Dual Threats: Oregon Ducks Excelling in Football and Track

Jim Maloney History

This weekend marks the opening of the Oregon men’s outdoor track and field season with the Oregon Preview meet.  Scheduled to participate in the 100 meters are Oregon football players Dior Mathis and B.J. Kelley.  I’ve always looked forward to following Oregon football players who participate in other varsity sports, particularly track and field.  I thought for my first article …

The Coach’s Corner: The Six Questions of Goal Setting

Coach Tony DeMeo Advice for the Coaches

A note from FishDuck.com: Today we have a unique treat, this article from a highly successful college coach explains how football coaches address off-season goals with their players. This will provide an insider perspective into an area of football that fans rarely get to see up close or understand, what goes into preparation for a football team when not on …

How we found Beavs and Dawgs on St. Pat’s Day

FishDuck Staff FishWrap, FishWrap Archive

It’s over. St. Patrick’s Day, that is. You can put away the green beer now, Corvallis and Seattle. Before it gets any worse. We know what you were up to. We saw you. Our crack photographers, hired just for the occasion, spent a solid 12 hours Saturday documenting the Secret Lives of Beavers and Huskies. We now know you wear …

Have You Seen My Snake?

Kim Hastings Humor

And a good day to you, lads and lassies, on the feast day of St. Patrick!  Kermit the Frog became a wealthy sock when he declared, in scratchy melody, “It Ain’t Easy Being Green.”  Silly frog.  Not only is it easy being green, it’s downright refreshing!  First a little history: St. Patrick was born in 367 in the town of …

FishDuck Weekly Video Log – Episode #34

FishDuck Staff FishWrap, FishWrap Archive

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 …

Tales From The Pit: NIT Oregon 77 – Colorado 72

Josh White FishWrap, FishWrap Archive

March 17th, 2004 was the last time the Ducks found themselves playing in the first round of the NIT tournament. That year, the 16-12 Ducks had drawn the 18-11 Buffaloes from the Big-12. The Ducks were playing post-season March basketball again, and were coming off of just the second stretch of back to back 20+ win seasons in school history. While the record may not look …

Anthony Q. Newman 25 for 25 Real Talk

Jared Sawyer Men of Oregon: Players and Coaches

Duck Fans, This week I had the distinct honor of sitting down with one of the real brick layers of the Oregon Duck Football program, Mr. Anthony Q. Newman. From his humble demeanor to his infectious wit and his Hulk-like passion for Football, life, and his family; Anthony shows what it truly means to be a Duck–a mentor, a coach, …

One-on-One: Oregon offensive lineman Keith Gunther (73-77)

FishDuck Staff Men of Oregon: Players and Coaches

Each week FishDuck.com’s Kurt Liedtke will be speaking with current/former student athletes, other FishDuck contributors, and outside experts in a one-on-one conversation, the FishDuck.com One-On-One weekly video podcast. This week Kurt was joined by former University of Oregon Ducks offensive lineman Keith Gunther, who played for the Ducks from 1973 – 1977. Keith talks about playing under three different coaches …

Recruiting Update: Offers all-around and a lineman who runs the 400m!?

Mark Flores FishWrap, FishWrap Archive

Football Recruiting: Offers/Visits Until the latter half of February, most post-signing day news in the world of college football recruiting had been little more than “prospect interested” or “communication from coaches confirmed by top player…” That’s all changing. Very quickly. Now in March, we, the Duck Faithful, can expect to see a healthy dose of offers extended to some of …

Under Par: The Army of One

FishDuck Staff Editorials

2,746 miles from home in Eugene, it’s 9:30 in the morning on the first of three days at the English Turn Golf and Country Club in New Orleans. More importantly, 9:30 means tee-time for the Ducks. After she places her ball down on the first tee she gets into her stance, lines the driver up with the ball, does a …

The FishDuck Minute #7: PAC 12 Spread Analysis – Outside Run

Josh Schlichter Fish Reports

The second part of my Pac-12 analysis looks at how several teams do their outside run, or their version of Outside Zone play. Don’t worry “Air-raiders,” Leach will make an appearance very soon. Josh Schlichter Oregon Football Analyst for FishDuck.com Eugene, Oregon Top Photo from FishDuck.com Video

The Duck: Purveyor of Pushups, Deacon of Dance Moves

FishDuck Staff The Duck

You can call him Donald, The Duck, Ducky, Puddles, or even Duck Diggler…just don’t imitate his trademark post-score pushup celebration or call him a Husky, them’s fightin’ words! Whichever name you prefer, what can never be questioned is that there is not another mascot across the country more beloved than the Purveyor of Pushups, the Deacon of Dance himself, The …