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 …

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 the newest member of The Oregonian newspaper’s sports beat team, Jeffrey Martin. Jeff joined The Oregonian in February 2012 after stints with the Wichita Eagle and Houston Chronicle, …

Football Recruiting News/Visits/Offers Less than 100 days separate us from the Oregon season opener. Behind the scenes, the Ducks continue to cultivate the recruiting fields in order to make strides towards future dominance. With tailback Dontre Wilson’s (4-Star/DeSoto, TX) commitment in place, Oregon continues to expand its reach into previously “one-in-a-million chance” territory. No longer are the Midwest, Southern, and even the …