You can feel the relief, even now. A week has passed since Oregon coach Chip Kelly appeared to be out the door on the way to the NFL Tampa Bay Buccaneers only to let it be known in the midnight hour he wasn’t going anywhere. For the Duck fans who stayed up until the story played itself out, it was …
Keeerrrttt1’s FishDuck.com Weekly Video Log – Episode #27
Greetings Fish Friends! Every week I create 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 back, relax, drink up, …
OH GOD, OH GOD, OHGODOHGODOHGOD!
Charcoal Sunday (almost black but, at the end, not quite) was a heart attack in the making. I was wandering around the house, muttering about the 49ers. “Sassafraassin’ Kyle sassafrassin’ Williams, mutter ‘sassaf’, mutter, mutter, spit, mutter sassafrassin’.” I tried to feel better. I read my email. Hmmm…male enhancement…must be a notification about changes at the post office. Hmmm…single …
The full court press: Ducks Basketball has unfinished business too
So much hoopla surrounded the Ducks football program in the last week or so, specifically whether head coach Chip Kelly would officially leave for the NFL or not. Kelly said one thing that got me thinking, “I have some unfinished business.” When he made that statement I think all Duck fans’ reactions were almost unanimously…ecstatic. While I too was happy …
The FishDuck One-On-One: Jared Sawyer
Each week FishDuck.com’s Kurt Liedtke will be speaking with current/former student athletes, other FishDuck contributors, and outside experts in a one-on-one conversation, the FishDuck.com weekly video podcast. This week Jared Sawyer joined the One-On-One, producer of the O-Time music video and fellow FishDuck.com weekly contributor. Jared and Kurt reflected on the Rose Bowl victory, what it truly means to have …
RECRUITING RECAP: Kelly, Twitter, and Shaq…OH MY!!!
Football Recruiting: This past Sunday night was nothing short of tumultuous for Oregon fans. While Coach Chip Kelly’s decision to stay in Eugene generates some obvious outcomes, it also carries long-reaching, yet subtler, recruiting effects. As an observer and Duck fan, I immediately gravitated towards a pair of conclusions. To begin, Kelly’s rejection of the Tampa Bay Buccaneers’ offer indicates …
Chip’s misdirection a roller coaster ride for fans
What an eventful past 22 days it has been for the Oregon Ducks, and for all of us as fans. Even after the football team has played it’s final down, the edge of your seat thrill ride just never stops. Now, there are some who are able to tune out the off-season noise altogether and really don’t pay much attention again until September. For …
A special Fish Report: Addressing the Chip Kelly Departure rumors
A message from the FishDuck.com founders regarding the Chip Kelly rumors CHARLES FISCHER, a.k.a. FishDuck I called Kurt and left him a message to “get off that ledge.” I told my wife that if I’m not in bed in the morning to come to the kitchen and look under the dining table. If I’m in a fetal position and moaning…coax …
Chip or no Chip, now the Rose Bowl means even more
“You guys can do better than that,” announcer Don Essig implored to the Matthew Knight Arena crowd, which had already been cheering joyously for the Oregon football team as its players gathered at midcourt during halftime of Saturday’s basketball game against UCLA. “That’s your Pac-12 and Rose Bowl champion!” And with that, the crowd really roared to new eardrum-piercing heights. …
Stars brighten Duck football recruiting
It’s getting to be the best gazing time for college football recruiting. The stars are aligning. Some glimmer brightly. Some are dimming a bit. Will the nation’s No. 1-ranked high school lineman Arik Armstead of Elk Grove, Calif., end up at Cal, Notre Dame or Oregon? What about wide receiver Thomas Johnson of Dallas, Texas? Is he a Duck lean …
FishDuck on the air: The Three-Point Stance Podcast
On Saturday 1/21, Charles Fischer and Kurt Liedtke of FishDuck.com appeared live on the Three Point Stance Podcast, part of the Leatherheads of the Gridiron Network, talking college football, Oregon Ducks, and the evolution of FishDuck.com The one-hour weekly program, hosted by Pete Sonski, airs online every Saturday at 6pm (PT) on BlogTalkRadio. The 1/21 program featuring Charles & Kurt …
Before We Say Goodbye to the 2011-2012 Season…
…acknowledgement needs to be made of the other Pac-12 teams’ performances in the bowl season. From the stalwart efforts from the far north, to the sublime holiday submissions from the steamy deserts of the southwest the Pac-12 went far and wide to uphold the glory that is…West Coast football. Returns were…mixed. Arizona State played Boise State in something called the …