Banging head against wall

by David Piper on Nov 27, 2007 11:08 AM PST in Oregon Ducks Football

If I hear one more person saying "decline a bowl bid," I'm going to go into a violent rage.

Let me spell it out for everybody. If you get a bowl bid, you get an extra month of practice. Think Kempt and Roper and Alston and the rest of the young kids couldn't use an extra month of practice?

Nobody will remember if we get blown out of the blowagoat.com bowl (which is no guarantee if we can get a few guys healthy between now and then), but the practice time is invaluable.

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Couldn't agree more

The actual game will be meaningless (did BYU really affect us? Nope) but the practice time will be invaluable.

by jtlight on Nov 27, 2007 11:25 AM PST reply actions

And the money

I guess on the lower bowls it might be a break-even deal, but the program would make money with the Holiday or Sun.

by jfwells on Nov 27, 2007 1:57 PM PST reply actions

Hmmmm?

Because OU is running low on money? Has there been a big drop in the sale of running shoes or something?

by Defender90 on Nov 29, 2007 2:41 AM PST up reply actions

OU?

Why are you talking about Oklahoma on a Duck blog?

by David Piper on Nov 29, 2007 8:59 PM PST up reply actions

Was Blowagoat bowl a shot

at OS?

by tdawg on Nov 27, 2007 3:59 PM PST reply actions

Getting to a mid tier bowl game and getting hammered does effect the program insomuch as it makes the Ducks look bad nationally... for a while. I often see people trotting out getting hammered by BYU last year as a sign that the Ducks are not good/pretenders of a football program/they suck/etc. I don't buy this, but it is there and it does have an effect.
Still, the practice time afforded by bowl practices is invaluable and those who say we should turn down a bowl invite insult the current team by assuming that they will lose. How can they possibly know that? The defense is stout and who knows what would develope with the offense with a month of practices under their belt? A defeatist attitude belongs no where in football, either within the team or among its 'supporters.'

by flak on Nov 27, 2007 5:54 PM PST reply actions

Agreed

Does anyone remember what bowl we lost before going to the Rose Bowl in 1995?
Got our ass handed to us by Wake Forest in the second Independance Bowl appearance, blew a big half time lead.
Practice, practice, practice... in college it's all about improvement, and the good teams improve with practice time.
Anyone, and I mean ANYONE, who says to decline a bowl bid does not understand the college game at all.
We're in a bowl, it's gonna happen.

by Duck2112 on Nov 28, 2007 9:48 AM PST reply actions