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 and experiences from a coach in the know. This week Coach Jason Farias provides his insight, an assistant coach with the Boston Militia of the WFA …
Once upon a time, there was really only one consistently successful football program in the northwest. The Washington Huskies, at times dominant, other times laughable, had stood as a power program for much of the past century. Located in the largest metropolis of our rainy corner of the continent, for years Washington seemed to have a stranglehold on the best …
Special teams are often overlooked in football, until it comes down to a last-second kick to decide the game. Punters feel equal pressure, one of the key components in the chess match of football, tasked with pinning the opponents deep in their own territory. Armed with toes of steel and spin on the ball that makes golfers envious when the …
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 Sportschat503 co-host Rian Winter to reflect on the 2011-2012 Oregon year’s success and predictions on the upcoming 2012 football season. One-On-One: Sportschat503 co-host Rian Winter Weekly Video Podcast …
Football Recruiting Committments After taking a one-week writing hiatus for pre-firefighter training, I’m back on the recruiting trail with our beloved Oregon Ducks. During my absence, Head Coach Chip Kelly and company received three commitments from venerable first-tier talent that collectively bears athleticism and considerable upside. On June 18th, tight end Johnny Mundt (3-Star/Modesto, CA) selected Oregon after building a …
Oregon’s matchup with Southern Cal in 2010 was hyped up to be the Trojan’s return to the nation’s elite. The game did not disappoint, as Oregon traded blows with the Trojans until late in the second half. In this FishDuck minute, we’d like to show some great examples of constraint plays used by Coach Kelly in the 2010 USC-Oregon game, …
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 …