Time to break out the SPF 1.5 baby! It’s summer time in the Great Northwest. I threw open the windows when I got up and, yesiree Bob, the fog was DEFINITELY a little warmer. There is nothing like warmed fog to make me think about some of the adventures that await FishDuck.com readers on their travels during these toasty months. When I …
FishDuck Weekly Video Log – Episode 48
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 …
The Coach’s Corner: Split Coverages in Football
A note from FishDuck.com: Today we have a unique treat, this article from a highly successful coach gives an inside perspective football fans don’t often get to see, the direct insight of football concepts from a coach in the know. This week Coach Curtis Peterson of Glenbard North High School and owner/editor of StrongFootballCoach.com. We encourage other coaches that are …
DeAnthony Thomas: Was Lane Kiffin right?
In 2011 when DeAnthony Thomas commit to Oregon right before signing day, he effectively turned his back on USC and new head coach Lane Kiffin. USC fans were nervously looking at this defection as another example of Kiffin’s early failings. After all, Kiffin was hired to replace arguably the best coach in school history, and even he didn’t exactly leave …
PAC 12 Spread Laboratory: How Chip Kelly’s Offense Can Learn From Mike Leach’s “6” Route
If there was a primary reason to adapt a spread offense, it usually would be a desire to put fast athletes into open space. The fact that the spread works hand-in-hand with modern zone-blocking schemes and the no-huddle system is just icing on the cake for any team that has made that transition from a traditional offensive scheme. For Oregon, …
One-On-One: FishDuck.com contributor Josh Schlichter
Each week FishDuck.com’s Kurt Liedtke (better known as Keeerrrttt1) speaks with current/former student athletes, other FishDuck contributors, and outside experts in a one-on-one conversation–the FishDuck.com One-On-One. This week Kurt is joined by fellow FishDuck.com contributor Josh Schlichter. Josh is a current UO student, creates videos and writes articles for FishDuck.com, and also works inside the Casanova Center. Kurt and Josh …
Northwest Favorites Usher in Oregon’s Athletic Revolution
In the past decade the University of Oregon has been highly renowned across the country for their athletics, gaining a national foothold with recruiting, whereas previously the Ducks relied primarily on regional pipelines. With the success of Joey Harrington in the early parts of the new century, there was an excitement brewing in Eugene. Equipped with flashy uniforms, a new …
RECRUITING SPOTLIGHT: Chip Kelly Fears No One. Does Brady Hoke Fear Urban Meyer?
In order to comprehend who we are, we must understand where we come from. Such is a brief synopsis of Alasdair MacIntyre’s seminal moral philosophy work After Virtue. Recently Brady Hoke, Michigan head football coach, went on the record questioning the value and role of the intense media coverage of recruiting. I think MacIntyre’s concepts are apropos here. In order …
The Home Stretch: When ducklings become ducks
Remember a time where you were the new person and everything around you was different and you felt almost completely lost? Take high school for example. That very first day of school, you arrive on a way bigger campus then middle school, there’s a lot more people, and you have no idea where your first class is located. You’re utterly lost. …
The FishDuck Minute #14: Oregon’s Mid-Level Read
Oregon’s offense boils down to a series of constraint plays. One of those “counters” is the Midline, or Mid-Level read, where the QB reads an interior defender rather than a defensive end or linebacker. Examples from both the 2010 and 2011 seasons are included as FishDuck.com gives you an exclusive look at one of Oregon’s most dynamic running plays. “Oh …
FishDuck Weekly Video Log – Episode 47
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 …
