By Charles “FishDuck” Fischer The fans of Philadelphia have no idea what they are about to witness. The greatest sports experience of their lives is about to unfold over the next four years, and they will be delighted with the winning, but confounded by the methods. Football is not supposed to be coached this way, most will declare, but the …
The Chip Kelly Oregon spread offense is NOT zone reading on some plays? This offense is known for the infamous read option of a defensive lineman or linebacker as we fans work to determine who is getting zone read on a particular play. It seems that sometimes we are not reading or optioning anyone, yet the results on these plays …
Chip surprised both the Wildcats and me in this game! A major component of what makes Chip Kelly so successful is not just how he coaches the spread offense and runs a rapid “no-huddle” tempo, but also how he brings something new to nearly every game he coaches. It is the last major area the media have not understood or covered, …
The NFL has been attracted to coach Kelly because of his commitment to an up-tempo offense that everyone can see as being difficult upon his foes. Yet a factor in some of his victories has been his propensity to change-up his game plan for the opposing defensive coaching staff. How can you defend something well if you haven’t prepared for …
For the fans of Philadelphia—know that I hate this, but there are some important elements to Charles “Chip” Kelly you should know about and his unique offense. I am taking time from our own bowl coverage to continue our mission at FishDuck.com, and that is inform and help other fellow fans learn about the Chip Kelly Oregon Spread Offense and …
I have often thought about what Coach Brooks achieved at Oregon, but the real accomplishment is where he brought us from when he began. But what about later? What was left after he moved up to the NFL, and later to the SEC at Kentucky? Coach Brooks turned Kentucky into a winner in the ruthless SEC and set a school …
My friends, we have now gone through TWO football seasons together, studying and learning with gusto the fine points of the Chip Kelly spread offense and many of the new emerging concepts and tendencies. There are some amazing plays and strategies from this last season that I could not discuss each week due to space/time limits, but I plan to …
Does Oregon have an audible at the line of scrimmage to change the defender being zone read on the play? Sometimes the choice looks predetermined, but we might have some proof from the Civil War game that audibles are taking place as I suspected. If so, this adds an enormous burden to opposing defensive coordinators, and offers us a hint of the …
We always get a fascinating perspective on recruiting from Chris Charbonnier as he gives us probabilities on the chances of landing particular players and why. As we wind down the last two months of recruiting he will offer an occasional column where he answers questions that are posed by Oregon fans. What would you like to get his opinion on? …
Isn’t it interesting to see how life and sports can be so similar at times? Our beloved Ducks had a tremendous year with one setback, and it is amazing how FishDuck.com has experienced the same success path. Let’s take a minute to bring you up to date, look at some victories, and be realistic about our significant defeat at FishDuck.com, …
It would be easy to attribute this victory over Oregon State to the Beavers NOT having the same defensive personnel as Stanford, yet the fact is few teams in the nation have the talent on defense of the Cardinal. Oregon State emerged into a fine defensive team this year, thus it warrants a look at the tactics between the two …
Losses such as this one are frustrating, but we have a unique learning opportunity as Oregon fans to find out just what the Cardinal did to stop the highest scoring offense in Oregon history. This article is co-authored with Josh Schlichter and today is the first of two parts breaking down some examples of the impressive performance by the Stanford …