Quack Fix: the conference's top recruiters and the expectations for the 2010 baseball team
by ntrebon on Feb 9, 2010 5:53 AM PST
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- Yesterday, trumpetduck posted a link to Rivals.com's top-25 recruiters list, which noted Gary Campbell for his work in signing Lache Seastrunk, Dontae Williams and Josh Huff. Rivals also expanded on this list by naming the top recruiters by conference and John Neal also earned a mention.
- Rather than discuss how terrible the conference is this week (again), Bob Clark previews the upcoming UW at Cal game in which the winner will be in a great position to win the conference title. Clark ends the column with his weekly ranking of the conference teams -- and Oregon actually comes in 9th.
- Jeff Smith, of The Oregonian, blogs about the increased expectations as George Horton and the baseball team prepare for their second season since their reinstatement. The article includes quotes from both players and Horton, and they all sound eager to improve upon last year's 14-42 season. The Ducks will open their season in ten days with a road game against Horton's former team, Cal State Fullerton. Bob Clark also has a similar piece that focuses on the Ducks looking to exceed the expectations of the conference coaches who picked them to repeat their last-place finish from 2009. Though, it sounds like the Ducks may have a similar problem to last year in producing runs.
- Not sure if this was posted yesterday or not, but Ted Miller picks his newcomers to watch for each conference team. Given all the depth that Oregon has returning, his pick for the Ducks is whoever replaces Will Tukuafu at DE (Miller suggests Isaac Remington or Anthony Anderson).
- Ted Miller also has a blog entry up about the Pac-10 hiring Kevin Weiberg as deputy commissioner and chief operating officer. Weiberg formerly served as the deputy commissioner of the Big-10 and commissioner of the Big-12, and as Miller notes, is familiar with a few things in which the Pac-10 might have an interest.
- And, if you're interested in softball, Ron Bellamy takes a look at new head coach Mike White as he prepares to try and lead the team back to the NCAA tournament after a disappointing 2009 season.
As always, leave your comments, thoughts, and links below. Go Ducks!
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HeismanPundit.com has Seastrunk tabbed as a potential Heisman contender from the 2010 recruiting class.
Hmm it appears everyone's working today.
so i’ll post the requisite conversation starter:
Since the most recent Super Bowl passed the M.A.S.H. finale for most-watched show of all time, here’s your question….What is your favorite T.V. show that is no longer on the air?
My vote goes to CatDog.
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Northern Exposure.
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by Matt Daddy on Feb 9, 2010 9:20 AM PST up reply actions 1 recs
Great show. I was 3 when it first came on the air, so it’s not surprising you haven’t heard of it. It’s worth renting the DVDs though.
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The Wire, and it’s not even close.
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by jtlight on Feb 9, 2010 9:21 AM PST up reply actions 1 recs
Oh god damnit, you’re right. I’m changing my choice, Freaks & Geeks is second.
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Rented the wire from Netflix on advice from jtlight, have to say I am starting to get hooked. Not there yet, just finished season 1…
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Oh baby. Season 3-4 are just about the best TV you’ll ever see.
--AddictedToQuack, SBNation's Oregon Ducks blog
Season 3 was my favorite, season 4 is heartbreakingly awesome.
by MurphyLPiddleton on Feb 9, 2010 11:42 AM PST up reply actions
Deadwood was really good.
It was thought that the "Hanger" beat all shots. Then, the "Balancer" was discovered.
Agreed.
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I really like Deadwood too, and I’m excited to see Timothy Olyphant on that new series “Justified.” It seems like he just goes around hurting people, which is great!
by MurphyLPiddleton on Feb 9, 2010 2:46 PM PST up reply actions
Freaks & Geeks
It's spelled "R-E-D-V-I-N-E-S"
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or consider i'm reworking a giant piece + 2 newspaper articles.
Proud winner of the 2009 ATQ Jersey Contest
You wish you had a giant piece.
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Did you just throw out an “I know you are but what am I?”
its spelled "S-H-U-F-E-L-T-N-O-B-A-L-L-S"
by JShufelt on Feb 9, 2010 9:49 AM PST up reply actions 1 recs
So let me get this straight:
You can’t surf the internet to find out about old shows because you’re too busy with newspaper. And yet here you are, clearly surfing the internet, complaining about not being able to surf the internet.
If I was a robot, the paradox would have exploded my logic processors.
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Or this one.
Skip forward to 2:20.. the Manson trial as it happened, followed by a story about crash pads in Berkeley.
Those damn hippies.
everything is history, eventually.
Sports Night
Loved that show.
Freaks and Geeks is a very close second.
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In 1972 a crack commando unit was sent to prison by a military court for a crime they didn't commit.
These men promptly escaped from a maximum security stockade to the Los Angeles underground. Today, still wanted by the government, they survive as soldiers of fortune. If you have a problem, if no one else can help, and if you can find them, maybe you can hire the A-Team.
Tracy Porter's gonna score! TRACY PORTER'S GONNA SCORE!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! (HT Takimoto)
by AllSaintsDay on Feb 9, 2010 10:50 AM PST up reply actions
dum dum ta dum duuuuuuuuum!!!!
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I'll bite...(does it count if it's still in syndication?)
80’s – You Can’t Do That On Television. Why? I don’t know! (cue green slime on my head)
90’s – SNL (Yes, I know its still on the air, but the cast blows and its pretty much not watchable = off the air)
00’s – Boston Legal. Julie Bowen = Yummy. Like, Red Vines, yummy.
May we hand you your taints on a silver platter...
Arrested Development
and it’s not even close
by Linoleum Knife on Feb 9, 2010 12:02 PM PST up reply actions 2 recs
Ew?
its spelled "S-H-U-F-E-L-T-N-O-B-A-L-L-S"
by JShufelt on Feb 9, 2010 12:04 PM PST up reply actions 1 recs
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Your taco has too much lettuce
/may be a euphemism; you’ll never know
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100% agreed.
I really want to write a Tako Tuesdays about Mexican food now.
LaMichael James + Kenjon Barner + Lache Seastrunk + Dontae Williams + Josh Huff + Keanon Lowe + Remene Alston +...
Yeah, but if you do, you better not get all snobby and uppity about it. As Southern Californians, it’s certainly our privilege to tout the excellent Mexican food here. And we should definitely deride such Northwest creations as “Mexi-nuggets.”
But any insults to Del Taco will NOT be tolerated. Gourmet? Heck no, but tasty and cheap, especially at 1 AM.
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Of course us Southern Californians embrace our Mexican food snobbery, and yes, of course, there would be relentless Del Taco bashing.
I don’t know what a “Mexi-nugget” is. But if I did, it would make me want to cry tears of despair.
LaMichael James + Kenjon Barner + Lache Seastrunk + Dontae Williams + Josh Huff + Keanon Lowe + Remene Alston +...
Your snobbery makes me cry tears of despair. Del Taco is amazing and nothing you can say will change that.
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Del Taco sucks.
I understand what you are saying about rolling in at about 1 a.m, most likely inebriated. But that does not mean that the “food” is tolerable, let alone amazing.
LaMichael James + Kenjon Barner + Lache Seastrunk + Dontae Williams + Josh Huff + Keanon Lowe + Remene Alston +...
This debate is sad.
Mexican food in Texas, both interior Mexican and TexMex, is betta.
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by Bill Musgrave on Feb 9, 2010 8:20 PM PST up reply actions
Awww hell no son.
LaMichael James + Kenjon Barner + Lache Seastrunk + Dontae Williams + Josh Huff + Keanon Lowe + Remene Alston +...
Aieee dios mio, si.
Fixed.
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by Bill Musgrave on Feb 9, 2010 9:05 PM PST up reply actions
There is nothing finer than a nice Ensenada Carne Asada Torta.
LaMichael James + Kenjon Barner + Lache Seastrunk + Dontae Williams + Josh Huff + Keanon Lowe + Remene Alston +...
whoa, there
I live in Woodburn. We’re like 80% Mexican. I know what Mexican food is.
--Dave
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There's definitely good Mexican in Oregon
It’s just harder to find. I can’t say that I ever had the pleasure of eating in Woodburn.
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not surprising
not much of a reason to come here. But we have some great little Mexican restaurants in El Centro.
--Dave
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i don't know if we really have anything in eugene
Los Dos Amigos is pretty good. So is Chapalas.
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Chapala?
Go to Las Brasas on fifth and Blair or the spanish supermarket on sixth in the same area. If you think Chapala is good, these two will change that. If you need a map, ask Tako.
It was thought that the "Hanger" beat all shots. Then, the "Balancer" was discovered.
There is an "El Centro" in Oregon?
LaMichael James + Kenjon Barner + Lache Seastrunk + Dontae Williams + Josh Huff + Keanon Lowe + Remene Alston +...
ARRESTED DEVELOPMENT
!!!!!!!!!!!!
wants to challenge the definitions of sin and search the world for lovers of ultimate beauty but never settle in.
newsradio. first 4 seasons, then phil hartman got killed and it went to shit.
by thuginator on Feb 9, 2010 3:52 PM PST up reply actions 1 recs
For me, it’s the West Wing, hands down.
In the interest of full disclosure, I’ve never seen The Wire, and many of my closest friends who adore the West Wing say that The Wire is as good, if not better.
The "O" stands for "Oh dear god, when does football season start again?"
by ProbablyMonty on Feb 9, 2010 6:46 PM PST up reply actions
Trailer Park Boys
Those Canucks are effin funny eh.
"When LaMichael James decides he's going North. The foot goes in the ground and it's 0 to 60 now!" Jesse Palmer.
I can't believe I almost forgot this...
Soprano’s.
Best mafia show running for over 7 years.
It's spelled "M-A-T-T-H-O-O-S-I-E-R-D-A-D-D-Y"
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Adventures of Brisco County Jr
OR Highlander….both quality
heisman
Who is more likely to win the Heisman Trophy this upcoming season: Masoli or LMJ?
by westspec on Feb 9, 2010 9:57 AM PST via mobile reply actions
Besides, we've had three sophmores in a row win it
He’d be the fourth.
"Good evening Blazer fans, wherever you may be!"-Bill Schonely
But if Masoli finds his consistency
a la Dennis Dixon… I think he has a great chance, but consistency is the key.
It all depends on the team record too
We go undefeated, one of them has a very good chance of winning.
"Good evening Blazer fans, wherever you may be!"-Bill Schonely
As much as I love Masoli, he’s just not on the same level talent wise as Dixon. I fear that Masoli’s consistency issues are not mental issues (like Dixon in 2006), but physical issues.
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I agree
Dixon was absolutely more talented but he was not as intelligent til his senior year.
Dixon’s deep ball is far better than Masoli.
"Good evening Blazer fans, wherever you may be!"-Bill Schonely
It would have been fun to see more than one year of the Dixon/Chip Kelly combo.
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Damn you Bellotti for burning Dixon’s redshirt!
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He was just following a tradition.
Brooks burned Chris Miller’s redshirt for no particular reason other than he was out of QBs. Lost most of the games anyway.
If he hadn’t burned Miller’s RS, Miller would have been around one more year, and they could have redshirted Musgrave….
everything is history, eventually.
One thing MB was not great at
Burning redshirts when unnecessary. CK did a great job in avoiding that this year (especially in the UCLA game).
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I love Masoli, but I kind of cringe everytime I see him throw the ball. I did not do that with 2007 Dixon.
by westspec on Feb 9, 2010 10:35 AM PST via mobile up reply actions
Kelly does an amazing job
Working with the talent he has on offense. That being said, I hope Masoli gets a little better arm strength this off-season.
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He does not even need to work on arm strength, not as much as accuracy that is.
The coaches have to figure out a way to keep him from playing poorly early
LaMichael James + Kenjon Barner + Lache Seastrunk + Dontae Williams + Josh Huff + Keanon Lowe + Remene Alston +...
This is my belief as well. One thing that could hurt LMJ’s chances is the number of carries he gets. If Kelly spreads the wealth to Barner and Seastrunk and uses the TZR a lot this season, it could affect LMJs stats.
by westspec on Feb 9, 2010 10:38 AM PST via mobile up reply actions
Pac 10 expansion
not sure how i feel about this but i’m thinking the “north” division would be us, os, uw, wsu and the newbies (Utah/Colorado)? i could handle putting up Pac 10 North banners for a while…
Life is about growth. People are not perfect when they're 21 years old. - Bill Walton
It’d take some getting used to, but I’d love me some expansion. That and a good TV deal.
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I go back and forth on this. As much as I like the fact that everyone plays everyone else in this league, it’s a detriment nationally to not have 4 OOC contests. Or at least I think it is. Hard to prove.
everything is history, eventually.
I’m with you. It’s somewhat of a point of pride that the Pac 10 plays a true round robin. But then I think about the benefits the other conferences are enjoying by NOT doing that, and my jealousy outweighs my pride.
Let em in, I say.
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The Rose Bowl is also a point of pride, and is holding back a playoff system.
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How is that?
The Rose Bowl doesn’t want tie-ins to conferences with a championship game? What are they going to do if/when the Pac 10 and Big 10 both go to 12 teams and have conference championships? Pull out of the BCS or something?
I’m not sure I follow you, because that’s not going to happen.
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no you have it all wrong
The Rose Bowl doesn’t care how the Pac 10 and the Big 10 get their champions, but they only want those two teams. If a playoff were to happen they would loose the conference tie in and become just another play off game, and not the Granddaddy of them all.
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His Rose Bowl argument was unrelated to your round robin argument
The pac-10 tie in to the Rose Bowl is more important to the conference and the bowl then a playoff.
Ah okay. But then I must respond with this:
Playoffs! We’re not talking about playoffs! Playoffs?
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Ideally, I’d rather see every other conference go to a 10 team, round robin conference.
That won’t happen.
its spelled "S-H-U-F-E-L-T-N-O-B-A-L-L-S"
I would too. But the truckloads of money from TV deals and championship games are a tough opponent.
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TV deals won’t guarantee to improve, nor will getting to a championship game.
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I’m not talking about the Pac 10. I’m talking about your vision of all the other conferences going to the same format as the Pac 10. They won’t, because they’re happy with the fistfuls of cash they’re making, and I’m sure they attribute at least some of that to the two-division, conference championship format.
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Anyone who thinks Boise State is a real possible is kidding themselves
Utah and BYU are probably the most likely because they have the resources to compete in enough sports to make it worthwhile.
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Utah and Colorado seem like the front-runners.
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Colorado would only work
If the Big 12 could find someone to replace them so that they would not lose their title game.
Colorado State perhaps?
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Just so I'm clear
Is there any reason why I should care if the MWC falls apart? Is there a “Save the MWC” movement that might pull my heartstrings?
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If the Big 12 loses Colorado, I wouldn’t be surprised to see them go after TCU.
--AddictedToQuack, SBNation's Oregon Ducks blog
I wouldn’t be suprised if they went after TCU as well, but I think that there would be resistance from the remaining former Big 8 members over adding another Texas team…so much of the power in the conference is based in Texas already
by Linoleum Knife on Feb 9, 2010 12:13 PM PST up reply actions
Yeah, that’s a very good point. That conference is already very much out of whack in terms of division alignment. But there really aren’t many other viable candidates.
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can we make a run at gonzaga as a basketball-only team?
like notre dame is to the big east?
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Not at all
Two completely different institutions. ND can do whatever the hell it wants from its football money. You can’t play bball as an independent though. Pac ten will only take well rounded schools, not just a bball school.
by Brian Floyd on Feb 9, 2010 8:19 PM PST via mobile up reply actions
Aside from that, Gonzaga is a non-secular institution.
That could be very much in play when it comes to Pac-10 adding or subtracting schools in any of its sports. That’s one reason I think the Pac-10 will not add BYU, but could add Utah if push comes to shove.
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I have a Ropert is God™ complex.
Indeed
BYU stands little chance. The conference just isn’t going to take secular institutions. I can’t see them making a unanimous vote on BYU to bring them in
by Brian Floyd on Feb 9, 2010 9:45 PM PST via mobile up reply actions
I’ve also heard the Big 12 might go after Arkansas if they lost Colorado, to bring back the good ol SWC. Might make sense for the Hogs to leave the SEC
by Linoleum Knife on Feb 9, 2010 12:19 PM PST up reply actions
I’m still iffy on this. The Pac acts very interestingly with regards to rivalries, between the “WE ARE COMPOSED OF PAIRS OF RIVALS, DAGNABIT” and the fact that no one really has a non-conference rival (except for ND. Because ND is always an exception.) Utah/CU would be a non-natural rivalry pair and would each bring their own natural NC rival.
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by AllSaintsDay on Feb 9, 2010 10:56 AM PST up reply actions
AFAIK, the P10 is the ONLY conference with absolutely logical membership pairs. Not as important in football, but crucial in hoops, where the schools are so far apart geographically.
You can’t logically match up pairs of teams, never mind rivals, in the B12, the SEC, or the BigTelevEN. Someone always gets left out.
The Pac is unique; maybe it should stay that way.
everything is history, eventually.
The way travel is today though, geography isn’t as a big a deal as it used to be.
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hey in this economy
They are starting to limit some of the goodies you get in first class. How can they survive?
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Yeah, the P10 is the only conference like that. My point was that they seem fiercely devoted to using that to schedule court sports, as though it’s impossible to schedule like the B12 does (or the SEC or B11, though they’re not as geographically large as the B12 & P10). It influences the football too, though not as strongly.
Tracy Porter's gonna score! TRACY PORTER'S GONNA SCORE!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! (HT Takimoto)
No way Boise.
The P10 presidents would have to OK any expansion.
They’re not about to let a glorified cow college in.
We have two too many of those already.
everything is history, eventually.
Cal Poly.
Am I doing this right?
LaMichael James + Kenjon Barner + Lache Seastrunk + Dontae Williams + Josh Huff + Keanon Lowe + Remene Alston +...
ah he speaks of the one in corvallis.
I think they’re more famous for their sheep though…
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i’m currently researching prehistoric Oregon football. the 1925-30 era.
my favorite part is all the references to the “Oregon Aggies”.. and how much of a fight the U put up when they wanted to change their name to “Oregon State Agricultural College”.
i like “webfoots” much better.. revisionist history aside, nobody called us “Ducks” until well into the 1930s.
everything is history, eventually.
back in the early 80s (82? 83?) when Hal Ramey was the radio guy for Oregon, he was on a one-man crusade to turn us back into the Webfoots. I still remember that first game, hearing him scream, “TOUCHDOWN WEBFOOTS!” Which sounded completely ungrammatical to me.
He wound up at Nebraska. No idea what he tried to change Cornhuskers back to.
everything is history, eventually.
Hey look, I've got my own personal douchebag full of the same jokes, and they keep falling out.
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by Bill Musgrave on Feb 9, 2010 8:30 PM PST up reply actions
hehe
The "O" stands for "Oh dear god, when does football season start again?"
by ProbablyMonty on Feb 9, 2010 10:00 PM PST up reply actions
learn to read
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by Bill Musgrave on Feb 10, 2010 4:37 AM PST up reply actions
I’ve been against conference expansion for some time. While I wouldn’t propose the idea, I think I could be convinced to go along with it.
At this point, it seems like any change in college sports is good. The Pac-10 desperately needs to move forward in terms of TV contracts and moving forward with a playoff. If the Pac-10 must expand to get there, I’m for it.
--AddictedToQuack, SBNation's Oregon Ducks blog
The big blocker in a playoff is the Rose Bowl
In many ways.
"Good evening Blazer fans, wherever you may be!"-Bill Schonely
As much as it’s fun to go to the Rose Bowl, I’m very sick of it’s ridiculous obstructionism.
It worked out well this year, because Oregon and OSU were two top 10 teams, and it was a good game. But they put tradition over good football, which I don’t care for.
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This was the worst.
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I will never forgive the Rose Bowl for that atrocity.
--AddictedToQuack, SBNation's Oregon Ducks blog
But tradition is "THE AWESOME"
Right? Right, FAIL Rose Bowl.
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my roommates and I just got hammered and rooted for SC
it was a lot of fun, they had a very good team
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BYU would not be invited, primarily because they don’t play on Sunday…and the PAC 10 has a lot of Sunday games. Officially, the PAC 10 would say Utah is a better fit, because it’s a research institution and has a medical school, like most of the other PAC 10 schools…and BYU does not.
When does the pac-10 play Sundays? They must be talking about non-football/basketball sports?
The most interest question to me is whether they’d want to retain the natural rivalry pairings that we have right now. If so, it seems like Utah/BYU might be a logical choice. They’re bitter rivals, they’ve got solid academics, and they have good football programs.
Certainly, the PAC’s options widen somewhat if it doesn’t adhere to the rivalries scheme. Utah/Colorado might be sensible choices in that case, although Colorado would be a bit of an odd man out in terms of distances to the other schools.
The "O" stands for "Oh dear god, when does football season start again?"
by ProbablyMonty on Feb 9, 2010 6:54 PM PST up reply actions
Without getting in to politics or religion
BYU stands little chance of being brought in to the pac ten
by Brian Floyd on Feb 9, 2010 9:48 PM PST via mobile up reply actions
I say that the Pac-10 outdoes the ridiculous boundaries of the WAC,
By adding South Florida and University of New South Wales.
LaMichael James + Kenjon Barner + Lache Seastrunk + Dontae Williams + Josh Huff + Keanon Lowe + Remene Alston +...
I like it.
Make it happen, Larry Scott!
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by ProbablyMonty on Feb 9, 2010 10:06 PM PST up reply actions
Perhaps.
Can you think of any other natural rivalries that would be good pairs to add, then? I’ve heard Boise State/Idaho floated (Takimoto, someone has mentioned Boise — I believe that’s your call to action!) but a concern is that the pairing might not have the academic chops to make the PAC. (I’m not personally making this argument, since I don’t know enough about the research capabilities of the Idaho schools, despite my Idaho nativity. I’m just repeating the concern that I’ve heard.)
It’s entirely possible that the rivalries system will simply have to give if we want to add two more teams. The possible rivalry pairs all seem to have some sort of flaw.
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by ProbablyMonty on Feb 9, 2010 10:05 PM PST up reply actions
Neither team has the all-around athletic program to cut it in the “Conference of Champions”. More than anything, the Pac-10 prides itself on dominating the lesser sports (softball, women’s volleyball, baseball, etc…). And Boise State is a one-trick pony. Idaho is a half-trick pony. Oh, and fuck Boise State.
That’s the appeal behind Utah and Colorado. Academia, location, total athletic well-roundedness. Plus, fuck Boise State. They don’t want to join the Pac-10 anyway. They’d have to actually finish fourth in the Pac-10 every year instead of hypothetically finishing fourth in the Pac-10 every year.
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And its not just athletics
They want research institutions and schools that are more than just athletics.
But yes, more than just one sport schools and more than flashes in the pan, etc.
I don’t understand this whole rivalry thing. If you add two teams and make them play the last game of the year against each other, it will become a rivalry like michigan state vs penn state
by westspec on Feb 10, 2010 7:04 AM PST via mobile up reply actions
I don’t think the Pac-10 will care that much about teams being natural rivals. Utah and Colorado make the most sense. You add two more TV markets and two great schools. If they can get both schools, I think they jump at the chance.
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if we get colorado this whole thing gets 100x more likely
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I will have a separate thread up for this and will mention it in my tako tuesday next week, but heres the gig: In mid april, I am going to the JEA/NSPA national high school journalism convention in portland. John Clownzano is one of speakers during the 3 day convention. You may submit one question that I should ask him at the conference, and then I will pick the final 5 and put it to an atq vote via poll. Have fun kiddies!
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put them in the other post dude
i’d rather not clog the thread here.
http://www.addictedtoquack.com/2010/2/9/1302844/atq-clownzano-question-contest
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A second Duck makes Ted Miller's Top 30
Ed Dickson comes in at 13. Seems fair.
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I would’ve pegged him closer to 20 just because his numbers weren’t consistent from game to game. It wasn’t his fault, but still. Are Masoli and LMJ the only Ducks left on the list? I don’t see anybody else making the top 11. I could have seen Kenjon, Casey, and Boyett making the list, but not this high.
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Those guys are more of role players. super role players but still…
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by My Name is Bryce on Feb 9, 2010 3:41 PM PST up reply actions
Boyett was our leading tackler, and Barner was arguably the best return man in the conference. Casey might be a stretch, but I stand by those two.
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Well, I think that’s the point. There’s only so much value “arguably the best return man in the conference” can bring. If he was “unquestionably the best return man in the conference” with multiple returns for TD’s, then I think he would be in the top 30. Otherwise, I just don’t think he brings enough to get there.
And with Boyett, he was fantastic, but he mainly stood out because he vastly exceeded expectations, not necessarily because he was one of the top 10 – 15 defenders in the conference.
I think both are close, but I understand why they didn’t make it.
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Ted remarked about this in some other post, but his point was that Dickson was the sort of guy whose numbers didn’t really show his full contribution to the team. For instance, defenses occasionally had to rescheme around him, which is invaluable and very, very hard to measure.
That said, I’ll agree that 13 is generous. But hey, I’ll take it!
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by ProbablyMonty on Feb 9, 2010 6:56 PM PST up reply actions
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