Outside of perhaps the most ardent Ohio State Buckeye haters among the Oregon faithful, we all wanted Ohio State to make mince meat of Texas to help ease the pain of Oregon’s Rose Bowl debacle. It did not happen. In fact, Texas played the Buckeyes tough until the end, leaving Oregon fans to bemoan, “Why the hell couldn’t we do that?!” …
As a fantasy football player (and 2024 league champion), I have to follow teams and players that I do not care about, such as the Cincinnati Bengals who have two elite wide receivers. Receiver 1A is Ja’Marr Chase, while receiver 1B is Tee Higgins. Occasionally, Chase goes on a mini-slump while Higgins simultaneously lights up the state line, which gets …
Here we are, the day before arguably the third-most important game in Oregon history (the two National Title games being the biggest, of course), and how the heck are we feeling, Oregon fans? Even Mr. FishDuck has the jitters, and took time from his fun at Pin-Up Casino to share his intensity for this game. Of course, we are feeling …
For 13 years, from 1984-1996, the NFL’s NFC conference dominated the league. They won 13 straight Super Bowls and mostly in commanding fashion. The NFC was just way better than the AFC in those days, as they usually had the four or five best teams in the league. Because of this, the NFC Championship (the semi-finals) had become the quasi-Super …
As the dust has settled over the past week on how flawed the first-year, expanded college football playoff process is, Jon Wilner, of the San Jose Mercury’s “Wilner Hotline,” (sorry, paywall) came up with three major points on improving the CFP format and selection process. 1) Eliminate the Weekly Rankings Wilner feels the five Tuesday night broadcasts on ESPN to …
In the movie Rocky IV, after the death of his friend, former champion, and mentor Apollo Creed, Rocky had to carry the weight of the world on his back as he faced a seemingly invincible opponent in a six-foot-seven, evil, Apollo-killing, cold war era Russian named Ivan Drago. The Oregon Ducks, after the death of their dear friend, the conference …
It is time for the B1G conference to embrace the future, and that future is making Las Vegas the host of its championship game. It would go a long way in relegating the B1G’s squarish, midwestern image to the rearview mirror as it rings in the era of being a true coast-to-coast conference that embraces Hollywood, Broadway, and all points …
Poseur: a person who pretends to be what he or she is not : an affected or insincere person (per Merriam-Webster dictionary). As of Monday, despite his team’s loss to Kansas, Travis Hunter is still the betting favorite to win the Heisman Trophy. But, I believe he should be disqualified for arrogance and stupidity. Hunter has done it multiple times this year …
Track City USA, with its history and state-of-the-art track and field facilities, is well versed in the term “home stretch.” The Ducks are 11-0 and have not yet peaked, as they can play much better football. Which, begs the question, “Will they peak?” Our own Mr. FishDuck took a break from his fun at CasinoGuys, to ponder this question with …
Growing up in Eugene in the 1980s-90s, I never got into hockey. There were no youth hockey leagues to play in, and if there had been, I would not have played, as football, basketball, baseball, volleyball and soccer occupied my youth. Mr. FishDuck took time from his fun at Memo casino to agree that he was never into hockey as …
During the offseason of 2024, a repeated theme among college football pundits was wondering how the four new teams from the Pac-12 would respond to the more “physical” nature of B1G football. Mr. FishDuck took some time from his fun at Nomaspin casino to ponder this very interesting midwestern assertion with me. The Pac-12 had always been known as a …
In any sort of competitive gaming, whether it is sports, cards, board games or even video games, there is something that is created by their respective participants: the metagame, or “meta” for short. This is the game within the game that, over time, determines the best way of playing. The reality is that there isn’t just one definitive answer to …