Oregon Basketball Analysis: Inside-Out Play Improves Long-Range Shooting

Oregon Basketball Analysis: Inside-Out Play Improves Long-Range Shooting

FishDuck.com is widening its coverage of Duck sports with some UO mens basketball analysis. The goal is to break down parts of UO Coach Dana Altman’s philosophy as it pertains to the success of the basketball team. I am a retired teacher and basketball coach, …
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Chip Kelly’s “No-Read” Inside Zone Play

The Chip Kelly Oregon spread offense is NOT zone reading on some plays? This offense is known for the infamous read option of a defensive lineman or linebacker as we fans work to determine who is getting zone read on a particular play. It seems …
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Chip Kelly’s Surprise “Throwback” Fiesta Bowl Strategy

Chip surprised both the Wildcats and me in this game! A major component of what makes Chip Kelly so successful is not just how he coaches the spread offense and runs a rapid “no-huddle” tempo, but also how he brings something new to nearly every game …
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Chip Kelly pulls out the “Power-Read” play to Defeat Wildcats

The NFL has been attracted to coach Kelly because of his commitment to an up-tempo offense that everyone can see as being difficult upon his foes. Yet a factor in some of his victories has been his propensity to change-up his game plan for the …
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What Every NFL Fan Should Know about Chip Kelly

For the fans of Philadelphia—know that I hate this, but there are some important elements to Charles “Chip” Kelly you should know about and his unique offense. I am taking time from our own bowl coverage to continue our mission at FishDuck.com, and that is …
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Chip Kelly’s Fiesta Bowl Game Plan

It’s only a matter of hours before Oregon and Kansas State will face off in the Fiesta Bowl, and as the rest of the bowl season starts to ramp up to the BCS games, it is a great time of year for college football fans …
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Oregon’s “Numbers” Advantage In The Fiesta Bowl

Chip Kelly and the Oregon Duck offense have seen countless variations, stunts, and unconventional packages thrown their way over the years. Whether defenses are bringing men out of coverage to account for the run, aligning in creative fashions to confuse the conventional zone blocking schemes, …
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Collin Klein And The Magic Of Bill Snyder

The Fiesta Bowl wasn’t the original destination on Oregon’s itinerary, nor was it its backup plan, and now a trip to Phoenix for a BCS game has become somewhat of a consolation prize for the nation’s newest elite football program. Unlike nearly every other BCS …
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Chip Kelly’s Strangest Play (EVER)

My friends, we have now gone through TWO football seasons together, studying and learning with gusto the fine points of the Chip Kelly spread offense and many of the new emerging concepts and tendencies. There are some amazing plays and strategies from this last season …
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Chip Kelly Slashes the Beavers Two Ways on One Play?

Does Oregon have an audible at the line of scrimmage to change the defender being zone read on the play? Sometimes the choice looks predetermined, but we might have some proof from the Civil War game that audibles are taking place as I suspected. If so, …
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