FishDuck.com‘s resident Fool on the Hill, Randy Morse, discusses three reasons why the Ducks will prevail in this Friday’s clash in Levi’s Stadium for all the Pac-12 football marbles. Note from the Owner: Randy Morse is a writer/editor/publisher who contributes to FishDuck.com every week mixing in his unique lifestyle along with his amusing thoughts. The “Hill” he is reporting from …
Football Recruiting News Oregon’s seventh straight win over “little brother” (47-19) punctuated a regular season built on revelation. Along the recruiting trail, defensive coach John Neal is looking far and wide to counter the reality of losing cornerback Ifo Ekpre-Olomu and safety Erick Dargan. Neal currently boasts three secondary commitments in P.J. Locke (3-Star/Beaumont, TX), Jihree Stewart (3-Star/Corona, CA), and Dylan …
There are towns in this world that people dream of visiting. You know, Paris in the springtime. New York in the autumn. San Francisco in the summer. Eugene virtually anytime. Then there’s Corvallis, whose town motto is the refreshingly candid, “It’s Never So Bad That It Couldn’t Be Worse.” With a population of around 55,000 benighted souls (and Lord knows …
Hell failed to freeze over in Eugene this afternoon. Marcus Mariota, playing on Senior Day in what was likely his final game at Autzen Stadium, led a masterful Ducks offense that racked up 597 yards despite coasting through the entire fourth quarter, with second string quarterback Jeff Lockie leading a group of backup players to the final whistle. Highlights Mariota …
I know, I know. Oregon enters the Colorado game a 40+ point favorite. In fact there are some books in Vegas that won’t take any action at all on this contest. Ah, but you and I, savvy sports fans that we are, know that danger always lurks in the Pac-12 — even in games played in broad daylight, like tomorrow’s tilt …
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 …
It’s Friday. Up here in Alpine Nirvana, you know, five hours straight north from the home of the Gonzaga Bulldogs, a gaggle of Ducks fans sit, fidgeting nervously, wondering what to do with their new-found free time this weekend. Yes, we — Ducks fans that is — are everywhere, even in Kaslo, British Columbia, a tiny, isolated village that’s like …
As Duck fans we are biased. We’re also fanatical, Hawaiian-crazy, freshmen-frenzied football fans who are in the midst of watching one of the many great Duck teams and Duck players of all time. Watching Marcus Mariota slash and gash defenses for touchdown after touchdown is not something we should get used to since players as good as he is only come around …
Football Recruiting Writer’s Note Oregon’s 51-27 drubbing over Utah came with a steep price. One of my all-time favorite Ducks, center Hroniss Grasu, didn’t pop right up after one of his patented pocket blocks. Inching closer to the edge of my favorite recliner at the fire station, I found myself saying… “Why him?!” Now, five days removed from “dropscore,” We, The …
It was 1918. After years of unimaginable horror in the trenches of Belgium and France, the Great War ground to a halt. Millions of men and women in uniform — and countless civilians — had perished. The world stood aghast, sighed and buried its fallen. Back home, President Woodrow Wilson proclaimed the 11th day of the 11th month as Armistice …
Going into tonight’s game against the 17th-ranked Utah Utes, Coach Mark Helfrich and his team knew they were in for a battle. Utah didn’t disappoint, battling toe to toe with the No. 4 Ducks into the early stages of the fourth quarter, when Oregon, as it does so often, stepped on the gas pedal and left the home team in …
I interviewed Hamani Stevens at the Hatfield-Dowlin Complex after practice Tuesday. This morning I learned that Stevens had an incredible experience on a mission trip in 2009 and 2010. “It really helped me mature as a person and as a player,” he said. I don’t know Stevens as a person, but as a player he is definitely a key factor in our offensive line; since …