Quack Fix: Of Course A Duck Wins The Bowerman; More (Stupid) Fun With Little Guns.
No excuses. I just couldn't get to QF until lunch today (yeah, lunch at 2). I joked with the other editors that working in retail marketing a week out from Christmas is like being stuck in an avalanche. I sometimes purposely drool just so I can be sure which way is up.
Here's the Quack:
- Why not start with some Track & Field news...Oregon's other big sport. How fitting, Galen Rupp was honored with the inaugural Bowerman award. Rupp, the star of Oregon's championships in 2008-09 shared the award - named after longtime Oregon coach Bill Bowerman - with Jenny Barringer, a distance runner from for the U of Colorado.
- Seriously? Can we please ban pellet/bb guns from the U of O atheletic department? Three of our young duckling football players were cited for allegedly firing a weapon that resulted in a shattered window in their apartment complex.
- If you're using the "transitive property of equality" method to pick a UO win of tOSU in the Rose, you'll want to check out this article by Chris Hansen for the R-G.
- Rob Moseley's Duck-of-the-Day is freshman punter Jackson Rice.
- Lavasier Tuinei says he doesn't like the Big Ten. The feeling is probably mutual. Check out Jason Vondersmith's interview with the Ducks 6-5 receiver, who down the stretch played a key roll in Oregon's offense with some nice catches and excellent downfield blocking.
- Willamette Week - of all places - has all the answers to Everything Ohio State Wants To Know About The Ducks...actually, there are few answers, but several videos.
- John Wilner of the Mercury News has Chip Kelly at the top of his post-season ranking of Pac-10 football coaches. I appreciate that he put Pete Carroll at no. 10, but it makes me wonder, did Wilner actually watch ASU or WSU play at all?
Again, sorry for the tardy post. You'll get over it.
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"Everybody loves Notre Dame and IU and all that, and I hate them," Tuinei says. "I’m a West Coast guy, and they’re in their own little world over there."
Awesome.
--AddictedToQuack, SBNation's Oregon Ducks blog
Worst. Christmas. Movie. Ever.
“A Christmas Story” is my PBR of Christmas movies. Most other people like it or at least have nothing against it. Everyone in that movie annoys the crap out of me.
Defending maligned chants since 2009
I thought I was the only one that thought that movie was O-VER-RA-TED. Everyone swear by that movie and I hadn’t seen it until a couple years ago. I finally watched it and thought, “that’s it? Really?”
He can run, he can pass, he is sicker than e-coli. Jeremiah always keeps things rolling.
by MarineCorpsDuck on Dec 17, 2009 5:15 PM PST up reply actions
its my mom’s favorite xmas movie. in a related note, her other favorites are Dirty Dancing and Pretty Woman. the prosecution rests…
Life is about growth. People are not perfect when they're 21 years old. - Bill Walton
Wow. All of you guys clearly hate America.
by ntrebon on Dec 17, 2009 6:02 PM PST up reply actions 4 recs
rec’d
--Dominic, Addicted to Quack
Autzen Stadium is where great teams go to die." - J. Brady McCullough, The Michigan Daily.
Bowl PickEm Pool
The info is up in the side bar if you are interested in playing in the AtQ bowl pool. Pssst, no body invite the weasel.
I Don't Yell O I SCREAM!
Does Takimoto get to enter as himself AND The Impact?
He can run, he can pass, he is sicker than e-coli. Jeremiah always keeps things rolling.
by MarineCorpsDuck on Dec 17, 2009 5:16 PM PST up reply actions
Well,
He clearly has a split personality disorder…So yeah
Juju, you have already blessed the Duck masses by diverting Terrelle Pryor to Columbus Ohio; and in the process granted us one magical Masoli who happens to be "sicker than E-Coli (I know from experience with E-Coli, Masoli must be pretty damn sick)". We are all mutually gracious for this blessing. However, in our time of dearest need, we request that one Terrelle Pryor succumb to your overwhelming collegiate football dictation skillz.
Your very own Humble servant,
CaDuck
"Hey Rick! I found a great bowl betting system!"
Whoops, sorry I spilled the beans. Looks like Rick will kiss another job goodbye
Juju, you have already blessed the Duck masses by diverting Terrelle Pryor to Columbus Ohio; and in the process granted us one magical Masoli who happens to be "sicker than E-Coli (I know from experience with E-Coli, Masoli must be pretty damn sick)". We are all mutually gracious for this blessing. However, in our time of dearest need, we request that one Terrelle Pryor succumb to your overwhelming collegiate football dictation skillz.
Your very own Humble servant,
CaDuck
Can someone explain what the hell the purpose of We Will Always Have Tempe is? Isn’t the point of having a blog to get people to visit it and interact by commenting? It’s like the guy that runs that thing sits there all day waiting for more than 2 comments and then says, “well that’s enough of THAT. Better shut comments down on this thing before someone disagrees.” I’m pretty sure the only posts with more than 5 comments only got there because he was sleeping.
He can run, he can pass, he is sicker than e-coli. Jeremiah always keeps things rolling.
by MarineCorpsDuck on Dec 17, 2009 5:23 PM PST reply actions
If the tOSU fans over there are anything like some examples I have seen...
I cannot blame him! Some tOSU fans are the ridiculous “Ur uh Dooshie & Chip Kelly likez man” types of commenters. Of course not all tOSUI fans are this way; but I’m sure he does not want that blog to turn the absurdly stupid oregonlive style of commenting. Thats my best guess
Juju, you have already blessed the Duck masses by diverting Terrelle Pryor to Columbus Ohio; and in the process granted us one magical Masoli who happens to be "sicker than E-Coli (I know from experience with E-Coli, Masoli must be pretty damn sick)". We are all mutually gracious for this blessing. However, in our time of dearest need, we request that one Terrelle Pryor succumb to your overwhelming collegiate football dictation skillz.
Your very own Humble servant,
CaDuck
Jared said that there was an easier way to explain what the FanPost was trying to explain with a lot of math…that Oregon had a much higher strength of schedule. This was like the 6th comment, and the guy shut down comments. Oh well. I just can’t understand why someone would want to run a blog on SBN if he doesn’t want anyone debating. The most comments on any single post on that site is like 21 comments. Lame.
He can run, he can pass, he is sicker than e-coli. Jeremiah always keeps things rolling.
by MarineCorpsDuck on Dec 17, 2009 8:09 PM PST up reply actions
Oh well,
Just makes us thankful that ATQ is a very open blog that allows us to discuss collegiate sports with other knowledgeable fans. Not “fans”
Juju, you have already blessed the Duck masses by diverting Terrelle Pryor to Columbus Ohio; and in the process granted us one magical Masoli who happens to be "sicker than E-Coli (I know from experience with E-Coli, Masoli must be pretty damn sick)". We are all mutually gracious for this blessing. However, in our time of dearest need, we request that one Terrelle Pryor succumb to your overwhelming collegiate football dictation skillz.
Your very own Humble servant,
CaDuck
wow -- lot of buckeye hate today...
hadn’t seen that up until now.
Yeah, but I’ve also seen examples like that of Oregon fans, Washington fans, Boise State fans, TCU fans, Texas fans, Oklahoma fans, Mizzou fans, LSU fans, Ole Miss fans, Bama fans, Auburn fans, Georgia fans, Tennessee fans, Florida fans, PSU fans, and Michigan fans and any of those teams’ SBNation sites I’ve been to work fine. The only schools I’ve seen a bunch of fans and few to none were like that are Stanford (where the small stadium wasn’t even close to full to see them knock us off) and Nebraska (who is at the top of most “Really nice fans” lists I’ve seen).
by AllSaintsDay on Dec 18, 2009 9:48 AM PST up reply actions
We Will Always Have Tempe
is being replaced at SB Nation with another blog next month. I think WWAHT is closing up shop:
by encephalopath on Dec 17, 2009 7:46 PM PST up reply actions
Interesting poll results on the right side of the page breaking down who will win:
40% – Ohio State in a close game
34% – Ohio State by 10+
19% – Oregon by 10+
7% – Oregon in a close game
I sure wish I could get ahold of those 34% of the people so I could make a bet with them. Who wouldn’t take Oregon and 10 points?
He can run, he can pass, he is sicker than e-coli. Jeremiah always keeps things rolling.
by MarineCorpsDuck on Dec 17, 2009 8:16 PM PST up reply actions
Samurai swords, nunchucks and throwing knives found in OSU dorm room
via http://www.kval.com/news/local/79579447.html
CORVALLIS, Ore. — Oregon State University dorm workers made an unexpected discovery while doing routine checks for fire code and conduct violations: four samurai swords, three throwing knives and two sets of nunchucks.
The items, found last week, are against school policy.
OSU spokesman Todd Simmons said the school routinely checks dorm rooms during breaks and loosk for fire code and conduct violations — like ninja arsenals.
Now remember OSU Students, when you get to the hospital, get down on all 4’s and bark like a dog. Let’s Fighting Love! http://www.southparkstudios.com/clips/230790
--Dominic, Addicted to Quack
Autzen Stadium is where great teams go to die." - J. Brady McCullough, The Michigan Daily.
Wow,
Good thing that the searchers discovered these weapons before they would have undoubtedly been used to further harm sheep!
Those poor sheep that are forced to live in Corvallis
Juju, you have already blessed the Duck masses by diverting Terrelle Pryor to Columbus Ohio; and in the process granted us one magical Masoli who happens to be "sicker than E-Coli (I know from experience with E-Coli, Masoli must be pretty damn sick)". We are all mutually gracious for this blessing. However, in our time of dearest need, we request that one Terrelle Pryor succumb to your overwhelming collegiate football dictation skillz.
Your very own Humble servant,
CaDuck
Kip is their most recent 2 star recruit that they are hoping becomes a star

He can run, he can pass, he is sicker than e-coli. Jeremiah always keeps things rolling.
by MarineCorpsDuck on Dec 17, 2009 8:11 PM PST up reply actions
Haha! Perfect pic
Looks more like 5 star material to me!
Juju, you have already blessed the Duck masses by diverting Terrelle Pryor to Columbus Ohio; and in the process granted us one magical Masoli who happens to be "sicker than E-Coli (I know from experience with E-Coli, Masoli must be pretty damn sick)". We are all mutually gracious for this blessing. However, in our time of dearest need, we request that one Terrelle Pryor succumb to your overwhelming collegiate football dictation skillz.
Your very own Humble servant,
CaDuck
anyone else think kip has a little resemblence to rick neuheisel?
The beloved creator of Sandwich music.
Not at all...
Not even close
Juju, you have already blessed the Duck masses by diverting Terrelle Pryor to Columbus Ohio; and in the process granted us one magical Masoli who happens to be "sicker than E-Coli (I know from experience with E-Coli, Masoli must be pretty damn sick)". We are all mutually gracious for this blessing. However, in our time of dearest need, we request that one Terrelle Pryor succumb to your overwhelming collegiate football dictation skillz.
Your very own Humble servant,
CaDuck
On Tradition
Ohio State fan here. It seems a lot of people are comparing Ohio State’s tradition to Oregon’s seeming lack thereof and the most-cited aspect of Oregon culture is the uniform changes. Here’s the thing. Tradition is something that ties you to your team and makes your team stand out from others. For us Buckeyes, it’s things like Mirror Lake, Script Ohio, Gold Pants, etc. But traditions have to start somewhere, right? Why not embrace the ever0changing uniform looks as what it really is-something that stand out apart from what other teams do. Everyone in the country already knows that Oregon has hundreds of uniform combinations available for any given game. It’s already an Oregon tradition and you don’t realize it. There was a time when one of Woody Hayes’ assistants came to him with the crazy idea of putting stickers on players’ helmets (a la fighter pilot kill tags on their planes) and look where that went…
True enough. I’ve made this point too… Maybe it is an unconventional tradition, but us introducing a slew of a thousand uniform combinations every 3 years has been happening for a decade now… and i don’t suspect it to change anytime soon.
A festively related comparison would be like putting up a christmas tree… you can use the same ornaments every year, and have a similar looking tree… or you can buy new ornaments every year… and maybe use an apple tree instead.
its spelled "S-h-u-t-t-h-e H e-l-l-U-p-F-E-L-T"
Oregon has upped its notoriety considerably over the last 15 years or so. Everyone knows our “O” by site now, we obviously did it as a way to distinguish our old green and yellow block o from that of Ohio State. Thing like the uniforms and the Joey Heisman billboard in NYC also bring notoriety, that people continue to talk about. Oregon is a huge marketing/advertising school and they have really showed their moxie with these strategies. People talk about us whether they like it or not they all have an opinion, and isn’t that the point? It’s hard to get noticed if you aren’t UW or USC on the west coast. You need something that sets you apart like blue turf, or crazy uniforms, of course it helps to play good football. Publicity is publicity whether it is good or bad.

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