Morning Quack Fix: 5.21.09

by JConant on May 21, 2009 8:25 AM PDT in Morning Quack Fix

Okay, okay... So the Beavers are better at baseball. We get it.

OSU trounced the light-hitting Ducks 14-4 in the sixth meeting of the rival schools yesterday, and Bob Clark of The Register-Guard asks a reasonable question: "Enough already?"
In this week's Strategy Session, Fletcher Johnson of The Bleacher Report says Oregon's early football schedule will be a "September to remember." See his early preview of the early games. Also, Clifton Blevins contributes a list of the top 5 Pac-10 players at each defensive position. Several Ducks make the cut.
Ted Miller says Oregon WR Rory Cavaille tops his "out of nowhere" list.
The editorial staff at the Corvallis Gazette Times is in support of the Rooney Rule now being considered in the Oregon Legislature.
My prescription for a slow news day: go to OregonGridiron.com and watch the UO motivational videos, again. Trust me, you won't be disappointed.

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Agree with Clack on that one

It doesn’t take Steve Phillips to know the Beavers are going to beat us pretty badly most times we play this year and probably next. Did the school really make that much money off 5000 people at a game in Salem? And I think the rivalry will do just fine without that game, just ask Ted Miller’s in box. Maybe I just hate loosing to OS and want less punishment, but we did play them A Lot this year.

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

by trumpetduck on May 21, 2009 10:42 AM PDT reply actions

Even most Beaver fans are wondering why

These last two games were unnecessary. The schools are trying to squeeze as much $$$ as they can out of this series

I support Takimoto in his effort to support Roger Kieschnick in his quest to becoming the best Kieschnick ever to play professional baseball.

by The VD Special on May 21, 2009 11:47 AM PDT reply actions

Nick Daschel over at Buster Sports says we have no experience at Kicker. Someone correct me if I’m wrong but don’t we get Morgan Flint, and Josh Syria back? Also didn’t we recruit the number one kicking prospect in the nation? This is the second time I’ve read that we have poor kicking, but I have to think that our kicking game is as strong as it has been for quite a while.

by QuackinAK on May 21, 2009 12:39 PM PDT reply actions

Morgan Flint is coming back but we lost Josh Syria to graduation. Our kicking game has been very inconsistent during the spring which might be why Nick is saying that. Remember, Flint really only was kicking the last half of the season last year. From the few scrimmages I’ve seen, the punting game will be a major concern.

Our kicking and punting recruits are both very highly touted but we won’t really know what we have until they get here in the fall

--Dominic, Addicted to Quack

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

by dvieira on May 21, 2009 1:10 PM PDT up reply actions

I see that now since

I looked here instead of here

by QuackinAK on May 21, 2009 1:26 PM PDT up reply actions

Josh Syria's graduating

Which, no matter the Tool Time bias you may or may not withhold, is a critical loss.

Morgan Flint is an accuracy kicker. His range tops out in the high 40s. There’s nothing wrong with this – it’s a very valuable kicker to have, and being a Senior I don’t see him missing more than 3 or 4 kicks all year. That said, Mike “It sometimes hurts me thumb and ring finger if I do too much” Bowlin is the consensus top kicker, though I would think it ideal to redshirt him and thus give him four years at the undisputed “guy” at Kicker.

Or, conversely, I could just walk on.

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

by qrsouther on May 21, 2009 7:50 PM PDT up reply actions

Here's a question

You’re in your senior year. You’ve been accepted to Oregon academically, but your only hope to get on the Ducks football team is by being accepted as a walkon. On the other hand, OSU offers you a partial football scholarship. What do you do?

WHAT DO YOU DO?!?!

/keanu

by grimc on May 21, 2009 8:17 PM PDT up reply actions

Depends. Do I get my own personal ewe?

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

by qrsouther on May 21, 2009 9:07 PM PDT up reply actions

Touché. But you know as well as I do that the standing rule in Corvallis is: Steal Your Own, This One Is Mine.

by grimc on May 21, 2009 9:12 PM PDT up reply actions

Shoot the hostage!

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

by JConant on May 22, 2009 9:08 AM PDT up reply actions

NAILED IT!

by grimc on May 22, 2009 2:19 PM PDT up reply actions

That "Oregon Gridiron" website gets better every week

I sent a link to the Videoboard to my Iowa Hawkeye co-worker, and he was green with envy. “This is awesome…why doesn’t Iowa do this…hell, why doesn’t every school do this?”

by DavisDuck on May 21, 2009 2:38 PM PDT reply actions

Good ol Nike!

I would say it’s mostly Nike that makes all this possible. I mean, there will soon be a Nike section on the website.

--AddictedToQuack, SBNation's Oregon Ducks blog

by jtlight on May 21, 2009 2:43 PM PDT up reply actions

Good ’ol sports marketing department rich with student resources who are eagerly learning to produce high-quality promotional materials. These are done internally, right?

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

by JConant on May 21, 2009 3:22 PM PDT up reply actions

i believe so yes

the facilities videos crack me up, because TJ Ward isn’t the most gregarious on-camera personality, and then Walter Thurmond is wearing a cowboy hat. Yep, sounds about right.

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 21, 2009 4:05 PM PDT up reply actions

The Oregon films team

It is made of student workers on video squad and a few adult employees. I’m trying to get a job there after graduation, but you have to know people.

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

by trumpetduck on May 21, 2009 6:26 PM PDT up reply actions

you’re a homer

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 22, 2009 2:03 PM PDT up reply actions