From Oregon Sports Media EUGENE, Ore. – Jeff Gold did his part to keep Oregon’s season alive and he got plenty of help from the No. 9 Oregon Ducks’ offense in a 11-0 win over No. 20 Rice in the Eugene Regional Tournament on Sunday at PK Park. Oregon (48-15) forced the “if necessary” game on Monday night at 6 …
Ducks Fall 1-0 to Rice in a Pitcher’s Duel in Eugene Regional
From Oregon Sports Media EUGENE, Ore. – The No. 9 Oregon Ducks dropped a 1-0 pitcher’s duel to the No. 20 Rice Owls on Saturday night in the Eugene Regional Tournament at PK Park. The Ducks (46-25) face San Francisco Sunday at 12 p.m. in a loser out game with the winner advancing to play the Owls at 4 p.m. …
Notes from around the college football nation: Ohio State can trash talk and Texas is irrelevant
Just when you thought the war of words would stay confined to the SEC with Nick Saban, Ohio State felt they needed to stir the pot…with everyone. I guess you do what you have to do to fill the void during this long off-season. This is the time when you want your school out of the headlines and just focusing …
Ducks Win Regional Opener With Dramatic Comeback
The number 1 seed Oregon Ducks used a critical two-run 8th inning to come from behind and beat South Dakota State 3-2 in their first game of the Eugene Regional Friday night. Junior first baseman Ryon Healy delivered the go-ahead two run double with one out in the 8th that lit up PK Park and ultimately set up All-American closer …
Vacation’s All I Ever Wanted…
Next week will be the first Saturday in 60 weeks that I haven’t submiited a column to FishDuck International. I leave in just over seven hours (from this writing- 10:37 p.m. Thursday) on a vacation that will take me from Tacoma to St. Louis, Branson, and Hannibal, Missouri. On the way I will be sporting Duck attire and preaching the gospel …
Q&A with Baseball America’s Conor Glassey
I recently chatted with Conor Glassey, who is an MLB draft expert for Baseball America. He specifically focuses on prospects from the West, so he’s very familiar with the Ducks. While I had to ask him about his wild run-in with Paris Hilton, our conversation revolved around Oregon. Glassey talked about the players that will likely hear their names called …
Are There First Round Draft Picks in the 2013 Signing Class?
If there was ever a way-too-early poll or mock draft, this is it. Oregon’s 2013 recruiting class was fantastic and boasts some of the unique features that the Duck coaches are looking for in a player. Many of those players are bound to get drafted, so when might they get drafted. Speed and athleticism are the name of the game …
How to Defend Oregon’s Power Read Option
Option football has evolved so much in the last decade that it has become hard to keep up as defensive coaches. Offensive coordinators are constantly finding new ways to neutralize our best football players by reading them, instead of blocking them. Starting with the Triple Option, and moving right up into the Zone Read Option of today, the whole concept …
Recruiting Update: Local Product on the Rise
Football Recruiting News Local Southridge product, Jordan Morgan (2-Star/Beaverton, OR) is rapidly gaining popularity around the Oregon water cooler. If his spring is any indication, the 6-foot-3, 197-pound, wide receiver will be a contender to land an Oregon offer come camp season. “Oregon’s wide receiver coach Matt Lubick is also talking to me a on a daily basis now,” said …
Regular Season Comes to a Close and the Road to Omaha Begins
The regular season is now complete. Slates are wiped clean with the end of the Pac-12 race, and the start on the road to Omaha. The College World Series has been around since 1950 and in that span the Oregon Ducks have only managed to venture there once. Coming off a record-breaking season in wins, Oregon (45-14) will begin its …
Ducks Fall in Season Finale
Salt Lake City, UT- The short-handed Ducks fell in their season finale to the Utah Utes, who posted a season-high 16 hits, resulting in a 10-3 final score. Oregon played without usual starters Ryon Healy, Brett Thomas and Scott Heineman. Senior shortstop J.J. Altobelli, playing his last regular season game in a Ducks uniform got the offense started in the …
Ryon Healy Pushes The Ducks Towards Omaha
By Nicholas Filipas First baseman Ryon Healy stepped up to the plate for his first at bat on a crisp Saturday night in mid-April, and the Ducks were down a run in the bottom of the first inning against Pac-12 rival UCLA at PK Park in a three-game weekend series. Healy, 21, brings his bat up over his six-foot five-inch, …
