Morning Quack Fix: Mike Bellotti takes over, Ashton Eaton, and new recruits on campus
by jtlight on Jun 29, 2009 7:56 AM PDT
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- Mike Bellotti becomes the Athletic Director on Wednesday, and the George Schroeder of the Register Guard has a long piece on the state of the department and how Bellotti will handle his duties. Despite all that Pat Kilkenny accomplished, there were rumblings around the department that the family environment was gone in pursuit of the almighty dollar. While I think that Kilkenny did what he was brought in to do (start construction on the basketball arena), it will be good to have Bellotti in the lead, and bring some balance to the department.
- Ashton Eaton is getting some well-deserved love from the Portland Tribune, which asks, "Is Ashton Eaton the world's greatest young athlete?" While I don't know if I'd go that far, Eaton is just dominant. Only a junior, he took second in the US Track and Field Championships decathlon this weekend, and is an automatic win in any college decathlon.
- Rob Moseley has been keeping track of which new recruits on are campus for summer school and workouts. Michael Clay and Tyrece Gaines are in town, but unfortunately Cliff Harris and Diante Jackson are not yet. While there's no reason to worry, with Harris' issues off the field this spring, the sooner he gets to campus and into school, the better.
- Justin Roper has announced that he will transfer to Montana. Though not all that much closer to Georgia, good luck to him.
- Buster Sports top 30 coaches of the Pac-10 is getting down to the end, with UCLA's Terry Donahue at No. 5.
There's quite a bit floating around, so if there's anything else you'd like to discuss, leave it in the comments. GO DUCKS!
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Matt Hinton has a very interesting post today, regarding how we watch football on TV, and how awkward the traditional 50 yard line view is.
Could you watch a whole game with a skycam or end zone view being the main view you have? I would definitely give it a shot. With the yellow line there, it makes it quite easy to see first downs.
--AddictedToQuack, SBNation's Oregon Ducks blog
Meh, I don't think I'd like it.
I’d trade finding out exactly how the play developed said way in exchange for being able to see how many yards a guy got on a play. I think the traditional football angle is fine. Of course it’s not legit for a video game, but these are two vastly different things.
I also think the traditional baseball angle works for me. It gives you a vague but decent placement of the strike zone as well as it makes things pretty easy to read the trajectory of the ball off the bat.
Abridged – I think there are more things to worry about in baseball and football than camera angles.
Addicted To Quack [dot] com; Dear Joevan, Develop motor skills. Love, ATQ.
Boise State vs Oregon Ducks at Autzen 2009
I tried to get tickets for the game in Boise. I have reservations at a nice hotel 7 blocks from Bronco Stadium. Didn’t make the cut. All sold out. What to do? Think!
This is what I thought of: What if Duck fans gathered at our ‘nest’ to watch the game together on DuckVision? Would that be cool or what? Maybe charge some small fee to help cover expenses ($2.00?) Open the concession stands for a little more.
Think what this would mean to our team to KNOW how much we support them. Think what this kind of support would do for recruiting. Think how much fun it would be to ‘warm-up’ Autzen for the home season while watching the shetlands get their spanking.
Food for Lane County. Sell lots of space to lots of vendors in the parking lots who would give out lots of freebies. Maybe have the SWING BEANS play for an hour before &/or after the game. The more I think about it, the more it seems like a PARTY. Any comments?
An awesome idea, I'd like to see it happen.
Addicted To Quack [dot] com; Dear Joevan, Develop motor skills. Love, ATQ.
This idea kicks ass. I enjoy games from my couch on my big HD, but there’s no way I could pass up potentially watching a game on DuckVision with a large crowd of Duck fans.
Unfortunately, I think it would require more than $2 a person to cover the costs of operations and security personnel…liability is a bitch. I would love to see the University give this a shot.
I'm really tired of it not being football season.
I think most fans would even drop down $6-8 to do this.
Addicted To Quack [dot] com; Dear Joevan, Develop motor skills. Love, ATQ.
Revenue?
Parking. Sales to vendors. Concessions. Duck Store. 50,000 fans @ $2.00 a head = $100,000. Seems like with the publicity write-off and Advertising Dollars we should be able to make money….? ESPN? Local vendors ought to ‘eat it up’. Corn on the cob. T shirts. What a blast!
50,000 is a very generous estimate
And to plan a festival like environment in the parking lot requires a lot more than 68 days. Don’t get me wrong, I love the idea and it would be a blast. But it is hard to get people off the couch and away from their beer to sit out in the sun on benches in the stadium. And I think the paper work mountain is unscalable this late in the game. Great idea though, lets start writing letters for next year, first road game festival at Autzen, you could even open the field during the game for some football tossen’.
Sleeping under an avalanche with Cartman, wake me Sept 3.
by trumpetduck on Jun 29, 2009 11:21 AM PDT up reply actions
Yes, AND!!!!
Its an evening game. Labor Day week end. Lots of people who are not ticket holders crave the idea of being part of the Autzen magic. I think that 50,000 is a conservative estimate at this point. Would it take a lot of work and organization and cooperation? You Bet. And what’s it worth? Fan base. Tuff economic times. This is how we overcome the depressive kind of thinking that comes with job loss. Give some people some things to do for ‘The Best Show in Town’? No! For the Best Show in the Nation!! Let’s Do It. Ask Uncle Phil for help. He’s got people with good ideas for problem solving and he’s the biggest FAN of all. Go Ducks!
There is simply no way that they would even come close to getting 50,000 people. It’s on a Thursday night, so no one from out of town would come.
--AddictedToQuack, SBNation's Oregon Ducks blog
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