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 …
Q&A with Baseball America’s Conor Glassey
I recently chatted with Conor Glassey, who is an MLB draft expert for Baseball America. He specifically focuses on prospects from the West, so he’s very familiar with the Ducks. While I had to ask him about his wild run-in with Paris Hilton, our conversation revolved around Oregon. Glassey talked about the players that will likely hear their names called …
Are There First Round Draft Picks in the 2013 Signing Class?
If there was ever a way-too-early poll or mock draft, this is it. Oregon’s 2013 recruiting class was fantastic and boasts some of the unique features that the Duck coaches are looking for in a player. Many of those players are bound to get drafted, so when might they get drafted. Speed and athleticism are the name of the game …
How to Defend Oregon’s Power Read Option
Option football has evolved so much in the last decade that it has become hard to keep up as defensive coaches. Offensive coordinators are constantly finding new ways to neutralize our best football players by reading them, instead of blocking them. Starting with the Triple Option, and moving right up into the Zone Read Option of today, the whole concept …
Recruiting Update: Local Product on the Rise
Football Recruiting News Local Southridge product, Jordan Morgan (2-Star/Beaverton, OR) is rapidly gaining popularity around the Oregon water cooler. If his spring is any indication, the 6-foot-3, 197-pound, wide receiver will be a contender to land an Oregon offer come camp season. “Oregon’s wide receiver coach Matt Lubick is also talking to me a on a daily basis now,” said …
Regular Season Comes to a Close and the Road to Omaha Begins
The regular season is now complete. Slates are wiped clean with the end of the Pac-12 race, and the start on the road to Omaha. The College World Series has been around since 1950 and in that span the Oregon Ducks have only managed to venture there once. Coming off a record-breaking season in wins, Oregon (45-14) will begin its …
Ducks Fall in Season Finale
Salt Lake City, UT- The short-handed Ducks fell in their season finale to the Utah Utes, who posted a season-high 16 hits, resulting in a 10-3 final score. Oregon played without usual starters Ryon Healy, Brett Thomas and Scott Heineman. Senior shortstop J.J. Altobelli, playing his last regular season game in a Ducks uniform got the offense started in the …
Ryon Healy Pushes The Ducks Towards Omaha
By Nicholas Filipas First baseman Ryon Healy stepped up to the plate for his first at bat on a crisp Saturday night in mid-April, and the Ducks were down a run in the bottom of the first inning against Pac-12 rival UCLA at PK Park in a three-game weekend series. Healy, 21, brings his bat up over his six-foot five-inch, …
Irvin ties School Record for Wins in Ducks 6-2 victory at Utah!
SALT LAKE CITY – Cole Irvin tied the Oregon single-season win record Saturday leading the No. 8 Ducks to a 6-2 win over Utah on Saturday at Spring Mobile Ballpark. The freshman lefty picked up his 11th win while allowing two runs on seven hits in eight innings pitched. The 11 wins match the school record Pac-12 Pitcher of the …
Ducks Drop Opener in Softball SuperRegional
EUGENE – In its first-ever NCAA Super Regional at Howe Field, the #3 NCAA-seeded University of Oregon softball team (49-10) dropped the series opener to #14 seed Nebraska (44-13) by a 5-2 count. The Big Ten runner-up capitalized on a five-run fifth inning that was capped by a two-out grand slam by Husker clean-up hitter Brooke Thomason. The Huskers opened …
Notes from around the college football nation: Tebow making headlines and Charlie Weis breaks the bank
Less than 100 days to go and college football will be here. This is such a dead time. All we can do now is just speculate and gossip about the upcoming season. Of course your gossip and speculations will vary depending on where you are in the country. Down south they talk about Alabama about to win its fourth …
