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 the newest member of The Oregonian newspaper’s sports beat team, Jeffrey Martin. Jeff joined The Oregonian in February 2012 after stints with the Wichita Eagle and Houston Chronicle, …
Ducks Soccer: Victory starts out of the country and off the field
Up until now there has been a dark cloud hanging over the Oregon Ducks Womens Soccer program, and it hasn’t been the typical winter/spring rain cloud either. This has been much darker and nastier than the usual Eugene Cumulo-Nimbus that casts its consistent drizzle on the rain-soaked bowl in which Eugene rests. The previous seasons were filled with sub-par finishes, …
FishDuck Weekly Video Log – Episode 45
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 …
Top 10 Duck off-season story lines
Free association, anyone? I study a news photo Friday of caged ducks being sputtered off to market in Vietnam (a sad sight if there ever was one); from there, I jump to recalling where some Duck football players ended up in past off-seasons (I know, my bad); which, in turn, has me pondering news about the team since its Jan. …
One-On-One: Oregon Ducks cornerback Anthony Gildon (2007-11)
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 Oregon Ducks cornerback Anthony Gildon, who came to Oregon in 2007 alongside fellow Oaks Christian High School teammate Casey Matthews. A talented athlete, Gildon still holds the record …
The McLemore Era…On the Defensive Side
This four-year stalwart played a huge role in Oregon’s success through the late 90’s. Many remember the “McLemore era” for the amazing career of superstar receiver Cristin McLemore (1992-1995), but his brother Brandon excelled equally on the defensive side of the ball through the latter-half of the 90’s. Brandon McLemore (a.k.a. “B-Mac”) arrived at Oregon in 1995, just after the …
Ducks on Deck: It’s been a while
It’s been a while…Since 1989 to be exact. That is the last time the Oregon softball program made its first and only College World Series appearance. They can now add 2012 to the media guide. The old cliché goes, ‘everything’s bigger in Texas.’ Up until 2010, the Ducks softball team had played small ball that did not lead to the …
FishDuck Weekly Video Log – Episode 44
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 …
Oregon’s measured recruiting approach
Amid all the happiness over Oregon getting a verbal commitment Friday from heralded Texas running back Dontre Wilson was one thorny issue. Wilson is only the third soon-to-be high school senior to pick the Ducks so far. A few years ago, that would have been three more than Oregon typically had at this point in the recruiting cycle. Oh, how …
One-On-One: Oregon Ducks LB David Massey (1989-93)
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 Oregon Ducks linebacker David Massey (1989-1993), who was a powerful inside linebacker for the Ducks in the early 90s, becoming a full-time starter in 1992 and 1993. During …
FishDuck on the air! Addictedtoquack.com podcast (5/22/2012)
Tuesday night Charles Fischer and Kurt Liedtke of FishDuck.com were the guests on the Addictedtoquack podcast. The weekly Tuesday Night Talks series on ATQ is a great source to hear about Duck sports, and the FishDuck team went into great detail with the ATQ hosts talking about Oregon Ducks football. You can hear the archived audio at the following link: …
Ducks on Deck: The Determined Superhero – Jimmie Sherfy
Every team needs a hero, and in baseball there is one player that holds the ultimate responsibility of being that person, tasked with finishing out the victory. In 1969 baseball instituted the save rule. It stated that a save is accredited to the relief pitcher that finishes a game for the winning team under certain prescribed circumstances, which is typically …