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 fellow FishDuck.com contributor Jerod Young for a conversation about all non-football sports: basketball, baseball, track, acrobatics & tumbling, and other spring sports. [tubepress video=”6SM2bz9QYZ4″ embeddedWidth=’534′ embeddedHeight=’314′ title=”false” …
Recruiting Update: The Nation’s No. 1 Recruit and “How the !@#$ do ya’ll feel!?”
Football Recruiting: If anyone omits speed from a brief description of Oregon Football, that person needs to head to the nearest media outlet for a checkup. As far as formalities go, if someone already hasn’t beaten me to it, let’s just forgo any type of waiting and call our beloved University of Oregon, Speed-U. There’s no denying the obvious; Duck …
The Home Stretch: Can’t Catch These Ducks
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. …
The FishDuck Minute No. 4: Oregon QB Zone Read Essentials
How does Bryan Bennett run the Zone Read play so well? Let’s take a quick look at what makes this Quarterback so special with one of our foundation plays and examine the essential components of Zone Reading essentials. “Oh how we love to learn about our beloved Ducks!” Charles Fischer Oregon Football Analyst for FishDuck.com Eugene, Oregon Top Photo from …
Thomas’ Rose Bowl 91-yarder Joins Shortlist of Oregon’s Most Transcendent Touchdowns
There it was: all those years of rooting and hoping, all the dreams and disappointments and surprises, and suddenly one ten-second moment transforms your whole world as a Ducks football fan. The first quarter of the Rose Bowl was just about in the books with just three seconds left. Oregon had already proven it could score, trailing Wisconsin 14-7 and …
FishDuck Weekly Video Log – Episode #30 (2-19-2012)
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
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 …
Reflections On Being The Same Age as the Speed Limit
Oh, I’m not as old as the really fun speed limit in Montana and Idaho. I’m not even as old as the open interstate limit in Oregon or Washington. But the calendar says that I have arrived at the I-5 speed limit through Eugene. How did this happen????? Aren’t K.C. and the Sunshine Band still cool????? Why did I get …
Flyover Country: An Interview With The Vampire Who Is Killing the doogs Softly
This past Valentine’s Day there were plenty of opportunities to write cheesy love notes to our rivals in the Pac-12, but only corporate bloggers took that easy and creatively bankrupt idea and ran with it. Like a predator, or a paparazzi outside of wherever it is that Whitney Houston shuffled off this mortal coil, I waited. Alas, my patience was …
A Key to Oregon’s rise? It’s “Sim-ple”
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
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 …
The FishDuck One-On-One: Jed Weaver (Oregon TE 1994-98)
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 Jed Weaver, Oregon tight end (1994-1998) and six year NFL pro, culminating in a Super Bowl ring with the 2004-05 New England Patriots. Kurt and Jed discussed …