The Home Stretch: Can’t Catch These Ducks

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Believe it or not, the Ducks women’s indoor track team is going on its sixth consecutive week as the No. 1 team in the entire country. Believe it, it’s true. This team is so good that this past week they had an “off week” if you can call it that, and dropped in their points total after the Husky Classic. …

FishDuck Weekly Video Log – Episode #30 (2-19-2012)

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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 …

In Barner, you must trust

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In case you need to be reminded any, here is a brief description of Kenjon Barner shortly after he signed a letter of intent with the Oregon Ducks four years ago. Recall he was a defensive back then. “Coming off a successful high school career as a running back, Barner will join John Neal’s defensive backfield after choosing the Ducks …

A Key to Oregon’s rise? It’s “Sim-ple”

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In 2008, Oregon was coming off of a 29 - 7 season and the second Elite Eight appearance in 5 years. Head coach Ernie Kent, despite some up and down years, had mostly enjoyed success on the court and seemed to be growing the program. The Ducks “Big 3” group of seniors Maarty Leunen, Malik Hairston, and Bryce Taylor were returning. Oregon was …

FishDuck Recruiting Special: Pac-12 Talent – #12-10

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The following is the #12 – 10 countdown of Pac-12 schools, part of Chris Charbonnier‘s ongoing special report for FishDuck.com. The introduction of this series is located here: http://fishduck.com/2012/02/fishduck-recruiting-special-pac-12-talent-introduction/   In case you missed the introduction, you can find it here. It will give you some good background, and clue you into the formulas being used below. Note that all …

Recruiting Update: Top-Ranked Running Back coming to The Eug’

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Football Recruiting: It’s been two weeks since national signing day…and Oregon already finds itself amongst the headlines of the national recruiting landscape. Local Aloha High School phenom and Oregon commit Thomas Tyner (5-Star/Portland, OR) has been selected by recruiting group, Rivals, as the top-rated running back in the 2013 recruiting class. Along with the top slot in his chosen position, Tyner …

Ducks on Deck: The Real Diamond in Eugene

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If you were playing sports roulette with Oregon athletics, would you put all you had on the Oregon Baseball program? Coach George Horton would, and I would too. This Ducks baseball squad came off their first NCAA Tournament berth in 2010 and is a program that was resurrected in 2009 after being non-existent since 1980 . In the 2010 NCAA Tournament the …

Introducing DAT, future track All-American?

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Many expect De’Anthony Thomas to eventually earn All-America honors in football. His freshman season at Oregon was that spectacular. But some believe Thomas also has a shot at earning a similar honor in another sport — track and field. This past Thursday, The Oregonian’s Ken Goe took a look at Thomas’ potential as a sprinter. The immediate news is that …

The FishDuck.com Weekly Video Log – Episode #29 (2-11-2012)

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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: How to Be a Good Lover

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This article almost doesn’t need to be written.  The male Duck fan is already known far and wide as the smoothest, suavest, butter wouldn’t melt in his mouth, coolest cat in America.  By comparison to a normal Duck fan,  Cary Grant is Pee Wee Herman, Ryan Reynolds is Peter Griffin, and Justin Timberlake is just “Bringin’ Back Pocket Protectors”.  Why just last …

The FishDuck One-On-One: Recruiting Expert Mark Flores

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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 Kurt was joined by FishDuck.com’s resident recruiting expert Mark Flores to discuss the 2012 recruiting class, while highlighting recruits Arik Armstead and Oshay Dunmore, and discussing 2013 recruit Thomas Tyner. [tubepress …

Recruiting Recap: 357 days and Counting!

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Football: The countdown to next February and 2013’s installment of National Signing Day mania is on! This past Wednesday, Coach Chip Kelly signed 21 prep/junior college stars and may have landed one of the most complete classes in recent Duck football history; for a full list and analysis of Oregon’s newest football recruits, please click here. Oregon Class Rankings >Rivals …