In order for the Ducks to get off to a successful start to the 2012-2013 season, they will have to start by putting the past where it belongs…in the past. The 2011-2012 season for Oregon was a substandard one and they look to turn the damp, down season from a year ago around. Getting off to a good start begins …
An unprecedented era of success for University of Oregon athletics
The University of Oregon can claim 20 team national championships in varsity sports since the school’s founding in 1876, along with numerous individual national champions gracing the history books. Even when not winning the big one, there have been years when Oregon has been among the elite in the nation in select sports. In football Oregon was the cream of …
FishDuck Weekly Video Log – Episode 37
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 …
Tweets from an Oregon pro
I don’t know Andy McNamara. But, then again, I do. I follow him on Twitter. Which means I get to see his bald head a lot each day. And read, of course, his latest burst of insightfulness. If you keep tabs on the Oregon football team, and your Twitter feed isn’t locked into the UO sports information director yet, you …
The FishDuck Spring Scrimmage Report
Long before FishDuck.com existed, there were FishDuck scrimmage reports. Be it out on the fields or inside Autzen, when spring came around if the Ducks were practicing I’d do my best to document it all. These reports would get passed around various Oregon websites to much fanfare, the fervor over these largely was the motivation behind starting this website. However, …
Recruiting Update: HOF’s Son Preparing & Top DB, DE Want Offers
Follow me on Twitter: @MarkDFlores Be sure to like us on Facebook: FISHDUCK.COM Football Recruiting Yesterday, our beloved Oregon Ducks began spring practice. For many of us, our first glimpse of the latest edition of Lightning Yellow and Thunder Green won’t come until the close of April; but not to worry, there’s the age old tradition of…speculation. For we the Duck faithful, …
Coach Chip Kelly Explains the Oregon Spread Offense
The following is the NIKE Coaches Clinic Presentation given by Chip Kelly in spring of 2009 that was recorded and printed in the book, “2009 Coach of the Year Clinics Football Manual” by [D. Mark Robertson] the leading coaching education publisher, Coaches Choice and edited by Earl Browning. [D. Mark Robertson] FishDuck.com received special permission from Coaches Choice to reprint this …
I’m Rich!!!
At least, I soon will be. The MegaMillions drawing is tonight and I bought a ticket for it. It’s almost in the bag that I will be the big winner because I haven’t before. That means I’m due. All that’s left while I wait for my inevitable numbers to ping pong out of the machine is to decide what I …
FishDuck Weekly Video Log – Episode 36
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 …
One-On-One: FishDuck.com’s Steve Maher
Each week FishDuck.com’s Kurt Liedtke (better known as keeerrrttt1)will be speaking with current/former student athletes, other FishDuck contributors, and outside experts in a one-on-one conversation, the FishDuck.com One-On-One weekly video podcast. This week Kurt was joined by fellow FishDuck contributor Steve Maher, long-time newspaper journalist and lifelong Oregon fan, to discuss Oregon’s upcoming spring football practices and spring game. The …
Recruiting Update: Top Linebacker “would be honored…” & Duck Prospect crashes Hoop Summit
Follow me on Twitter: @MarkDFlores Be sure to like us on Facebook: FISHDUCK.COM Football Recruiting Oh buddy, I can smell it! Spring football is on the horizon! 32 days separate we, the Duck Faithful, from taking our seats amongst the friendly confines of Autzen Stadium to get a first glimpse of our 2012-13 Ducks. Will the “Arik Armstead Show” be as advertised? …
The Full-Court Press Farewell: The NBA Champion and Coaching Journeyman That Puts Others Before Himself.
Imagine being 23, fresh out of college in 1981, and your adult life begins by sitting on the sideline next to Magic Johnson, Kareem Abdul-Jabbar, Kurt Rambis and Michael Cooper after Commissioner Larry O’Brian announced your name as the 19thoverall draft pick by the legendary Los Angeles Lakers. Sounds like a dream, right? That’s how Ducks assistant men’s basketball coach …