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Quack Fix: Speculation On Coaching Search; Pac-10 Baseball Starts This Weekend.

The Madness resumes this afternoon as the Sweet 16 gets underway. Let's what kind of madness is swirling around Ducks athletics this morning:

Enjoy the hoops. I'm sure someone will post an open thread once the games begin. Most of us can continue to complain about Kansas, a few can say they're still in this thing, and everyone will be taking shots at Axeman23. Why not join us?

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Will it be Duck basketball players taking shots at axemen? They’re already very experienced at shooting at avian life.

Chip Kelly-Bustin' Out The Banhammer Since 2009

by TennesseeQuackAttack8 on Mar 25, 2010 9:10 AM PDT reply actions  

If it’s the Duck basketball players taking shots, Axemen doesn’t have to worry about getting hit.

Defending maligned chants since 2009

by Gorbachav5 on Mar 25, 2010 9:15 AM PDT up reply actions  

shut up

axemen’s laid up today with what might be a torn shoulder muscle. Potshots not appreciated

I can haz footbawl?

by axemen23 on Mar 25, 2010 9:46 AM PDT up reply actions  

Steve Duin

This article is hilarious. This guy is like a wanna be investigative reporter. “Follow the money, Duin, you’ll get your answers.” Who cares if Knight underwrites the program. He’s an alum, he knows sports, and runs one of the most successful companies in the world. Call me a Kool-Aid drinker, but we’re lucky to have him.

I'm not a troll, I just have really dumb opinions.

by MurphyLPiddleton on Mar 25, 2010 9:16 AM PDT reply actions  

Duin has an opportunity to make some good points here--

there is a transparency issue with regards to contracts at the U of O. However, instead he chooses to rip of pretty much everyone associated with the UO, including the legality and ethics of a program that hasn’t been hit with a major violation since the Carter administration.

Everyone’s so “outraged” at the UO because they’re successful. Where’s the outrage over OSU hemmoraging money left and right to the tune of $6 million in the red per year?

--Dave
Addicted to Quack, SBN's Oregon Ducks blog

by David Piper on Mar 25, 2010 9:31 AM PDT up reply actions  

They are apparently adding T&F . . . more money

and continue to tap student fees and state money. I particularly “like” his statement that we dropped wrestling because Knight didn’t like it and added baseball because Kilkenny did like it . . . like NOTHING else entered into the mix for both sports.

by Ducks73 on Mar 25, 2010 9:45 AM PDT up reply actions  

Exactly, like how we’ve added another highly successful scholarship program. Added revenue from a superb ball park, and local business are flourishing with new patrons when typically this time of year they are dead with no basketball or football

Nope, it’s because Knight and Kilkenny didn’t like wrestling.

Hire Mark Few!
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by Matt Daddy on Mar 25, 2010 11:45 AM PDT up reply actions  

And at least we're getting good faciliites in return for our $

OSU is getting……………

"Good evening Blazer fans, wherever you may be!"-Bill Schonely

by skywaker9 on Mar 25, 2010 10:28 AM PDT up reply actions  

This is only obliquely related, but could I get the definition of a Falcon Punch? When does a closed fist blow transmorph from a garden variety “punch” to “Falcon Punch”? Inquiring minds…

Defending maligned chants since 2009

by Gorbachav5 on Mar 25, 2010 10:43 AM PDT up reply actions  

According to “Da Dictionary”.

An extremely animated and/or self-narrated punch that resembles that dealt by Captain Falcon (of SNES game F-Zero) in the Nintendo video game Super Smash Brothers. Usually accompanied by the screaming of the phrase “Falcon Punch!”

its spelled "S-H-U-F-E-L-T-O-B-L-I-G-A-T-E-D-T-O-D-O-I-T"

by JShufelt on Mar 25, 2010 11:45 AM PDT up reply actions   2 recs

Question

is there going to be an open thread up for the afternoon games?

I can haz footbawl?

by axemen23 on Mar 25, 2010 9:47 AM PDT reply actions  

I assume there will be

I just want to make sure cause I’ve got nothing better to do today (see above)

I can haz footbawl?

by axemen23 on Mar 25, 2010 9:53 AM PDT up reply actions  

There will be one later.

--AddictedToQuack, SBNation's Oregon Ducks blog

by jtlight on Mar 25, 2010 9:54 AM PDT up reply actions  

GO BIG RED and WVU!

Seriously though, I don’t remember getting to this point in the tourney any year and being so uncertain about who will win.

"Good evening Blazer fans, wherever you may be!"-Bill Schonely

by skywaker9 on Mar 25, 2010 10:32 AM PDT up reply actions  

Sweet 16 always feels like that

But then the #1 seeds get on a roll and the tournament stops being fun. Really, I don’t want Duke, Kentucky, or Syracuse to win but it’s 99% likely that one of them will.

by HoodRiverDuck on Mar 25, 2010 10:59 AM PDT up reply actions  

I just get the feeling this year that one of them will fall in the next few days (please god be Kentucky)

Unlike last year, where UNC was so far ahead of everyone else, there is no truly great team this year.

Well there was, but UNI took care of that.

"Good evening Blazer fans, wherever you may be!"-Bill Schonely

by skywaker9 on Mar 25, 2010 11:07 AM PDT up reply actions  

They can coug it

"Good evening Blazer fans, wherever you may be!"-Bill Schonely

by skywaker9 on Mar 25, 2010 11:13 AM PDT up reply actions  

No they can’t. This isn’t N Iowa v Kansas. Iowa played a very dedicated defense and that kept KU frustrated for a long time. Cornell, does not play that hard nosed defense. You will see contrasting styles, but UK is going to run Cornell out of the gym.

Hire Mark Few!
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by Matt Daddy on Mar 25, 2010 11:49 AM PDT up reply actions  

It is a home game for Cornell at least

The Carrier dome will rock for the Big Red.

"Good evening Blazer fans, wherever you may be!"-Bill Schonely

by skywaker9 on Mar 25, 2010 11:50 AM PDT up reply actions  

I just get the feeling this year that one of them will fall in the next few days (please god be KentuckyDuke)

May they both lose, but seriously: Fuck Duke.

by HoodRiverDuck on Mar 25, 2010 12:39 PM PDT up reply actions  

both of them?

by my count we have 5 contenders left for the ATQ crown and we all have different title winners. Syracuse (1), Duke (1), Kentucky (1), Ohio State (2) and West Virginia (2).

I can haz footbawl?

by axemen23 on Mar 25, 2010 3:12 PM PDT up reply actions  

Not saying they will win

Just saying it’s more than a snowballs chance. Cornell has a very efficient offense and drops all 5 back to limit transitions. If they keep UK from running, and that’s a BIG if, they’ve got a chance with the way their offense is firing.

by Brian Floyd on Mar 25, 2010 2:52 PM PDT up reply actions  

Axemen23's official Ebay post of the day

this is why you don’t go to an agricultural college and expect to earn anything

I can haz footbawl?

by axemen23 on Mar 25, 2010 10:23 AM PDT reply actions  

Yuck

This is way cooler

Say what you mean, and say it mean. - Clint Ruin

by QuackinAK on Mar 25, 2010 11:18 AM PDT up reply actions  

nah

fewer humor points

I can haz footbawl?

by axemen23 on Mar 25, 2010 11:48 AM PDT up reply actions  

Scratch one potential coach

According to ESPN just now, Georgia Tech Coach Paul Hewitt is staying at GT.

"Good evening Blazer fans, wherever you may be!"-Bill Schonely

by skywaker9 on Mar 25, 2010 10:53 AM PDT reply actions  

I can haz footbawl?

by axemen23 on Mar 25, 2010 12:56 PM PDT reply actions  

Dangit, now Chip Kelly has lost control of the Wake Forest football team as well.

Dominique Tate won’t play football play for Wake Forest next season, Josh Harris might and Brendan Cross, barring some unforeseen development, will.

Coach Jim Grobe said yesterday that Tate and Harris have been declared academically ineligible by the University and Cross was one of five freshmen players arrested by the Winston-Salem Police on Saturday night for under-age drinking.

LINK

by echo31 on Mar 25, 2010 1:11 PM PDT reply actions  

Damn you Chip Kelly! How many lives must you ruin? How many teams must you destroy?! Damn you!

by JonathanPDX on Mar 25, 2010 1:48 PM PDT up reply actions  

Chip's even lost control of his peers for chrissake!
Rich Rodriguez has been sued along with several business partners by a company that says it has yet to be repaid for a $1 million loan.

The suit filed in federal court last month by the West Columbia Trading Company of South Carolina claims a corporation formed to develop 60 condominiums near Alabama’s football stadium owes more than $995,000 plus interest on a $1 million loan for the project made in 2006.

Rodriguez is listed among those accused of defaulting on the loan

linkage

I can haz footbawl?

by axemen23 on Mar 25, 2010 3:17 PM PDT up reply actions  

Katelynn is losing!!!!!!!! :)

http://www.bustersports.com/blog/buster-blog/2010/03/24/the-college-experiment-cheerleader-of-the-year-tournament-the-semis/

This is an outrage! No way 6 out of 10 guys prefer the brunette from LSU… NO WAY! Anybody care to offer an explanation? Reasonable estimate of how many guys would pick Katelynn over the LSU girl is seriously 8/10. Hell, I think that is even conservative. Am I offbase? If I am, no way 6/10 guys vote for LSU girl… no way..

by Duckity_Duck on Mar 25, 2010 1:53 PM PDT reply actions  

Anyone else see this?

An autistic teenager from the Chicago area has done something almost impossible.

Nearly 48 games into an upset-filled NCAA tournament, 17-year-old Alex Hermann is perfect.

“It’s amazing,” he says. Truly.

The teenager predicted that Northern Iowa would beat the Kansas Jayhawks. He picked Ohio to knock off Georgetown. And Cornell to knock off Wisconsin.

In fact, he picked every game through the first two rounds correctly. The odds of anybody doing that? One in 13,460,000, according to BookofOdds.com. It’s easier to win the lottery. Twice.

by echo31 on Mar 25, 2010 3:06 PM PDT reply actions  

and also …

Alex doesn’t get anything for perfection. He entered one of three bracket games offered by CBS — the only one without a prize attached.

by echo31 on Mar 25, 2010 3:08 PM PDT up reply actions  

Wow…

That sucks. If he goes all the way… Someone should really surprise him with SOMETHING…

its spelled "S-H-U-F-E-L-T-O-B-L-I-G-A-T-E-D-T-O-D-O-I-T"

by JShufelt on Mar 25, 2010 3:13 PM PDT up reply actions  

He also picked Purdue. more like Purdon’t.

Life is about growth. People are not perfect when they're 21 years old. - Bill Walton

by NEP on Mar 25, 2010 3:19 PM PDT up reply actions  

no. to win the whole tourny…

Life is about growth. People are not perfect when they're 21 years old. - Bill Walton

by NEP on Mar 25, 2010 3:23 PM PDT up reply actions  

The year George Mason made the final four

There was one woman in all of ESPN’s brackets who got the final four correct.

Problem was, the rest was so horrible she finished nowhere near the top.

"Good evening Blazer fans, wherever you may be!"-Bill Schonely

by skywaker9 on Mar 25, 2010 3:26 PM PDT up reply actions  

i’m pretty sure you just compared the mental capabilities of women to autistic kids.

Life is about growth. People are not perfect when they're 21 years old. - Bill Walton

by NEP on Mar 25, 2010 3:28 PM PDT up reply actions  

In a year like this

It takes a little insanity to win a pool.

"Good evening Blazer fans, wherever you may be!"-Bill Schonely

by skywaker9 on Mar 25, 2010 3:29 PM PDT up reply actions  

every year is. i take home my trophy after the 1st and 2nd rounds. the rest don’t really matter when it comes to skill.

Life is about growth. People are not perfect when they're 21 years old. - Bill Walton

by NEP on Mar 25, 2010 3:30 PM PDT up reply actions  

I finished fifth last year (out of 180)

And won the year Duke beat Zona in the final four since I did well enough early on.

There are years that random pickers are better. They are years basketball junkies are better. This is neither.

"Good evening Blazer fans, wherever you may be!"-Bill Schonely

by skywaker9 on Mar 25, 2010 3:31 PM PDT up reply actions  

I'll be the spoilsport

Because the bracket game he’s in doesn’t have a prize, CBS doesn’t monitor it. The game is administered by the kid’s brother, and as the admin he can change the bracket at any time, even for games already played.

by grimc on Mar 25, 2010 3:24 PM PDT up reply actions  

so?

remember my previous signature?

I can haz footbawl?

by axemen23 on Mar 25, 2010 3:25 PM PDT up reply actions  

It’s under “actions”.

its spelled "S-H-U-F-E-L-T-O-B-L-I-G-A-T-E-D-T-O-D-O-I-T"

by JShufelt on Mar 25, 2010 3:36 PM PDT up reply actions  

but he’s a modern rainman damnit … stop ruining things

by echo31 on Mar 25, 2010 3:41 PM PDT up reply actions  

Bruce Feldman’s response to a question about what is fav beer is:

I drink mostly Miller Lite these days. If I can get Purple Haze, I’ll always order that though.

Fail.

Life is about growth. People are not perfect when they're 21 years old. - Bill Walton

by NEP on Mar 25, 2010 3:24 PM PDT reply actions  

dude its triple hops brewed

Does that mean nothing to you people?!?

Too bad the rest of the country just doesn’t understand what real beer is. My latest homebrew batch (done next week, fuck yeah) was quadruple hops brewed, sorry miller lite, you suck.

I Don't Yell O I SCREAM!

by trumpetduck on Mar 25, 2010 3:29 PM PDT up reply actions  

Purple Haze (from Abita Brewing Co. in Louisiana):

Pretty light and airy but also has a slick, chewy feeling

gross.

http://beeradvocate.com/beer/profile/3/7

Life is about growth. People are not perfect when they're 21 years old. - Bill Walton

by NEP on Mar 25, 2010 3:32 PM PDT up reply actions  

Yeah. Much coolness from Abita. Purple Haze is not one of them. Even the Harvest Ales (Satsuma/Pecan/Strawberry) are better.

Tracy Porter's gonna score! TRACY PORTER'S GONNA SCORE!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! (HT Takimoto)

by AllSaintsDay on Mar 25, 2010 9:15 PM PDT up reply actions  

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