Quack Fix: Fall camp begins, optimism abounds, though a few questions loom
by jtlight on Aug 9, 2010 7:56 AM PDT
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PrintFall camp is here! And we're a mere 26 days away from football! Here's your fix:
- Rob Moseley's story today is about the start of fall camp, and the Ducks' preparations to defended their Pac-10 title. The Ducks have been working hard over the offseason, but Spencer Paysinger in particular is looking forward to the first formal practice. The Ducks should come out with a lot of intensity, fueled by the pressure to repeat. It will be fun to watch how the intensity and motivation continue over the next month.
- Ken Goe takes a look at 5 questions the Ducks face heading into fall camp. I'm particular excited to see how question #5 (Will anybody step up as a lockdown corner?) is answered. There is a lot of pure talent at the position, but much of it is young and mostly inexperienced. Cliff Harris could be the best pure CB we've seen in some time, but we'll just have to see if he can grow into that role.
- Rob Ricket has 5 things to watch during camp. One player he lists is Dontae Williams, who could be a great power back compliment to LMJ, Barner, and Seastrunk. But let's not write off Remene Alston just yet, who will definitely get some playing time this year.
- For those with ESPN Insider, Bruce Feldman has a piece on LaMichael James and his tumultuous offseason. It does seem like James has learned a lot throughout the past 6 months, and is looking to grow not just as a football player, but as a person (Update: full article is posted for free at Duck Territory).
- Ted Miller has his pre-camp module on the Ducks. He tabs Dion Jordan to be a breakout player for the Ducks, as well as Michael Clay. It's exciting to have to much young talent the Ducks have, that have the ability to constantly push the veterans.
- Aaron Fentress wraps up Oregon's All-Decade team, and includes some commentary from Keenan Howry, who made the team as a wide receiver and punt returner. One of the closer votes was for the second running back position, as LaMichael James edged out Maurice Morris and Onterrio Smith. Fentress also compares the Oregon and OSU all-decade teams, and thinks the Beavs would win a close one.
- Lastly, for a bit of future opponent news, Tennessee has lost two starting defensive linement for the season to Achilles injuries. DE Ben Martin and at DT Marlon Walls will both be unavailable this season, and Tennessee is scrambling to figure out how to replace both players. It's gotten so bad, Coach Derek Dooley is joking about running a 1-6.
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And things are unresolved at kicker, where Rob Beard will try to hold off freshman Alejandro Maldonado, who has Lady Gaga in his corner.
Beard doesn’t stand a chance.
http://espn.go.com/blog/pac10/post/_/id/11561/opening-camp-oregon
Life is about growth. People are not perfect when they're 21 years old. - Bill Walton
I don't know if Beard has a chance either.
Maldonado can really kick. And, he gets it off so fast. The sound of ball-foot contact is, well, noticeable.
"If you can't copy 'em, don't imitate ''em."
YOGI BERRA
ESPN on LMJ's arrest
Insider only: http://insider.espn.go.com/ncf/blog?name=feldman_bruce&id=5448507
James spent three nights in jail surrounded by about 25 other men behind bars, he said.
“It’s the worst thing, by far, that I’ve ever had to go through in my life, including the deaths of people close to me,” he said. “I’m there thinking, ’I’m embarrassed for my family. I’m embarrassed for my team. I’m embarrassed for my school, where I’m from [in Texas], the community here.’ Everyone knows me here. I’m held to higher standards. I’m supposed to be bigger than that. It really hurt because I couldn’t say anything. I couldn’t defend myself. I just walked around and was viewed as a person that I’m really not.”
James said of his jail time that he “was on lockdown 24 hours a day,” but did say the other men behind bars were very respectful to him. Perhaps the toughest part of dealing with the ordeal was calling his family back in Texas.
“I had to call my sister from jail,” he said. “She really didn’t understand. I’m the only guy in my family and they are very, very protective of me. This was my ex-girlfriend. They knew her. They were talking to her the same day. They didn’t understand.”
"Good evening Blazer fans, wherever you may be!"-Bill Schonely
The comments from his sister were particularly interesting
and shed some light on why Kelly probably maintained that some in the media didn’t have the full story (even though they claimed their own sources). It also explains how he was able to finish his classes in good standing.
Once again...this is why you never talk to the Police
Especially in domestic abuse cases.
by ppilot on Aug 9, 2010 9:57 AM PDT up reply actions 1 recs
Someone who can actually go to camp should let us know who gets the snaps at QB
thanks in advance
Q: How come Oregon State players haven't gotten in trouble for stealing anything from a frat house?
A: Who wants to steal a lunchbox?
by QuackQuackAttack on Aug 9, 2010 8:47 AM PDT reply actions
Will probably be about 50-50 I would guess
Maybe a few snaps going to some of the backups as well…
"Good evening Blazer fans, wherever you may be!"-Bill Schonely
"You’re going to hear the (defensive backs) jumping around, hollering and everything," Paysinger said.
"You’ll see the linebackers calm, cool and collected. You’re going to see Nate Costa running the offense to precision."
"And other than that, just a lot of intensity. First day, fresh legs, out in the sun — you couldn’t ask for anything better."
Paysinger anticipates the senior Costa getting the first reps at quarterback in place of Masoli today.
Mr. Paysinger has registered his vote for starting QB.
Life is about growth. People are not perfect when they're 21 years old. - Bill Walton
I just don't see how Costa doesn't get the job.
"Our expectations are to win every game we play. I don’t know if that’s ever going to happen .... but no one ever rises to low expectations." --Chip Kelly
we have so many weapons, i bet CK will go w/ the guy who makes the fewest amount of mistakes (INTs, correct option reads, etc.)
Life is about growth. People are not perfect when they're 21 years old. - Bill Walton
by NEP on Aug 9, 2010 9:52 AM PDT up reply actions
Really?
Costa threw four INTs in team drills today, according to Matt Prehm’s tweets.
I don't deal in hyperbole.
Fire Malachi Lewis!
"Seriously, baby, I can prescribe anything I want!" - Matt Daddy
by HoodRiverDuck on Aug 9, 2010 6:06 PM PDT up reply actions
Actually, I take it back. One hit Lewis in the hands, I know that one for sure.
I’m not sure who the other one was for. I thought it might have been Lewis but I didn’t get a good look at the number.
My yoke is heavy.
Let me be the first to announce:
I JUST GOT MY SEASON TICKETS!!!!!!! U P S Thank you
"If you can't copy 'em, don't imitate ''em."
YOGI BERRA
i got mine saturday :)
"Our expectations are to win every game we play. I don’t know if that’s ever going to happen .... but no one ever rises to low expectations." --Chip Kelly
Phil Steele explains his home field advantage scale...
Oregon ties for 1st with BSU and VT.
--AddictedToQuack, SBNation's Oregon Ducks blog
Amazingly, lousy play directly correlates with home-field intimidation of opponents. Who knew?
Average Score Since 2004: Oregon 42 Washington 17
by benzduck on Aug 9, 2010 3:51 PM PDT via mobile up reply actions
don’t tell Conquest Chronicles but players from USC are ‘cheaters’:
Cushing was suspended for the first four games this season after testing positive last September for HCG, a drug on the league’s banned substance list. Cushing says he never took the drug, which can be used to restart testosterone production after a steroid cycle, and has no idea how it got into his body.
Cushing disclosed details of the syndrome after Monday morning’s practice.
“I think that’s the final diagnosis we came up with,” he said, “and a lot of doctors have supported why this has happened.”
Cushing said months of tests show that he had a “unique” medical condition that led to the positive test.
http://sports.espn.go.com/nfl/trainingcamp10/news/story?id=5449113
Life is about growth. People are not perfect when they're 21 years old. - Bill Walton
OT We are all glad Tampa Bay went with the other name rather than one down here
"Good evening Blazer fans, wherever you may be!"-Bill Schonely
Rough Riders?
What are they? A CFL team?
"Legends are made on the shores of Lake Washington...like Jonathan Stewart, and Dennis Dixon."
Dude.
I would be a Cracker fan regardless of where I lived.
"Seriously, baby, I can prescribe anything I want!" - Matt Daddy
by HoodRiverDuck on Aug 9, 2010 11:23 AM PDT up reply actions
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"Our expectations are to win every game we play. I don’t know if that’s ever going to happen .... but no one ever rises to low expectations." --Chip Kelly
Ken Goe says CK will name a QB after the final scrimmage on 8/24
"Good evening Blazer fans, wherever you may be!"-Bill Schonely
Axemen23 posting live from media day @ autzen stadium
some notes so far: Chip will name a starting QB after the final scrimmage august 24th, and will announce to the world.
Also, He calls the battle @ Strongside LB between Josh Kaddu and Boseko Lokombo a “battle to watch.”
"Our expectations are to win every game we play. I don’t know if that’s ever going to happen .... but no one ever rises to low expectations." --Chip Kelly
Chip really seems to feel like the sky’s the limit for this year’s group.
"Our expectations are to win every game we play. I don’t know if that’s ever going to happen .... but no one ever rises to low expectations." --Chip Kelly
My best guess is that CK plans to have one true frosh in the mix at WR and the other two possibly RS
"Our expectations are to win every game we play. I don’t know if that’s ever going to happen .... but no one ever rises to low expectations." --Chip Kelly
How do you think the dismissal of Coach Pflugrad has affected WR recruiting? I remember he had Amandatory (Sorry wrong Pflugrad) A mandatory redshirt policy. Do you think we pull Josh Huff or even Gaines and Jackson last year if he’s still around?
"Legends are made on the shores of Lake Washington...like Jonathan Stewart, and Dennis Dixon."
Thats a good question
"Our expectations are to win every game we play. I don’t know if that’s ever going to happen .... but no one ever rises to low expectations." --Chip Kelly
The Kaddu/Lokombo battle should be great. Kaddu getting hurt last year really sucked.
--AddictedToQuack, SBNation's Oregon Ducks blog
Bo is a stronger LB while Kaddu is faster
"Our expectations are to win every game we play. I don’t know if that’s ever going to happen .... but no one ever rises to low expectations." --Chip Kelly
reposting this in case you haven’t watched it in the last…oh 2 days or so…
http://www.oregongridiron.com/program/field/2009-season.html
Life is about growth. People are not perfect when they're 21 years old. - Bill Walton
Hey, Matt
GeorgeSchroeder: Chip Kelly: Oregon & 3-4 defense: “2nd greatest mystery since Sasquatch.” Meaning Ducks’ use of it greatly exaggerated.
via @ajude34:
Chip Kelly: “Do you read my man Rob Moseley?”
Life is about growth. People are not perfect when they're 21 years old. - Bill Walton
i had to bite my lip to keep from laughing when I heard that
I think i’m bleeding now.
"Our expectations are to win every game we play. I don’t know if that’s ever going to happen .... but no one ever rises to low expectations." --Chip Kelly
Bo Thran is awesome
http://www.dailyemerald.com/sports/thran-s-plan-for-football-camp-fundraiser-a-success-1.1502819
On February 12, tragedy struck Thran’s hometown of Gresham, Ore. Clackamas County sergeant Jeffrey Grahn shot and killed his wife, Charlotte Grahn, and her two friends, Kathleen Hoffmeister and Victoria Schulmerich at a restaurant. Gresham police said it involved a domestic dispute between Grahn and his wife. It was a shattering moment for this town, a suburb of Portland that rarely sees violent crime. Thran knew everyone involved. Their daughters were cheerleaders at Sam Barlow High School when Thran attended, and all three families were fixtures at Barlow sporting events.
When Thran heard about the shooting, he knew he wanted to help out in some way, but he wasn’t quite sure how. A week after the shooting, Thran said the idea of a football camp, conducted by current and former teammates, with proceeds benefitting the families of the victims, popped into his head.
"All the families have supported me in every sport throughout high school, so I wanted to step up and do something that allowed me to show my support," Thran said.
He consulted Barlow football coach Terry Summerfield and his mother, who both loved the idea. At that moment, the Summertime Skill & Drill Camp was born. Thran, the family man he is, was quick to credit his mother for helping with the camp.
"I would have been a miserable failure without her," Thran said.
After the idea was formulated, it was time to recruit teammates to help. Quarterback Nate Costa, center Jordan Holmes, guard Carson York, tackle Darrion Weems, center Max Forer, wide receiver D.J. Davis, defensive linemen Kenny Rowe and Brandon Hanna and offensive lineman Justin Fritz all represented Oregon at the camp. Other camp coaches included tight end Brady Camp and offensive lineman Grant Johnson of Oregon State, running back Malcolm Johnson of Boise State and safety Michael Plummer of Idaho. Costa, Holmes and Forer have all lived with Thran since they all left the dorms, and when approached by Thran, they jumped at the chance to help.
"He just said he we’re putting on this football camp to benefit these families," Holmes said. "Bo is a good friend of ours, and whenever a friend is in need, we’re gonna help him out."
"Good evening Blazer fans, wherever you may be!"-Bill Schonely
I know I haven't lived in Oregon for a while but this didn't sound right to me
It was a shattering moment for this town, a suburb of Portland that rarely sees violent crime.
It turns out that Gresham’s violent crime rate is the highest in the state as we see from the state crime statistics here (PDF warning) look at the graph on page 4, also KGW has a report on this here. There are multiple sources on the internet that a simple google search revealed, I hate when people make anecdotal statements like this. I know it is a small detail of the story, but get it right, Jacob Phillips, do your due diligence.
With that said I think it is great that Thran is doing something to benefit his community, especially something like this that may help keep kids from falling into the meth trap, and committing violent crimes in an area that has been plagued by this type of thing for years.
Say what you mean, and say it mean. - Clint Ruin
Gresham, where I live, has really exploded into some pretty awful crime over the last 4-5 years.
The crazy thing though, is that the area the crime took place was downtown Gresham, which is one of the nicer areas of city.
I know a few cops here, and after talking to them, they clearly don’t care about it. I know it might be disrespectful to say, but Gresham’s finest are hardly that fine.
it’s spelled "S-H-U-F-R-E-A-K-I-N-H-E-R-O-U-T-M-A-N"
I had a sub gig recently at the “restaurant”, and upon arriving at the gig I found that the band I was playing with was, in fact, the band who was playing on stage when the event took place. Not only was it a brutally painful gig in every sense, but the drummer had to make terrible jokes about the whole ordeal every time we took a break.
The lesson is: Stay in school, kids.
Its scary
Here in Anchorage we are way above the national average the rape and assault statistics are off the charts. My 17 y.o. daughter is not allowed to go to the park down the street alone, especially since someone we know was raped there.
Say what you mean, and say it mean. - Clint Ruin
Its not all bad
We moved her here to get her away from a bad crowd in outer SE PDX, and she is thriving here, her GPA is above a 3.0 compared to the 1.7 she had, and she’s hanging with a way better crowd, plans to go to college, and is making smarter choices.
But yeah it sucks, she can’t walk alone without pepper spray, or buddies, its bad enough that you have to be careful of the bears, and moose. But its like tell everyone down there, I’m more concerned with the two legged animals than the four legged ones.
Say what you mean, and say it mean. - Clint Ruin
thats like saying eugene doesn't know what a pot leaf is
"Our expectations are to win every game we play. I don’t know if that’s ever going to happen .... but no one ever rises to low expectations." --Chip Kelly
each player so far has said that the rose bowl is the goal, and they will settle for nothing less.
"Our expectations are to win every game we play. I don’t know if that’s ever going to happen .... but no one ever rises to low expectations." --Chip Kelly
Wow,
We must have really high ambitions if we wont even settle for a National Championship.
Self-anointed President of the Kenjon Barner fan club.
Is the National Championship “less” than the Rose Bowl?
They might settle for that.
it’s spelled "S-H-U-F-R-E-A-K-I-N-H-E-R-O-U-T-M-A-N"
Wait, what? College football has a national championship?
News to me.
"Seriously, baby, I can prescribe anything I want!" - Matt Daddy
by HoodRiverDuck on Aug 9, 2010 12:49 PM PDT up reply actions 1 recs
It was intended to be a joke,
An admittedly bad one…
Self-anointed President of the Kenjon Barner fan club.
Chip Kelly has lost control of his team’s ambition level.
Average Score Since 2004: Oregon 42 Washington 17
by benzduck on Aug 9, 2010 3:54 PM PDT via mobile up reply actions
Darron Thomas was on The Fan today, sounded very confident. Said his arm AND legs are his strongest weapon, and that as far as knowing the offense, on a scale of 1 to 10 he’s a 10. He said he just wants to go out and show the coaches what he can do and win the starting QB job.
I don’t think he’ll beat out Costa, but if he can throw as strong as he talks, we have a winner! The OC will be on at 5:30, should be an interesting interview.
OT...I love my daughter...
while returning home form the Oregon Coast Aquarium the family stopped in Corvallis for some lunch at place on the edge of campus. The interior was painted in the the hideous orange and the baver logo, of course my family was proudly sporting Duck gear and or colors. After staring at the baver for a while my three year old daughter said “Hey there is a baver on the wall” I said yes there is.
In which she replies “Whats that all about?”
I immediately spit up my lemonaide and replied “I have no idea” followed with a GO DUCKS hi-five!
I see your Quack is as big as mine!
We have AWESOME safeties
Eddie Pleasant wants to punish people
Best line:
"That’s Boyett’s job," Aliotti said, eyes twinkling. "If Eddie makes a mistake, I’m coming right to him. You can quote me. If Eddie screws up it’s Boyett’s fault."
Hey Daisy, git me anudder one!
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Awesome. It reminds me of something out of Waterboy. Get someone to point him in the right direction and point out the fuskie who said Gatorade is better than H20, and let him rip. I’m going to call Boyett The Grenade Launcher from now on, and Pleasant is HEDP (High Explosive Dual Purpose Grenade). Boyett aims the launcher and unleashes the explosives on the enemy.
Ich liebe Amerika, aber meine Familie hat deutsche Erbe...So go Deutschland! Gewinnen die Fussball-Weltmeisterschaft!!!
by MarineCorpsDuck on Aug 9, 2010 9:33 PM PDT via mobile up reply actions
I see it like two cunning kids where one kid has the really good idea, and the other kid is athletic skilled enough to pull it off (like when my sister used to convince me throwing water balloons at the cars coming up our hill was a good idea)
JB: Hey Eddie, this time if the wide receiver comes across the middle you hit him
EP: You want me to break up the pass?
JB: No, no. I want to see his feet over the top of his head
EP: Ok, so I’ll hit him low then.
JB: You can hit him high, low or right in the middle, as long as afterwards he’s scratching the top of his head with his toes, I’m cool with that
EP: Will do boss.
Hey Daisy, git me anudder one!
Addicted to Quack
by Matt Daddy on Aug 9, 2010 9:44 PM PDT up reply actions 1 recs
God damn I love the new Boyett/Pleasant combo.
Boyett has the sweetest job on the Ducks defense. “Hey Eddie, go destroy that guy”
Self-anointed President of the Kenjon Barner fan club.
Sweet Lemony Jesus
Cal WR Alex Lagemann makes a horrible horrible rap video
"Our expectations are to win every game we play. I don’t know if that’s ever going to happen .... but no one ever rises to low expectations." --Chip Kelly
I hate you for making me watch this.
This “rap” video is just plain awful.
Self-anointed President of the Kenjon Barner fan club.
I wonder if he would rap "PussyCal" for us.
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by TennesseeQuackAttack8 on Aug 9, 2010 10:29 PM PDT up reply actions
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