Quick Take: Nicholls State Defense

DEFENSE OVERVIEW: Returning Starters: 6 Key returners: Chris Bermond, LB, 6-1, 245, Sr.; Toren Joseph, DB, 6-2, 191, Jr.; Byro...

Quick Take: Nicholls State Offense

KEY STORYLINE: "Can the defense improve dramatically from its dreadful showing in 2012. On third downs, opposing offenses h...

Beyond Flock Talk: Manziel Suspension

My opinion will not be very popular amongst Duck fans, but such is life. The NCAA got the Manziel situation right. Frr a change, the NCAA ac...

Looking ahead to Saturday

A while back, I took a First Look at Nicholls State... with that game fast approaching, here is a refresher course. The Colonels of Nicholls...

Eyes on the prize

Without the ability to be at practices, it is difficult for many of us to form opinions or even tell good stories. Two years ago, prior to p...

DSA Tailgate: 2013 Nicholls State Edition

Okay... that time has arrived... TAILGATE time! So, we SHOULD have a Clear Wireless set up in time for the tailgate so that game...

Flock Talk: What Took the NCAA so Long?

NCAA Gets One Right? While it has been talked about in many circles, it felt important to add another voice to the chorus of those hailing...

Where Does Responsibility End?

So, I was listening to Sports Center tonight and heard two baseball "talking heads" address the Ryan Braun statement regarding his...

Ready, set... wait?

Okay, just got my computer hooked up again. Despiute how organized we are sometimes a move completely discombobulates everything we thought ...

Birds of a feather

Just quick commentary about the Eagles and their seeming love of all former Duck players. While I think that Maehl might be the one who stic...

Beyond First Look: UCLA

This week, tomorrow to be specific, we continue with our First Look series with an early look at what the Bruins lost from last season and w...

Fock Talk: Out of the dark ages

This week, for the first, and possibly last time, the University of Oregon provided a guided tour of the Hatfield-Dowlin Complex as it is fo...

From the Outside

A quick pointer to those fans from other teams who might happen to run across some of my ramblings... and that's what this blog is... my...

Pre Flock Talk

LOOKING INTO THIS WEEKS FLOCK TALK Tomorrow Flock Talk comes out. It is the first in a two part series covering the new Football Operations ...

Beyond First Look: Washington State's Mike Leach has a LONG hill to climb

Tomorrow we take a look at Washington State in our continued "First Look" series. The series is intended solely to take a glance a...

Early thoughts on practice reports

I hear that USC fans are pretty much in an uproar over the new practice policies. You know the policy where they are allowed to watch practi...

Media Day Extravaganza!

Okay, that is the end of a very long day indeed. Media started with a different aura around the room today. First, we met with new Chief Com...

Scott Frost vs. Mark Helfrich

Okay, the question of the week seems to be what to expect from Scott Frost as Offensive Coordinator/QB Coach/play caller versus what Mark He...

The Things We Do For Love

I have some thoughts about some things posted on the Duck Sports Authority Message Boards, but I probably won't get to them tonight... w...

Great Expectations, or the big letdown?

Today in Flock Talk, I spoke about the hefty expectations that accompany Mark Helfrich into his new office and new position. Within the arti...

Jocks Behaving Badly

Today on "Idiots of the World" we encounter two more athletes who just simply do not seem to "get it." STOMP THE YARD Te...