LeGarrette Blount Reinstated
by Matt Daddy on Nov 9, 2009 9:44 AM PST
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PrintJay Allen was just on 95.5 the game in Portland reporting that LeGarrette Blount will be reinstated for the ASU game. Report said, AD Mike Bellotti requested reinstatement Sunday evening and Larry Scott of the Pac-10 reviewed it this morning and gave Oregon the go ahead.
He will be available to play this Saturday against ASU.
Interesting side note: Allen speculated that Oregon waited to bring him back in front of the home crowd.
Blount said he is happy for the second chance.
Ed. Here is the University press release
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Taking into account
the completely disgraceful display of the Stanford band’s halftime show, I think it was a good decision…
Both gold and muck come out of the same shaft...
"Baton Rouge happens to be the worst place in the world for a visiting team. It's like being inside a drum."~Bear Bryant
"Autzen Stadium is where great teams go to die."~The Michigan Daily
by AllSaintsDay on Nov 9, 2009 10:14 AM PST up reply actions
that’s actually fairly tame.
Life is about growth. People are not perfect when they're 21 years old. - Bill Walton
Yeah. It was also the fact that it seemed, to quote a BR article, like fifty people wearing red jackets wandered onto the field at the same time, and decided to play off-key music.
"Baton Rouge happens to be the worst place in the world for a visiting team. It's like being inside a drum."~Bear Bryant
"Autzen Stadium is where great teams go to die."~The Michigan Daily
by AllSaintsDay on Nov 9, 2009 10:19 AM PST up reply actions
Hey!
I wrote that haha
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by UOSportsDude on Nov 9, 2009 10:28 AM PST up reply actions
I thought it was kinda funny...
in an ultra-nerdy sort of way. A good way to tell if one is too uptight is to not be able to laugh at one’s own foibles…even the worst ones. So next time you screw up, don’t hide it—punch your shame in the face and laugh it off. ;)
"KENNY WHEATON'S GONNA SCORE!! KENNY WHEATON!!--Jerry Allen, 1994"
That's what they do
They are always a little crude to say the least. Its their style.
Frankly, I have no problem with it.
"Good evening Blazer fans, wherever you may be!"-Bill Schonely
I could care less if some random group of students did anything like that. I have a problem with it because it’s an official group from the university, and those are things being announced over the stadium intercom. That shouldn’t happen.
"Baton Rouge happens to be the worst place in the world for a visiting team. It's like being inside a drum."~Bear Bryant
"Autzen Stadium is where great teams go to die."~The Michigan Daily
by AllSaintsDay on Nov 9, 2009 10:24 AM PST up reply actions
In the early 90s
They did a famous sketch making fun of the collapse of the Oregon timber economy IN EUGENE. That was far more offensive than this.
"Good evening Blazer fans, wherever you may be!"-Bill Schonely
Yeah, I know. I’m not saying this one is particularly bad. I’m saying that this halftime show and the collapse of the timber economy and the spotted owl all shouldn’t be coming from any official university-sponsored group.
"Baton Rouge happens to be the worst place in the world for a visiting team. It's like being inside a drum."~Bear Bryant
"Autzen Stadium is where great teams go to die."~The Michigan Daily
by AllSaintsDay on Nov 9, 2009 10:33 AM PST up reply actions
The Harvard band is even worse
I attended a Harvard-Yale game with my dad (a Harvard alum) many years back and both the Yale AND Harvard bands (but especially Harvard) were quite un-PC to say the least.
"Good evening Blazer fans, wherever you may be!"-Bill Schonely
They've been disciplined for it before
They did a routine in the late ’90’s where they made fun of UCLA. Several UCLA players were involved a scandal where they were awarded handicap parking passes so the Stanford band marched in the form of a handicap sign. I’m pretty sure they got suspended for that (it was either that or something more egregious, which wouldn’t surprise me).
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I was at that game
It was right in the middle of the spotted-owl controversy, and it was truly offensive. As I recall they did formations in the shape of an owl and a chainsaw – and probably some stuff I have forgotten. I think Stanford actually apologized and suspended the band afterward.
by IslanderDuck on Nov 9, 2009 10:37 AM PST up reply actions
yup, and in shape of a gun shooting at the owl
i was there too. honestly, i thought it was funny
GEEEEEERHAAAAAAARRRT!!!!!!
(arms and eyes to sky, ala Stephen Colbert)
by Bill Musgrave on Nov 9, 2009 3:22 PM PST up reply actions
+/- 1989, so this one is a kid no more
GEEEEEERHAAAAAAARRRT!!!!!!
(arms and eyes to sky, ala Stephen Colbert)
by Bill Musgrave on Nov 9, 2009 8:55 PM PST up reply actions
Stanford’s a weird quirky place…band, drunken mascots getting 86’d, “Full Moon on the Quad”…etc. they’re creating their own traditions which shouldn’t be taken too seriously…
Life is about growth. People are not perfect when they're 21 years old. - Bill Walton
Exactly
Just like your jerseys (meaning most Oregon fans like them, but everyone outside doesn’t), the Stanford folks love their band and their tree. Everyone else thinks they are a little ridiculous
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by The VD Special on Nov 9, 2009 10:43 AM PST up reply actions 1 recs
I guess I see a difference in that our uniforms have never gotten us suspended, nor banned from playing in some stadium ever again. If Stanford likes having a mascot that gives me nightmares even worse than the UW Dawg Pound logo, and I think it’s dumb, then I shrug.
But the university as a whole should not officially promote tastelessness like Furd’s halftime shows, nor turn the stadium mike over to someone who’ll talk about “putting the dick back in dictator.”
"Baton Rouge happens to be the worst place in the world for a visiting team. It's like being inside a drum."~Bear Bryant
"Autzen Stadium is where great teams go to die."~The Michigan Daily
by AllSaintsDay on Nov 9, 2009 10:50 AM PST up reply actions
well i guess since the stadium is only half full (and half of those are the opposing teams), they aren’t too worried about offending their own patrons. its not like they depend on the football team for revenue like most schools.
distasteful? yes. funny? yes.
Life is about growth. People are not perfect when they're 21 years old. - Bill Walton
I see what you’re saying. My point was that the Stanford folks LOVE their band, and while they are controversial, MOST of what they do is harmless, and even to a point somewhat clever.
I definitely don’t agree with the jabs at the timber industry. But even the handicap situation wasn’t making fun of handicap people, it was obviously making fun of the UCLA players. But it is treading on a awfully sensitive subject for a lot of people.
Defending Jacquizz against Jahvid since 2008.
by The VD Special on Nov 9, 2009 10:54 AM PST up reply actions
its more fun to point and laugh at others. sometimes we have to suck it up when its about us for the greater good. i think the band is pretty corny. sometimes it’s clever. then again, for the longest time, the band was prob the only reason to attend games so they had to push the envelope and “creative process”.
Life is about growth. People are not perfect when they're 21 years old. - Bill Walton
Yeah, I know. I’m not complaining that people are joking about it. I just think that it is really, really, really not anywhere near the role of an official university organization to mock a conference rival for one of their players losing control. It’s not “OMG, someone at Stanford made fun of the LGB situation.” It’s “Really, Stanford? As an organization, you’re going to do that?”
Also, as much as I did find the pregame show funny, poking fun at Oregon by way of Oregon Trail and LGB is not exactly being creative.
"Baton Rouge happens to be the worst place in the world for a visiting team. It's like being inside a drum."~Bear Bryant
"Autzen Stadium is where great teams go to die."~The Michigan Daily
by AllSaintsDay on Nov 9, 2009 12:12 PM PST up reply actions
DO they love their band? I think a lot of the older alums are embarrassed by the band’s behaviour, and whenever I’ve been there for a game, pretty much everyone outside of the student section gives their performance a fairly tepid response.
Oh, if only the Furd had an SBN blog so we could find out the answers to such questions!!
So, basically, you gotta Go Bears!
Speaking of older alums…a lot of the Duck fans near us seemed like they had no clue about Oregon football. Lots of “We want Costa” going around almost as soon as Masoli did anything bad, for one.
"Baton Rouge happens to be the worst place in the world for a visiting team. It's like being inside a drum."~Bear Bryant
"Autzen Stadium is where great teams go to die."~The Michigan Daily
by AllSaintsDay on Nov 9, 2009 12:49 PM PST up reply actions
Maybe you're right
And you’re obviously closer to the situation than I am. I’m only going off of the two people I know (one alum, one currently student) that have anything to do with Stanford
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by The VD Special on Nov 9, 2009 1:08 PM PST up reply actions
Next year the Oregon band should do a tribute to Stanford fans, where only half the band shows up.
by grimc on Nov 9, 2009 12:06 PM PST up reply actions 4 recs
wonderful. i’m totally suggesting that to my friend who’s in the band.
I'd be damned if I'd have let a little leftover H1N1 keep me from halloween @ autzen.
Takimoto is everybody's friend
Don’t try and name drop
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by The VD Special on Nov 9, 2009 1:09 PM PST up reply actions
funny
and would be funny x2 if only we had won, in addition to matching the home attendance
GEEEEEERHAAAAAAARRRT!!!!!!
(arms and eyes to sky, ala Stephen Colbert)
by Bill Musgrave on Nov 9, 2009 3:24 PM PST up reply actions
I, for one, welcome the return of Blount Force Trauma
make the best of your second chance, LeGarrette
--Dave
Addicted to Quack, SBN's Oregon Ducks blog
by David Piper on Nov 9, 2009 9:57 AM PST reply actions 1 recs
I couldn't agree more
Welcome back LGB!!!!
Kenny Wheaton #20; The Pick - 1994 v UW. Matthew Harper #20; The Pick #2 - 2007 v USC. John Boyett #20;...
The name of my 7-2 fantasy FB team (about to be 7-2, I'm up 5 and only I have players left)
Which oddly enough has exactly mirrored the UO win/loss trend this year.
"Good evening Blazer fans, wherever you may be!"-Bill Schonely
Dont Start Him!
LAMichael James is so freakin awesome! Use him on short yardage/goal line situations.
He most certainly won't start.
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I have the best karma on games I attend
Which I deserve since I went to the debacle that was the Indiana game.
But seriously, these are the last three I have/will attended:
2005 Cal-Epic monsoon, Dixon’s first start.
2007 ASU-Big game, loudest I’ve ever seen it.
2009 ASU-The return of LGB.
And lets not even count the famous Harrington comeback vs. ASU, which I also attended.
"Good evening Blazer fans, wherever you may be!"-Bill Schonely
About time...
Free LeGarrette! Unleash him on the AZ schools and those pesky barkrats!
"KENNY WHEATON'S GONNA SCORE!! KENNY WHEATON!!--Jerry Allen, 1994"
Irony
I know for a fact he was represented by attorneys based in Phoenix.
by IslanderDuck on Nov 9, 2009 10:53 AM PST up reply actions
Tweet from James Rodgers (of Oregon State Fame)
I’m happy to see Blount got reinstated! They should have suspended him 3 or 4 games that would have been more reasonable
--Dominic, Addicted to Quack
Autzen Stadium is where great teams go to die." - J. Brady McCullough, The Michigan Daily.
Closet Rodgers' fan Dom? :)
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by The VD Special on Nov 9, 2009 10:55 AM PST up reply actions
If people don’t like James/Jaquizz Rodgers, both as people and college football fans, I feel bad for them. These are class guys that are top athletes in their field. It’s hard not to respect guys like these
--Dominic, Addicted to Quack
Autzen Stadium is where great teams go to die." - J. Brady McCullough, The Michigan Daily.
james i respect
quizz….eh
I'd be damned if I'd have let a little leftover H1N1 keep me from halloween @ autzen.
well, outside of all the trash talk the guy does, he’s a pretty stand up guy. Him, James and Kristick all delivered donuts to the students waiting in line for tickets this morning.
--Dominic, Addicted to Quack
Autzen Stadium is where great teams go to die." - J. Brady McCullough, The Michigan Daily.
I’ve never been one to hate trash talking, so long as the one doing it backs it. When Quizz was going toe-to-toe with SC’s “All-American Linebacking Crew”, he gave off a swagger that the rest of the team fed off of. But he was dominating them.
Defending Jacquizz against Jahvid since 2008.
by The VD Special on Nov 9, 2009 1:13 PM PST up reply actions
I think they are too.
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i wonder how the national recruiting by the beavs and ducks affects their rivalry. what are the chances the kids from Texas, etc have even heard of the Civil War until they get on campus?
btw, OSU just got another basketball recruit out of brooklyn. looks pretty good. i hope the next coach doesnt recruit nearly as well…
Life is about growth. People are not perfect when they're 21 years old. - Bill Walton
i hope the next coach doesnt recruit nearly as well…
Well played. I think even the most unreasonable Beaver fan has to know that Craig Robinson only has more year here
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by The VD Special on Nov 9, 2009 1:11 PM PST up reply actions
i dont think he leaves before they get to at least the NIT if not the Big Dance. i’ll give him two. maybe just one if there’s no movement on the facilities. i think he ends up somewhere in the Big 10 at some point.
Life is about growth. People are not perfect when they're 21 years old. - Bill Walton
by NEP on Nov 9, 2009 3:34 PM PST up reply actions
Welcome back LGB
always thought that 4-6 games would have been plenty. I really hope you make the best of this 2nd chance tho….Chip, Bellotti, Scott, All of their asses are on the line with this.
I'd be damned if I'd have let a little leftover H1N1 keep me from halloween @ autzen.
Something I’m not entirely clear on:
Why didn’t the NCAA ever touch Blount? I was under the impression that unless it was during a game or involved amateur status, it was a school/conference thing, but I’m not 100% sure.
"Baton Rouge happens to be the worst place in the world for a visiting team. It's like being inside a drum."~Bear Bryant
"Autzen Stadium is where great teams go to die."~The Michigan Daily
I’m under the impression that the NCAA actually has very little disciplinary control over these things. Almost all of the jurisdiction is with the individual conferences. I saw something to this effect in relation to the Dez Bryant situation. Bryant was one case where the NCAA had ultimate disciplinary power, and because it had so little, it went completely overboard (IMO) on the punishment.
So I’m not sure the NCAA even COULD have gotten involved.
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It will be interesting to see how this plays out...
I imagine a thunderous applause when he takes the field for the first time
Repent! Juju is obviously not pleased!
I'm wondering if...
The Ducks will run on the field and then they’ll have LeGarrette come out like “and, returning to the field for the Ducks, #9, LeGarrette1….BLOUNT!….” and he’ll be the Harley rider and the Learjet will fly over and pyrotechnics will go off and….
no?
Returning kicks with Barner?
just a thought, he doesn’t have the burst speed, but he sure could bowl some people over in front of Kenjon. any takers?
Also I know we don’t use a fullback but I’d like to see a two back set with him in it. I know we already run some, but this way we have power as well as speed.
Frankly I just want to see a hurdle or two, I’m happy he gets another chance, but the team is doing good just how it is.
"I used to play sports. Then I realized you can buy trophies. Now I'm good at everything." - Demetri Martin
I love the idea of the zone read triple option with Blount taking the fake (or the ball) up the middle. Or even the play that Kelly ran a couple times where Holland came in motion from the WR position to take the hand off instead put LMJ in motion and then either hand off to Blount up the middle Maosoli pull it back and take it outside… all of new wrinkles for this offense to help keep the ASU defense off balanced.
Kenny Wheaton #20; The Pick - 1994 v UW. Matthew Harper #20; The Pick #2 - 2007 v USC. John Boyett #20;...
Or even just run a few power formation type sets with him...
Just to keep ASU a little surprised
Defense, Im talking to you! You want to kill this Osweiler fella...Come on defense, FOCUS god dammit!
I respect you Juju, you and your gorgeous brilliance
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