Quack Fix: Ohio State - Oregon Round 2, Utah and Recruiting, Rich Brooks, Russians Winning the World Cup
by dvieira on Jul 3, 2010 8:36 AM PDT
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It's clearly a budget. It's got a lot of numbers in it.
- We have the Ohio State perspective on what Oregon could do in the 2010 football season. Overall, a pretty good take until the end where the author claims that Oregon either overachieves to play the Buckeyes in Glendale or Ohio State underachieves and has to play Oregon as a consolation prize. Most Oregon fans I know look at the Rose Bowl as the one that got away. It's easy to look at the teams and say "the same thing would happen again" but that game was all about opportunities lost and with another year under the belt of a young team, the outcome would be very much in doubt.
- How will the move to the Pac-10 help Utah in recruiting? I think playing alongside the Pac-10 elite every year certainly won't hurt. I am a little concerned about them moving more into Texas for their recruits. I know Texas is a big state but there are only so many recruits to go around.
- Dakotah Keys, an incoming freshman for the Track and Field team, has a torn ligament in his elbow and is waiting to hear recommendations on what to do about next year.
- Another sitdown with former Oregon football coach Rich Brooks.
- Here's a feature on Sam Crouser, the Gatorade National Prep Track Athlete of the Year. He'll be at Oregon in the fall. He's headed to the ESPY's on July 14th where he's in the running to be named the nation's best prep athlete.
- Ed Dickson has signed a three-year contract with the Baltimore Ravens. Congratulations to Ed!
- The University of Oregon finished 14th amongst all Division I schools in the Learfield Cup standings which takes into account overall success of a school's athletic programs during a school year. Even though Oregon finished 14th overall, they were 5th in the Pac-10 which tells you something about this conference. Here are the complete standings.
- And finally, about 8 percent of Russians believe that their team will win the World Cup. The survey was taken between June 18th - 22nd. Unfortunately they never qualified for the tournament.
That's it for the quack today. A lot of the festivities are getting kicked off today. Have a safe weekend.
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I believe that Oregon will win the NCAA men's D-1 ice hockey national championship
and probably women’s swimming and diving as well.
--Dave
Addicted to Quack, SBN's Oregon Ducks blog
but only because Puddles swooped in with a steel chair after the referee was momentairly knocked out
--Dave
Addicted to Quack, SBN's Oregon Ducks blog
In an amazing coincidence,
8% of the Russian population has alcoholic dementia.
Matt Daddy is ATQ’s #1 Soccer Fan.
by HoodRiverDuck on Jul 3, 2010 1:29 PM PDT up reply actions
Regarding Utah and the state of Texas
we’ve done pretty well there as a member of the MWC. I’m guessing the trade-off of not playing there every other year will be washed out by conference affiliation.
I don’t expect Whittingham to ever bring in a top-20 or even top-25 class, especially with the facilities the way they are currently. That said, it would be foolhardy for the staff to immediately give up on what got them to this point and start targeting prospects in the higher weight class. We’re not at a point where we’d win battles with Oregon, USC, or Cal.
SLGT - Let's Go Blues!
Also, for all you soccer fans
FIFA is looking at what penalty Luis Suarez should receive for his game-saving handball against Ghana. Uruguay is whining that he should be allowed to play in a potential world cup final match. I say ban his ass from international competition. Permanently. You don’t do that shit. Ever.
--Dave
Addicted to Quack, SBN's Oregon Ducks blog
Didn’t read the link because I’m on my phone…do they not have established penalty or doing that? Seems pretty much the same as DB being beaten for a TD so the DB just pulls the WR down. I don’t watch socccer enough to know how outrageous it is. I will defer to Bill and HRD.
What I caaaan tell you is this: if more of the games played out like Germany games I think soccer could get much bigger here. I junped on them after USA lost because of my German heritage, but I’ve watched 3 of their matches now and come away thinking they beat USA by 2 touchdowns.
"Maybe your parents didn't believe in you."
by MarineCorpsDuck on Jul 3, 2010 9:02 AM PDT via mobile up reply actions
They just dismantled Argentina.
They played incredible team soccer. You are absolutely right. The way they played today is absolutely why I love soccer, and why I keep trying to convince people it’s worth watching. Their finishing was an absolute clinic. Their defense picked apart a team which was probably more individually talented. They closed down on Argentina’s forwards immediately. Argentina had no tactics, they were planning on their talent winning for them again. No such luck.
If they play like that, nobody is going to beat them unless it’s Paraguay playing for a 0-0 tie and penalty kicks.
by HoodRiverDuck on Jul 3, 2010 9:11 AM PDT up reply actions
The reason I haven't gotten into soccer is simply local connection
all of my sports affiliations are based on that. I love the Blazers, but wouldn’t watch an NBA game not involving them to save my life. Same with the Mariners and MLB (though I tend to be more of a fairweather Mariners fan). I’ve never gotten into the NFL at all (have never cared about the Seahawks like I do the M’s), and of course love the Ducks (and CFB is the exception where I can watch just about anything).
I’ll never be into watching the premier league or whatnot, but I could see myself getting into it once the Timbers move to MLS. I just have to have that rooting interest to stay engaged. I’m going to give it an honest try next season.
--Dave
Addicted to Quack, SBN's Oregon Ducks blog
This is actually an anti-soccer argument I buy into.
I have moved around a lot during my life so I don’t have as strong a local connection to anywhere. Even in Oregon, I’ve lived here twenty years but lived in four different places.
Plus satellite TV makes it easier to follow the European leagues…although it does feel plenty arbitrary to choose a team to root for. I’ll never be as sick for my chosen EPL team (Arsenal) as I will always be for the Ducks.
by HoodRiverDuck on Jul 3, 2010 9:23 AM PDT up reply actions
Yep…seems like the key to hanging with Germany is almost to just sit back in a “prevent defense”. All of their runs seems to mostly come off of counters, so if a team isn’t attacking they can’t turn the ball over, and if they don’t turn the ball over it seems that Germany would have more trouble. They are just ridiculous on the counter. I was just telling my friend it’s like watching Steve Nash, LeBron, and Dwayne Wade on a 3-on-2 fast break against high school kids. It’s amazing how consistently they are side-by-side with their defender and then 2 seconds later they have created 5 yards of separation. This is bad enough for the opponent on it’s own…add in the skill they seem to have in controling the ball and unselfishness they continue to show by making “the extra pass” and after watching them I feel…well…I feel happy that my 2nd team is that good, but I feel a little deflated because it seems like USA has a really long way to go before they can compete with teams like that over the course of a whole World Cup.
In past years I wouldn’t be able to keep watching after USA got knocked out, but like Dom has done lately, I wanted to make sure I really give soccer a fair chance because I’m the type of guy who can never have too much sports. I’ve watched a couple of games now where no stretchers have been required. Hopefully that trend continues.
"Maybe your parents didn't believe in you."
by MarineCorpsDuck on Jul 3, 2010 9:24 AM PDT up reply actions
FWIW
none of the remaining teams are notoriously theatric. Spain if anyone, but they are so talented they don’t have to rely on it.
The only good thing about diving is that it makes teams more obviously hateable. Portugal and Italy in particular. Good riddance to them both. Ghana dove enough during this World Cup that it offset any underdog love I might have given them.
The funny thing is that USA plays tactically similar to Germany, they are just far, far less talented in the back and in the front. If you watched any of the Confederations Cup last summer, this tactic is how we beat Spain 2-0 and had Brazil down 2-0 before Brazil’s talent just wore down our inferior defense and won 3-2.
by HoodRiverDuck on Jul 3, 2010 9:31 AM PDT up reply actions
That’s what I meant before the Ghana game when I was telling people I could get into soccer if USA played like that. For me it had far less to do with Donovan’s goal then it did how they played strategically.
As for the handball from yesterday-I was rooting against Ghana, admittedly because of their use of the stretcher-strategy. That and I found myself wanting to pull a Blount and cold-cock Prince(ss) Boetang’s cocky ass. So my level of outrage is probably subdued by the fact that part of me feels like karma was a bitch for them.
It’d be interesting to know who all of you soccer fans root for during non-World Cup times. If there’s a trend of which team you guys root for, that would take some of the arbitrary picking out of it. I’d be willing to give it a chance…I’d DVR my Investigation Discovery shows for a bit if I had some kind of rooting interest. (OT – Investigation Discovery is like crack for me. Real-life murder mistery, after real-life murder mistery, after real-life CSI forensic show.)
Honestly, does MLS have the same amount of flopping as we saw against Ghana? Mind you, I don’t care AS much about when someone gets slide tackled and holds their leg for a few seconds to sell the call (although I don’t like that one bit) as long as it isn’t done over and over and over again, it isn’t done as a time-wasting strategy, and it isn’t done to the severity of having to be taken off by a stretcher.
I’m going to give MLS a try with the Timbers, but I just want to have appropriate expectations. Is it the same no matter which league I watch, or are some countries/continents worse? I’ve heard Italy is horrible about it. Are there certain countries or continents that you should expect that from?
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by MarineCorpsDuck on Jul 3, 2010 9:49 AM PDT up reply actions
I don't watch as much MLS as I should.
but I haven’t noticed as much bad acting when I have. It’s on the rise, but it’s just not as much fun for me to watch because the talent level is indeed lower. But I will definitely be a freak for the Timbers regardless.
For the most part, the European leagues mirror the national teams in terms of play-style.
English Premier League and the (German Bundesliga) tend to be more tactical and physical, probably more talented top to bottom. The team that comes to mind that plays the most like Germany’s national team is Chelsea.
Spain’s La Liga and Italy’s Serie A play more flowing, short-passing, ‘beautiful’ soccer, like their national sides, and like Brazil and Argentina. The knock on La Liga is that it’s severely top-heavy (Barcelona and Real Madrid are miles better than the rest). The knock on Serie A is that it’s corrupt, staged, and yes, that the league is full of divers.
In CFB terms:
EPL = SEC
Bundesliga = Big 10
La Liga = Pac 10
Serie A = Big 12
(Well, not quite, but close.)
I’m relatively new to European soccer to be fair, but that’s how I see things in the 3-4 years I’ve been watching so far.
by HoodRiverDuck on Jul 3, 2010 10:14 AM PDT up reply actions
The biggest benefit I see to jumping on a German team is that it looks like they will be insane at the 2014 World Cup. It seems like half of their team will be just getting into their prime by that time.
Ich liebe Amerika, aber meine Familie hat deutsche Erbe...So go Deutschland! Gewinnen die Fussball-Weltmeisterschaft!!!
by MarineCorpsDuck on Jul 3, 2010 10:52 AM PDT up reply actions
Indeed
They don’t even have their usual captain Michael Ballack, one of the best midfielders in the world. He might be too old for 2014, but to think they could look even better than they have the last two games is scary.
by HoodRiverDuck on Jul 3, 2010 11:01 AM PDT up reply actions
Is that the guy they kept showing who looked like he belonged on a soap opera? The guy they were saying is probably done on that team because of the tempo change?
Ich liebe Amerika, aber meine Familie hat deutsche Erbe...So go Deutschland! Gewinnen die Fussball-Weltmeisterschaft!!!
by MarineCorpsDuck on Jul 3, 2010 11:04 AM PDT up reply actions
Not sure
Ballack got some camera time today, he’s in a $3000 suit up in the stands though.
by HoodRiverDuck on Jul 3, 2010 11:06 AM PDT up reply actions
You pulling for Spain or Paraguay?
Ich liebe Amerika, aber meine Familie hat deutsche Erbe...So go Deutschland! Gewinnen die Fussball-Weltmeisterschaft!!!
by MarineCorpsDuck on Jul 3, 2010 11:32 AM PDT up reply actions
Spain
Paraguay plays really boring soccer. Plus my favorite player on Arsenal (Cesc Fabregas) plays for Spain.
by HoodRiverDuck on Jul 3, 2010 11:41 AM PDT up reply actions
Also
in international terms Spain has been pretty hard-luck.
by HoodRiverDuck on Jul 3, 2010 11:44 AM PDT up reply actions
The really biggest benefit
Is that Germany is the shit and the best team. They are so consistently good, there have only been 4 world cups they have not made the quarters, withdrew once, banned once (1950, why could they have been banned?) and lost in round 1, lost in round 2. Lost in the quarters 3 times. 4th place once, 3th place 3 times. Runners up 4 times and 3 time champions. Link check out the results chart on the wiki page, so impressive.
The team nickname is Die Mannschaft (The Team), or Die DFB-Elf (The DFB-Eleven). So awesome. Go Germany!!!
Go Ducks.....Ducks Go!!!!!
Saying Die Mannschaft in a falsetto Dieter voice
is incredibly pleasing.
by HoodRiverDuck on Jul 3, 2010 11:42 AM PDT up reply actions
This is dead on.
I would maybe give the overall nod to the Bundesliga if your main goal is to avoid flopping. I also like it as the best combination of physical play and measured, flowing passing. Generally I find it entertaining to mix watching all these leagues due to the different styles, and all of these descriptions are generalizations – you will find flowing play at times in all of them, brutal play, and flopping at various times in all of them – but the description above is a good summary.
I would add that the South American leagues are a lot harder to find on TV but I find them more enjoyable, they seem to be less about the team that can purchase the most expensive players, less about the prima dona’s that are built up to be great and don’t always live up to it, and more about players that aren’t yet completely discovered yet but are still great, many of which will be purchased and off to Europe after a few years. Another gross generalization, but generally true, I find the play more complete, and less about flopping, too. Argentina’s Primera Division and Brazil’s Serie A are the two to follow.
Another interesting thing about club soccer is that they have tournaments where the best teams in the leagues play each other leagues play each other. UEFA Cup in Europe and the Copa Liberators in South America.
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by Bill Musgrave on Jul 3, 2010 1:42 PM PDT up reply actions
The structure of the European leagues is awesome
Promotion and relegation. Multi-divisional cups so that minnows can actually beat sharks. Interleague tournaments. It gives so much more meaning to so many more matches.
Matt Daddy is ATQ’s #1 Soccer Fan.
by HoodRiverDuck on Jul 3, 2010 2:44 PM PDT via mobile up reply actions
I love promotion/relegation
you don’t know how much I wish american sports had this.
--Dave
Addicted to Quack, SBN's Oregon Ducks blog
but we'd lose coug fan to the La. Tech site...
My god, they should take [The vuvuzelas] into the mountainous caves region of Pakistan and play them until Osama bin Laden comes running out, screaming, "OK, OK! I give!"
--Rick Reilly
Might want to watch your mouth, you could get relegated to the Dawg Pound.
Thank you track, baseball, softball, and golf for ending my summer hibernation.
by Bill Musgrave on Jul 3, 2010 5:56 PM PDT up reply actions 3 recs
You'd get a press release within a week
something about Lear Pilot and myself gravely wounding each other in a colonial-style duel.
My god, they should take [The vuvuzelas] into the mountainous caves region of Pakistan and play them until Osama bin Laden comes running out, screaming, "OK, OK! I give!"
--Rick Reilly
I haven't seen a handball on the line like that.
The penalty is still the same as a red card, they miss the next match.
Some soccer fans are lauding it as a heads-up play. Option is lose or take a red card, he did take the winning option.
It doesn’t sit right with me, though. But it’s akin to Hack-a-Shaq or the example MCD gives above. I doubt FIFA will come up with anything exceptional for him, but who knows.
by HoodRiverDuck on Jul 3, 2010 9:06 AM PDT up reply actions
yeah, I doubt it, too
Its really a problem of timing. If that happens in the 32nd minute, its not nearly as big a deal.
There’s not really a good way to legislate that. As much as that play made me sick, and emotionally I’d love to see him banned, banning Suarez amount to an ex post facto ruling, which isn’t really fair. Its just a crappy thing that happened and there probably isn’t much to be done about it.
I just hope that Uruguay gets destroyed by the Dutch.
--Dave
Addicted to Quack, SBN's Oregon Ducks blog
I just hope that Uruguay gets destroyed by the Dutch.
This. Although I admit I was actually loving the way Uruguay was playing the entire tournament up until that moment. Wasn’t a big fan of Abreu chipping the decisive PK either.
Ghana may have deserved to win, but still, Gyan really has to bury that PK.
I would love to see a Netherlands-Germany final. Germany-Spain should be a great game too.
by HoodRiverDuck on Jul 3, 2010 9:19 AM PDT up reply actions
Presuming Spain wins obviously. Paraguay is almost definitely going to play for the tie.
by HoodRiverDuck on Jul 3, 2010 9:20 AM PDT up reply actions
Exactly, that is such a huge bummer for me, I can't root for them now.
They had a nice possession offense, good flow, pretty dominant defense, and then lethal up front with Forlan and Suarez.
They also have the byline of being an old school power that has lost it’s luster so much that it doesn’t necessarily even expect to make the cup anymore, with a chance at returned glory.
I was kinda pulling for them to sneak in and win it all, now it will feel cheap if they do, for me.
Thank you track, baseball, softball, and golf for ending my summer hibernation.
by Bill Musgrave on Jul 3, 2010 1:01 PM PDT up reply actions
I can't fault him
If that was you, in the World Cup at that point in a game, what would your reaction be if you were Suarez? Mine would probably be the same, simply out of instinct.
Not saying it was right or anything, but I can see why it happened.
I don’t have enough context to say. If the in-the-know soccer fans aren’t riled up, I’m not either. I struggle more than a lot of people with these types of things because of the integrity aspect: I don’t like loopholes or people getting around laws/rules by citing the letter of the law/rule knowing full well what the intent/spirit of the rule is. In this case though, I guess that doesn’t really come into play. He seems like he’s going to receive the established punishment. It’s not like they missed the call. The punishment called for a red card and a penalty kick, and that’s what happened.
It’s more of another question about the rules of the sport. We’ve debated ad nauseum how to get rid of flopping. I think the question here is: does the established punishment fit the crime? If so, it’s no biggie to me. If not, the rule needs to change. Either way, I guess I don’t think the player himself should receive any punishment beyond what is established in the rules.
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by MarineCorpsDuck on Jul 3, 2010 11:01 AM PDT up reply actions
Now that I think of it, this is the second time its happened this year
Henry, for France, intentionally handed a ball to himself to score the goal to put France into the World Cup over Ireland. It wasn’t caught, so the goal stood and it he wasn’t punished. That, to me, was worse than this.
by Brian Floyd on Jul 3, 2010 11:09 AM PDT via mobile up reply actions
And even worse now given the horrendous display the French put on
Ireland wins the Schadenfreude Cup this year at least.
by HoodRiverDuck on Jul 3, 2010 11:12 AM PDT up reply actions
France surrenders…whoda’ thunk it? Can you imagine if the US team had done that? They just get crucified. I don’t really care what the coach did or if you agree/disagree with dismissing a player. There’s a much better way to handle that situation. I like to think the USA team would go watch Varsity Blues, bring the dismissed player back as the coach, have him call a Hook & Ladder (lateral) in extra time, and watch Billy Bob rumble in for the game winner. France…pffffft.
Ich liebe Amerika, aber meine Familie hat deutsche Erbe...So go Deutschland! Gewinnen die Fussball-Weltmeisterschaft!!!
by MarineCorpsDuck on Jul 3, 2010 11:18 AM PDT up reply actions
Is it just me...
Or is anyone else sick of the “France always surrenders” stereotype. It’s just so wrong.
You’re right. They don’t always surrender. Sometimes they tie or, in some cases, call their loss a win.
http://www.albinoblacksheep.com/text/france.html
--Dominic, Addicted to Quack
Autzen Stadium is where great teams go to die." - J. Brady McCullough, The Michigan Daily.
Very funny article. But I think there is much more to consider when looking at France’s military history.
The soccer team for France personified the stereotypes, so of course people are going to have some fun with it.
Ich liebe Amerika, aber meine Familie hat deutsche Erbe...So go Deutschland! Gewinnen die Fussball-Weltmeisterschaft!!!
by MarineCorpsDuck on Jul 3, 2010 2:19 PM PDT up reply actions
Well, that isn’t a personification, but I get what you’re saying.
To me, however, it exemplified the constant internal rifts that define French people culture, and politics, as well as their perpetual mistrust of authority.
The French are actually fine fighters and innovators of military tactics. And if anybody knew anything about what actually happened during WWII, people would recognize that the French didn’t roll over and die. It was extremely circumstantial. And if it were up to me, I’d always want the French on my side. They bring great wine.
I think we all understand this, but sometimes it’s just fun to pick on each others differences. French military, all Americans are fat, etc
--Dominic, Addicted to Quack
Autzen Stadium is where great teams go to die." - J. Brady McCullough, The Michigan Daily.
This. I am bowing out of the conversation now because this is getting far too serious, far too quickly.
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by MarineCorpsDuck on Jul 3, 2010 2:31 PM PDT up reply actions
People named CaDuck are stupid.
Amidoingitrite?
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by Bill Musgrave on Jul 3, 2010 2:38 PM PDT up reply actions
Come on man, get up! Get up and fight I say!
Thank you track, baseball, softball, and golf for ending my summer hibernation.
by Bill Musgrave on Jul 3, 2010 2:45 PM PDT up reply actions
Did I forget to mention that I am French (not really)?
I refuse to fight sir.
Self-anointed President of the Kenjon Barner fan club.
Ha, "touche".
Thank you track, baseball, softball, and golf for ending my summer hibernation.
by Bill Musgrave on Jul 3, 2010 2:52 PM PDT up reply actions
Somehow the idea of using your hand intentionally on offense rather than defense comes out one step more douchebaggy to me.
Still, it ain’t right to need to cheat – choose to commit a penalty and not admit it – to win.
To me.
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by Bill Musgrave on Jul 3, 2010 1:05 PM PDT up reply actions
I am one of those who think it was a heads-up play. Exchange a game-winning goal for a red card and force the opponent to make a PK.
Suarez did what he should have done
Is he supposed to sit there and watch the ball go in? You do whatever it takes to win. Sucks to be Ghana but they should have made that penalty kick. I didn’t like them anyway. FIFA also just said that it won’t be anything more than the one game ban for the red card.
I don't fault him more than the rules allow for punishment
I mean, you only get one shot at the WC in your prime years if you’re extremely lucky. If he doesn’t use his hands, he can’t stop the ball. Ghana had the shot to win, and missed. I say suspend him for the rest of the WC and move on.
My god, they should take [The vuvuzelas] into the mountainous caves region of Pakistan and play them until Osama bin Laden comes running out, screaming, "OK, OK! I give!"
--Rick Reilly
New Look Pac-10 Logo
here it is on the field at Autzen
http://www.kval.com/sports/97628984.html
--Dominic, Addicted to Quack
Autzen Stadium is where great teams go to die." - J. Brady McCullough, The Michigan Daily.
I know I'm in the minority
but I think it looks sharp. I like the mountain peak in the middle, and I like the font.
by HoodRiverDuck on Jul 3, 2010 9:46 AM PDT up reply actions
I like it. I like the shield.
Ich liebe Amerika, aber meine Familie hat deutsche Erbe...So go Deutschland! Gewinnen die Fussball-Weltmeisterschaft!!!
by MarineCorpsDuck on Jul 3, 2010 9:50 AM PDT up reply actions
The logo is sarting to grow on me,
But I still think that the mountain below the “A” looks goofy.
Self-anointed President of the Kenjon Barner fan club.
Like a fungus?
Don't look those hoodie-clad Huskies in the eyes. They'll give you lupus.
by TennesseeQuackAttack8 on Jul 3, 2010 10:22 AM PDT up reply actions
I glad the Pac finally decided to adopt it’s true colors of green and yellow.
I want Canzano to stand there in that [expletive] white uniform, and with his Harvard mouth, extend Chip some [expletive] courtesy! Addicted to Quack
I wonder if they’ll use different colors?
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by MarineCorpsDuck on Jul 3, 2010 9:51 AM PDT up reply actions
I think each school gets to use their colors on the logo. I saw a pic of the one the fuskies put on their hoops floor and it looked purple and white
I want Canzano to stand there in that [expletive] white uniform, and with his Harvard mouth, extend Chip some [expletive] courtesy! Addicted to Quack
I just threw up in my mouth a little thinking about it.
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by MarineCorpsDuck on Jul 3, 2010 11:03 AM PDT up reply actions
you chocolate cake too?
My god, they should take [The vuvuzelas] into the mountainous caves region of Pakistan and play them until Osama bin Laden comes running out, screaming, "OK, OK! I give!"
--Rick Reilly
I just noticed that mountain for the first time
I think it looks terrible. The graphic is so lopsided down to the bottom right corner, where there is nothing. Why are we even associating mountains with our conference? Is that our way of rolling out the welcome mat for Utah and Colorado? I dont think any of the ten schools are in mountain towns or even by one, it makes no sense.
Go Ducks.....Ducks Go!!!!!
I just hate the logo in general
The mountains don’t bother me—Pac-10 country has the whole of the Cascades and Sierra Nevadas going through it. I just think the logo is visually unappealing.
--Dave
Addicted to Quack, SBN's Oregon Ducks blog
It’s 11:15??? Damn you ATQ! Damn you World Cup! So much for cutting the grass and getting some work done before Motocross starts. Maybe I can do some of it between Motocross and UFC 116.
For those of you who watch UFC, you got Lesnar or Carwin? This is going to be like a feaking science experiment tonight. I’ve thought for a while now that Lesnar is probably knockout-proof with his huge neck, which will help prevent the head-snap type knockout, and the fact that I’m pretty sure his skull is 4x thicker than the average man which will help prevent the concussion type knockout. If there’s anyone who can knock him out in this world it’s Carwin, who’s 12-0, all 12 wins coming by knockout or stoppage in the 1st round. If Carwin hits him hard and Lesnar doesn’t wobble, I’ll be convinced that it’s physically impossible to knock him out without a baseball bat or sledgehammer. In that case, unless some BJJ guy can submit him, I don’t see how he can lose.
For those of you who don’t watch UFC but have considered it, tonight would be a good fight to start with if you want to see some action. There is basically no chance of this fight going to the judges. Who ya’ got? I’ve got Lesnar.
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by MarineCorpsDuck on Jul 3, 2010 11:14 AM PDT reply actions
Lesnar is more bear than human, he is such a freaking beast
I dont see any way he can be stopped. Going to be a great fight though.
Go Ducks.....Ducks Go!!!!!
I’d say he more Pig-Bear-Man than Bear-Man-Pig.
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by MarineCorpsDuck on Jul 3, 2010 11:21 AM PDT up reply actions
I’m super serial you guys.
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by MarineCorpsDuck on Jul 3, 2010 11:22 AM PDT up reply actions
How scared is everyone else in that division going to be if Carwin can’t at least rock him a little? The only people who will even stand a chance after that will be people with great Jiu Jitsu who can try to submit him like Mir did in their first fight. The thing that compounds their problem is that since that loss, he has improved pretty much exponentially from fight to fight. If Carwin can’t at least hurt him, that division is going to be mentally defeated already I don’t care what they say.
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by MarineCorpsDuck on Jul 3, 2010 11:29 AM PDT up reply actions
I don't think the division is screwed, still
Cain Velasquez is still lying in wait and has a good shot against these guys. The UFC HW division isn’t that great overall, though.
Yeah I agree. I think Cain is sick. However, Carwin is the fighter with the best chance of knocking out or stopping Lesnar through strikes. If Carwin can’t hurt Lesnar I can’t see Velasquez doing so.
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by MarineCorpsDuck on Jul 3, 2010 1:17 PM PDT up reply actions
So much for cutting the grass and getting some work done
ATQ: Keeping lawns uncut since 2007.
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Lesnar
I don’t reallly like him, but I’m not really betting against the land-manatee.
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by Bill Musgrave on Jul 3, 2010 1:10 PM PDT up reply actions
I don’t like Carwin. I know Lesnar rubs people the wrong way, but he just makes me laugh. He’s over-the-top enough to me that he just seems like he’s doing his old WWE thing…and it works because his fights get the highest PPV buys. He’s polarizing for sure.
I don’t like Carwin at all. There’s something about him I don’t like. I can’t put my finger on it. And I can’t stand the team he trains with. I’m not a “Lesnar fan” though so I don’t really mind seeing Carwin win I guess.
SBN has an MMA blog, BloodyElbow.com in case anyone is interested…and because Dave might ban us for talking about MMA lol. Here’s a preview and predictions of tonight’s card.
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by MarineCorpsDuck on Jul 3, 2010 1:38 PM PDT up reply actions
BloodyElbow.com pulls in some crazy traffic numbers. They got a million page views over the last week.
The Brock Lesnar effect. I think this fight might be the biggest PPV numbers the UFC has pulled because 1) Lesnar is so polarizing, and 2) Peolple want to know if Lesnar can be knocked out, and nobody will be more likely to do that than a guy who is 12-0, all 12 by first round knockout or stoppage. It’s crazy to think that Carwin hasn’t ever gotten to a 2nd round.
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by MarineCorpsDuck on Jul 3, 2010 1:47 PM PDT up reply actions
BloodyElbow is really well written
It’s not just some random dudes writing about MMA. The guys that run it have actual cred and know what they’re talking about.
A million page views in a week is insane.
They do have a site devoted to an entire sport. Not to detract from it, but we could get a million page view per week if we were THE site devoted to college basketball.
They call him Rags. Where he goes, no-hitters follow.
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by TennesseeQuackAttack8 on Jul 3, 2010 1:22 PM PDT up reply actions
You're talking about the seafaring manatee.
I’m talking about the land-manatee, which was the result of breeding by early american settlers in Florida. They took the sea-manatee and crossed it with Kowalsky for attitude and legs to walk upon. The end result is a massive and angry block of wood which is the same width from head to toe.
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by Bill Musgrave on Jul 3, 2010 1:57 PM PDT up reply actions
“It’s half Lion and half Tiger. It’s pretty much Bill’s favorite animal.”
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by MarineCorpsDuck on Jul 3, 2010 2:08 PM PDT up reply actions 1 recs
talking about MMA is a new low for this blog
I get why people like soccer. I don’t get MMA or NASCAR at all.
--Dave
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Watching people beat the living hell out of each other can be quite entertaining.
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by TennesseeQuackAttack8 on Jul 3, 2010 1:29 PM PDT up reply actions
The Marine Corps Martial Arts Program incoroporates most of the disciplines that the UFC fighters use, so I’m probably in a little bit of a different position than many people. I enjoy the skill involved in it. For many people it probably just looks like a streetfight, so I guess I can understand why some don’t like it. It certainly isn’t for everyone. It has become exponentially more popular over the past several years since The Ultimate Fighter television show came around. Dana White, the UFC President, focuses so much on the fighters being “professionals” that he’s really changed the culture and addressed the “human cockfighting” reputation that they had.
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by MarineCorpsDuck on Jul 3, 2010 1:34 PM PDT up reply actions
eh
I was joking a bit about it being a “new low”. I just don’t like watching people beat the crap out of each other. I know they’re there voluntarily, but it just doesn’t appeal to me (I don’t really like boxing, either, for much the same reason)
Now, I respect the skills that a lot of those guys have. It just isn’t that appealing to me.
--Dave
Addicted to Quack, SBN's Oregon Ducks blog
Fair enough. I should envoke the argument that since you don’t like MMA because of people beatting the crap out of each other, and in football the beat the crap out of each other on every play, you now aren’t allowed to like football anymore…but I wouldn’t want to start that whole thing up again lol.
It definitely isn’t for everyone, and I get why you might not like it. It will never become totally mainstream because a lot of people don’t want to see that. I respect this stance more than the stance of, say, Isaac & Suke on 1080 The Fan up here…they legitimately think that it’s a “fad” and that the skill required to be a boxer is so much more important. This is pure ignorance in my opinion; just because they don’t know and understand the techniques used in the different martial arts doesn’t mean that it’s just 2 idiots having a bar fight in a cage.
Think about hard it is to become a black belt in any single martial art. Let’s take Jiu Jitsu for example: it would take someone years to achieve a black belt. Now think about trying to get to that level in Jiu Jitsu and kickboxing, have good enough wrestling to keep a former D1 National Champion college wrestler from taking you down, good enough boxing defense to keep a former Gold Gloves champion from knocking you out, and a good enough understand and defense of any other discipline that the person you are fighting excels at. There are so many more techniques and skills in MMA.
That’s not to say that MMA is “better”. I personally like it better, but that’s for each fight fan to decide. Also, the people who think MMA is less difficult because the champions aren’t undefeated are ridiculous. What makes UFC so great is that they give the fans the fights they want to see. In boxing, they have a guy who has great potential fight 20 shmucks to get his record looking better. It’s like Boise State running through the WAC. The reason there aren’t many UFC fighters who are undefeated is because it’s such a hard sport and they make the fighters fight the fights the people want to see. What irritates me are elitist the boxing fans who act like MMA is some kind of trend that will go away. It’s only getting bigger. If you don’t want to watch because you don’t enjoy FIGHTING, I don’t think anyone can really argue with that.
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by MarineCorpsDuck on Jul 3, 2010 2:54 PM PDT up reply actions
What don’t you like about it? You don’t think it’s still the same that it was 10 years ago when it was called human cockfighting do you?
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by MarineCorpsDuck on Jul 3, 2010 1:31 PM PDT up reply actions
MMA is okay. I prefer old school Boxing myself. I don’t follow it, but I enjoy watching an MMA fight when I go to a sports bar or something.
NASCAR – I find it soooo boring. It’s amazing to me that it is so successful.
it’s spelled "S-H-U-F-E-L-T-A-L-I-T-T-L-E-H-O-S-T-I-L-E"
NASCAR sucks.
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by CaDuck on Jul 3, 2010 2:21 PM PDT up reply actions 1 recs
I used to love boxing. Then I got sick of paying the PPV cost only to be disappointed because the fighters are both so afraid of losing that they just run from each other, or because the judges give the win to a guy purely based on his name. This happens sometimes in UFC, but not nearly as often. The undercards are often better than the main event in MMA too.
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by MarineCorpsDuck on Jul 3, 2010 2:58 PM PDT up reply actions
We could talk about the tour de farce if you like instead.
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Dont talk sh*t on the Tour de France!
It seems like it should be boring, but the mountain stages are actually really fun to watch and get into.
Self-anointed President of the Kenjon Barner fan club.
are you blood doping while you watch it?
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I know I am.
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by HoodRiverDuck on Jul 3, 2010 2:37 PM PDT via mobile up reply actions
Presuming bourbon counts.
Matt Daddy is ATQ’s #1 Soccer Fan.
by HoodRiverDuck on Jul 3, 2010 2:38 PM PDT via mobile up reply actions
For the last time, Floyd Landis never took synthetic testosterone!
As Stephen Colbert put it, he just has “big american balls”!
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Floyd Landis disagrees with you and Colbert.
Floyd Landis has no credibility whatsoever and yet I am 100% convinced he’s telling the truth this time around. Stupid Jose Canseco.
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by HoodRiverDuck on Jul 3, 2010 2:57 PM PDT via mobile up reply actions
I’m waiting for you to start giving us the merits of F1 racing again lol.
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by MarineCorpsDuck on Jul 3, 2010 2:39 PM PDT up reply actions
Oh god, no.
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Dear Football Season,
Please start so we can all stop kicking the shit out each other about what other sports are acceptable.
Sincerely,
Bill Musgrave
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by Bill Musgrave on Jul 3, 2010 2:42 PM PDT up reply actions
We could just invite a couple husky fans over and kick the shit out of them again.
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Kind of a sport in itself.
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by Bill Musgrave on Jul 3, 2010 2:49 PM PDT up reply actions
I’m using this the next time I have to do a “team building exercise” to build cohesiveness within my team at work. What could bring people together and make them feel more together than this? This will put trust falls to SHAME!
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by MarineCorpsDuck on Jul 3, 2010 3:00 PM PDT up reply actions
Great news!
Only two months until football season!
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you mean the motorbike tour?
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The inner geek in me makes me laugh at the fact that a guy’s name is Angel Pagan (outfielder for the Mets). How contradictory!
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by TennesseeQuackAttack8 on Jul 3, 2010 1:39 PM PDT reply actions
That guy is such a Dirtbag.
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by HoodRiverDuck on Jul 3, 2010 1:39 PM PDT up reply actions
He plays for the Mutts. Of course he is.
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by TennesseeQuackAttack8 on Jul 3, 2010 1:42 PM PDT up reply actions
Sam Crouser went to my school
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Batum will never be considered a superstar.
he is so great that his awesomeness status is in another dimension
Good thing Texas got that unfair sweet Big 12 deal plus their own network. They only made a $66 million profit last year. Yikes.
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The report showed Texas made the most money off its football program, pulling in a profit of just over $65 million while spending $22.5 million. Ohio State spent the most on its football program, over $32.3 million, and was second with a profit of nearly $35.9 million.
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by NEP on Jul 4, 2010 8:49 AM PDT up reply actions
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