I hate them because, without the Don James cheating years, they never actually dominated anything. I hate them because they knew they would win if they knocked our quarterbacks out of the game with cheap (and late, way late!) hits in the 80’s. I hate them because of the guy that chanted “It just doesn’t matter” when we took the …
To say that Washington week elicits a reaction from Ducks would be an understatement. While some say that Oregon’s in-state competition is the biggest rival, any true Duck fan knows that simply is not the case. The fact the Oregon has owned the Huskies, riding an eight-game win in the series, only adds to the hatred coming from the foes …
When Washington beat Stanford, the national perception of the Huskies elevated rather quickly. Just two weeks removed from being kicked around by LSU, the Huskies had to face another top ten team in Stanford. Fortunately for Washington, Stanford is anything but a top ten team this year despite the high ranking. So while Justin Wilcox has definitely changed the way …
Who they are: University of Washington Huskies – Pacific-12 North Conference Head coach: Steve Sarkisian (4th year) School Colors: Purple and Gold Located: Seattle, Washington Mascot: Harry the Husky 2011 record and rankings: 7-6 (5-4, 5th place Pac-12) Alamo Bowl losers to Baylor 67-56. This year/Last week: #23 3-1 (1-0)/ Recorded an upset of then #8 Stanford on Thursday night, …
As the Ducks and Huskies get ready to renew a rivalry that began in 1900 (with a 43-0 Ducks victory), there is a lot to play for, be it for this year’s squads with bowl and championship dreams, or as another chapter in a more than century-long conflict. Perhaps more than any other program, Washington seems to represent for the …
With the season now in full swing, recruiting is really starting to pick up. Every week there are official visitors at Autzen Stadium to experience the Oregon lore first-hand and see the unbelievable facilities. Most recently, during the weekend of the Arizona game, the Ducks picked up two huge new verbal commitments from two 4-star rated brothers from San Diego, …
Football Recruiting Prospects It’s difficult to imagine that current running back Kenjon Barner will no longer man the Oregon backfield following this season. Just think of where Oregon was at when he arrived–Oregon coming off a Sun Bowl victory over USF after it seemed like the Ducks were finally over the hump and bound for the BCS, until Dennis Dixon’s knee …
With all due respect to the wonderful analysts who make up the AP and coaches polls, as we sit five weeks into the season, one can’t help but wonder about the current college football rankings. Alabama, at number one, gets a pass. After the Tide, however, things get a little tricky. But let’s back up here just a tad. Since …
Washington Head Coach Steve Sarkisian’s calling card since taking over up in Montlake for Tyrone Willingham has been that of a true oddity; leader of a team that stuns the nation one week, then look completely incompetent the next. He loses to teams Washington should have beaten, and manages to pull off huge upsets over programs that the Huskies have …
The Head Coach at Oregon is frequently hailed as major innovator of the Spread Offense, one who is continuously adjusting and augmenting his playbook. Yet here at FishDuck.com, we would contend that what really characterizes what we see on field is a changing weekly game plan, and an integration of “old-school” football philosophies into the Spread Offense. The lack of …
It is one of the oldest curses in sports – the Sports Illustrated cover jinx. On par and more historic than the equally dreaded Madden game cover jinx that dictates that whichever NFL player appears on the game’s cover will inevitably get hurt the next season; for the unindoctrinated, the famous “SI cover jinx” occurs when anyone appearing on the …
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 …