellow transfer Joseph Young led the team in scoring, and point guard Johnathan Loyd controlled the pace, it was Moser that used his versatility and experience to hold the team …

The Enigma That Was Jim Evenson

Jim Maloney Men of Oregon: Players and Coaches

There was a time, in the darker days of Oregon football, that Len Casanova managed to land a highly-prized fullback — Jim Evenson.  He was touted as the kind of running back who could help turn a program around. Evenson was born in 1947 in Hillsboro, Oregon.  Eventually his family moved to Vancouver, Washington, where Evenson would graduate from Fort Vancouver High.  …

Recruiting Update: Spring Complete With Oregon Reign

Mark Flores FishWrap, FishWrap Archive

O-Positive Facebook Football Recruiting News Oregon’s latest campaign got underway yesterday morning with the program’s first organized practice of the spring season.  Per the Duck way, the public and press alike will be starved for any information until the mass unveiling of the 2014 squad at the “Salute the Troops”-themed spring game matchup on May 3rd.  Beyond Autzen, the Oregon …

Oregon Baseball: Keys to Winning the Washington Series

Bryan Holt FishWrap, FishWrap Archive

Anytime you go on the road in the highly competitive Pac-12, it is essential to bring your A-game.  Oregon’s (19-8, 6-3 Pac-12) baseball team won it’s first six non-conference road games of the season with series sweeps over Hawaii and Loyola Marymount, but they have recently dropped three of their last five games away, including two conference losses to Stanford. …

Outfielders Win Championships

Gar Pearson Coach's Opinion

(FishDuck Note: While we provide football analysis year-round, we also provide Basketball Analysis in season, and now BASEBALL ANALYSIS!  While the season is nearly half gone — Oregon has not had a game on TV until this next weekend, hence we use footage from last year on this first one as a demonstration of the importance of our outfielders.  We …