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, …
Oh My Papa
Let me be the first to say “Happy Father’s Day,” gentlemen. I hope you get everything you need, most of what you want, and have retained the ability to smile convincingly when you get a tie instead. Father’s Day got me to thinking about who would be considered the “Father” of some of the sporting traditions that we hold dear. …
The Coach’s Corner: From Huddle to No-Huddle to Championship
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 often get to see, the direct insight of football concepts from a coach. We encourage other coaches that are interested in possibly writing guest columns providing their unique insight to please contact us. For now, …
Oregon Football 2012: Over/Under – Defense
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 …
Ducks Soccer: Victory starts out of the country and off the field
Up until now there has been a dark cloud hanging over the Oregon Ducks Womens Soccer program, and it hasn’t been the typical winter/spring rain cloud either. This has been much darker and nastier than the usual Eugene Cumulo-Nimbus that casts its consistent drizzle on the rain-soaked bowl in which Eugene rests. The previous seasons were filled with sub-par finishes, …
Notes from around college football nation: Big-12 expands and Notre Dame has it tough
I am sad to say it has been an uneventful week for most college football fans. Now if you’re a college baseball fan then the fun has just begun. Well if you need your college football fix then you have come to the right place. Watch this video and tell me you are not excited for college football. It …
1963 Ducks: The Last Great Oregon Football Team Before the Modern Era
At the time they may not have recognized the impact they would have during their time in Eugene, when the young men of the 1960 football recruiting class arrived on campus at the University of Oregon. By the time they were done though the mark in history was undeniable, their achievements at the UO surpassed only by their accomplishments in …
Notes From Around College Football Nation: FSU messes with Texas? Rose Bowl might not be “Granddaddy of ‘Em All” much longer
If you wanted a quiet week with little college football news, then you’re not gonna find it here. Just when we thought the summer would finally kick in and slow things down, the years of complaints and swirling rumors regarding playoffs has now turned into a raging wildfire, and yet more conference expansion. Now if only they played some games …
Notes From Around the College Football Nation
Note from FishDuck.com: This is the first column from FishDuck’s newest writer, Jeff Hostetler. We have welcomed Jeff aboard the FishDuck team, a Florida Gators fan with a fascination of Duck sports as well, to provide us all with weekly reviews of all that is taking place in college athletics as well as the Ducks, and providing some important links …
The Coach’s Corner: An Offensive “System”
A note from FishDuck.com: Today we have a unique treat, this article is from Coach Mike Morris, who coached at seven different high schools in Southern California for 30 years. We encourage other coaches that are interested in possibly writing guest columns providing their unique insight to please contact us. “It’s not WHAT you do; it’s HOW you …
A Step Away From College Football’s Elite
When College Football fans list off the best games in recent history, it usually starts with the USC-Texas National Championship matchup in the ’05-’06 season, the OU-Boise State game, or the Texas Tech-Texas matchup in Lubbock. All, “usual suspects,” when it comes to instant classics, and are definitely deserving of their ranking, but there is one game from the 1998 …
The FishDuck Minute #13: “The Toughest Concept to Coach”
There are tons of principles and assignments for an Oregon football player to learn over his career and I often have wondered what was the difficult concept for them to learn. Recently I heard a defensive coach at Oregon answer that question, as he explained that the toughest concept to coach into defensive players is to check their keys, follow …