Oregon’s baseball team fell just short of making it to the 2012 College World Series this week, a win against Kent State on Monday would have earned Oregon its first trip to the College World Series since 1954. Unfortunate that Oregon couldn’t advance as it may be, it still is a remarkable feat to host a Super Regional in just …
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 Kurt is joined by Oregon Ducks receiving legend Joe Reitzug. Joe came to Oregon as a walk-on wide receiver in 1986 from Tacoma, WA, and found his way onto the field quickly …
Football Recruiting News/Visits/Offers To say phenom Eddie Vanderdoes’ (4-Star/Placer, CA/Rivals100) D-Line MVP performance at Sunday’s Nike Football Training Camp was anything short of dominant would be an understatement. The 6’4, now 309 lb. Vanderdoes put opposing lineman on roller skates, blowing through, past, (insert many adjectives here), opposing linemen in a series a drills held inside Autzen Stadium. Though claiming not …
We outlined game plan strategies that Oregon’s Coach Chip Kelly sprung on the Pac-12 in 2010 in the last two videos. Now we relish looking at what the Wizard created in Game Plans this last season of 2011, and the theme is heavy on “Surprise.” One of the joys of parenthood is hearing a snarky teenager who might just imply …
At the conclusion of the 2010-2011 season there was only one certainty for baseball coach George Horton; the team needed to be tweaked. Not a complete overhaul, just some adjustments. As a result of Horton’s new experimentations with the lineup and his staff, the club finds themselves in an unlikely position, on the cusp of the College World Series in …
“You have to win something, and that’s a concept that’s accepted by fans and, given the way college football is structured, fair.“ – Larry Scott, Pac-12 commissioner We are getting a playoff, or at least that is what the commissioners of college football announced this off-season. Despite not having any knowledge of its structure related to how a playoff would …
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 …
Great news; another week has passed and your favorite team is still in its conference, no promises for next week though. The news about realignment will really start heating up once a playoff model is set in place. We are down to the Final Four proposal and a plus-one model. If you ask me we should just have a 64-team …
With splashy uniforms and an offense operating at breakneck speed, Oregon football could be characterized as anything but conservative. Except when it comes to recruiting, it seems. As the Register-Guard’s Rob Moseley reported in an interesting piece this week, and as I outlined recently in a Fishduck column, the Ducks aren’t in a rush to land a dozen or more …
People who don’t follow college sports have a misguided view of those who participate in/avidly follow the games. Except for the Ivy League schools; players, coaches and fans are seen as being on a somewhat lower rung on the ladder of intelligencia than people who make a hobby of Cold Fusion or Genome Theory. In this Saturday’s chat, I intend to disabuse …
It’s time to take a look back at how the Oregon defense fared in 2011, and what to expect in the upcoming season. Will the defense hold up their end of the bargain, keeping up with the torrid pace of the Oregon offense? Will they be better or worse than the Rose Bowl Champion defense of last year? How many tackles will …
Life after playing a sport is tough for any athlete, at any level, with the prospect of having to give up the sport they love. Only a select few get to continue their careers at a higher rank, whether in college, or at the professional level. For those lucky few athletes picked in the draft, their departures are considerably easier …
