If you had told me on the morning of January 11, 2011 that I’d ever be ready to forgive Cam Newton, I’d have asked how your straight-jacket is fitting. But just as we sometimes end up learning something cold but truthful about our team sometimes after a devastating loss, so too can going from 0-0 to 1-1 with cancer in …
Stay tuned this season for celebrity rehab, if you are an LSU fan. See your favorite honey badger show, how he has changed, and hopefully becomes a 1st round draft pick next season (talk to Janoris Jenkins for some advice). With kick-off less than two weeks away, let’s get into some news and thoughts: Idaho football has decided to …
Saturday morning Kurt Liedtke of FishDuck.com joined the fellas with Cleveland Sports Therapy on the CSF Radio Network to preview the Pac-12. There were some audio issues unfortunately, but we did our best to clean up the audio. The audio for the program is available at the link below, the segment with Kurt starts at the 1:30 mark of the …
For the first time in several years there is doubt in the air. Bryan Bennett and Marcus Mariota enter the last two weeks of summer camp, each with an opportunity to lead the Mighty Green on to the field for the first snap of Game one of the 2012-2013 campaign. As predicted two weeks ago on this very page, a …
With the 2012 football season just around the corner, optimism for the new year is overflowing from virtually every camp in the country, right now EVERY team is undefeated. To be among the most effective offenses, teams need to have a balanced attack. Perhaps no single aspect of football is more important than the running game, both in a teams’ …
A note from FishDuck.com: Today we have a unique treat, this article from a highly successful college coach gives an inside perspective football fans don’t get to see, the direct perspective of the coach. We encourage other coaches that are interested in possibly writing guest columns providing their unique insight to please contact us. For now, here is Coach Joe …
As Oregon prepares for the 2012 football season, one question garners more attention than all others: who plays quarterback? It’s not the first time Oregon went into the season with a sharply divided fan base, arguing over which one was better. In the past Oregon has implemented multiple quarterback rotations, with varied results. One of those times when Oregon coaches …
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 kicker Matt Evensen, who was Oregon’s placekicker and kickoff specialist from 2005 through 2008 and now kicks for the Berlin Rebels of the German Football League. …
Sure, it may be less than a month until the 2012 season, but with the installation of a new four-team playoff structure this off-season (set to begin in 2014), it is as good of a time as any to ponder what teams should have made the playoffs in the 15 years of the BCS’ existence. Nearly every year one or …
Basketball Recruiting Interest/Visits Incoming freshman point guard Dominic Artis (4-Star/Henderson, NV/Rivals150) may provide Oregon an inside route to land power forward Aaron Gordon (5-Star/San Jose, CA/Rivals150). Both preps shared the jersey of the famed AAU squad Oakland Soldiers, and the summer ball connection could prove valuable for a Dana Altman team on the rise. “I am going to try to get …
Attention to detail. It’s an important fundamental aspect of life we all grow up with. It’s one of the most crucial building blocks the armed forces teach, and it is something that athletes must take seriously or else the consequences can be utterly unforgiving. Caroline Inglis. You don’t know her name yet, but over the next four years you’ll have …
How does Oregon get all these interceptions? What pass coverage do they use when they blitz? How can we fans understand what our defensive secondary is doing? It’s time to begin a brief look at our coverages to help us understand what our beloved Ducks are doing on defense. As in other videos…. the more we learn, the more we …