Duck Stuff: Morning Mud

Morning Mud

• Justin Einhorn has a Fiesta Bowl preview.

The best postseason matchup besides the BCS title game certainly appears to be the Fiesta Bowl on Jan. 3, when Collin Klein and the seventh-ranked Wildcats will try to keep up with the high-powered offense of the No. 5 Ducks.

Oregon, which is facing the Wildcats for the first time, is making an eighth consecutive bowl appearance and fourth straight in a BCS game after winning last season's Rose Bowl.

• Adam Jude reports on the practice schedule plans which include the start of preparing for K-State in earnest today.

• Josh Schlichter breaks down what to expect from Collin Klein and the magic of Bill Snyder.

• Mark Flores has all the latest recruiting news.

• Senior Kyle Long will play his last college game in the Fiesta Bowl after being denied another year of eligibility by the NCAA.

• Ted Miller notes that according to Phil Steele Oregon had the 48th toughest schedule.

• The (way too) early-bird 2013 preseason rankings find Oregon in the number five spot.

• Takimoto @ATQ hands out hypothetical hardware and I really liked this one:

The Fat Guy Hustle Award - Jake Fisher: He scored a touchdown. Wait, let me rephrase: he chased De'Anthony Thomas fifty yards down the field, arrived at the endzone at roughly the same time, and was there to fall on the ball after DAT fumbled at the 1-yard line. That's true fat guy hustle.

GO DUCKS!