Quack Fix: Ducks drawing praise after successful weekend for baseball and track

by jtlight on Apr 12, 2010 7:31 AM PDT in Morning Quack Fix

Today's quack fix is a lesson on what a team can do with a great head coach. Let's hope basketball will soon follow in the steps of baseball and track.

George Horton may have underestimated his own skill, as he has Oregon competitive in the Pac-10 in just its second year. After this weekend's road series win over Stanford, Kendall Rogers of Yahoo Sports points out that with the win, the Ducks now have an RPI of 31, and he says that if the Ducks can continue at this pace, should make the NCAA postseason.
Vin Lananna is also drawing praise from George Schroeder for his role in reasserting Eugene as "Track Town." While many factors have led to the resurgence in Eugene, it would not have happened without Lananna. And though great athletes have pass through town, under Lananna Oregon has competed at the highest level. While he's had some health concerns due to erratic blood pressure, that seems to be under control, just in time for Oregon's run at a national championship in June.
Ashton Eaton continues his domination of everything he does. He won two events over the weekend, and even ran in the 4x400 relay. After the meet, he played tour guide for the track and field team from his old high school. If there was a "Win The Day" award for any Oregon athlete, it'd go to Eaton.
LaMichael James and Talmadge Jackson III also played a part this weekend, and both ran in the 4x100 relay for the Ducks. While the team came in 4th (out of 5), it wasn't a bad performance for a team that hadn't been practicing to any significant degree. After the race, James spoke a bit about the performance.
Oregon softball got its first series sweep in 5 years, after beating Cal in extra innings yesterday. Cal was ranked 15th in the nation. Oregon is now tied for first in the conference with the Washington Huskies, who are ranked 1st in the country. The Ducks and Huskies will battled over the Pac-10 lead next weekend at Howe Field.

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Track so far seems to have been a great thing for LaMichael James.

After all, just about everyone says he is noticeably faster going into this season. Hopefully some of the new speedy freshman from football can contribute to the track team in the future (I’m looking at you Dior Mathis and Lache Seastrunk).

Self-anointed President of the Kenjon Barner fan club.

by CaDuck on Apr 12, 2010 9:29 AM PDT reply actions

Man, not the most exciting day for Duck news. Here's some practice updates

From Moseley:

After perhaps taking a step back Friday in the quarterback competition, sophomore Darron Thomas was sharp for the first three-quarters of today’s practice. During a 7-on-7 sequence, he completed six straight passes—three to tight end David Paulson and another to Lavasier Tuinei, who made a great grab as he was falling out of bounds. Thomas’ next pass was dropped by Diante Jackson across the middle, and the next one was just out of reach of Tuinei on the other sideline. So that was eight straight well-thrown balls.

"Darron threw the ball really well," Kelly said. "I was impressed with him. He was a lot sharper in 7-on-7. He was a little more focused."

As usual, Moseley has all sorts of other info, including the status of Anthony Gildon, who was injured on Friday.

--AddictedToQuack, SBNation's Oregon Ducks blog

by jtlight on Apr 12, 2010 2:32 PM PDT reply actions

Adam Jude filling is in for Mosely today.

Say what you mean, and say it mean. - Clint Ruin

by QuackinAK on Apr 12, 2010 2:40 PM PDT up reply actions

Hooray, for proofreading

Say what you mean, and say it mean. - Clint Ruin

by QuackinAK on Apr 12, 2010 2:41 PM PDT up reply actions

My favorite quote:

PLAY OF THE DAY: During an 11-on-11 drill, Kelly might have been trying to rekindle his days as a New Hampshire defensive back when he made a touchdown-saving "stop" on cornerback Cliff Harris, who, after intercepting Costa, was holding the ball in the air in celebration while doing a Deion Sanders-style high-step toward the end zone. Kelly stepped in and knocked the ball out Harris’ hands before he reached the end zone, then gave Harris an earful.

"You can’t do that," Kelly said after practice. "That’s a penalty in college football, and it’s a live-ball penalty, so that touchdown would’ve been called back. That stuff’s unacceptable. We don’t play that way. We don’t hotdog. We don’t do that stuff.

"The other reason I did it is, you have no idea where other people are coming from. He thinks he’s clean, but if a defender comes from nowhere and strips him, we may lose the game. Those are fundamental things we need to do a better job of. … It’s better to do it on a Monday in the spring than on a Saturday in the fall."

by JonathanPDX on Apr 12, 2010 3:26 PM PDT up reply actions

He's Superman.

I love it.

by HoodRiverDuck on Apr 12, 2010 4:03 PM PDT up reply actions

is this the all-time low for comments in a quack fix post?

by westspec on Apr 12, 2010 4:18 PM PDT reply actions

If anyone could help it would be greatly apperciated

Does anyone know where the visitor’s fans usually sit at in Neyland Stadium (for the Tennessee game) Tickets are on Stubhub now and I’d prefer to sit by Duck fans.

Only losing THREE starters from the USC game. (Offense and Defense)
Ladies and Gentlemen your 2010-11 Oregon Ducks.

Oregon-Frontrunners for the 2010 Fulmer Cup

by QuackQuackAttack on Apr 12, 2010 5:16 PM PDT reply actions

school assignment involving duckies.

Like a few other members of AtQ, I’m a high school student. I’ve been assigned a project (in my catering class) to hypothetically start a new restaurant in Eugene and create a menu for it. My idea for the restaurant is a barbecue stand (a lot like the one on E 18th) called “BBQuack”; the name is the best I could come up with. Basically, aimed towards college students and other duck fans on campus. We’ll have a lot of barbecued beaver, fuskie, and bronco btw.

Overall, the project is pretty simple, though I lack the artistic ability necessary to create a logo for the menu/menu cover. My teacher has approved of getting outside help for the logo and my deadline is Wednesday. Let me know if you can help, the logo doesn’t need to be anything special just needs to have the following:

Restaurant Name: BBQuack
Slogan: “A duck fans clear choice for BBQ”
and duck,bbq art

Thanks. Also, I thought this up in 2 minutes and am not taking this too seriously, so feel free to make fun of it. I have no plans to ever open a restaurant, if you’re worried.

by runfast on Apr 12, 2010 6:25 PM PDT reply actions