Quack Fix: Preview of Pac-10 QBs, the opening of PK Park and Joevan Catron to return in 2011?
by ntrebon on Mar 2, 2010 5:53 AM PST
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A good selection of quack today; we cover football, basketball, baseball, track -- even cheerleading gets a (regrettable) mention. Enjoy.
- Nick Daschel takes a look at the conference quarterbacks heading in to spring practices. Daschel ranks Jake Locker, Jeremiah Masoli and Andrew Luck as the top three quarterbacks in the Pac-10 (in that order), with Matt Barkley and Nick Foles just behind. Overall, Daschel gives the position an A- for the conference.
- Ted Miller has an article that ranks the nonconference football schedules for the Pac-10 in 2010. Oregon comes in at #8 -- with the game at Tennessee being the marquee matchup.
- Bob Clark writes that Joevan Catron will appeal to the NCAA for a medical redshirt for this season after having played in only four games due to an ailing back. And, after his hot night against UCLA, Tajuan Porter is only eight three pointers away from setting the all-time career record for the Pac-10. With three games left, I am sure we can all agree that TP won't fall short due to a lack of attempts. Ready for some good basketball news? Even if Oregon loses its final two regular season games, their six wins would be the most conference wins ever by a team to finish last in the conference.
- Mike Tokito has a blog entry up that looks at the national perception of the men's basketball conference -- which is highlighted by an eighth straight week with no team in the AP top 25. Also included is shot taken at the conference by an ESPN anchor.
- Adam Jude writes about the opening of the recently completed PK Park in today's Register-Guard. The Ducks will host UW at 5 pm tonight, assuming the weather cooperates. The article includes some quotes by players about the upgrades to the dugouts and clubhouse, which seem to live up to the standards set by other Oregon athletic facilities.
- In track news, the Register-Guard's Curtis Anderson takes a look at the top-rated women's and second-rated men's team as they head towards the 2010 NCAA Indoor Track & Field Championships.
- This was mentioned yesterday in the comments, but a member of the UO cheerleading squad was cited for suspicion of drunk driving and minor in possession after an officer noticed her trying to (unsuccessfully) parallel park her SUV on Saturday night. I'll bite my tongue on that joke.
- The OregonLive blog "Behind the Ducks Beat" is looking for fans to contribute their own memories of Mac Court. If you have any great memories, feel free to share them here, too.
As always, leave your comments, thoughts and other relevant links below. Go Ducks!
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ESPN Insider/Magazine is only $4 for a year. I did this a while ago. I never read the Mag, but it’s worth it for all the ESPN recruiting info and insider pages.
--AddictedToQuack, SBNation's Oregon Ducks blog
I signed up a while ago for NHL Live online. It came with a gratis ESPN mag subscription. Got my first copy a few days back.
I used to get the mag about 10 or so years ago. It was stunning how much thinner it was the other day. Speaks volumes about the decline of advertising and ad dollars even in excellent publications like that.
"...the noise is one aspect, but you can feel the intensity of their crowd." - Pete Carroll on Oregon's Autzen Stadium.
Catron for another year? Are you kidding me? This is the only time I can remember NOT wanting a player to have another year.
--AddictedToQuack, SBNation's Oregon Ducks blog
by jtlight on Mar 2, 2010 6:34 AM PST reply actions 1 recs
Catron
Are you kidding me!!!! The new coach will say sorry son but you don’t fit in to my plans and you are done. Thank God. If he was healthy, Kent would be playing him 25+ minutes a game. I could not take it. May be a nice kid, but a typical Kent player. Comes in with high apirations and great talent, leaves not a very good ball player!!!!
Webfoots
honestly
I really wouldn’t mind it. He’d clearly be behind Dunigan, Jacob, and Singler in the forward rotation, but would provide some experienced depth. A new coach will have no loyalty to him. If you produce, you play. If not, sit your ass down. But front line depth is important.
--Dave
Addicted to Quack, SBN's Oregon Ducks blog
I was hoping that the offending cheerleader would be theManda
~ How much for the little girl? Your women - how much for the women? The little girl your 2 daughters, sell them to me, SELL ME YOUR CHILDREN!~
by My Name is Bryce on Mar 2, 2010 8:16 AM PST reply actions
She wasn't drunk!
She’s just a woman.
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by TennesseeQuackAttack8 on Mar 2, 2010 8:34 AM PST via mobile reply actions
You haven’t seen my sweet overalls and outhouse yet.
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by TennesseeQuackAttack8 on Mar 2, 2010 9:15 AM PST via mobile up reply actions
Please tell me your family makes its own moonshine (and puts it in jugs with XXX on the side).
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Yeah, we have a mini-distillery in the backyard but our main facility is up in the mountains.
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by TennesseeQuackAttack8 on Mar 2, 2010 9:36 AM PST via mobile up reply actions
No, but it's a secret family recipe.
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by TennesseeQuackAttack8 on Mar 2, 2010 9:38 AM PST via mobile up reply actions
Nah. But we should do an exposè.
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by TennesseeQuackAttack8 on Mar 2, 2010 9:41 AM PST via mobile up reply actions
You were just out-spelled by a Tennesseean.
Think about that.
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by TennesseeQuackAttack8 on Mar 2, 2010 9:53 AM PST via mobile up reply actions 3 recs
We were all thinking it
But I’m glad (for the sake of my marriage) that you were the one that said it.
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Fixed
That looks like a great parallel perpendicular parking job to me.
Innocent until proven guilty.
Actually
The other cars are parked perpendicular to the roadway, The woman’s car is parked parallel to the road way.
Say what you mean, and say it mean. - Clint Ruin
Wow,
you guys really know how to beat an otherwise good joke to its mathematical death.
by HoodRiverDuck on Mar 2, 2010 1:45 PM PST up reply actions
But then again, the car is parked perpendicularly to the other cars in the lot….
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by TennesseeQuackAttack8 on Mar 2, 2010 3:54 PM PST up reply actions
Hold it!!
I know exactly where this is going, and I would just like to point out that I lived in NW Pdx for several years and thereby will challenge any of you to a parallel paking contest. You in your cute little Smart Car and me in my Tahoe.
by daisyduck on Mar 2, 2010 10:28 AM PST via mobile up reply actions
I tend to agree
Mini Coopers irritate the hell out of me, just like VW Cabriolets did when I was in high school. All the snobby chcicks drove a Cabriolet or a Jetta.
And there is nothing, NOTHING that turns me on more than a 30-foot station wagon with a CB antenna and fakw wood paneling inside and out.
by HoodRiverDuck on Mar 2, 2010 10:52 AM PST up reply actions
I drove an ancient 1975 Chrysler Cordoba in high school. I swear it weighed 4 tons, easy. Good Times.
by daisyduck on Mar 2, 2010 10:58 AM PST via mobile up reply actions
My high school ride
was a 1973 Trans Am. It got 8 miles to the gallon. Only redneck mobile I’ve ever, or will ever, own.
In other words,
Let me tell you what Melba Toast is packin’ right here, all right. We got 4:11 Positrac outback, 750 double pumper, Edelbrock intake, bored over 30, 11 to 1 pop-up pistons, turbo-jet 390 horsepower. We’re talkin’ some fuckin’ muscle.
by HoodRiverDuck on Mar 2, 2010 11:07 AM PST up reply actions
Years ago I lived in NW PDX
And drove a 1977 Oldsmobile Cutlass Supreme (a 19 ft long car), if you can’t hone your parallel parking skills there, then you shouldn’t even try.
Say what you mean, and say it mean. - Clint Ruin
25th & NW Marshall. (oh, and Blue Moon for inadvisable stretches of time). How ’bout you?
by daisyduck on Mar 2, 2010 4:50 PM PST via mobile up reply actions
Mini Coopers suck.
End. Of. Story.
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I learned to drive parking a 1990 Chrysler Plymouth Voyager in downtown Berkeley and San Francisco. I’ll take that challenge.
It's spelled "C-A-N-Z-A-N-O-S-P-A-R-E-N-T-S-D-O-N-T-B-E-L-I-E-V-E-I-N-H-I-M"
I support Roger Kieschnick in his quest to becoming the best Kieschnick ever to play professional baseball.
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They’re not called “over shirtless fat guys who used to come fix my mom’s car and then hang out upstairs with her for a little while.”
It's spelled "C-A-N-Z-A-N-O-S-P-A-R-E-N-T-S-D-O-N-T-B-E-L-I-E-V-E-I-N-H-I-M"
I support Roger Kieschnick in his quest to becoming the best Kieschnick ever to play professional baseball.
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Me and my ‘85 Pontiac 6000 want a piece of this action. I didn’t grow up in a parallel-parking heavy area, but I can hold my own.
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1996 Toyota Land Cruiser.
Thats what I learned to (and still do) drive with.
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Come on you know this was developed for women right?
Well Canzano, maybe your parents didn’t believe in you.
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In TN, you don't even have to parallel park anymore on your driver's license test.
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by TennesseeQuackAttack8 on Mar 2, 2010 4:09 PM PST up reply actions
I didn't have to parallel park to get my license.
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I was worried about that the most about the test…until my friends started getting licenses and revealed that you don’t even have to parallel park anymore lol.
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by TennesseeQuackAttack8 on Mar 2, 2010 4:12 PM PST up reply actions
It is not difficult at all.
Just dont do anything stupid, look over you shoulders a lot, use you blinkers, and you are good to go.
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I can do everything but parallel park. Which is probably because the situation never arises here.
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by TennesseeQuackAttack8 on Mar 2, 2010 4:22 PM PST up reply actions
I mean, you all drive monster trucks right?
So you can just plow right over the car that’s in the way of your spot.
by HoodRiverDuck on Mar 2, 2010 4:30 PM PST up reply actions
I mean, I guess you could call a Pathfinder a monster truck.
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by TennesseeQuackAttack8 on Mar 2, 2010 4:32 PM PST up reply actions
I checked Tennesee's DMV regulations online,
and I strongly advise that your rear-window gun rack have NO empty slots. Definite points off for not being fully armed.
by HoodRiverDuck on Mar 2, 2010 4:47 PM PST up reply actions
Yeah, yeah, yeah.
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by TennesseeQuackAttack8 on Mar 2, 2010 4:50 PM PST up reply actions
I heard you get points taken off for being sober behind the wheel.
You also get points taken off if your horn does not sound like that of General Lee from Dukes of Hazzard.
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A perfectly-done reenactment of the car-jumping scene in the Dukes of Hazzard is actually a requirement to pass the test.
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by TennesseeQuackAttack8 on Mar 2, 2010 4:56 PM PST up reply actions
As is blasting 'Dueling Banjos' on the in-dash 8-track player.
AMIRITE?
by HoodRiverDuck on Mar 2, 2010 5:01 PM PST up reply actions
No. We don’t have that newfangled technology.
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by TennesseeQuackAttack8 on Mar 2, 2010 5:03 PM PST up reply actions
I heard that in Tennessee
you have to jump a hay wagon to pass your test.
Innocent until proven guilty.
I didn't have to parallel park to get my license many years ago
and, truth be told, I’ve never actually tried to do it. I never had to parallel park growing up in Oakridge, didn’t have a car during college, and don’t have to parallel park in Woodburn. I’ve driven for ten years, and have not once parallel parked.
--Dave
Addicted to Quack, SBN's Oregon Ducks blog
Well, my parents (from Ohio) had both told me that parallel parking is the toughest part of a driving test….and now…that’s a moot point.
Now you get points taken off if you don’t ask the instructor if “they are comfortable with the temperature in the car.”
WTF?
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by TennesseeQuackAttack8 on Mar 2, 2010 4:30 PM PST up reply actions
Weird. I’ve had to do it a few times in Portland.
One of the many reasons why I take the Max if I can.
its spelled "S-H-U-F-E-L-T-N-O-B-A-L-L-S"
I've never had to do it in Portland
though, the only place you really have to do it is downtown, and I usually just find a garage.
--Dave
Addicted to Quack, SBN's Oregon Ducks blog
Do you guys know if Walt Thurmond III is participating in drills at the combine? Also if you guys care TJ Ward just ran 4.57 in his first run
WT3 is not participating. Good to hear about Ward, thanks
Well Canzano, maybe your parents didn’t believe in you.
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I em pretty sure he WTIII is not participating in drills. I think he is shooting for a Pro Day that will be held at Oregon.
Thurmond will be in attendance to one of the pro day camps, but can’t work out his knee until April.
--AddictedToQuack, SBNation's Oregon Ducks blog
That is a better time than I expected.
We all know that he has good game speed.
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There’s a huge difference between putting on the pads and doing it in front of thousands of screaming fans than doing it in an almost-empty stadium with a tshirt and shorts on.
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by TennesseeQuackAttack8 on Mar 2, 2010 4:16 PM PST up reply actions
That was Chris Johnson's 40 time at the combine.
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by TennesseeQuackAttack8 on Mar 2, 2010 9:42 AM PST via mobile up reply actions
Dude
No one else cares about Chris Johnson. You name-drop him more than Axemen does Moseley.
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Hmm.
I’m sensing jealousy.
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by TennesseeQuackAttack8 on Mar 2, 2010 9:57 AM PST via mobile up reply actions
Not remotely
I don’t have a rooting interest in the NFL and I think Johnson’s a great player.
But you bring him up a lot more than is necessary, IMO. Example:
Someone: Hey, I saw Joey Harrington at the grocery store today!
TQA8: Chris Johnson does grocery shopping in 3.8 seconds.
See what I mean?
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No, because I’ve brought him up maybe 3 or 4 times. I was stating thay Mays ran the same
time as CJ. Sorry?
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by TennesseeQuackAttack8 on Mar 2, 2010 10:07 AM PST via mobile up reply actions
In your defense, when I saw that time, I thought, whoa, that’s as fast as Chris Johnson. Was that the fastest time ever recorded at the combine?
--AddictedToQuack, SBNation's Oregon Ducks blog
Yes, it was.
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by TennesseeQuackAttack8 on Mar 2, 2010 10:12 AM PST via mobile up reply actions
Someone once tried to convince me that Mike Vick had the fastest 40 time ever at the combine, with a 3.8something.
its spelled "S-H-U-F-E-L-T-N-O-B-A-L-L-S"
Usain Bolt
couldn’t even do that, but he might be damn close.
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Yeah especially since from the ones that I watched all the smaller Safety’s were running 4.5-5
Also if Thurmond didn’t get hurt where do you guys think he would of been selected? Maybe I am overrating him since he was one of my favorite players but I think 2nd-3rd round.
oh yeah
he was the best player on the team before he got hurt, and it wasn’t particularly close. He carried us in the Purdue and Utah games.
--Dave
Addicted to Quack, SBN's Oregon Ducks blog
with WT3 we win the Super Bowl
to bad no one can ever prove me right or wrong
I Don't Yell O I SCREAM!
The official time for that run? 4.43
Tracy Porter's gonna score! TRACY PORTER'S GONNA SCORE!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! (HT Takimoto)
This.
Berry is an absolute freak of nature. A kid I go to school with lives down the street from him. They were playing basketball and Berry (who is about 5’11" or 5’10") could touch the top of the backboard of a 10 foot, NBA size backboard and rim. That’s athleticism. Not to mention that he has great hands, exceptional coverage skills, and that killer instinct.
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by TennesseeQuackAttack8 on Mar 2, 2010 11:19 AM PST via mobile up reply actions
Mays is getting all the PR from the combine
I’d argue Berry had better measurables. .04 slower in the 40, less reps on the bench, but a 43" vert (2" better than Mays) and a 10’10" broad (5" better than Mays).
Oh, and Berry can actually cover.
Hey any team that needs giant irrelevant hits to end 40 yard runs is going to love Mays
I’ll take Berry for real football thanks
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So you’re saying Mays is a good fit for the porous run defense st. Louis has?
by westspec on Mar 2, 2010 11:41 AM PST via mobile up reply actions
Berry is a freak of nature.
He would have recieved Heisman attention this year if teams had not completely avoided throwing the ball to his side of the field.
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by TennesseeQuackAttack8 on Mar 2, 2010 11:25 AM PST via mobile up reply actions
Berry >>>> Mays.
Berry actually understands the concept of “coverage”.
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Berry is a lock-down defender, a huge hitter, and a team leader. If he doesn’t make an immediate impact and become a perennial Pro Bowler, I will be shocked.
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by TennesseeQuackAttack8 on Mar 2, 2010 4:13 PM PST up reply actions
I personally think that teams would be smart to turn Mays into an outside linebacker. All he needs is another 10-20 pounds (not sure how much he weighed at the combine), and I don’t think he has the hands or coverage skills to be an NFL DB. He’s a hard hitter that isn’t afraid to hit anybody. The mentality is there, and physically, he’s almost there.
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by TennesseeQuackAttack8 on Mar 2, 2010 9:53 AM PST via mobile reply actions
Get him Shawne Merriman’s steroid hookup and he’s good to go.
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I support Roger Kieschnick in his quest to becoming the best Kieschnick ever to play professional baseball.
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That, and the lovely Tila Tequila.
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by TennesseeQuackAttack8 on Mar 2, 2010 10:13 AM PST via mobile up reply actions
Poor Man's Paris Hilton?
Wow, sir. That is an insult.
by SeattleDucks on Mar 2, 2010 10:24 AM PST up reply actions
I concur.
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by TennesseeQuackAttack8 on Mar 2, 2010 10:25 AM PST via mobile up reply actions
Can you convince the 49ers to take him off our hands???
Merriman is terrible. Er, I mean, he is super awesome and totally never dstroyed his knee or took steriods.
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Mac Court Memories
I got the following memory in an email from an non-member who gave me permission to post.
I am not sure when we got in line to watch the Oregon/UCLA game, but it was in the wee hours of the morning. We secured a place in line only about a block from the main doors. I say only, because the line stretched as far back as we could see when daylight broke. We set up barbecue and lawn chairs for the long haul. Being naive about such things, and from eastern Oregon, I was amazed at the number of people, some still curled up in sleeping bags at noon. I was especially excited about attending this, the first of a weekend stand against the great UCLA and the nearly as great USC the following night. My wife and I were visiting friends, newly wed Oregon students, and they had acquired student body passes for us from one of his friends, a guy by the name of Tom Blanchard. I couldn’t wait to puff out my chest and show the people at the door that I was the great Tom Blanchard. It would be my 5 seconds of fame, or so I thought. We could see them starting to open the doors and for a split second I was wondering what was happening. As the security people unlocked the doors, 4 or 5 simultaneously, they turned and ran as if they were being fired upon. Before the doors were totally unlocked, and as the security guards were taking cover, we had throngs of people flying by us from what I guessed was 10 blocks back. They came from behind us, they came from over the knoll at the graveyard, they came from baseball field, they came off roofs, heck some of them might have parachuted in. There was no need to run towards the doors, because we already were, being pushed from behind. I saw a coed go down. She wasn’t trampled, but she was paid no mind as people jumped over and around her. We reached the front doors and there was busted glass everywhere, the reason the security people evacuated the, just declared, DMZ. Not a soul to look at and admire my Tom Blanchard student body card. As we entered the court proper, my buddy screamed to grab a seat. I hesitated for a split second and the seats were gone. It was like a cartoon, watching the stands fill ,starting at the front row and reaching the top in about fifteen seconds. My eyes couldn’t scan upward fast enough to actually see Mac Court fill. We started running towards the top, my buddy and I physically dragging our wives, and finally got our four seats kind of near each other, at score board height.
Highlights of the game included fear that the building would collapse when UCLA entered. The score board was swaying as if we were in the midst of 9.6 earthquake. The stands swayed and buckled, my wife had fear plastered across her face, and the game began. Highlight number two was watching Steve Patterson, UCLA’s center, doing what looked like a chicken dance while in-bounding a ball on the far side of the court. He would snap one leg upward and then the other, repeating this 3 or 4 times before someone broke free. The cause of the chicken dance was a group of students in the front row, and still seated mind you, yanking hairs from his legs. That’s how close the fans were to the action.
We got home and watched a replay on the tube. John Wooden called us, the fans, a bunch of “deranged idiots”. I have never been and never will be, so proud. Well, there was the birth of my children and grandchildren, but Wooden’s quote is number 3 anyway. How they did it I don’t know, but for the USC game the following afternoon (we didn’t attend because we were still in recovery and seeking rehab) the multitude of fans were clad in T-shirts which, simply and to the point, stated; “I’m a Deranged Idiot”. I guess I wasn’t the only one proud.
by ntrebon on Mar 2, 2010 10:54 AM PST reply actions 3 recs
Great story.
Wooden had his opinions of Oregon fans, to be sure, but Gene Bartow coined the “Deranged Idiots” quote after a particularly nasty game on a Saturday afternoon in ’77, several years after Steve Patterson played for UCLA.
From the description, this sounds like the ‘70 game, where Stan Love & Co. snapped UCLA’s 25-game win streak, 78-65.
Tom Blanchard was the quarterback and punter for the football team from ‘67 to ’69. He was a BMOC, and pretty well known; it’s probably a good thing the author didn’t have that ID checked at the door.
That game was the first Oregon game I ever saw live on TV. It was broadcast on the Eugene cable system, on the UO’s public access channel, “PL-3”. The picture was black and white. I always wished I’d been there; thanks for the up-close-and-personal description.
everything is history, eventually.
I was there
and waited in line for our seats under the basket with our box lunches from the dorms. I was a freshman and we had punchcards to get into the games that we picked up at registration in Mac Court . . . no picture ID or student body cards. We didn’t always win all our games, but we always seemed to be in them until the end and we never missed a game. Stan Love, Bill Drozdiak, Lenny Jackson, Billy Gaskins, Rusty Blair, Larry Holiday, Kenny Strand et al for the 1970 UCLA upset.
Hey, it's my memory.
Just joined the elite crew of ATQ. At 62 memories become garbled and interwoven. I’t my memory, let me have it. You, get your own.
by ducky darling on Mar 3, 2010 8:26 AM PST up reply actions
great memory and thanks for it!
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by Bill Musgrave on Mar 3, 2010 7:01 PM PST up reply actions
Dick Vitale (crazy person) is comparing Tebow to Derek Jeter. Just stop.
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I don’t know — Tebow is overrated and doesn’t play defense either.
by ntrebon on Mar 2, 2010 11:09 AM PST up reply actions 7 recs
ha! *note – Dicky V thinks Jeter is the best player in the last 20 years.
Life is about growth. People are not perfect when they're 21 years old. - Bill Walton
Does he mean at baseball? Or with the ladies?
I mean, I understand there’s the steroid controversy, but A-Rod, Griffey Jr., Pujols, Bonds just to name a few.
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thinks he’s an “ultimate winner”. like its 1985.
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by NEP on Mar 2, 2010 1:22 PM PST up reply actions
Great, someone at ESPN got their photoshop on
Tebow on the front page in different NFL unis (Pats, Pack, Jags) with the headline “Where are you going?”
ESPN is a Favre, Tebow, Yankees, Sox, Notre Dame, and East Coast slobberfest. They tried to change perception of that by doing the whole “SportsCenter Los Angeles” thing last year, but who are they kidding? I wish another sports television channel without the level of bias that ESPN has would step up and challenge them. but that’s not gonna happen.
The only remotely good thing that ESPN has done recently is the 30 for 30 series. The movies are produced and directed by non-ESPN people anyway, so it’s not even that impressive on ESPN’s part anyway.
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by TennesseeQuackAttack8 on Mar 2, 2010 11:30 AM PST via mobile up reply actions
You know why ESPN covers Favre, Tebow, the Yankess, and the rest? Because everyone watches it, especially the haters.
Using the term “bias” to describe how to get the most amount of viewers is dumb.
--AddictedToQuack, SBNation's Oregon Ducks blog
Really?
Because when they go overboard with that type of coverage, I change the channel.
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by TennesseeQuackAttack8 on Mar 2, 2010 12:16 PM PST via mobile up reply actions
I do too.
Although I agree with Jared’s second statement. ESPN has an “East Coast Bias” because that’s where most of their viewers are. To use a baseball example, Yankees-Red Sox games get picked very often for ESPN’s Sunday Night baseball. Other fans complain, but the truth is that Yankees-Red Sox always has the best ratings. Why would ESPN do something that didn’t make business sense?
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I’m referring more to the lack of coverage on shows such as SportsCenter that are supposed to be comprehensive. I know that it makes business sense to broadcast games such as Yankees-Sox. But there’s a fine line between making business sense and going overboard with it, which in turn, makes viewers that want some coverage of smaller market teams (Mariners, Braves, Titans, Blazers, etc.) dissatisfied.
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by TennesseeQuackAttack8 on Mar 2, 2010 12:26 PM PST via mobile up reply actions
Example seen almost nightly
Blazers vs. Team X won’t always make it onto SC, while the Knicks getting the shit kicked out of them at MSG by Lebron and Co. was a lock to be within the first 5-7 minutes of the show this morning.
Innocent until proven guilty.
Yeah, I think that they showed a quick 20 sec. highlight of the Blazer game last night, while they showed 3+ minutes of Cavs highlights, including a post-game Mo Williams interview and a phone interview with LeBron.
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by TennesseeQuackAttack8 on Mar 2, 2010 12:32 PM PST via mobile up reply actions
Yeah but you have NYC plus LeBron
That is a bonafide double whammy for ESPN, now if they could only find a way to get Tebow in the crowd…
Say what you mean, and say it mean. - Clint Ruin
Do you not understand why this is? LeBron is the best player in the NBA, and will likely go down as one of the best 5 players of all time.
As someone that doesn’t pay attention to the NBA, I (and people outside of Portland) don’t care about the Blazers. But I want to watch LeBron.
--AddictedToQuack, SBNation's Oregon Ducks blog
Why do you assume that I don’t know this? Do you think I’m not naive? My favorite NBA team is the Cavaliers, not only because of LeBron, but because nearly all of my family is from Northeastern Ohio. I visit frequently, and have been to 3 games in the past 3 years. I’m not biased toward the Blazers. I just want to see everyone given a fair shake, and not have everything focused on money! I know, it’s ESPN and that is probably always going to be one of their main focuses in determining what they do. That doesn’t mean that it’s journalistically correct.
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by TennesseeQuackAttack8 on Mar 2, 2010 12:43 PM PST via mobile up reply actions
I meant to say “do you think I’m that naive?”, not “do you think I’m not naive?”
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by TennesseeQuackAttack8 on Mar 2, 2010 12:44 PM PST via mobile up reply actions
I'm
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by TennesseeQuackAttack8 on Mar 2, 2010 12:50 PM PST via mobile up reply actions
I'm not talking to you. I'm asking jtlight. He's apparently mistaking me for a
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by TennesseeQuackAttack8 on Mar 2, 2010 12:51 PM PST via mobile up reply actions
I'm talking to jtlight, who is apparently mistaking me for an idiot.
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by TennesseeQuackAttack8 on Mar 2, 2010 12:52 PM PST via mobile up reply actions
It randomly decides that I'm
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by TennesseeQuackAttack8 on Mar 2, 2010 12:53 PM PST via mobile up reply actions
done typing halfway through. Just like right there.
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by TennesseeQuackAttack8 on Mar 2, 2010 12:54 PM PST via mobile up reply actions
They’ve been my favorite team for as long as I can remember. I’ve had a 90’s era Cavs pennant on my bedroom wall for as long as I can remember.
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by TennesseeQuackAttack8 on Mar 2, 2010 12:53 PM PST via mobile up reply actions
Why do you assume that I don’t know this? Do you think I’m not naive?
My head is spinning from all the negatives. It’s like a quintuple.
by HoodRiverDuck on Mar 2, 2010 12:45 PM PST up reply actions
I just want to see everyone given a fair shake, and not have everything focused on money!
Actually, yeah, that statement is quite naive.
First, something like this would never work in real life. It would fall apart, and end up being like a bad PBS sports recap show.
Second, I don’t even know what ESPN is doing wrong “journalistically.” They are covering the main sporting events of the day. The very idea of journalism rests on the fact that you have an editorial staff deciding what is and what is not important. At the end of the day, you have someone making that decision. There is no such thing as a “fair shake,” and that idea would fall apart if ever brought to fruition.
While money and viewership drives a decent amount TV, there’s something to be said for that idea that the stories that should be covered are the stories that people care about. The more eyes that ESPN gets, the more money that they make. I don’t see anything wrong with that.
--AddictedToQuack, SBNation's Oregon Ducks blog
This is an example
of Tyranny of the Majority and is a fundamental problem with capitalism. The majority will always dominate the production of most industries and if you have different tastes you need to find a company that specializes in these tastes, Like Addicted to Quack.
New Tagline – Addicted to Quack: “We Specialize in Tastes”
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I agree with you, but I think ESPN is in that “I’m Keith Hernandez!” territory now. They have completely demolished everything in their path in terms of sports coverage. So now they can essentially laugh at small market fans who turn the channel and say, “You’ll be back!” And most of the time, they will. Because most sports fans want to see something besides the news related to their own team.
Personally, I would LOVE to see more hockey coverage, and I hate a lot of the hyped (as Skywaker put it, "self-prophesying) storylines. But I’ll have SportsCenter on a lot anyway, just because there’s nowhere else to go for good sports TV.
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Yeah I know what you mean
SC is a staple of my morning routine. Remember when they had that “SC Idol” type show? Now THAT was fun/god awful television.
Innocent until proven guilty.
Favre games are the most watched games on TV. And it’s not close.
Tim Tebow is the most interesting draft storyline in the past ten years. He will get a lot of coverage, because that’s what most people care about, and will watch.
Media isn’t about bias, it’s about viewers and money.
--AddictedToQuack, SBNation's Oregon Ducks blog
Its a self-fulfilling prophecy
That which gets covers gets viewers, especially in Tebow’s case.
"Good evening Blazer fans, wherever you may be!"-Bill Schonely
That doesn’t mean it’s the right thing to do. That’s why I hope that a smaller, less money-dependent network would attempt to give ESPN a run for its money by covering EVERYONE equally.
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by TennesseeQuackAttack8 on Mar 2, 2010 12:30 PM PST via mobile up reply actions
How do we even decide what’s the “right” thing to do. Every NBA game gets 30 seconds of airtime? So, LA/Cleveland gets the same coverage as Minnesota and New Jersey?
At some point you are going to have an editorial staff deciding what it important and what is not, and covering the things deemed important. And the big storylines and the big individuals will be driving most of that process.
The idea of covering everyone equally is ridiculous in theory and even more ridiculous in practice.
--AddictedToQuack, SBNation's Oregon Ducks blog
My God, you are hard-headed.
So there should be more focus placed on a meaningless game between a team in 1st place in the East by MILES and a 20-39 team that won’t SNIFF the playoffs than a game between 2 teams in the heat of a playoffs race (Blazers and Grizzlies)?
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by TennesseeQuackAttack8 on Mar 2, 2010 12:56 PM PST via mobile up reply actions
I’d much rather watch LeBron take on the Knicks than watch Portland and the Grizzles duke it out for the 8th seed in the west.
LeBron is a dominating storyline. He’s having an MVP season, and will be argued about having one of the best seasons ever. If his highlights are on, I’m watching. When Portland/Memphis comes up, I’m changing the channel.
--AddictedToQuack, SBNation's Oregon Ducks blog
Great, so you’re the type of person that ESPN mostly appeals to. I’m not, and so are a lot of other aports fans.
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by TennesseeQuackAttack8 on Mar 2, 2010 1:15 PM PST via mobile up reply actions
That's the thing
They aren’t aiming for the hardcore sports fans. Their demographic is the casual sports fans. These fans like frontrunners (yankees, red sox, pats) and star players (kobe, lebron). The hardcore fans are going to tune in anyway, the goal is to broaden the base and appeal to those casual fans.
There are more fans like Jared than like you, or Sportscenter would have different priorities.
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As a person who was born and raised in Portland
A lifelong Blazers fan, who lives outside the Portland Media market, I understand what you are saying, but while I would LIKE to see more Blazers coverage, I agree that LeBron and the Cavaliers are a much bigger story than the Blazers. They SHOULD cover them much more than Portland, they have star power plus standing. Its the same reason they show more Lakers coverage than the Clippers same media market, but who gives a fuck about the Clippers?
Say what you mean, and say it mean. - Clint Ruin
Considering that I can’t even remember the last time I watched SportsCenter and only watch live sports on ESPN, uhhh, no.
I know what sports I care about, and get my national sports news from other sources.
ESPN is what it is. They cater to a national audience and make their editorial decisions accordingly. I find the constant complaining about “bias” to get incredibly tiring. If you don’t like it, change the channel.
--AddictedToQuack, SBNation's Oregon Ducks blog
This.
These days, there are enough sports channels, blogs, radio shows to tailor your personal sports news and events to your own tastes.
I’m not a fan of ESPN, but I don’t spend a whole lot of time bitching about the way they choose to program. I just change the freaking channel.
by HoodRiverDuck on Mar 2, 2010 1:47 PM PST up reply actions
There is an inherent problem with this though
and that is when media controls the outcome of the sports I DO like (i.e. ESPN coaches poll). We can all say, “if you don’t like it then change the channel” unfortunately the ESPN media machine (and Disney for that matter), has interwoven itself into fabric of college sports. ESPN shows games (mostly east coast since that is their target market) those games get higher priority on their follow-up shows (SportsCenter, college game day, etc) ESPN then has a vested interest in making sure that the games they are showing and the games they are promoting are important, hence east coast bias.
Now in terms of the NBA, you have one of the most dynamic basketball players to come along who will be making a choice about where to play next year. If anybody for a second doesn’t think that the fact that because ESPN is promoting more northeastern sports teams that those teams will have a greater chance of landing said player, they are sorely mistaken.
I know that it is what it is, but it’s also a shame. I for one want greater competition in the sports media marketplace. I also want sports media completely stripped from determination of championships. I’m just not sure that either desire will be realized in the near future.
Well Canzano, maybe your parents didn’t believe in you.
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With regards to college football,
the media poll divorced itself from the BCS. It was a good decision. Of course ESPN is still going to influence things like recruiting, perception of conference strength, the amount cash flowing to bigger market teams, hence allowing them more purchasing power, etc. etc.
But if it wasn’t them it would be somebody else, wouldn’t it? Balanced journalism and the free market seem mutually exclusive to me. I’m not saying that’s how it should be, I just agree that it isn’t changing anytime soon, and hence, what can I actually do but change the channel?
by HoodRiverDuck on Mar 2, 2010 2:32 PM PST up reply actions
the media poll divorced itself from the BCS.
Which media poll are you talking about? The AP? If so I believe the BCS “kicked” them out for not voting the way the BCS wanted.
ESPN? They’re still part of the ESPN/USA Today coaches Poll which is 1/3 of the BCS system.
Well Canzano, maybe your parents didn’t believe in you.
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The AP refused to let the BCS use their poll. The BCS wanted to use the AP poll, but the AP won’t let them.
And ESPN is merely a sponsor of the poll. They have no vote in the poll itself.
--AddictedToQuack, SBNation's Oregon Ducks blog
I know they have no vote, directly. But they do have influence on who the coaches “see.” You don’t think Miss State’s head coach or SID or whoever is voting for him, is actually ordering tape of the west coast games to see how they did. Or do you think he watches SportsCenter at night to see the small box scores of the west coast games in helping him make his picks for that week.
Let’s use occam’s razor to figure this one out.
Well Canzano, maybe your parents didn’t believe in you.
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This will obviously be a problem no matter what the name on the poll is. The same could be said for AP voters, and this entire issue of coverage is why voting is always very regionalized.
But in reality, these polls have been the friends of the west coast teams over the past few years. Oregon was ranked higher in the polls and was left out due to computers. USC was higher in the polls but left out of the BCS due to computers.
In some hypothetical situations, I’m sure that ESPN’s coverage, and their contracts with eastern teams could have an impact on the BCS, but that just hasn’t happened yet, and there’s little reason to think that it will be so close as to think it will.
--AddictedToQuack, SBNation's Oregon Ducks blog
I’ll just say this. The system is flawed from the beginning. Voting for Championships was one of the dumbest things ever conjured up.
Whether it’s ESPN, or AP, or Bob’s Giant House of Pancakes sponsoring the polls, I will continue to believe that entity has a vested interested in seeing “their teams” in championships versus it being played out on the field of competition.
Well Canzano, maybe your parents didn’t believe in you.
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I will continue to believe that entity has a vested interested in seeing "their teams" in championships versus it being played out on the field of competition.
Yes. But what can they actually do about that?
This isn’t like refs swinging NBA playoff games. ESPN does not have the ability to directly manipulate the championship matchups in football.
I suppose the danger is there, but it would have to come down to a virtual tie before ESPN influence had an impact.
--AddictedToQuack, SBNation's Oregon Ducks blog
I don’t think you or I have any idea of how much influence ESPN has on the whole situation.
My feeling is that it isn’t zero. And just mere chance is reason enough for me to be skeptical (or conspiratorial, or whatever you want to call me. and yes JFK was assisinated by the mob because of Marilyn Monroe).
Well Canzano, maybe your parents didn’t believe in you.
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JFK was totally assassinated by Castro. Duh.
Also, I think that ESPN definitely has influence. But I think it’s insignificant when we talk about how the BCS title game teams are picked.
--AddictedToQuack, SBNation's Oregon Ducks blog
Retards,
JFK isn’t actually dead. He went into hiding and became the brains behind the faked Apollo moon landing.
by HoodRiverDuck on Mar 2, 2010 3:24 PM PST up reply actions
I believe that you meant "rih-tards".
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by TennesseeQuackAttack8 on Mar 2, 2010 3:25 PM PST up reply actions
Rain Man was a rih-tard,
and he bankrupted casinos.
by HoodRiverDuck on Mar 3, 2010 8:48 AM PST up reply actions
To your first paragraph, I honestly don’t see it that way. Outside of being the dominant national sports media entity, I don’t think that they’ve had any impact on determination of national champion. I’m far more opposed to the coaches involvement in the system. ESPN merely sponsors that poll. It’s not like they are directly picking who goes and who doesn’t.
As far as how their coverage is driven by the games they show on their network, I think that ESPN has almost all of the big games. So they end up promoting those games. When Oregon beat USC (that may be the last time I actually watched SportsCenter), it was the lead every half hour. You could argue that was because ESPN showed the game, or because it was the biggest story at the time. Heck, they promoted the crap out of SEC games that they didn’t even show, because they were on CBS.
As far as where LeBron goes, ESPN coverage will have zero impact on where he goes. He will get coverage wherever he goes. But if he leaves Cleveland, he’s probably going to a major media market. Not because ESPN will market him better, but because he can market himself better.
Greater competition in the sporting arena may happen. It’s already happening online, which is where the future is anyway.
--AddictedToQuack, SBNation's Oregon Ducks blog
ESPN merely sponsors that poll. It’s not like they are directly picking who goes and who doesn’t.
Now who’s being naive?
ESPN coverage will have zero impact on where he goes
Not true. Media coverage will have a huge amount of play in where LeBron goes. Because of his sponsors. It’s almost a given if LeBron goes to a greater media market (i.e. NY, Boston, LA, Chicago) that he will make double what he will going to a smaller market in sponsorships. If you don’t think his agents aren’t looking at the media numbers in helping him determine what area of the country to go and play then I don’t know what to say.
Well Canzano, maybe your parents didn’t believe in you.
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If you don’t think his agents aren’t looking at the media numbers in helping him determine what area of the country to go and play then I don’t know what to say.
You don’t need to look at media numbers to know New York or Los Angeles is a better market than Cleveland.
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No, but what about Chicago versus Dallas? or Miami versus Memphis? A lot of teams have a play for him next year, and I know that media coverage and marketing will have a huge impact on his determination of where he plays.
Well Canzano, maybe your parents didn’t believe in you.
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Miami vs Memphis is easy.
Chicago vs. Dallas, isn’t too difficult either. Chicago fans are some of the craziest sports fans. With the way they show up, you’d think the Cubs would actually have a chance to win the pennant.
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Bill Simmons covered this in a chat. Lower taxes in Texas.
It equals more money.
Only losing THREE starters from the USC game. (Offense and Defense)
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by QuackQuackAttack on Mar 2, 2010 7:45 PM PST up reply actions
Now who’s being naive?
Or being conspiratorial? Did USA Today have an impact when it was the sponsor? There has not been on example where ESPN has had an impact on the national championship game contenders.
As far as LeBron goes, he will be given the exact same coverage by ESPN either way. This is WAY beyond ESPN. Media markets will play a massive role in where LeBron goes. But these markets will be used far beyond the realm of sports, making ESPN’s role a wash.
--AddictedToQuack, SBNation's Oregon Ducks blog
making ESPN’s role a wash.
Not true. ESPN is ABC. ABC chooses what games it wants to show of the NBA. Sure, ESPN/ABC will follow LeBron where ever he chooses to go, but the trickle down effect of showing games in a bigger market to larger sponsor deals for LeBron is not that far of a stretch.
Well Canzano, maybe your parents didn’t believe in you.
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But the trickle down effect of showing games in a bigger market to larger sponsor deals for LeBron is not that far of a stretch.
No, that’s exactly what I’m saying. ESPN will show LeBron’s games, no matter where he goes. Of course they will want him to go to a big market, but there’s really not much they can do about that, other than being like, hey, LeBron, here’s 20 mil (which I believe is against NBA rules because the NBA has contracts with ESPN/ABC).
Nike on the other hand, could be like, hey, LeBron, we’ll give you an extra 20 million to go to New York.
--AddictedToQuack, SBNation's Oregon Ducks blog
No the sponsors can’t go to LeBron with 20MM, but they can go to his sponsors.
Hey Nike, we’ll let you advertise on ABC for half the price if LeBron goes to NY, Chicago, Boston or LA.
Nike, “hey LeBron will give you 20MM more in your next shoe deal if you go to NY, Chicago, Boston or LA.”
It’s not a far stretch to say that the media markets have influence (not control) over where he goes. I am sure his agents and sponsors both know this.
Well Canzano, maybe your parents didn’t believe in you.
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not sponsors to sponsors
No the *media can’t go to Lebron
Well Canzano, maybe your parents didn’t believe in you.
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It’s not a far stretch to say that the media markets have influence (not control) over where he goes. I am sure his agents and sponsors both know this.
Oh, I think that’s a guarantee. There’s a reason why no one is talking about LeBron going to a small market team. He will make so much more money as a spokesperson, etc. if he plays for a team that has a strong media market.
Going to a big team for him is about so much more than sports.
--AddictedToQuack, SBNation's Oregon Ducks blog
Call me naive...
And I may be COMPLETELY wrong…but I think his heart and loyalty is in Cleveland…and I truly believe that he is going to stay…
Like I said, I may be wrong.
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by TennesseeQuackAttack8 on Mar 2, 2010 3:17 PM PST up reply actions
IMO, it depends on if he gets a title this year or not. If they win the title, I think he feels like he did his due, and moves on to greener pastures. If not, I don’t know if he can bring himself to screw over the city like that.
--AddictedToQuack, SBNation's Oregon Ducks blog
That’s what worries me. I think Cleveland will win the title this year.
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by TennesseeQuackAttack8 on Mar 2, 2010 3:24 PM PST up reply actions
As a matter of fact
If you don’t like it, change the channel.
and…
Media isn’t about bias, it’s about viewers and money.
are contradicting statements. If you decide to stop watching then you allow the greater number of viewers to be on the east coast. So instead, if you don’t like, keep watching. That would actually help the demographics sway to your regoin even faster.
It’s the whole problem with the BCS. I hate the BCS, and I didn’t watch a single BCS game for about 6 years, in protest of their system. Did it change? Not one bit.
The only way to solve the media giant problem is to create competition, then not watching will actually matter. Only problem with that is there isn’t a true demand for that type of competition… right now. I would love to see the blogs and local media centers increase, only I have little faith that it will change the greater landscape in any reasonable amount of time.
Well Canzano, maybe your parents didn’t believe in you.
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That would actually help the demographics sway to your regoin even faster.
This statement assumes that ESPN is salvageable, which I don’t believe. I don’t think that ESPN will ever cater to me, and if I watched it, they would never change their ways anyway.
As far as region, there are two ways to go about it. One, get your region to give more money to ESPN, or two, have your region abandon ESPN and encourage regional competition.
Honestly, I could care less if ESPN even has competition. It’s dumbed down sports analysis on the whole. I don’t care for the vast majority of their commentators (and those I like I can follow online). If someone wants to compete for ESPN’s viewers, I’d still likely be left out in the cold. And that’s just fine with me.
--AddictedToQuack, SBNation's Oregon Ducks blog
God, I remember how pissed they were
When the Spurs won those four NBA titles because they had no big or east coast market to pump up.
When the Blazers win, nice.
"Good evening Blazer fans, wherever you may be!"-Bill Schonely
It will be even better when a West Coast team
not named USC wins a B©S Title.
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by TennesseeQuackAttack8 on Mar 2, 2010 12:17 PM PST via mobile up reply actions
And not from a state that borders another country
"Good evening Blazer fans, wherever you may be!"-Bill Schonely
I know what you mean,
but unfortunately we border Idaho.
by HoodRiverDuck on Mar 2, 2010 12:21 PM PST up reply actions
Fixed (although nice job on the copyright symbol)
It will be even better when a West Coast team not named USC wins a B©S BS title.
Innocent until proven guilty.
The © was intended to project both an image of the BCS being about business and money, and to show BS, by not being a normal letter. I went comprehensive.
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by TennesseeQuackAttack8 on Mar 2, 2010 12:39 PM PST via mobile up reply actions
I was explaining my intent.
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by TennesseeQuackAttack8 on Mar 2, 2010 12:45 PM PST via mobile up reply actions
I can see that most might not agree, but I think we get a decent amount of ESPN coverage. I think they love the Nike tie-in, the unis and our nouveau riche attitude. We’d get even more coverage if we didn’t play nearly every game between 5-7pm like we did last year.
by daisyduck on Mar 2, 2010 12:35 PM PST via mobile up reply actions
k
jtlight and I will agree to disagree.
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by TennesseeQuackAttack8 on Mar 2, 2010 1:37 PM PST via mobile reply actions
Hey, we had something to talk about, so really, it’s a win for everyone.
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A win for everyone
except the poor, lonely reply button.
by HoodRiverDuck on Mar 2, 2010 1:48 PM PST up reply actions
When HRD points out someone else’s reply fail, everyone loses.
It's spelled "C-A-N-Z-A-N-O-S-P-A-R-E-N-T-S-D-O-N-T-B-E-L-I-E-V-E-I-N-H-I-M"
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Take note of this.
Rare evidence of someone else imitating HRD.
This off-season officially sucks for FIVE reasons and counting...
Yup. It was good, spirited discussion. I can see why people are on each side of the fence of the issue, and i think we both did a good job expressing our opinions.
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by TennesseeQuackAttack8 on Mar 2, 2010 2:02 PM PST via mobile up reply actions
What is this, a game of Candyland between 7 year old girls?
“Yay, we both win! Teehee!”
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Oh, no, I still won! And I'm sure JTL would disagree with that.
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by TennesseeQuackAttack8 on Mar 2, 2010 2:26 PM PST up reply actions
Did you know that Chris Johnson beat a 7 year old at Candyland in 4.24 seconds?
This off-season officially sucks for FIVE reasons and counting...
Terrelle Pryor's Candyland time is 1.33
And Tebow’s is, shockingly, 6.66
by HoodRiverDuck on Mar 2, 2010 4:32 PM PST up reply actions
Thank for that useful fact about Chris Johnson. I only need three more to write a book.
Defending maligned chants since 2009
Did you know that Chris Johnson wrote an extensive commentary on Crime And Punishment in 4.24 seconds?
This off-season officially sucks for FIVE reasons and counting...
"HE'S GOT GETTING-AWAY-FROM-COPS SPEED!"
-Gus Johnson
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cHofAqyja_s&feature=player_embedded
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by TennesseeQuackAttack8 on Mar 2, 2010 4:45 PM PST up reply actions
that vid related itself to this Gus Johnson gem
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sgeqrYxu_YM&feature=youtube_gdata
GO DUCKS. and (shsh... rockets too)
by runfast on Mar 2, 2010 4:54 PM PST via mobile up reply actions
That was such an amazing game.
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by TennesseeQuackAttack8 on Mar 2, 2010 4:57 PM PST up reply actions
My favorite part of the tourney
Dick Vitale NOT calling games.
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by TennesseeQuackAttack8 on Mar 2, 2010 5:10 PM PST up reply actions
Ducks vs Dawgs Tonight
on comcast sports net at 5:00 pm
I would ask for a stream...
But it would be even more of a distraction from this paper I should be writing….damn you ATQ.
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by TennesseeQuackAttack8 on Mar 2, 2010 4:41 PM PST up reply actions
Well, I will ask for a stream. Can someone post a link if it’s out there?
Defending maligned chants since 2009
NOOO!
Hide it from me, quickly
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by TennesseeQuackAttack8 on Mar 2, 2010 4:43 PM PST up reply actions
Sorryyy
I don’t have one….duck4lif3= terrible with computers.
But a master at shitting bricks.
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by JShufelt on Mar 2, 2010 6:44 PM PST up reply actions 2 recs
Baseball updates belong here today.
Ducks jump on the dogs early, with a 2 RBI single by Nick Wagner. Still bottom 1st, Ducks have runners on the corners with 1 out.
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Ducks putting a big inning together now, bases loadad walk followed by a Sean Peterson single. 4-0 Ducks, bases loaded 1 out.
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I support Roger Kieschnick in his quest to becoming the best Kieschnick ever to play professional baseball.
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And grounded into a DP
Oh well, 4-0 after 1.
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Tim Tebow is the most interesting draft storyline in the past ten years. He will get a lot of coverage, because that’s what most people care about, and will watch.
How is an H-Back who I think won’t last in the league that long the most interesting storyline in the draft?
Reeeeepllllyyyyy Faaaaiiiilllll!
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by TennesseeQuackAttack8 on Mar 2, 2010 5:31 PM PST up reply actions
do we have to point out every reply fail
I Don't Yell O I SCREAM!
by trumpetduck on Mar 2, 2010 9:51 PM PST up reply actions 1 recs
He’s an interesting storyline because your opinion is only one of the possible career paths he could possibly take, in addition to having a storied college career and being a polarizing figure.
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Normally, I would pay absolutely zero attention to the NFL draft. But I really like Tebow and it’s fascinating to me that he’s doing everything he possibly can to make himself attractive to NFL teams, despite his acknowledged limitations.
Again, I just don’t agree with the main reason everyone hates Tebow. Most guys who work their asses off (both on and off the field), lead their team, and take public responsibility for their failures are lauded as great guys. If you’re mad that he’s being shoved down your throat, be mad at ESPN (see TQA’s posts above), not at Tebow.
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How is not participating in combine drills
‘doing everything he possibly can’? It seems like he’s doing as little as possible, so teams don’t have solid evidence to tell their fan bases, “Look, this is why we didn’t draft him.”
Now you're just making excuses not to like him
There are like 3 QBs who are actually throwing at the combine. Bradford, Lefebre, McCoy, none of them are throwing. Some because of injury, some just because they don’t want to risk throwing poorly and hurting their stock. I know Tebow is working with someone on completely rebuilding his throwing motion, which is why he’s not doing it at the combine.
He’s participating in everything that everyone else is, and like all the other QBs, he’ll wait until a pro day to throw.
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Ha ha. I agree Gorby. Let’s see, a kid wins a crap-load of football games in a tough conference, is an intense competitor, has shown leadership skills and has a lot of god-given athletic skills. Outside of the obvious ESPN blubbering and media over-exposure, I don’t get all the Tebow bashing.
At any point has he said anything other than “I have a lot to work on…”?
"...the noise is one aspect, but you can feel the intensity of their crowd." - Pete Carroll on Oregon's Autzen Stadium.
That's precisely why so many people don't like him.
The media coverage gets very old.
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by TennesseeQuackAttack8 on Mar 2, 2010 8:23 PM PST up reply actions
Then stop watching it. Stop reading it. Stop talking about it.
If you’re constantly consuming the Tebow hype, aren’t you part of the problem?
"...the noise is one aspect, but you can feel the intensity of their crowd." - Pete Carroll on Oregon's Autzen Stadium.
by JConant on Mar 2, 2010 9:58 PM PST up reply actions 1 recs
Ha ha. I agree Gorby. Let’s see, a kid wins a crap-load of football games in a tough conference, is an intense competitor, has shown leadership skills and has a lot of god-given athletic skills.
Thanks for describing Jeremiah Masoli, but he’s not going to amount to shit in the league either.
--Dave
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Right. Except I didn’t say Tebow was going to amount to shit in the NFL, did I? Are you anticipating ad nauseum discussions centered around an “I hate Masoli” theme a year from now at ATQ? I doubt it.
I just don’t see what’s itis about Tebow on a personal level that deserves so much scorn.
"...the noise is one aspect, but you can feel the intensity of their crowd." - Pete Carroll on Oregon's Autzen Stadium.
In my opinion, it is an equal and opposite reaction to the endless about of love that some feel he already gets.
Well Canzano, maybe your parents didn’t believe in you.
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I think it’s that people with platforms have lots of Tebow love, but more people with less reach have Tebow hate.
Or I could be totally off base.
Tracy Porter's gonna score! TRACY PORTER'S GONNA SCORE!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! (HT Takimoto)
I was just being a smartass
I don’t care about Tebow one way or the other.
--Dave
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You're the one that said he's doing everything he can
when he’s not.
Ya know, Of Mice and Men is actually a pretty good book until you have to extensively research and write a huge paper on it.
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by TennesseeQuackAttack8 on Mar 2, 2010 5:57 PM PST reply actions
This is how I felt about most school literature
A couple years ago, I embarked on a journey to read through one of the top 100 literature lists out there, most of which contain a bunch of books I didn’t really care for in high school/college. But my thought was that I might enjoy them a lot more reading them for the fun of it rather than to mine enough BS from them that I could get an A on a paper.
I’ve kind of stalled in my reading, but I hope to pick it up again soon.
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The freaking paper isn’t even about using your own thoughts. Most of it is researching sources, citing, and quoting them properly.
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by TennesseeQuackAttack8 on Mar 2, 2010 6:02 PM PST up reply actions
Well…then you’re hosed. (I found out where the term “hosers” originated this weekend, if anyone’s interested.)
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My teacher is from Joisey and went to Rutgers. I think that explains most of her problems.
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by TennesseeQuackAttack8 on Mar 2, 2010 6:05 PM PST up reply actions
Shut UP. I've heard/read enough about the damn rabbits and their symbolism already.
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by TennesseeQuackAttack8 on Mar 2, 2010 6:28 PM PST up reply actions
I wear a lotioned glove on one hand because of this book.
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by Gorbachav5 on Mar 2, 2010 6:28 PM PST up reply actions 1 recs
Hahaha.
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by TennesseeQuackAttack8 on Mar 2, 2010 6:30 PM PST up reply actions
Borrrrrring.
I had to read the book and write a paper about it over spring break freshman year. Annoying as hell.
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I like how I read this for HONORS English in sophomore year...
While you read this freshman year, and my cousin in AZ read it summer BEFORE freshman year.
Tennessee educational standards FTW.
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by TennesseeQuackAttack8 on Mar 2, 2010 7:38 PM PST up reply actions
At least I was in Honors English 9 when I read OM&M.
Now I’m in AP 12, the workload is insane. Hopefully, after the AP test in May, the class calms down significantly.
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Heh, we're out of school by Mid-Late May.
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by TennesseeQuackAttack8 on Mar 2, 2010 8:02 PM PST up reply actions
Say whaaaa?
Wow. My schedule will be more or less over by mid May, because English is the only class in which any effort has to be expended. But, I never thought I would ever say this. Never. I am jealous about an aspect of Tennessee.
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Hahaha.
Yeah, finals week is May 17-20th. All half days.
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by TennesseeQuackAttack8 on Mar 2, 2010 8:09 PM PST up reply actions
Oh. Not to mention that...
We’re actually decently modern. Online gradebooks, personalized teacher websites, online notes, student online file databases.
We’re outta the stone ages, baby!
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by TennesseeQuackAttack8 on Mar 2, 2010 9:01 PM PST up reply actions
Of Mice and Men is just depressing
That and 1984 pretty much make me want to kill myself.
--Dave
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1984 only makes you want to kill yourself because it’s coming true.
Well Canzano, maybe your parents didn’t believe in you.
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:(
Reading that book made my mind physically ache. And pretty much wrecked me emotionally. USA Patriot Act FTW.
--Dave
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I liked OMAM because I like Steinbeck, and I thought it was a pretty good illustration of migrant workers in that time period. I don’t know, I usually hate books in general, but I liked the theme.
Now Fahrenheit 451…Don’t get me started on that piece of shit.
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by TennesseeQuackAttack8 on Mar 2, 2010 9:08 PM PST up reply actions
never read it
but if you want a great read, Catch 22 is one of the best of all time.
--Dave
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Or anything written by Kurt Vonnegut. Cat’s Cradle being one of my favorite.
Well Canzano, maybe your parents didn’t believe in you.
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Slaughterhouse-Five is possibly the greatest English language novel written.
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I have a Ropert is God™ complex.
Oh, look, Quinn's weekly post.
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by TennesseeQuackAttack8 on Mar 2, 2010 9:20 PM PST up reply actions
It’s hard to follow and you lose what’s going on sometimes, but I really like Slapstick.
Well Canzano, maybe your parents didn’t believe in you.
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I'm tired of a high school kid being more well read than me
I’ve gotta get some reading in.
--Dave
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Read everything Vonnegut ever wrote, you will never be disappointed.
Well Canzano, maybe your parents didn’t believe in you.
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Yes. Book good, movie terrible.
Well Canzano, maybe your parents didn’t believe in you.
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Don’t it will tarnish your opinion of Vonnegut. Really bad.
Well Canzano, maybe your parents didn’t believe in you.
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Not that I know of, but he makes a cameo and it really isn’t done well.
Well Canzano, maybe your parents didn’t believe in you.
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Bummer.
What’s his cameo as though? Him sitting at the bar revealing himself as the omnipotent narrator watching Dwayne?
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I have a Ropert is God™ complex.
If I remember right he is the director of a commercial for the used car company.
Well Canzano, maybe your parents didn’t believe in you.
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well, while we're listing great novels
I have to give the Hitchhiker’s Guide to the Galaxy an obligatory mention. The movie sucked. The entire book series was fantastic.
--Dave
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The movie sucked mainly because movies and books are completely different mediums of story telling. They hardly ever translate well from one to the other.
With that being said, I think the movie did a decent job capturing Douglas Adam’s essence. And I enjoyed it, but that might be because of Zooey Deschanel.
its spelled "S-H-U-F-E-L-T-N-O-B-A-L-L-S"
Loved it.
It's spelled "C-A-N-Z-A-N-O-S-P-A-R-E-N-T-S-D-O-N-T-B-E-L-I-E-V-E-I-N-H-I-M"
I support Roger Kieschnick in his quest to becoming the best Kieschnick ever to play professional baseball.
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Also, Vonnegut last book A Man without a Country which is a collection of short essays is absolutely fantastic. Highly recommend it
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There's also Welcome To The Monkey House.
There’s a short story in it called All The King’s Horses that is honestly the most powerful and intense three pages I’ve ever read. If you haven’t read it, I can email it to you. It can’t be found outside of torrents I guess.
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I have a Ropert is God™ complex.
Please do. my email is in my profile
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I’d send you my copy of A Man Without a Country but my writing in it and highlighting of it may taint your opinion of me… plus, I’d be afraid I’d never get it back :)
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READING IS FOR PUSSIES
Not really, it’s just been so long since I’ve been able to use that catch phrase.
Vonnegut, Salinger, and Faulkner all deserve keg stickers.
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by Bill Musgrave on Mar 3, 2010 7:26 PM PST up reply actions
Vonnegut, Salinger, and Faulkner all deserve keg stickers.
Amen to that. Especially since Salinger just died. How about a post humus Keg Sticker?
Well Canzano, maybe your parents didn’t believe in you.
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We read a short story by Vonnegut in class.
Harrison Bergeron
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by TennesseeQuackAttack8 on Mar 2, 2010 9:35 PM PST up reply actions
Thank God, you spared yourself.
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by TennesseeQuackAttack8 on Mar 2, 2010 9:11 PM PST up reply actions
I liked reading The Sun Also Rises last year,
But Crime And Punishment, sigh…
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Fahrenheit 451 is comparable to a Canzano column…fear-mongering, non-factual, and plainly ridiculous.
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by TennesseeQuackAttack8 on Mar 2, 2010 9:26 PM PST up reply actions
thanks for your excellent description of why Lost sucks.
--Dave
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Whew.
If Shufelt were here, it would officially be “on” right now.
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Shu is watching Lost right now
and I’m sure it sucks.
--Dave
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I was actually in a deep codeine induced sleep. I didn’t watch Lost last night.
its spelled "S-H-U-F-E-L-T-N-O-B-A-L-L-S"
That’s a convenient excuse.
It's spelled "C-A-N-Z-A-N-O-S-P-A-R-E-N-T-S-D-O-N-T-B-E-L-I-E-V-E-I-N-H-I-M"
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Out of respect for the Godfather I am keeping quite.
Well Canzano, maybe your parents didn’t believe in you.
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You're keeping quite what?
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by TennesseeQuackAttack8 on Mar 2, 2010 9:42 PM PST up reply actions
Chris Dodd thinks Chip needs to hand the reins of discipline over to somebody else. I think he does a good job of over simplifying the situation and drawing parallels to other programs, specifically University of Nevada, and how they deal with their issues through a zero tolerance policy.
Say what you mean, and say it mean. - Clint Ruin
I don't get it.
All of Kelly’s decisions have been backed by Oregon Hall. So who’s supposed to take over? And Dodd’s example is of a coach who is also the athletic director. If that’s not ‘keeping it in house’—what he’s faulting Kelly for—then what is?
Why are all of these random people recounting the past events long after they occurred all of the sudden?
I swear that there has been an influx in random journalists who don’t know much about the situation recounting the issues at Oregon in the past few days. Annoying.
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Same ‘ol shit, CA. Quick…write some more stuff about the Oregon Ducks. People might still be searching for stories online, or even posting links. Maybe Google will grace our website with a few thousands of eyeballs and we’ll collect a little cash on our $150 CPM, demographically- and geographically- and psychographically-targeted banner ads.
It’s all about fresh content (even if the subject isn’t) > eyeballs on pages > collect more money > lay off fewer writers.
"...the noise is one aspect, but you can feel the intensity of their crowd." - Pete Carroll on Oregon's Autzen Stadium.
Well, this sure is a logical, rational take on the whole matter. Now if only the writers could take a rational take on the past events…
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Ducks 6-2, bottom of the 7th
Sure would be nice to finish off the Huskies.
"...the noise is one aspect, but you can feel the intensity of their crowd." - Pete Carroll on Oregon's Autzen Stadium.
Strikeout to end it. Ducks win.
Take game 1 with UW, 6-2. Nice. Now 5-4 on the season.
"...the noise is one aspect, but you can feel the intensity of their crowd." - Pete Carroll on Oregon's Autzen Stadium.
Sounds like a great win.
Even better since it was over the Fuskies!
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Capping off "Happy I Hate Washington Day" with a win!
Highfives all around.
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by TennesseeQuackAttack8 on Mar 2, 2010 8:00 PM PST up reply actions
Think I'll watch a little PSU v. Seattle U.
Cameron Dollar clap-clap clap-clap-clap
"...the noise is one aspect, but you can feel the intensity of their crowd." - Pete Carroll on Oregon's Autzen Stadium.
I’d just like to point out that this thread went from Duck discussion to driver’s license test discussion to ESPN bashing to Oprah’s Book Club.
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