Summertime Conversation Starters, Episode 1: The Phantom Handoff

by Takimoto on May 18, 2009 9:49 PM PDT

So since AtQ has been a bit of a ghost town as of late, as the only major things going on are track kicking ass and baseball limping to the finish, how about a sort of Ducks, sort of not survey to generate some banter? Oh, and as always, a poll.

1. If you could be any Duck athlete, past or present, for one season, who would it be?

2. Who is your favorite current Duck athlete?

3. What's the best sporting event you've ever attended?

4. Complete this sentence: Dan Fouts ________.

5. Favorite color?

6. Favorite sport to play and to watch?

My answers:

1. Aaron Brooks in 2006-2007. The big shots, the great play, the Elite Eight. That woulda been fun.

2. Walter Thurmond III. If you're an athlete, you're in the entertainment business. So entertain! We're outrageous suits, rock a sideways flat top for an entire season! Have fun! You can get away with a lot of stuff in terms of appearance and demeanor that you couldn't in most other jobs, so you might as well enjoy it. A close second would be Matt Humphrey.

3. Civil War 2008. And it's not close.

4. Dan Fouts should be hired away at any price to be Oregon's play-by-play announcer.

5. Orange. I know, right? Hey, I was a Giants fan first. Gimme a break.

6. Favorite to play: baseball or golf. Favorite to watch: March Madness basketball, or baseball.

Poll

Dennis Dixon sees Derek Anderson on the side of the road with engine trouble. What does he do?

Stop to help, because Dixon is a saint and will always help his fellow man, even if he is a douche.

29 votes

Drive right on by, and maybe give Anderson the finger.

3 votes

Run him the eff over. Then back up and do it again.

4 votes

Call the cops and inform them of the dead hookers that Anderson no doubt has in his trunk.

27 votes

63 votes | Poll has closed

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Heyo

1. TP during the ’06 basketball season.

2. Jeremiah Masoli.

3. The 800m (Oregon sweep) final last summer at the trials.

4. Is a douche.

5. Light urple.

6. Baseball to watch. Racquetball to play.

Addicted To Quack [dot] com; Dear Joevan, Develop motor skills. Love, ATQ.

by qrsouther on May 18, 2009 11:56 PM PDT reply actions

I'll play your game you rouge

JStew, man was a beast and had so many great runs, looking at you ASU defenders still crumbled on the turf.

Ed Dickson

65-38

oh nelly. I like him a lot

green

soccer, ducks

Sleeping under an avalanche with Cartman, wake me Sept 3.

by trumpetduck on May 19, 2009 12:55 AM PDT reply actions

I’m confused, why did you call him a “red”? Is he a commie?

--Dominic, Addicted to Quack

Autzen Stadium is where great teams go to die." - J. Brady McCullough, The Michigan Daily.

by dvieira on May 19, 2009 10:56 AM PDT up reply actions

No, I'm confused

I didn’t mean to call anyone a commie.

Sleeping under an avalanche with Cartman, wake me Sept 3.

by trumpetduck on May 19, 2009 4:02 PM PDT up reply actions

is it supposed to be “rouge” like the color red or is it supposed to be “rogue” as in the beer and stabbing people in the back while stealthed?

--Dominic, Addicted to Quack

Autzen Stadium is where great teams go to die." - J. Brady McCullough, The Michigan Daily.

by dvieira on May 19, 2009 7:35 PM PDT up reply actions

yeah the second, Tako is right

Sleeping under an avalanche with Cartman, wake me Sept 3.

by trumpetduck on May 19, 2009 9:42 PM PDT up reply actions

it's an SNL reference

Celebrity Jeopardy

It's spelled "T-A-K-I-M-O-T-S-C-H-M-O-E."

I support inroywetrust in his support of The VD Special in his support of me supporting Roger Kieschnick in his quest to becoming the best Kieschnick ever to play professional baseball.

by Takimoto on May 19, 2009 6:25 PM PDT up reply actions

my list

1. My favorite was always JJ so id be him. (Any year)

2. WT3 or TJ Ward (Im a Secondary kinda guy)

3. The only 2 I have gone to are 03? ASU @ ORE (blowout) and 08? HOU @ ORE (Where the Cougar got his ass kicked by the Duck)

4. Complete this sentence: Dan Fouts = suckass

5. Green

6. Football

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by tj4eck on May 19, 2009 1:17 AM PDT reply actions

The list...

1. I’d like to say Bobby Moore (Ahmad Rashad) only cause he bangs the mom on the Cosby show, but I am going with Kenny Wheaton. I would be immortal as a Duck, and that is just damned cool.

2. Riley Showalter. I used to beat the crap out of him with his older brother when we went to grade school together. Now I am sure the tables would turn.

3. 2001 season vs. USC. A late FG to win! Carrol had a smug look on his face when they took the lead. The face after the FG was better…

4. Dan Fouts was a great Duck QB who should never have gone into broadcasting.

5. Blue

6. Golf to play and Golf on TV, March Madness or any NHL playoff game (wide spectrum, I know)

May we hand you your taints on a silver platter...

by 071903 on May 19, 2009 2:08 AM PDT reply actions

1. Danny O’Neill; 1994-95

2. I would have said Pflugrad, two weeks ago. Nick Reed last year. Now? I’m not sure. I’ll go defacto with Masoli

3. 2008 @ Purdue

4. Dan Fouts is better than that asshat Joe Giansante.

5. Green

6. College Football

It’s spelled "S-H-U-M-W-O-W"

by JShufelt on May 19, 2009 8:00 AM PDT reply actions

1. Joey Harrington, 2001-02. Though, I did seriously consider Kenny Wheaton’s 1994 season, for obvious reasons.
2. WTIII.
3. Nolan Ryan’s last game pitched against Seattle at the Kingdome. Also considered: Oregon @ Michigan, 2007.
4. … is not an asshat.
5. Grellow
6. Play: water polo (when I as in high school), kickball (now). Watch: baseball

by ntrebon on May 19, 2009 8:19 AM PDT reply actions

1. Kenny Wheaton

2. T.J. Ward

3. 2008 Civil War

4. …is a wizard.

5. Blue, my basketball team’s color

6. Favorite sport to watch: football, Favorite sport to play: basketball

PADO

by Tortuga12 on May 19, 2009 11:32 AM PDT reply actions

I should have said college football...

I don’t like the NFL as much

PADO

by Tortuga12 on May 19, 2009 12:01 PM PDT up reply actions

Word.

Addicted To Quack [dot] com; Dear Joevan, Develop motor skills. Love, ATQ.

by qrsouther on May 19, 2009 4:55 PM PDT up reply actions

1. Harrington circa 2001-02. Crazy football good, revenge on the Buffs for the weasel’s fake punt AND tall and handsome AND mad jazz piano skills? Imagine the possibilities.

2. T.J. Ward. Style and substance.

3. 2003…31-27 over #3 Michigan. Great environment. Great game. Great result.

4. is very fortunate to have spent all those years calling games with Keith Jackson.

5. Amanda?

6. Watch – college football and Stanley Cup playoffs. Play – anything my kids feel like playing that day.

I'm really tired of it not being football season.

by JConant on May 19, 2009 1:15 PM PDT reply actions 1 recs

Rec’d for Amanda!

It’s spelled "S-H-U-M-W-O-W"

by JShufelt on May 19, 2009 2:53 PM PDT up reply actions

1. Joey Harrington, all those kickass comebacks and 6 TD’s against ’Zona.

2. LeGarrette Blount, cuz I’m gonna run your ass over and there isn’t a damn thing you can do about it.

3. A SF Giants game back in the Bonds era. Threw out a dude at the plate, then stepped up and won the thing with a walkoff job the next half-inning.

4. Complete this sentence: Dan Fouts is a blowhard asshat douche who needs to remember where he came from. I’ve got family that knows him personally and I’ve never heard that family member say a single nice thing about the guy.

5. Blue

6. To Play: Beer league softball….to watch: Euro Soccer

Proud papa of Nathan John Schierholtz. Choo Choo...the train is a comin' baby, get off them tracks!!

by PacBellBoozer on May 19, 2009 2:05 PM PDT reply actions

i remember your #3. i miss BLB…

It's spelled "T-A-K-I-M-O-T-S-C-H-M-O-E."

I support inroywetrust in his support of The VD Special in his support of me supporting Roger Kieschnick in his quest to becoming the best Kieschnick ever to play professional baseball.

by Takimoto on May 19, 2009 2:29 PM PDT up reply actions

1) Keenan Howry 2001. He may be my favorite Duck of all time.

2) I don’t have a favorite player for this year. Last year, it was Nick Reed. I hope one of the receivers makes a push for it. I like having my favorite player be a receiver…which hasn’t happened in some time.

3) This is a toughie….probably the most exciting was the 2006 Oklahoma game. In the stadium, it was insane.

4) Dan Fouts is a person, that doesn’t get me worked up either way.

5) Green

6) Favorite to watch, college football, by a looong shot. I don’t really have a favorite to play. I’ll play just about any sport.

--AddictedToQuack, SBNation's Oregon Ducks blog

by jtlight on May 19, 2009 2:29 PM PDT reply actions

oooh Keenan Howry, nice choice. He was great

Sleeping under an avalanche with Cartman, wake me Sept 3.

by trumpetduck on May 19, 2009 4:06 PM PDT up reply actions

Howry was a treat. My favorite Duck WR ever is Cristin McLemore. So many clutch catches in so many big games. Of course, now I’m way off topic.

I'm really tired of it not being football season.

by JConant on May 19, 2009 4:49 PM PDT up reply actions

Keenan Howry was my first mancrush.

Addicted To Quack [dot] com; Dear Joevan, Develop motor skills. Love, ATQ.

by qrsouther on May 19, 2009 4:57 PM PDT up reply actions

That game’s third on my list, behind 65-38 and Giants 16-Angels 4

It's spelled "T-A-K-I-M-O-T-S-C-H-M-O-E."

I support inroywetrust in his support of The VD Special in his support of me supporting Roger Kieschnick in his quest to becoming the best Kieschnick ever to play professional baseball.

by Takimoto on May 19, 2009 6:26 PM PDT up reply actions

1. Jeremiah Masoli this year because the sky is the limit.
2. TJ Ward. Did you watch the Holiday Bowl? That hit on Zac Robinson ended the game in the third quarter. I saw that hit and said, “Game Over!” and IT WAS!
3. USC-Texas Rose Bowl. Probable will still be my answer when I’m 80 years old unfortunately.
4. was a hero before my time
5. Green and Yellow (I know this should be two but I think we can agree it counts as one color)
6. Soccer to play, college football to watch

by NICKPAPAGEORGIOTHEDUCK on May 19, 2009 6:08 PM PDT reply actions

Grellow

Is one color. Green and yellow are two.

The blogger formerly know as OSU

by ConnorOSU on May 19, 2009 6:16 PM PDT up reply actions

I'll play

1. Terrell Brandon, 1988-89. Dude played 40 minutes a game, and got to handle the rock for 30 seconds on every possession.

2. Jeremiah Masoli. Great player, great story to rise from unknown 5th-string to starter/hero.

3. Washington @ Oregon, 1994. I was about 10 rows back from the corner where Wheaton made The Pick.

4. Dan Fouts is a loyal Duck and a pretty good announcer.

5. Forest green or Thunder green or whatever we’re calling it. I always liked dark green the best, maybe because I grew up surrounded by the Douglas Fir trees of Wallowa County.

6. Basketball to play, DUCKS FOOTBALL and BLAZERS BASKETBALL to watch.

by DavisDuck on May 21, 2009 12:14 PM PDT reply actions

Really....

1. Joey Harrington 2001-2002 or Dennis Dixon 2007-200…wait he didnt make it there. Love both of these guys to death. Slight edge to Dixon for making all of my friends believers of the Duck power.

2. Blount. Man is a beast and hell of an athlete.

3. Justin Verlander’s no-hitter at Comerica Park a few years back. I was intoxicated but by the time I got home I was able to realize what had happened.

4. Dan Fouts looks like my bestfriend.

5. Lightning Yellow

6. I play soccer so I will say that to play. College football to watch.

Icey

by ChicagoQuack503 on May 21, 2009 10:25 PM PDT reply actions

Answers

1. Prefontaine
2. Masoli
3. 2006 World Cup in Germany, espelcially Les Bleus vs. Azzuri final
4. Dan Fouts has ideal facial hair
5. Brown
6. Play: Baseball; Watch: Baseball

"Why would Thorwald want to kill a little dog? Because it knew too much?"

by lars.thorwald on May 22, 2009 8:09 PM PDT reply actions