Quack Fix: Walter Thurmond goes to Seattle, Tim Tebow, Penn Relays, and Baseball Wins Again

by dvieira on Apr 24, 2010 8:46 AM PDT in Morning Quack Fix

Remember to contact me about the Spring Game and meeting up with your fellow addicts! I'll be sending out emails this weekend to everyone that is contacted me so don't hesitate. On with the quack.

Oregon softball lost to Arizona State yesterday, 10-3. Every time I read a recap about Oregon softball, I'm just amazed at the turnaround from last year. I know that people are stressed about the Oregon men's basketball situation but sometimes finding the right guy takes awhile.
In the 115-year history of the Penn Relays, the Oregon track team had never won a race. That all changed yesterday. The Penn Relays will continue today.
The baseball team continued their winning ways yesterday with a 12-2 win over the USC Trojans at PK Park. LaMichael James had 127 yards and 2 TDs. John Boyett made a great sack when....oh sorry, flashbacks.
I don't want to start a Tim Tebow flame war but I thought this article from John Hunt was interesting take on the Oregon QBs' perspective of Tebow's draft night.
TJ Ward and Ed Dickson were taken in the NFL Draft yesterday. I'm going to pull my best Mel Kiper Jr. and say that I think LeGarrette Blount is headed to the Cleveland Browns today. We'll see if my prediction comes true. Walter Thurmond went to Seattle today in the today in the 3rd round.
Nothing really new on the basketball coach search but there is this article suggesting that Oregon's search could aim a bit lower. Here's just a quick observation on this whole thing. We have the media fanning the flames about the "failures" of the search committee, we have misinformation on who has been contacted, we have a mostly silent University of Oregon and we have local media giving out all kinds of conflicting stories. When was the last something like this happened? Did it, perhaps, involve a laptop and projector? Just saying.
The football 2010 recruiting class is already putting in work this spring.

There should be some interesting happenings today so make sure to add those notes to the fix below. I'm going to take this time to go fishing. I'm out!

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Hey Dom, any way you could put this on the front page?

Jason Heyward and Eddie Pleasant exert great force upon the objects that they encounter in their respective lines of athletic competition.

by TennesseeQuackAttack8 on Apr 24, 2010 8:48 AM PDT reply actions

Nah, its just round three. You have it linked and it’s at the top of the Fan Posts. Looks good enough for government work.

--Dominic, Addicted to Quack

Autzen Stadium is where great teams go to die." - J. Brady McCullough, The Michigan Daily.

by dvieira on Apr 24, 2010 8:54 AM PDT up reply actions

Aww, so now you're insinuating that Tako is better than me.

I feel like Gerhart, discriminated against.

Jason Heyward and Eddie Pleasant exert great force upon the objects that they encounter in their respective lines of athletic competition.

by TennesseeQuackAttack8 on Apr 24, 2010 9:02 AM PDT up reply actions

I am better than you.

They call him Rags. Where he goes, no-hitters follow.
Addicted to Quack, the home of Tako Tuesdays

by Takimoto on Apr 24, 2010 11:11 AM PDT up reply actions

But are you better than The Impact?

"Maybe your parents didn't believe in you."

by MarineCorpsDuck on Apr 24, 2010 3:34 PM PDT up reply actions

Or Bill Bufton?

I can haz footbawl?

by axemen23 on Apr 24, 2010 3:53 PM PDT up reply actions

Ah, really? Is that why my draft thread had more comments than your 2 combined?

Love you, Tako.

Jason Heyward and Eddie Pleasant exert great force upon the objects that they encounter in their respective lines of athletic competition.

by TennesseeQuackAttack8 on Apr 24, 2010 6:30 PM PDT up reply actions

You’re approaching axemen levels of annoying.

They call him Rags. Where he goes, no-hitters follow.
Addicted to Quack, the home of Tako Tuesdays

by Takimoto on Apr 24, 2010 6:39 PM PDT up reply actions

Someone’s a little fucking touchy this evening

Jason Heyward and Eddie Pleasant exert great force upon the objects that they encounter in their respective lines of athletic competition.

by TennesseeQuackAttack8 on Apr 24, 2010 6:41 PM PDT up reply actions

I’m just giving you shit, don’t think anything of it.

They call him Rags. Where he goes, no-hitters follow.
Addicted to Quack, the home of Tako Tuesdays

by Takimoto on Apr 24, 2010 6:54 PM PDT up reply actions

Well, I certainly fell into the

Jason Heyward and Eddie Pleasant exert great force upon the objects that they encounter in their respective lines of athletic competition.

by TennesseeQuackAttack8 on Apr 24, 2010 6:56 PM PDT up reply actions

Dana Altman might be our next coach

http://www.gocreighton.com/SportSelect.dbml?DB_OEM_ID=1000&KEY=&SPID=69&SPSID=89378

A CU poster thinks he’ll bring his assistants with him. Fox is reporting it.

by Ducks73 on Apr 24, 2010 10:24 AM PDT reply actions

Hmm. Very interesting.

Jason Heyward and Eddie Pleasant exert great force upon the objects that they encounter in their respective lines of athletic competition.

by TennesseeQuackAttack8 on Apr 24, 2010 10:29 AM PDT up reply actions

Don't recall seeing this name come up before.

Unlike the other high-profile targets, Altman might actually be ready for a change of scenery. 13 years at a mid-major is a long time. I’d be surprised, given his non-meteoric status, if this turns out to be yet another successful effort to raise the salary of a coach at another school.

Trouble is, he had one shot at a major conference job already — @ Kansas State — and didn’t exactly set the world afire.

To his credit, he’s averaged 21 wins a season in the MVC, a competitive conference to be sure.

The upcoming sales job will be interesting.

BENZDUCK FOR ATHLETIC DIRECTOR!
Why the hell not?

by benzduck on Apr 24, 2010 12:07 PM PDT up reply actions