Sure, it may be less than a month until the 2012 season, but with the installation of a new four-team playoff structure this off-season (set to begin in 2014), it is as good of a time as any to ponder what teams should have made the playoffs in the 15 years of the BCS’ existence. Nearly every year one or …
One-On-One: FishDuck.com’s Charles “FishDuck” Fischer
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 FishDuck.com co-owner Kurt is joined by business partner and co-founder of FishDuck.com Charles “FishDuck” Fischer to talk about current Duck sports and give a few updates about the website. One-On-One: FishDuck.com’s Charles …
Under Par: Eugene’s not just a city you know
It seems fitting that arguably the most dominant athlete in Eugene this year is Eugene…Wong, that is. Few have racked up the credentials and dominance in Eugene that has been exhibited by Oregon’s men’s golfer Eugene Wong. The senior from North Vancouver, BC has performed this year for the Oregon men’s golf team at levels that draw few parallels in …
Duck ‘N Roll: These Ducks Stare Back at Danger and Laugh
Next to football, it’s potentially the most dangerous and physically demanding sport in the Oregon athletic program. The keys to being successful in this sport are trust and concentration. When launched into the air twisting and flipping, with gravity finally deciding it won’t hold this flying human airborne any longer, it is only trust in the teammates below that can …
Frozen in time? Not Autzen.
I wasn’t there mid-week. I was some 400 miles north-northeast in a place where snow has a far greater chance of coming down in late March than in little old Eugene. In Autzen Stadium. So when the photo popped up on Facebook, showing the Ducks’ home field all dressed in white, I studied the image closely, noting a thick coat …
Under Par: The Army of One
2,746 miles from home in Eugene, it’s 9:30 in the morning on the first of three days at the English Turn Golf and Country Club in New Orleans. More importantly, 9:30 means tee-time for the Ducks. After she places her ball down on the first tee she gets into her stance, lines the driver up with the ball, does a …
They are who we thought they were. For now.
After Sunday’s game against the California Golden Bears, there are a couple of important lessons that we learned about this Oregon Ducks basketball team. First and foremost, we learned that this Ducks team is exactly who we thought they were. They are learning to play like a cohesive team, and most importantly they are learning to grow as teammates and …
The 85-scholarship era and Oregon’s rise to power
In college football, the modern era is generally considered to have begun after World War II ended. But it was actually in 1994 that the game solidified around the NCAA’s 85-scholarship limit. Isn’t a game only relevant so long as there is a reasonably level playing field? And as Oregon fans know, it is precisely that year, ’94, in which …
Oregon finishes a great accomplishment; now faces a month of unfinished business
In the last two weeks, Oregon has beaten bad teams with sloppy performances, 49-21 over Oregon State, 49-31 over UCLA. Neither win was artistic. The Ducks displayed enough athleticism and verve to put an outmanned opponent away, but each time they sputtered awhile on offense, allowing scores at the end of halves that made the wins seem less dominating and …
Keys to the game: Oregon State at Oregon
It’s the Civil War, but the Beavers are trying to send the Ducks to the Alamo. If they succeed, it will be the most rewarding and jubilant 4-8 season in history. For most of the year Oregon State hasn’t run the ball or defended the run. They’ve allowed 4.64 yards per rush this season and rank 84th in the country …
Oregon recruiting: Dwayne Stanford II is the receiver the Oregon offense needs
He’s announcing tomorrow morning and they may not get him, because a dozen elite schools have him at the top of their board. But Dwayne Stanford II is the type of target Oregon’s quarterback needed on the final drive on Saturday night. Stanford is 6-4, 185, out of Taft High School in Cincinnati, a rangy, physical receiver with good hands, …
Keys to the game: assorted quack, smack and facts for Oregon at Colorado
The keys to the game are different for this one. An Oregon loss is so unlikely, given the dismal state of the Colorado football program, which is a walking MASH unit at 1-6, that this game is more about what the Ducks achieve and accomplish to push forward in their season. The old coaching cliche is true; this mile-high massacre …