Did you know that football season begins this week? No, there are no official practices, no games yet on the horizon, with kickoff still 67 days away. Nonetheless, incoming freshman will arrive and begin summer classes and voluntary workouts. The initial preparations for the 2012 season are upon us, and once again the excitement begins to build. Imagine for a …
Two weeks ago, I outlined why any college football playoff needed to have a requirement of its participants that they be conference champions. The idea was that selecting the best teams was too subjective a process; that any committee making that decision would be making assumptions based on a limited sample set of data of 12-13 games; often with few, …
The results are in, we are moving forward with a playoff. I feel playoffs will be a topic that will go on until the very first game is played this season. Once they decide on the format, then they decide on where the games are played, and who gets to play in the games. That is a conversation in itself …
This year’s Oregon Ducks may or may not field a top-notch defensive squad. As I wrote last week, the makings are all there, but success can only be proven on the football field through a season’s worth of games. If they do, though, the 2012-13 Oregon defenders undoubtedly will be compared to two great defenses of recent Duck lore — …
Time to break out the SPF 1.5 baby! It’s summer time in the Great Northwest. I threw open the windows when I got up and, yesiree Bob, the fog was DEFINITELY a little warmer. There is nothing like warmed fog to make me think about some of the adventures that await FishDuck.com readers on their travels during these toasty months. When I …
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 …
A note from FishDuck.com: Today we have a unique treat, this article from a highly successful coach gives an inside perspective football fans don’t often get to see, the direct insight of football concepts from a coach in the know. This week Coach Curtis Peterson of Glenbard North High School and owner/editor of StrongFootballCoach.com. We encourage other coaches that are …
In 2011 when DeAnthony Thomas commit to Oregon right before signing day, he effectively turned his back on USC and new head coach Lane Kiffin. USC fans were nervously looking at this defection as another example of Kiffin’s early failings. After all, Kiffin was hired to replace arguably the best coach in school history, and even he didn’t exactly leave …
If there was a primary reason to adapt a spread offense, it usually would be a desire to put fast athletes into open space. The fact that the spread works hand-in-hand with modern zone-blocking schemes and the no-huddle system is just icing on the cake for any team that has made that transition from a traditional offensive scheme. For Oregon, …
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 fellow FishDuck.com contributor Josh Schlichter. Josh is a current UO student, creates videos and writes articles for FishDuck.com, and also works inside the Casanova Center. Kurt and Josh …
In the past decade the University of Oregon has been highly renowned across the country for their athletics, gaining a national foothold with recruiting, whereas previously the Ducks relied primarily on regional pipelines. With the success of Joey Harrington in the early parts of the new century, there was an excitement brewing in Eugene. Equipped with flashy uniforms, a new …
In order to comprehend who we are, we must understand where we come from. Such is a brief synopsis of Alasdair MacIntyre’s seminal moral philosophy work After Virtue. Recently Brady Hoke, Michigan head football coach, went on the record questioning the value and role of the intense media coverage of recruiting. I think MacIntyre’s concepts are apropos here. In order …