The Full Court Press: Dana Altman’s Magic Powers

FishDuck Staff FishWrap, FishWrap Archive

He’s honest, down-to-earth, talented, forthcoming, and most importantly; he’s humble. He is Dana Altman. The Oregon Ducks Men’s Basketball head coach. In only his second season he has coached his 2011-2012 team to a 16-7 overall record, and a 7-4 Pac-12 Conference record. This may seem like old, or even repetitive news, but in looking at where Oregon was not …

The FishDuck Minute #3: Opposing Coaches Know

Charles Fischer, Mr. FishDuck Fish Reports

In this week’s FishDuck Minute-we get an interesting summary of the Oregon Defense by USC Coach Lane Kiffin, which gives us pause to reflect. Opposing coaches know the Oregon offense much better than the typical fan would believe! I hear all the time how I’m giving secrets of Oregon away, but watch this short video and see if you still …

Cas Center project may be just an appetizer before Autzen expansion

Brian Libby FishWrap, FishWrap Archive

  In recent weeks, the $63 million expansion to Oregon’s Len Casanova Center has been in the news as construction has begun on the 130,000 square foot project. Some attention has gone to the unique private-public partnership behind the deal, in which a Phil Knight-owned development company leases the university’s land in order to build there (without following university construction …

Got Butte? Duck signee does

FishDuck Staff FishWrap, FishWrap Archive

Thirty some odd years ago, I found myself in Butte, Mont., one Saturday in football season loaded up on sauce and ready to cheer and perhaps rumble. Carroll College at Montana Tech. The Fighting Saints at the Orediggers. The funny part is I don’t recall today who won the game. I was going to Carroll at the time (before transferring …

The FishDuck.com Weekly Video Log – Episode #28 (2-04-2012)

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Every week Kurt Liedtke (better known as Keeerrrttt1), co-owner of FishDuck.com, creates video blogs (vlogs) to update all you fine folk on all things FishDuck, a free-form discussion of current events about Oregon Ducks sports and all that’s new with FishDuck.com, with the occasional off-topics or rants.  It’s a little off-the-cuff, perhaps slightly pretentious, somewhat rambling, and hopefully entertaining…so kick …

SATURDAY SPOOFS: A Worldwide, Big Ol’ Deal, Exclusive

Kim Hastings FishWrap, FishWrap Archive

Every Saturday, the FishDuck team takes a lighter side look at the world of sports…     Announcer: (Whispering)  ”Hello, I’m Biff McClain, pretty legendary reporter for Universal Fish.  I’m hidden inside a broom closet in the home of Harry Lungwallop,  star defensive end recruit from Matters Much High School in Santa Ana, California.  I’m here to report the inside …

The Full Court Press: Jazzercise, Hair, Super Glue, and Joey

FishDuck Staff FishWrap, FishWrap Archive

Last Sunday the Ducks and Beavers played against one another for an NCAA-record 336th time. Contrary to the typical talk about the Civil War, the electrifying exchanges about Sunday’s clash before and during were not so much about the game itself. Rather, the conversation was about all of the details that make this rivalry so intense. As it should be. …

Recruiting Recap: It constantly rains, there’s no beach…but we win games.

Mark Flores FishWrap, FishWrap Archive

National Signing Day Football Recruiting: In a college landscape where programs across the country attempt to one-up their BCS neighbors through “constructive comparative analysis,” a.k.a. mudslinging, the Duck’s recipe for success on the recruiting trail is centered on forward thinking and innovation. Having listened to the conventional living-room talking points ad nauseum, recruits are being drawn to the program famous …

The FishDuck One-on-One: AddictedToQuack.com’s Jared Light

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Each week FishDuck.com’s Kurt Liedtke will be speaking with current/former student athletes, other FishDuck contributors, and outside experts in a one-on-one conversation, the FishDuck.com weekly video podcast. This week Jared Light of AddictedToQuack.com joined the One-on-One.  Jared and Kurt reflected on the hilarity of ATQ’s comment threads and content, Oregon’s recruiting, the idiocy of fans contacting recruits, men’s basketball and …

Flyover Country: Star Searching in the PAC-12 North

Canard Humor

It’s that time of year again. The coaches of the PAC-12 North, the only division in the conference that matters until further notice, have scoured the nation looking to woo the highest rated prospects they can possibly sign. The fan bases of each program generally break into two factions every February–positive and negative. It’s either “We’ll be fine no matter …