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  • Malone 1

    Oregon’s Mystery Men Linebacking Corps Will “Sink to the level of its preparation” – and that’s a good thing

    Here’s what we know about the 2013 version of Oregon’s defensive line (Hart, Keliikipi, Heimuli, Armstead, Buckner):  the group is likely top-ten nationally. Here’s what we know about the 2013 version of Oregon’s defensive backfield (Ifo, Patterson, Mitchell, Hill, Jackson, Dargan):  the group is likely …

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  • Punt Block

    Offseason Stat-Plosion: The Team Efficiency Index

    It’s 2013, and statistics are ubiquitous in college football: yards per play, 3rd down conversion rate, points per game, defensive efficiency, time of possession, attractiveness of fake girlfriends, turnover margin, blah blah blah blah.   We’ve got all kinds of “objective” statistical methods to “measure” how “good” a …

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  • Roo Dy1

    RUDY. RUUDY. RUUUDY! RUUUUDY!!: Overachieving Ducks of the Chip Kelly Era

    National Signing Day is, by now, a distant memory.  We silently fist-pumped (probably at work) as preps across the nation used something called a “facks machine” for the first (and probably last) time to send their NLIs to Eugene.  We looked over the tremendous haul …

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  • 22

    Aliotti’s Zone Coverages Keep Wildcats’ Pass Game in the Kitty Carrier

    In the Fiesta Bowl, even though the Ducks began closing down the running game in the first half, Kansas State quarterback Collin Klein piled up short completions to his receivers, most notably former Duck Chris Harper.  As the Cats converted first downs via short completions again and …

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  • 10

    Ducks Zone Blitz Attack De-Claws the ‘Cats Deep Passing Game

    Early in the Fiesta Bowl, Collin Klein and the Kansas State offense had success with short throws to help put together some lengthy drives.  My article last week described how the Duck defense stuffed the K-State option game when it counted in the first half, helping Oregon score …

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    How Oregon Stuffed “Optimus” Klein and the Kansas State Option Attack

    (Note: I’ve previously helped Charles with his defensive tutorial series, and written a few articles, one if which really riled up our friends in the SEC.  I’m very excited to now present some written defensive analysis for FishDuck.com.)  “C. Klein rush for no gain…C. Klein …

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  • In the Bowldrums: Film Breakdown, um, Breakdown

    Well, Duck fans, we’re smack dab in the middle of the bittersweet period known I like to call the “Bowldrums.” Sure, we’ve got a great matchup ahead of us, but as Tom Petty once said, “The waiting is the hardest part.” So here we are: …

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  • How to Destroy Every Lame Anti-Oregon Argument in Two Sentences or Less

    As an astute extremely-part-time football analysis writer and extremely-full-time football blog peruser, I would like to say I have my figurative finger on the figurative pulse of College Football Nation. I couldn’t help but notice that a lot of fans of other teams across the …

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  • SEC “Footbaw” Doesn’t Add Up

    Over in EssEeeSee country, the “company line” is that the Pac-12, chock-full of spread-offenses and speed-based defenses, is full of sissies. Yeah, I said it, sissies. The Pac-12 “powers” can beat each other with “finesse” and “systems,” but when they come down to the South …

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