The Fish Report: Oregon’s New “Sweep Read”

Charles Fischer, Mr. FishDuck Fish Reports

Through this season I have often had much more interesting material to analyze than time would permit from a given game. This week is no exception as we had a number of new plays, formations, and play-action passes to enjoy looking at closely that resulted in some sweet touchdowns for our beloved Ducks. There will be more time in the …

The Fish Report: The Outside Zone Read Altered?

Charles Fischer, Mr. FishDuck Fish Reports

“All the leaves are brown, and the sky is grey.” For Oregon fans, these lyrics seem to match the Willamette Valley and our feelings after this game with USC. There has been enough written about our missed opportunities and mistakes in this game, and I salute our foe for a tremendous game plan and execution. I was surprised during the …

The Fish Report: Winning Strategies Against Stanford

Charles Fischer, Mr. FishDuck Fish Reports

What a showcase game of Oregon Football! Our young men were prepared and ready for the national spotlight as they epitomized their motto of “Fast-Hard-Finish,” on both offense and defense. We knew that Coach Kelly would pull something new out for this game, and he didn’t disappoint, as we study a new offensive strategy and examine the background components that …

The Fish Report: Something New from “Dawg” Training

Charles Fischer, Mr. FishDuck Fish Reports

Were you as disappointed as I only winning by seventeen points? We are used to blowing out the Huskies and winning by at least twenty points in the past, but alas—we must give the devil their due. They are much better and proved to me Saturday night that “they are back” as I believe they will win eight games this …

The Fish Report: Chip’s Changeups

Charles Fischer, Mr. FishDuck Fish Reports

We knew going into this season that with a new weapon in De’Anthony Thomas, and a new playbook that went from 75 plays to 200 plays—that we would see new strategies to match.  What we did not expect was to see Chip changing up some of basic strategies and philosophies in attacking a defense.  We have witnessed the transition of …

The Fish Report: The Great Spread Offense Laboratory

Charles Fischer, Mr. FishDuck Fish Reports

How lucky can we be? Chip Kelly has been running the Spread Offense at Oregon for five years and I just set up the video tutorials about the basics of the Oregon Offense just this last summer in preparation for this year. The Spread Offense has become a staple of college football, and defenses are getting better in their counter-strategies, …

The Fish Report: QB Runs Answered & A New Play!

Charles Fischer, Mr. FishDuck Fish Reports

Why would Darron Thomas take off running in this game while not before? This is a question we tackled last week, but the answers became even more evident against Arizona. We have examples of THREE positions on the defense being Zone Read in the this game while being introduced to a new play utilizing the strengths of a true freshman …

The Fish Report: Offense Unfolds Against Missouri State

Charles Fischer, Mr. FishDuck Fish Reports

Predictions of new plays, formations, and strategies are beginning to emerge as the season progresses.  I expected to see base plays with nothing new introduced in a game of which we are highly favored, but I was surprised to see some new concepts revealed. It was refreshing to see the passing game further refined with new receivers materializing to help …

The Fish Report: New Wrinkles Against Nevada

Charles Fischer, Mr. FishDuck Fish Reports

Blowouts are often boring for fans, yet this one provided some interesting new wrinkles to study.  We also had some questions answered about the direction of countering defensive measures against the Zone Read, which some may find surprising.  Finally, we began to see the opportunities created by opponents who commit the majority of their resources to stopping the Oregon running …