After introducing Eric Amoako, it is now time to profile his oh-so-talented twin brother Stephen Amoako. You may not have heard of either of these guys; however, being that they were offered scholarships by Chip Kelly and spent a year under his watch warrants them some credibility right off the bat. Stephen specifically was one of the first commits of …
Surprises A Plenty at NBA Draft
The 2013 NBA Draft was one of many story lines. It was commissioner David Stern’s last NBA draft as he is set to retire this upcoming February. The consensus projected number one pick, Nerlens Noel, fell all the way to the New Orleans Pelicans at number 6 only to be traded to the 76ers along with a first round pick in next …
Recruiting Update: Top-5 Tailback Eyes Oregon
Football Recruiting Offers At the turn of the month, Oregon landed a haymaker against national competition. Prized backfield prospect Joe Mixon (5-Star/Oakley, CA/Rivals#4 RB) received a long-awaited Ducks offer and guaranteed an appearance in Eugene in the near future. “I was so hyped when (Coach Gary Campbell) was telling me I had a full ride to Oregon,” said Mixon. “I …
Floyd Rhea – One “Scrappy” Lineman
“Black Mamba”. “Super Mariota”. New additions to a prolific history of great Duck nicknames. Another great one? “Scrappy.” As in, Floyd “Scrappy/Scrap Iron” Rhea, one of the more interesting linemen to play for Oregon in the early 1940’s. Born in Rhea’s Mill, Arkansas on September 21, 1920, Rhea’s family moved to California shortly thereafter, with Floyd growing up in Fullerton. …
2013 Ten Most Important Players, No. 1-5
Welcome back for the second of my two part segment. The wait is now over as I release my top five most important players for the upcoming season. I know many of you will have differing opinions on who should be in the top five and where they should be ranked. Keep in mind that this is my opinion as …
Isn’t an Oregon Quarterback SWEEP Risky?
Imagine my surprise to find ANOTHER new play in the USC game, the Quarterback Sweep! Last week we enjoyed the revelation of “Sucker Plays”. As I reviewed it, I began to think about the other plays that the Oregon QB serves as the ball carrier and began to wonder about at what point is it too risky to be putting …
Have Football, Get Students
“…it has been my longstanding belief that The Big Ten’s schools would forgo the revenues in those circumstances and instead take steps to downsize the scope, breadth and activity of their athletic programs…” – Big Ten commissioner Jim Delany, on how his member universities would react in the event that college athletes were eligible to be paid. It was the …
Ducks pound Rice 11-0, Force Final Game Monday!
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 …
