Fish Duck News Updates

December 7, 2024. The Podium after Georgia defeated Texas 22-19 in overtime to capture the 2024-25 SEC championship, with SEC Commissioner Greg Sankey (above) on stage. Q. ‘Kirby (Smart) what does the bye week before the Sugar Bowl mean to you and the team?’ A. ‘Well, it means a rest… Read more »

Dan Lanning came to Oregon when the transfer portal was in full swing and NIL was in its early years. Unlike many other coaches, he opted to retain most of the Oregon roster he inherited from former head coach Mario Cristobal, though he was aggressive in the transfer portal and… Read more »

With the final 2025 National Letters of Intent signed, it now makes sense to examine the football recruiting for this incoming class among the 18 teams of the Big Ten (B1G) Conference. This overview does not include Portal Transfers, as there are not as many of those each year, (Oregon has… Read more »

Making the Super-Regionals two years in a row is something never done at Oregon, but making the College World Series in Omaha, Nebraska is the goal. I should say that I, as a fan, am targeting the CWS, but Head Coach Mark Wasikowski (Waz) has stated that Omaha and winning… Read more »

A good friend of mine is a corporate jet pilot for a major grocery store chain. For years he served as the jet’s captain and enjoyed the money and prestige that came with being a “captain.” He was damn right cool. (Mr. FishDuck took a break from his fun at… Read more »

Will Stein has introduced a new Power Formation for the Oregon Ducks when they played against UCLA last season. The old jumbo formation may be on it’s way out because the Ducks just don’t have the extra experienced offensive linemen to trot onto the field. But this new formation makes… Read more »

Oregon football is coming off a historic season, securing its first Big Ten title and earning the No. 1 seed in the College Football Playoff. With Dan Lanning at the helm, the Ducks maintain momentum in recruiting and the transfer portal. While football is soaring, Oregon basketball is searching for… Read more »

Dillon Gabriel put on a show for our Oregon football program in his last college football season, and now, he has been impressing scouts at the Senior Bowl ahead of the NFL Combine finishing off the month. Mr. FishDuck was interested in Gabriel’s NFL Draft status, and thus took a… Read more »

Recently the entertaining SEC propagandist, Paul Finebaum, asserted that the SEC is still the best conference, “top-to-bottom.” I’ve heard of over-the-top exaggeration before in college football, but he says it with a straight face despite how the B1G has won the last two national championships, and how the SEC was… Read more »

Sometimes it feels like Oregon’s defense is cursed. While the offense has consistently performed well over Oregon’s history, it always feels like the defense is letting the team down. This last season, the offense performed well, if not up to the 2023 levels (I have outlined in previous articles the… Read more »