This Means War: Derrick Malone Jr. Talks about the Upcoming Civil War

Ashley Young FishWrap, FishWrap Archive

The weekend is finally approaching. The last game of the regular season. A game that can change it all. A game that many call the “not so civil” war, Ducks vs Beavers. If you can remember last year’s game, the Ducks came out on top in a nail biter 36-35 on a last minute pass in the end zone from …

Top 5 Pac-12 Quarterbacks

Pat Pannu FishWrap, FishWrap Archive

Heading into Week 6 of college football, we are almost halfway through the season and the quarterback situation in the Pac-12 has only gotten more intense as the season has progressed. During the off-season, it was being declared all over that the Pac-12 was living up to its name as the “Conference of Quarterbacks.” Let’s take a look at the five …

Pac-12 Power Positions: Quick Quarterbacks

Pat Pannu FishWrap, FishWrap Archive

There is a reason that the Pac-12 is known as the “conference of quarterbacks,” and the talent present in the conference this year are a testament to that title.  The conference lost only two starting quarterbacks in Keith Price and B.J Denker to the NFL and most teams return their starters.  This will only add to the intense competition expected in …

The Almost Tragic History of Oregon State Sports

Kim Hastings FishWrap, FishWrap Archive

Now that there are only a couple of months left in which to humiliate Oregon State during the 2013/14 school year, I thought this would be a good time to see how the hapless Beavs got here.  I decided to try and look back to a time when there were respectable athletic endeavors occurring in the little hamlet of Corvallis. …

An Emotional Civil War Victory Marks the Beginning of an Era

Chris Charbonnier FishWrap, FishWrap Archive

Kevin Cline In five years, the previous decade of Oregon football may end up being remembered as two separate eras: before and after the Arizona game of 2013. Some would say that opening sentence is nonsense, arguing that the latter era began once Mark Helfrich became the head coach.  I would respond by suggesting that for the first time this year, the …

Sanctions, Shmanctions!

Kim Hastings FishWrap, FishWrap Archive

www.macoberver.com It was suggested to me that I use the bye week to talk about the scandals that are rocking along with Alabama (D.J. Fluker), Tennessee (Tyler Bray and Maurice Couch) and Mississippi State (Chad Bumphis and Fletcher Cox).  I sat down to write about it and realized that I would rather drop a hot coal in my left eye …