Oregon Playbook: The Counter Play Reappears

Charles Fischer, Mr. FishDuck Analysis, Fish Reports

After a tough loss we have to consider the prospect of learning more simply to enjoy the game of college football, but it is especially important when you lose a game. In my case, I wish to offer youth and high school football coaches around the nation a peek at Oregon’s playbook, which is large, yet the Ducks do not …

Oregon Stuns Opponents With New Inverted Veer Play!

Charles Fischer, Mr. FishDuck Analysis, Fish Reports

The Oregon offense under head coach Mark Helfrich continues to progress and add new components to keep its attack fresh. I was pretty surprised to see a new play that seemed to have elements of an Outside Zone Read combined with a Power Play, and the Grizzled Ol’ Coach identified it as the Inverted Veer play! It was made famous …

Special Teams Analysis: Attacking the PAT Perimeter

Coach Ruskin Fiegenbaum Analysis, Fish Reports

As most know, Oregon is known for going for surprise two-point conversions during the usual PAT process. The recent game against UC-Davis provided some superb examples for us to learn what works and why, along with what does not work, and why. While I (Charles Fischer) am writing parts of this article, the primary analysis segments are provided by new …