Morning Quack Fix: 6.5.09
by jtlight on Jun 5, 2009 8:21 AM PDT
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PrintWell, not a lot of Quack to go around, but we'll make do.
- Matt Hinton, AKA Doc Saturday, is prematurely assessing Purdue, and, well, it's not pretty. Purdue loses its top 4 all purpose yardage leaders from last season. Hinton goes as far as saying that this Purdue team, on paper, may be worse than the atrocious Minnesota team that went 1-11 a couple years ago. It will be a long road for Purdue this season. If Oregon is serious about contending for a Pac-10 title, the game should not be remotely close.
- Phil Steele broke down returning experience for all D-1A teams, and Oregon doesn't fare so well, ranking 103rd nationally. While this doesn't worry me all that much, it's definitely something to take pause over. For point of reference, Florida comes in 6th, Oklahoma State 10th, and Ole Miss 14th, which is driving some of those early season rankings.
- Nick Daschel at Buster Sports is rolling along with his top 30 Pac-10 coaches of all time. Number 27 is UCLA's Pepper Rodgers, who only coached for 3 seasons in the Pac-10, though he did quite a job while he was there. Number 26 is Dick Koetter, which seems bizarre to me. While Koetter wasn't terrible, he teams seemed to fall apart in the biggest spotlights, and he could never break into the upper echelon's of the Pac-10.
[Addendum by JConant] Here are links to yesterday's ESPN feature on college football in Oregon. First, Jessie Palmer's Best-of-Oregon picks, also the clip with Jerry Glanville that Jtlight mentioned in a post yesterday. Good stuff.
That's it for now. If you find anything else of note, leave it in the comments. GO DUCKS!
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Here's a fun drinking game
Take a shot every time Bellotti starts a sentence with “Well….”
--Dominic, Addicted to Quack
Autzen Stadium is where great teams go to die." - J. Brady McCullough, The Michigan Daily.
I looked but don’t see it yet.
Dom – you can call your new game “Well Drinks”.
I'm really tired of it not being football season.
by JConant on Jun 5, 2009 10:06 AM PDT up reply actions 2 recs
I’ll add that to my list of party games, along with my personal favorite: Monday Night Train Football
I'm really tired of it not being football season.
very good name. +1 for you
--Dominic, Addicted to Quack
Autzen Stadium is where great teams go to die." - J. Brady McCullough, The Michigan Daily.
If you're into this kind of thing...
The 18th Annual Oregon Weightlifting Classic, tomorrow at the Cas Center.
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.
There is no way we are as bad as Minnesota 2 years ago
Our defense alone should win us a couple of games. Our offense is certainly not going to be incompetent. I am still thinking 6 wins.
A futile crusade to prevent mass ignorance
HammerAndRails, SBNation's Boliermaker Blog
Well, that was the worst case scenario. Doc’s actual prediction was three to four wins.
Forgive me for not being 100% up on Purdue football, but wasn’t coach Hope hand selected by Tiller? If that’s the case, the team probably isn’t going to have coaching slippage. That alone makes Doc’s worst case scenario unlikely. The question becomes, where do you see more than four wins in that schedule? The Boilers miss top-20 teams Penn State and Iowa, but pick up non-conference games at Oregon and home against Notre Dame. Not a lightweight schedule.
How is the offensive line?
I'm really tired of it not being football season.
Offensive line should improve
That was really why we struggled last year because we were racked with injuries along the line even during Spring practice. This spring we didn’t have that as an issue. The defensive backs should be a major strength as well as the D-line.
Honestly, I see six possible wins: Indiana, Northern Illinois, Toledo, Northwestern, Illinois, and at Minnesota. Only one of those games is on the road, and I absolutely feel those are all winnable games. When I was at our spring game the team just had a different feel to it from last year, and it was a feeling like we’re going to surprise quite a few people. I even had press access to the game too, and that helped me get that feeling.
A futile crusade to prevent mass ignorance
HammerAndRails, SBNation's Boliermaker Blog
Glanville
The interview with Jerry Glanville was just awesome. That guy has the sound of a true, old-school Oregonian
--Dominic, Addicted to Quack
Autzen Stadium is where great teams go to die." - J. Brady McCullough, The Michigan Daily.
Ducks represented at Deadspin
http://deadspin.com/5279836/blazer-girl-to-the-rescue-hello-deadspin
Senior at Oregon. Looks like she’ll be a semi-regular contributor on ridiculous things sports fans wear. Frankly, I’m surprised nobody there questioned why a Duck fan should be talking about other people’s clothing.
I work with her
She is rad. And knows a lot about fan threads. That could be funny to read on the regular.
Sleeping under an avalanche with Cartman, wake me Sept 3.
hot catering girl!
nice!
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.
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