Quack Fix: Ducks prepare for Pac-12 Championships Game against UCLA
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- The Ducks were back at practice yesterday to prepare for the Pac-12 Championships Game on Friday night against UCLA. The Ducks seem to be full of confidence and are ready to prepare for the Bruins.
- Speaking of the Bruins, they are a mess. Bruins Nation is in meltdown. The team is fresh off losing 50-0 to USC, and their coach is going to be fired. It will be interesting to see how they come out on Friday.
- With how down UCLA is, Ken Goe notes that it's a really, really good thing that the Championship Game is at Autzen.
- Rob Moseley and Adam Jude give their three up and three down from the Civil War. Good news, Oregon may have found their next lockdown corner in Terrance Mitchell, who shut down Robert Woods in the second half last week, and Markus Wheaton on Saturday. The bad, Oregon's receivers continue to have little impact.
- Oregon women's basketball continues their fast start against sub-par competition. The Ducks beat Nichols State by 19 yesterday to move to 6-0 for the first time in 7 years.
- 13th-ranked Oregon volleyball is headed to the postseason. The Ducks will head to Hawaii to take on Coloado State. Hawaii will be hosting Northern Colorado in the other match. Unfortunately, the Ducks did not get one of the hosting spots. Hawaii is 29-1, and ranked 3rd in the latest coaches poll. Good thing the Ducks have been so great at knocking off top competition this year.
- Lastly, Dave had a letter to the editor published on the decision of the OUS to oust UO President Richard Lariviere.
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The Ducks now have four straight sesons with ten or more wins.
Today’s stupid random trivia:
Name the two FBS schools with current streaks longer than that.
P.S. If you Google it, then you probably fake injuries too.
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by HoodRiverDuck on Nov 28, 2011 8:17 AM PST up reply actions
One for two!
fBSU’s current streak is six. Bama’s is the same as ours, four.
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by HoodRiverDuck on Nov 28, 2011 8:16 AM PST up reply actions
VT, maybe?
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by ProbablyMonty on Nov 28, 2011 8:25 AM PST up reply actions
hmm...
fBSU is easy, If you include bowl games VaTech has had 10 wins every year since 2003 when they went 8-5
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by Quack Addict on Nov 28, 2011 8:36 AM PST up reply actions
Correct. VT's streak is eight. I did count bowl games.
TCU could get to 10 this year with a bowl win. I couldn’t find any others.
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by HoodRiverDuck on Nov 28, 2011 8:54 AM PST up reply actions
So, a bowl win would make TCU's streak four.
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by HoodRiverDuck on Nov 28, 2011 8:55 AM PST up reply actions
My undying respect.
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by HoodRiverDuck on Nov 28, 2011 10:24 AM PST up reply actions
Hey, he doesn't give it out like pills.
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by Bill Musgrave on Nov 28, 2011 8:41 PM PST up reply actions
I think you can only win that prize if you coach Notre Dame to a 6 win regular season.
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by AcadianTraverse on Nov 28, 2011 8:45 PM PST up reply actions
Mmm, I think Dave's guess makes more sense than mine.
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by ProbablyMonty on Nov 28, 2011 8:29 AM PST up reply actions
TCU is a good guess
but I think BYU and Utah in the same conference probably has dropped them to 9 wins some recent years. Your first guess of VaTech is better I think – Remember they are in the ACC and before they were in the Big East. They are a Top 10 team every year because of this.
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TCU could get to four with a bowl win this year.
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by HoodRiverDuck on Nov 28, 2011 8:55 AM PST up reply actions
Question regarding UCLA
So right now, UCLA and Oregon are playing for the conference championship and a shot at the Rose bowl. My question is, if UCLA loses, that puts their season record at 6-7. Would that make UCLA ineligible for a bowl game? Does the CCG count in bowl eligibility? If that’s the case, what a wonderful x-mas gift for the weasel.
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Yes.
They’d have to apply for a waiver, and it’s not a given that they’d get it. Also, Ted Miller thinks they won’t even apply, because… well, you know, their coach is horrible.
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by ProbablyMonty on Nov 28, 2011 8:29 AM PST up reply actions
Also a very good point.
Autzen Stadium: "The stadium with an L.A. face, but an Oakland Booty, if you will." -Spencer Hall
by ProbablyMonty on Nov 28, 2011 8:32 AM PST up reply actions
And actually Las Vegas will probably pick TCU
…and not the runner up in the MWC, fBSU. Poinsettia for them where-funny story!-they play one of their old WAC rivals, La Tech. Good times.
Shhh...
If you listen really closely, you can hear the LaTech coach cursing loudly all the way from Louisiana!
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by ProbablyMonty on Nov 28, 2011 8:38 AM PST up reply actions
When you option is
Newweisle or the field… better just get it all over with.
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by Quack Addict on Nov 28, 2011 8:37 AM PST up reply actions
Hey I just realized
we get to have weasel stomping day again this year!
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QA, I don't want to spring this on you too forcefully...
But this may be the last weasel stomping day we EVER get.
I don't mean to impose...
Until...
…he inexplicably gets hired by a WAC school three years down the road and we get to stomp him again.
somebody's eventually going to have to usher Portland State into the WAC
we knows its coming sometime
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by David Piper on Nov 28, 2011 10:12 AM PST up reply actions
And the Lariviere power plays heat up!
The UO faculty senate is now having a meeting regarding the renewal of Chancellor Pernsteiner’s contract.
On an unrelated note, I wandered over to Conquest Chronicles the other day to see what they had going on. Normally CC is a fine blog — there are plenty of things to poke fun at, sure — but I don’t mind it. However, their treatment of the Lariviere issue has been truly, truly ignorant. They assume that this is about football, when in reality this has nothing to do with sports, or Phil Knight, or Nike, and it has everything to do with the exertion of authority over the university system by a detached board of self-interested politicians in Salem. (I’m sounding very 18th-century Tea Party-ish here, but it’s kind of correct, I think.)
Autzen Stadium: "The stadium with an L.A. face, but an Oakland Booty, if you will." -Spencer Hall
I have a piece coming out in eight minutes on this
The board wants to oust Lariviere, and they will succeed.
The question is what kind of concession can the UO extract in return. That will be the key.
--Dave
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My impression, based solely on what I read on the intertubes and what others are telling me, is:
1. Lariviere is an excellent president.
2. Lariviere is a lousy politician.
The problem — again, as I understand it — is that it doesn’t matter if the raises were self-funded, as noble as the intentions were. His boss said “Don’t do this,” and he did it. That is going to get anyone in a shitstorm of their own making.
Sometimes you can get away with “it’s better to beg forgiveness than to ask permission.” It seems to me that this is not the political environment in which that card can be safely played.
There may have been other ways for RL to play this that didn’t result in the endgame we will almost certainly see. Which is a shame.
Of course I’m probably wrong about all of this, but that’s just tough titty.
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Oh, one more thing.
A university president has to be at least a reasonably adept politician, if he/she wants to remain president for long.
The "Beano Cook" of ATQ
1. Lariviere is an excellent president.
2. Lariviere is a lousy politician.
I like this guy more and more every time I read about him. Oh how I loathe politics.
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by Gorbachav5 on Nov 28, 2011 11:11 AM PST up reply actions 4 recs
this.
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by Quack Addict on Nov 28, 2011 11:12 AM PST up reply actions
I had forgotten about that.
I for one will NOT be watching that title game. Alabama already had their shot, let Oklahoma State, or Stanford have a shot.
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Huff needs to stop being grumpy pants btw!
I think it comes down to DT’s confidence in his WR… there is a reason he throws to Paulson and DAT over Huff.
ssshhh....
As much as I hate to say it,
Huff is a RB playing WR right now. He’s way to explosive not to get the ball more but he’s not really in the best position for us to get him the ball in my opinion. He’s filling a position of need but I think that he’s built better to be in the backfield. When he was complementing guys like Mhaelman and Davis, real good solid wide recievers, he was often an afterthought for defenses which left him open for explosive plays. Now that he’s our primary, best WR he’s getting all the attention from defenses and not much from DT because of it. I’m not suprised he’s frustrated. Next year I think he might have a breakout year because of the fact that we have such a talented group of RSF WR’s coming in.
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by Quack Addict on Nov 28, 2011 10:19 AM PST up reply actions
DT is just not a consistent QB right now
when you see WR, TE, and RB making these tough, tough catches true its a great play on their part, but a mistake on the shoulders of the QB. DT just hasnt been sitting his targets in stride this year for whatever reason. He is very much of a rhythm QB so when he’s on he’s good but when he loses that it gets rough
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by Im Chris Hansen on Nov 28, 2011 10:28 AM PST up reply actions
I'm tired of the DT stuff
how can you be consistent when you’re throwing to the garbage he has all year. You have to be doubting every throw.
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by David Piper on Nov 28, 2011 10:32 AM PST up reply actions
There’s blame on both sides. He has terrible wide receivers and he’s probably not 100%. But the doubting every throw thing is on him and his mechanics, too.
I really was just making a silly comment up there. I don’t want to start the DT stuff again. He’s a good QB in many ways and has done great things with the offense. Hopefully he can clean up the deficient areas in the offseason.
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90% of that was based on throwing. If DT has time he can wind up and send that long delivery downfield but his mechanics are frankly terrible. I’m going to say it now and you can agree or disagree but if DT wants to improve in 2012 and have a snowballs chance at getting drafted as a QB he has to drastically overhaul his throwing motion.
Right now he’s great for Oregon’s offense, he’s a marvelous decision maker, a great leader and a winner but at some point he starts to limit this offense. Right now I feel like firstly our receivers, and secondly DT are the bottlenecks for this offense’s success. DT has a very Fife like stance when he throws the ball, he reaches way, way out with his front leg and over extends himself, then he has a Tebow like throw, the long looping slow delivery that gives a defender time to react. The other thing that long delivery does is give more room for error or inconsistency throughout the throw. I think that’s shown this year more than ever, the pairing of having almost nothing at WR and therefore no confidence in addition to an inconsistent throwing motion, has caused significant problems at times.
DT is a great guy, and I am in no way calling for Bennett or anything stupid like that, but I think that DT does limit the offense right now. He’s going to have better WR to throw to next year so he will no doubt improve, but if he tightened up the throwing motion, Kept his feet shoulder width or just a tad wider I think that he could be in the Andrew Luck, Matt Barkely category of good. Luck’s receivers aren’t much better than what we have but he still completes 70%+. We can’t attribute all of the struggles to the WR’s David, but just like you said we can’t place all the blame on DT. The WR’s ARE going to get better, Now it’s up to DT to do the same. Next year we’ll find out if he’s satisfied with being very good or if he want’s and is willing to work to become Great.
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by Quack Addict on Nov 28, 2011 10:46 AM PST up reply actions
if DT wants to improve in 2012 and have a snowballs chance at getting drafted as a QB he has to drastically overhaul his throwing motion.
This is very true.
I will quibble with a couple things. Despite his terrible mechanics, he is very, very good under pressure. He has a presence in the pocket and a toughness that can’t be taught. His proection this year has been uneven at best, and he’s still one of the least-sacked QBs in the country. That is almost entirely due to Darron. And that’s part of what makes his terrible mechanics frustrating.
I also don’t think that DT limits the offense in any way. While he’s not going to hit 70% how he’s passing now, he’s still consistent enough to be able to distribute the ball to open men wherever they are. What is far more limiting is the fact that we have zero consistent downfield threats.
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I agree with almost everything you said
I think first and foremost the WR limit the offense, but I disagree with:
I also don’t think that DT limits the offense in any way.
I think DT does because of the inconsistent throws. which could be improved with improved mechanics. I think that if either half of that equation improved the team would be better.
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by Quack Addict on Nov 28, 2011 11:10 AM PST up reply actions
DT limit's our offense in the same way any qb does.
They can’t be perfect all the time. It’s not like he’s completing less than 50% of his passes. He still completes a healthy percentage and can make all the throws. Masoli limited the offense, DT doesn’t. Can he improve? Certainly. But it’s a stretch to criticize him for limiting the offense.
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by Duckfanatic10 on Nov 28, 2011 11:25 AM PST up reply actions
This
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by DuckUntilDeath on Nov 28, 2011 1:38 PM PST up reply actions
When I say limiting the offense, I mean limiting the playbook, and the entire playbook is open to Darron. He doesn’t execute 100% of the time, but he does enough to keep everything on the table. But Darron could obviously improve and make the offense execute at a higher level.
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Absolutely
At the same time, that doesn’t make him bad.
I guess I remember all the things that Masoli did well as well as the things Masoli did badly. I remember when if a team took away our running game we were basically completely hosed, like we were against Cal in 2008 or against OSU in 2009.
Darron Thomas changed all of that.
I do wish he did the mesh better. I do wish he was a better runner. And i do wish he was a more consistent passer at times. At the same time, there has never been a game that I felt that Darron Thomas lost for us. Not against USC this year or LSU this year. Definitely not against Auburn; he essentially kept us in the game.
And there have definitely been games where I felt he won the game for us. USC in 2010, Stanford in 2010.
I do hope he improves. There’s certainly room for it. At the same time he lost one of the best receivers we’ve had in quite some time and the ones we do have are not great at catching catchable balls. He trusts DAT and Barner and Paulson to catch because, well, they often do.
by kalon on Nov 28, 2011 12:20 PM PST up reply actions 2 recs
I hear you
and I don’t think that there’s anything that he CAN’T do either. When I say he limits us it’s because of his poor mechanics and when he misses the easy throws because of it. He limits us in not converting some of the 3rd downs we need and by being an inconsistent passer. If he cleans that up I’ll be singing a different tune.
When I evaluate a computer I look for the bottleneck in performance, what is limiting me, If I have a i5 processor but only 1 gig of ram, it doesn’t matter what I do to the processor, the ram needs to be improved before I upgrade the processor again. I think Oregon’s offense is a machine but if there’s one area that need improvement besides our aweful WR core it’s Darron. The O-line has come together well, the RB’s… are you kidding me? Defensively we’re playing at a high level across the board, We could use a stud DT maybe but i’m really happy with the D.
I’m not at all unhappy with DT I just feel that his improvement will fuel this team in the future and determine our ceiling.
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by Quack Addict on Nov 28, 2011 1:15 PM PST up reply actions
The O-line has come together well
Our pass blocking has been below average. DT gets hit far too much. The fact that he’s able to go through his progressions is astounding.
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With DT, I feel like it's a lot like the Luck situation...
although for different reasons. Luck has unreasonably high expectations because of the #1 overall pick thing. For Darron, many fans have crazy high expectations because he was good in his first year and they expect improvement. Every time he throws an incomplete pass people grumble. But even if he was at 70%, which is what Luck is at, he’d only be completing 1.5 more passes per game (16/23 instead of the 14.5/23 he completes now). I mean, he goes 27 of 40 for 305 yards, 4 touchdowns, and 0 INT’s and all people are focusing on is the incompletions and how he needs to be better. Meanwhile he has a higher yards per attempt than Matt Barkley with nowhere near as good of receivers (DT – 8.1, Barkley – 7.9), and a higher TD to Int ratio than Luck and basically identical to Barkley (DT- 5.4/1, Luck 3.88/1, Barkley 5.57/1).
Oh yeah, he is about to lock up back-to-back conference championships and is 21-3 as a starter.
If only he'd improve his mechanics he wouldn't be so goddamn frustrating.
by MarineCorpsDuck on Nov 28, 2011 2:52 PM PST up reply actions 2 recs
Except for the WRs
Thats a pretty big exception you’re making there (and that’s assuming you’re not wrong about OL pass blocking). I continue to think folks who don’t think Thomas does a good job are silly. He’s a great QB with some room for improvement before he hits the next level but at this point the next level is winning a heisman so he’s still doing alright.
by builds character on Nov 28, 2011 2:37 PM PST via mobile up reply actions
He’s a great QB with some room for improvement before he hits the next level
Yep. And he’s improved from last year. Last year he completed 61.4% of his passes, and had 30 TDs to 9 Ints, or 3.33:1. This year he’s completing 62.1% and has 27 TDs to 5 Ints, or 5.4:1. And, as I said above, if he improved to Luck-level accuracy he’d be completing only 1.5 more passes per game.
by MarineCorpsDuck on Nov 28, 2011 2:59 PM PST up reply actions
Sure he has but you can tell he is clearly not the first one he looks for
and when he does Huff isn’t always open.
Don’t get me wrong I think Huff has potential to be a really good WR, he just hasn’t stepped up yet. And besides, DT isn’t a great passer as far as throwing mechanics goes. Civil War had a few bad throws where our targets really did a good job scooping the pass or catching one handed while jumping (DAT).
I think Darrons completion rate this year is relatively high because the targets we have are doing a good job making something out of nothing.
ssshhh....
by OregOnDucks on Nov 28, 2011 10:42 AM PST up reply actions
Sigh…internet sarcasm. A futile endeavor.
I was being completely facetious there.
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My bad!
Only 1 cup of coffee today :P
You are right though he has thrown to Huff quite a bit. Sarcasm or not ;)
ssshhh....
by OregOnDucks on Nov 28, 2011 10:52 AM PST up reply actions
On a side note...
I think that we need to find a way for Rick, Stoops and Erikson to stick around in the Pac. It is too much fun to play them and I will miss it….
Best case scenario would be for one school to hire all three of them. But who?
ssshhh....
Lossington
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by Duckfanatic10 on Nov 28, 2011 10:58 AM PST up reply actions
allegedly Meyers takes the tOSU job.
Is anyone surprised?
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not even a little.
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by Quack Addict on Nov 28, 2011 11:12 AM PST up reply actions
Not surprised, but for a program mired in controversy, hiring Meyers seems like a pretty bad move.
I’m not making a bold prediction, but we believe we can win every football game.----Chip Kelly
Why? Because he had some players get in trouble with the law?
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Its not that he had some players get in trouble with the law, but how he reacted when it occurred. Meyers has never been known for doling out harsh punishment.
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He’s also never been known to run afoul of NCAA rules.
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He’s also never been known for keeping his players in check.
All I’m saying is when you take a program that is facing major sanctions for institutional control due to the players being out of control, hiring someone with a reputation for letting players run amok isn’t necessarily the wisest choice.
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I've got to say
I think our house is a little too glass-sided to be casting stones at Urban Meyer as far as ‘players running amok’ goes.
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If you’re comparing programs, maybe, but if comparing coaches were not so glassy. IMO, Kelly has dished out much greater punishments when players have been caught. Blount, LMJ, Cliffy. I dont recall anyone on the team committing an actual crime and receiving less than a 1 game suspension. Blount was reinstated after missing most of the season and still sat out 3 more games.
I’m saying we are squeaky clean at all. I’m not saying Urban is a bad coach. I’m just saying when under scrutiny from the NCAA, the state board etc, usually you want to send a message that you have “cleaned house” and hiring Meyers IMO doesn’t send that message.
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That same criticism could be made for Kelly.
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It could, and if tOSU was hiring Kelley, i would make the same argument.
I’m not making a bold prediction, but we believe we can win every football game.----Chip Kelly
Also if they were hiring Kelly.
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I've got to agree with "F'n"
on this one. OSU is not in a good position with the NCAA right now. Didn’t they self-impose scholarship losses on themselves recently in hopes the NCAA would take it easier on them? The logical step for them would to hire a coach with a history of keeping his players in line. Instead, they hired a guy whose program was well known for having TONS of lawbreakers. I don’t think that will sit well with the NCAA…
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Yeah...
I don’t think the NCAA cares about that.
If they DID care about that, they would have taken some level of action with Penn State.
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Who knows
how the NCAA “braintrust” works? Its a bunch of old guys who haven’t kept up with the times for the most part governing college football. OSU already is trying to show pennance for having a “we’re above the rules” atmosphere under Tressel; now you hire a guy who will help you win, but has a track record for a lawless program? Doesn’t exactly smack of reformation to me.
As for Penn State…time will tell, I guess. Its not like the NCAA investigations happen overnight or anything.
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The NCAA is not associated with law enforcement, and I think they’ve made that extremely clear.
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Now that the NCAA
is rendering decisions on bagels and cream cheese, I wouldn’t put anything past them.
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That analogy certainly created a 'word-picture' of note.
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They still have 3.2 more years to make a decision on the Nittany Lions.
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by DuckUntilDeath on Nov 28, 2011 3:00 PM PST up reply actions
And/or to sweep the turds under the rug.
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I would be more worried by his health
If his health problems were real, I have a hunch he doesn’t handle stress well. I could see another retirement in a few years.
If he is hired,
It will be interesting to see how his spread option style of offense fits in the Big-10.
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I predict
he runs through it pretty easily. The SEC had the speed on Defense to match up with his offense, and they still had trouble. My guess is once he has the players to execute his offense (which may be right away), the rest of the league will be left scrambling to catch up, kinda like the PAC 12 has been trying to do since Chip showed up.
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by Duckfanatic10 on Nov 28, 2011 11:52 AM PST up reply actions
I'm sure that it will work very well.
I am more interested in how quickly it will work, and how similar it will be to his Florida offense. It will also be interesting to see if he can turn Braxton Miller into an amazing QB.
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It's funny.
At this time last year, UM had a spread wizard, and tOSU was married to an offense so traditional you could barely call it pro-style.
12 months later, UM has pro-style Hoke and tOSU just hired one of the biggest spread wizards of the last decade.
I’d note that the problem with Richrod was never his spread offense – it was the fact that he forgot that you have to play defense too.
Somewhere, somehow, a Duck is watching you.
tOSU’s tradition isn’t with its offense. tOSU isn’t known for smash mouth, doing things this one way. It’s known for winning. That is their tradition. If Urban Meyer goes sub .500, he’ll be instantly be on the hot seat.
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The Wiki entry on weasels is great.
There are 17 species that fall under the umbrella term"weasel." Looking at them, I believe that Slick Rick is either
Mustela kathiah – Commonly referred to as the “yellow-bellied weasel,” it is named for its yellow underbelly. Sounds about right.
or
Mustela nivalis – Commonly referred to as the “least weasel,” it is one of the most common and widely-distributed weasels in the world.
Other great weasel tidbits:
- “Dominant weasels exhibit lunges and shrieks during aggressive encounters, while subdominant weasels will emit submissive squeals.”
Heehee
- “In some districts of Macedon, women who suffered from headaches after having washed their heads in water drawn overnight would set the problem down to the fact that a weasel had previously used the water as a mirror.”
How fitting, I predict many headaches for the next head coach at UCLA.
"If you type two spaces after a period, you're doing it wrong."
College Football Live will have story on caoching changes
and flashed picture of N’Weasel. Has that already happened?
scrappy
SportsCenter is reporting he has been fired but will coach the CCG.
Ducks GOOOOD. Fuskies BAAAAAD.
by BigGreenWreckingMachine on Nov 28, 2011 12:04 PM PST up reply actions
As opposed to the version they've had for the last few years?
"It's not about style. It's about winning the game. That's it." - Chip Kelly
by Duckfanatic10 on Nov 28, 2011 12:13 PM PST up reply actions
Straight dope from the official UCLA website:
Ducks GOOOOD. Fuskies BAAAAAD.
by BigGreenWreckingMachine on Nov 28, 2011 12:32 PM PST reply actions
I like this from the official statement:
Neuheisel will coach the Bruins in the inaugural Pac-12 Championship game on Friday, after which the Bruins will be led on an interim basis by offensive coordinator/wide receivers coach Mike Johnson.
So even the UCLA poo-bahs are counting on an Oregon win Friday. The alternative in their eyes, UCLA actually pulling off the mega-upset, is too impossible to even talk about.
Or they're hedging their bets.
They’d have to keep him if the Bruins win the Pac-12, and they reeeeeeeally don’t want to keep him.
Addicted to Quack, #1 Oregon blog among female Duck fans, including the ageless and ever-radiant daisyduck.
Class operation all the way down there.
UCLA players tweeting that they found out via ESPN…
@BigJoeFauria Joseph Fauria
Great Way to find out on ESPN
Juan_Joven John Young
Man… Rough way to find out.
j6james Jordon James ☑
Wow!!
FREEZEme_ NELLz
_
Jay__XO Jay Barlow
Damn…
The "Beano Cook" of ATQ
havent seen this mentioned
goducks.com cyber monday deal has $7 tickets to the mens game vs virginia dec 18th and $5 womens tickets vs stanford feb 18th
#88
I don't think we see Utah 'til '13?
Ducks GOOOOD. Fuskies BAAAAAD.
by BigGreenWreckingMachine on Nov 28, 2011 1:14 PM PST up reply actions
Argument over.
Prehmmr Matt Prehm
In Oregon’s toughest stretch of the season, last 4 games, Darron Thomas was 74-117 (63%) for 894 yards, 9 TDs, 0 INTs. Oregon was 3-1 W/Ls.
"Forget it. If 21 gets behind you, you can play the fight song." --Scott Van Pelt
EP over Boyett.
I know Eddie really put it together this year, but I’m still a little surprised. Well done, Eddie! And JB got 2nd-team, so kudos!
Ducks GOOOOD. Fuskies BAAAAAD.
by BigGreenWreckingMachine on Nov 28, 2011 2:53 PM PST up reply actions
PDXjay Jay Allen 750TheGame
Oregon’s De’Anthony Thomas is the PAC-12 co-freshman of the year, along with USC WR Marqise Lee. #Ducks
"Forget it. If 21 gets behind you, you can play the fight song." --Scott Van Pelt
Interesting. I was foreseeing a lively debate between those two.
Somewhere, somehow, a Duck is watching you.
I dunno.
It’s within the realm of possibility that they ended up stalemated, isn’t it?
Ducks GOOOOD. Fuskies BAAAAAD.
by BigGreenWreckingMachine on Nov 28, 2011 3:13 PM PST up reply actions
Booyah!
Prehmmr Matt Prehm
LaMichael James, Dion Jordan, Josh Kaddu, Eddie Pleasant, and De’Anthony Thomas were named 1st Team All-Pac-12
"Forget it. If 21 gets behind you, you can play the fight song." --Scott Van Pelt
But I thought Chris Polk was the best RB in the nation…
by INducktrination on Nov 28, 2011 3:49 PM PST up reply actions
He only narrowly beat out
Isi Sofele.
¡Me gustan las tortugas!
And Cliff Harris was like, "VRRRRRRRRRRRROOOOOOOOOOMMMMM!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!"
by DuckUntilDeath on Nov 28, 2011 4:22 PM PST up reply actions
NO MICHAEL CLAY?!?!?!
yes, he missed some games. But he’s our best defensive player
scrappy
by Honka Playboy on Nov 28, 2011 4:48 PM PST up reply actions
Second in the PAC 12 in tackles @ 9.2/game
"What you are entrusted to do as a coach is to create an environment where your players have a chance to be successful." CHIP KELLY
Dion Jordan deserves the most praise.
"Last time I checked, there is no ‘Hall of Average.’ " Chip Kelly
I am just a tad bit surprised about Pleasant being on there.
But other than TJ McDonald at USC, I cant think of any other Pac-12 safeties off of the top of my head, so I suppose that it makes sense.
It was great to see him progress at the safety position (which he has always been more physically suited to play than linebacker). He has come a long way in terms of coverage ability.
Winners of the Platypus trophy!
Eddie had a bunch of picks this season.
Voters like stats.
Addicted to Quack, #1 Oregon blog among female Duck fans, including the ageless and ever-radiant daisyduck.
Erickson totters drunkenly off to retirement.
Ducks GOOOOD. Fuskies BAAAAAD.
by BigGreenWreckingMachine on Nov 28, 2011 2:48 PM PST reply actions
Prehmmr Matt Prehm
David Paulson, John Boyett, and Jackson Rice were named to the 2nd team for the Pac-12.
"Forget it. If 21 gets behind you, you can play the fight song." --Scott Van Pelt
Who was 1st team for Punters?
It's spelled "S-H-U-F-E-L-T-W-O-O-Z-Y".
"YOU ARE THE KING OF THE AWESOME GUYS, JSHUFELT!!!" - daisyduck
Yeah.
I thought JR was CLEARLY the class of the Pac and among the top 5 in the nation.
Ducks GOOOOD. Fuskies BAAAAAD.
by BigGreenWreckingMachine on Nov 28, 2011 2:53 PM PST up reply actions
Anger's good too,
and he had a better reputation coming in. It helps to be on a team that actually punts, and punts often.
Somewhere, somehow, a Duck is watching you.
True enough.
But other than I think 2 shanks (that I remember) all season, JR has been a machine.
Ducks GOOOOD. Fuskies BAAAAAD.
by BigGreenWreckingMachine on Nov 28, 2011 3:00 PM PST up reply actions
Underrated outside Duck country, to be sure.
Somewhere, somehow, a Duck is watching you.
Which makes him top 3 nationally.
But not #1 in the conference. WHAT ARE THEY SMOKING DOWN THERE
The "Beano Cook" of ATQ
Anger’s at least in the same ballpark as Rice, but Jackson is better in net punting and average punting.
--AddictedToQuack, SBNation's Oregon Ducks blog
Anger has the bigger leg, but I love me some Jackson.
Plus, Jackson Rice never outkicks his coverage.
Addicted to Quack, #1 Oregon blog among female Duck fans, including the ageless and ever-radiant daisyduck.
Full list
<blockquote
Offensive Player of the Year: Andrew Luck, QB, Stanford
Pat Tillman Defensive Player of the Year: Mychal Kendricks, LB, California
Freshman Offensive Co-Players of the Year: Marqise Lee, WR, USC and De’Anthony Thomas, RB, Oregon
Freshman Defensive Player of the Year: Dion Bailey, LB, USC
Coach of the Year: David Shaw, Stanford
First Team Offense Second Team Offense
QB Andrew Luck, Jr., Stanford (2) QB Matt Barkley, Jr., USC
RB LaMichael James, Jr., Oregon (2) RB Stepfan Taylor, Jr., Stanford
RB Chris Polk, Jr., Washington RB John White IV, Jr., Utah
WR Keenan Allen, So., California WR Marqise Lee, Fr., USC
WR Robert Woods, So., USC WR Marquess Wilson, So., Washington State
TE Coby Fleener, Sr., Stanford TE David Paulson, Sr., Oregon
OL Tony Bergstrom, Sr., Utah OL David Bakhtiari, So., Colorado
OL David DeCastro, Jr., Stanford (2) OL John Cullen, Sr., Utah
OL Matt Kalil, Jr., USC OL Garth Gerhart, Sr., Arizona State
OL Jonathan Martin, Jr., Stanford (2) OL Khaled Holmes, Jr., USC
OL Mitchell Schwartz, Sr., California OL Senio Kelemete, Sr., Washington
First Team Defense Second Team Defense
DL Dion Jordan, Jr., Oregon DL Ben Gardner, So., Stanford
DL Star Lotulelei, Jr., Utah DL Trevor Guyton, Sr., California
DL Nick Perry, Jr., USC DL Wes Horton, Jr., USC
DL Derrick Shelby, Sr., Utah DL Travis Long, Jr., Washington State
LB Josh Kaddu, Sr., Oregon LB Dion Bailey, Fr., USC
LB Mychal Kendricks, Sr., California LB Cort Dennison, Sr., Washington
LB Chase Thomas, Jr., Stanford LB Alex Hoffman-Ellis, Sr., Washington State
DB Delano Howell, Sr., Stanford DB John Boyett, Jr., Oregon
DB T.J. McDonald, Jr., USC DB Clint Floyd, Sr., Arizona State
DB Eddie Pleasant, Sr., Oregon DB Jordan Poyer, Jr., Oregon State
DB Nickell Robey, So., USC DB Trevin Wade, Sr., Arizona
First Team Specialists Second Team Specialists
PK Andre Heidari, Fr., USC PK Jordan Williamson, Fr., Stanford
P Bryan Anger, Sr., California (3) P Jackson Rice, Jr., Oregon
RS De’Anthony Thomas, Fr., Oregon RS Jamal Miles, Jr., Arizona State
ST Rhett Ellison, Sr., USC ST Derrick Coleman, Sr., UCLA
"Forget it. If 21 gets behind you, you can play the fight song." --Scott Van Pelt
Missing entirely (including HM): Michael Clay, Darron Thomas.
"Forget it. If 21 gets behind you, you can play the fight song." --Scott Van Pelt
Luck and Barkley > Thomas.
It's spelled "S-H-U-F-E-L-T-W-O-O-Z-Y".
"YOU ARE THE KING OF THE AWESOME GUYS, JSHUFELT!!!" - daisyduck
INCLUDING honorable mention
Nick Foles and Price were HM
"Forget it. If 21 gets behind you, you can play the fight song." --Scott Van Pelt
It doesn’t help he missed a game and a half due to injury. Though, that’s pretty much a joke.
--AddictedToQuack, SBNation's Oregon Ducks blog
FTFY
Missing entirely (including HM): Michael Clay, Darron Thomas. Bryan Bennett
Oregon loves you, Chip Kelly!
by gamedaytribe on Nov 28, 2011 4:17 PM PST up reply actions
How on Earth did David Shaw get COY?
That team was ready made for him. He didn’t have to do anything except mimic what Harbaugh did. And he didn’t even win his division.
The only choices there should have been either Kelly or Kiffin.
and the one "big game they needed to win, they didnt.
I’m not making a bold prediction, but we believe we can win every football game.----Chip Kelly
Should have been either Kelly or Kiffin.
Stanford’s not quite as good as last year, and Luck basically runs the offense. But their record is the same.
Kelly’s team is slightly worse than last year, and they probably have Kelly fatigue. Still amazing that he’s on the cusp of going 3 for 3 as conference champ. No school but ‘SCs ever had 3 in a row, and here comes Kelly, after three years he has yet to NOT win the league (knock on wood).
And Kiffin’s done a great job, both with juggling his roster to get a bunch of great players on the field this year, and bringing them all together to play at a very high level down the stretch. I’m thinking that with the sanctions and bowl ban, Kiffin’s unofficially ineligible for COY as well.
Somewhere, somehow, a Duck is watching you.
To be fair, at the beginning of the season a lot of people thought that Stanford was going to fall way off with Harbaugh gone. He lost his best defensive player and still went 11-1.
by MarineCorpsDuck on Nov 28, 2011 3:08 PM PST up reply actions
Stanford was widely considered to be the #2 team in the Pac-12 North and the entire conference. They were 7th in the preseason coaches poll. The view that Stanford would fall way off was the minority.
--AddictedToQuack, SBNation's Oregon Ducks blog
You had them high in your preseason blog poll, but reading through the comments a lot of people on here were skeptical. I personally have no problem with him winning coach of the year. Kiffin freaking lost to ASU and lost to Shaw so I can’t give it to him. And we didn’t finish the season executing a very high level. Combine that with the fact that voters in just about any poll/vote for whatever reason don’t seem to like to vote for the same person unless it’s just blatantly obvious and you can kinda see why Chip didn’t get it.
Also, props on that blog poll.
I don’t know why everyone is so down on USC. I think they’re a top 15 team, and will bounce back from last years 7-5 team. I’m not as excited as some about ASU
Arizona at #24 was a miss, but who saw that debacle coming with Foles and Criner back? Overall pretty good!
by MarineCorpsDuck on Nov 28, 2011 3:21 PM PST up reply actions
Cont...
Of the teams you put in the top 15 in the preseason, only 3 didn’t finish in the top 15 of this week’s AP poll (A&M, TCU, FSU). Of those 3, both FSU and TCU still finished in the top 25. Only Texas A&M finished outside the top 25 that you had ranked as preseason top 15. Overall I think that’s pretty damned good. I’ll take your preseason poll over Phil Steele’s any day. I’ll never understand why that guy gets so much attention for his.
He had 5 in his top 15 that finished outside of it (FSU, A&M, Notre Dame #6LOL, Nebraska, Ohio State), 3 of which didn’t finish top 25. Additionally, he had Ok State #19 and Stanford #16. The problem with his stuff is that he relies on his little formula too much and doesn’t seem to put near enough actual thought/analysis into it. I know I’ve said it before, but for the sake of all the ATQ newcomers, Phil Steele told me Oregon was not a top FIFTY team in 2009, the Rose Bowl season, after losing to fBSU to open the season but then beating Purdue, #18 Utah, #6 Cal, and WSU to get to 4-1. But if we beat mighty fUCLA the following week, he told me, maybe then we’d be in his top FIFTY.
Marinecorpsduck wrote:
In your preseason predictions, you said Oregon isn’t even a top 50 team. Do you still have them outside the top 50?
Phil Steele wrote, in response to marinecorpsduck:
Many of my predictions and forecasts with the Ducks will be re-evaluated after this weekend if they are able to knock off a strong UCLA team at the Rose Bowl. I am not completely sold on the offense just yet and the loss of their top defensive player and coverman Walter Thurmond will eventually catch up to them in the passing game. So to answer your question, they are on the outside looking in to me right now but a good win against a strong UCLA defense could reverse some of my thinking for the following week. Thanks for writing, Phil
by MarineCorpsDuck on Nov 28, 2011 3:40 PM PST up reply actions
I know it!!!
It is freaking insane to me how much respect is given to his preseason rankings. Stupid 1080 The Fan has him on every year before the season. And I see him referenced everywhere. So I have made it my personal mission to spread the word that the dude just isn’t good. I’m not sure how he got so much respect, but my guess is that he probably used his little formula years ago and got lucky that it was accurate for one season. So people everywhere were like “this dude has a formula that has it all figured out” and nobody has ever gone back since to measure accuracy.
by MarineCorpsDuck on Nov 28, 2011 3:48 PM PST up reply actions
My problem with Phil Steele is all based on his propensity towards TMI, combined with the fact that he just can't write.
like this review of LSU-Bama:
“Tough loss for Alabama to LSU. Bama’s first possession got to the LSU27 but they missed a 44 yd FG. Bama’s 2nd poss got to the LSU23 but they lost 10 yds then missed a 50 yd FG. Bama got to the LSU24 but they lost 7 yds and brought in their short kicker to attempt a 49 yd’r but it was blk’d. Bama got to the LSU17 but settled for a 34 yd FG to lead 3-0. At this point Bama had a 181-55 yd edge but only led 3-0 and LSU, thanks to an offsides on 3&1 and a defensive holding on an incomplete pass on 3&4, would get a 19 yd FG on the final play of the half to tie it. LSU was int’d and ret’d to their 4 but a penalty brought it back to the 35 and Bama settled for a 46 yd FG, 6-3. LSU got a 33 yd IR to the UA15 setting up a 2 yd "drive" for a 30 yd FG to tie (14:13 4Q). Richardson ripped off a 24 yd run to the LSU28 and Bama had a great call. Maze, out of the shotgun, threw deep and the TE caught the ball, came down on his back with it at the 1 yd line but the LSU DB wrestled the ball away from him and amazingly it was ruled an int and LSU got off a 73 yd punt with 9:00 left but neither crossed the 50 and the game went to OT. In OT Bama took a sk and missed their FOURTH FG of the game, a 52 yd’r and LSU got a 25 yd FG for the win.”
The "Beano Cook" of ATQ
PS;DR
(Phil Steele, Didn’t Read).
Oregon loves you, Chip Kelly!
by gamedaytribe on Nov 28, 2011 4:24 PM PST up reply actions
Wall of text crits you for 3,000,000. You die.
Defending maligned chants since 2009
by Gorbachav5 on Nov 28, 2011 3:55 PM PST up reply actions 1 recs
After this weekend, Phil Steele will reveal himself as the sole basis for
Christopher Walken’s character in the 1999 movie “Blast From the Past.”
¡Me gustan las tortugas!
And Cliff Harris was like, "VRRRRRRRRRRRROOOOOOOOOOMMMMM!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!"
by DuckUntilDeath on Nov 28, 2011 4:27 PM PST up reply actions
Zero chance they'd go with Kiffin.
However much he might (aaargh) deserve it.
Ducks GOOOOD. Fuskies BAAAAAD.
by BigGreenWreckingMachine on Nov 28, 2011 3:09 PM PST up reply actions
My sentiments exactly. As much as it pains me, i think Kiffin deserves it. He kept his team motivated despite no chance at a post season. He has stock piled them for the future, despite future scholly restrictions. The only blemishes on the season are a loss to ASU who was actually playing pretty well at the time and a loss to an 11-1 Stanford team. Oh, and they beat us, at home.
I’m not making a bold prediction, but we believe we can win every football game.----Chip Kelly
What?
His douchebaggery is only eclipsed by that of Stoops!
¡Me gustan las tortugas!
And Cliff Harris was like, "VRRRRRRRRRRRROOOOOOOOOOMMMMM!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!"
by DuckUntilDeath on Nov 28, 2011 3:38 PM PST up reply actions
I would have gone with Wulff.
He has finally gotten WSU to the point where they can give any team a challenge. They sure gave us a handful.
Winners of the Platypus trophy!
Interesting
Dion Jordan, Kaddu, and Pleasant all first team. Pleasant really has come a long way hasn’t he? I was so excited to see him at Rover last year but he didn’t seem that great. I don’t recall which game it was (maybe uw?) but I recall the announcers saying “Nick Allioti told me Eddie Pleasant is really starting to understand how to play the position”… I guess better late than never. As much as the Ducks have been known for offense the past few years, it’s cool to see 3 Ducks as first team all conference on the defensive side of the ball.
by MarineCorpsDuck on Nov 28, 2011 3:06 PM PST up reply actions
This is the first time in a while we haven't placed a lineman on either side of the ball on either first or second team.
I think. Judges?
The "Beano Cook" of ATQ
DJ isn't a lineman?
Ducks GOOOOD. Fuskies BAAAAAD.
by BigGreenWreckingMachine on Nov 28, 2011 3:15 PM PST up reply actions
Dion Jordan is first team
"the putz from that UO blog, Matt Daddy" - Steve Tannen
The Daily Faberian
To be fair
he sometimes lines up in a position that could lead some to think he was a really, really big CB
"Forget it. If 21 gets behind you, you can play the fight song." --Scott Van Pelt
Really? For what?
Coach of the Year: David Shaw, Stanford
"the putz from that UO blog, Matt Daddy" - Steve Tannen
The Daily Faberian
For not being Chip Kelly (Investigation) or Lane Kiffin (Probation) and having a winning record.
It's spelled "S-H-U-F-E-L-T-W-O-O-Z-Y".
"YOU ARE THE KING OF THE AWESOME GUYS, JSHUFELT!!!" - daisyduck
David Shaw -- shiny, shiny, clean, clean, nice, nice, andrew luck, andrew luck, andrew luck
Oregon loves you, Chip Kelly!
by gamedaytribe on Nov 28, 2011 4:25 PM PST up reply actions
It really is amazing that despite having the best offense in the conference,
We only have one first team mention on offense.
Winners of the Platypus trophy!
Wait, they're really going to do it?
@SamStrong UCLA AD says he has requested a waiver to go bowling as a 6-7 game. “If we have opportunity to play, we would go.”
"Forget it. If 21 gets behind you, you can play the fight song." --Scott Van Pelt
With a new HC? Or are they going to drag a dead weasel off to that game too?
Somewhere, somehow, a Duck is watching you.
They havent even lost yet and they have requested a waiver?
I’m not making a bold prediction, but we believe we can win every football game.----Chip Kelly
by F'n Duck on Nov 28, 2011 2:58 PM PST up reply actions 1 recs
If they lose the CCG, they DON'T have an opportunity unless they bring out the whine and cheese.
Ducks GOOOOD. Fuskies BAAAAAD.
by BigGreenWreckingMachine on Nov 28, 2011 2:59 PM PST up reply actions
Got to do it....good for conference income....bucks is bucks
"What you are entrusted to do as a coach is to create an environment where your players have a chance to be successful." CHIP KELLY
FYI
the OUS meeting stream is starting now
"Forget it. If 21 gets behind you, you can play the fight song." --Scott Van Pelt
The board has recommended to rescind Lariviere's opporunity to serve out the end of the year
and terminate immediately.
"Forget it. If 21 gets behind you, you can play the fight song." --Scott Van Pelt
So all the outpouring of support only made them madder, and more irrational.
Somewhere, somehow, a Duck is watching you.
essentially, yup.
they’ve been giving a giant middle finger to all opposition so far at the meeting.
"Forget it. If 21 gets behind you, you can play the fight song." --Scott Van Pelt
Nice non-answers in the board responses. Bunch of liars and cowards.
Somewhere, somehow, a Duck is watching you.
Did you have any reason to expect anything else?
They can’t change their minds now; they’ll look weak and ineffective.
Or rather, they’ll look even weaker and more ineffective.
The "Beano Cook" of ATQ
Yeah, I know.
It’s a small comfort that they actually have to come face-to-face with their douchebaggery for a few hours at least.
Somewhere, somehow, a Duck is watching you.
Bruins Nation dudes are craaaazy
but quotes like this make me laugh.
It’s not very often I find myself agreeing with Rick these days, or even with Cheatey Petey or his disciple Hello Kiffin,
They have a Cave Troll!
Time for a referendum to bypass the OUS and set UO up for the future.
Ducks GOOOOD. Fuskies BAAAAAD.
by BigGreenWreckingMachine on Nov 28, 2011 3:28 PM PST reply actions
This meeting is fun
Board: Sit down, Shut the fuck up, and let us dismember our disobedient puppet."
Kyr: “Hey assholes, you don’t even have any ties to us, so let us do our job as the flagship”
Board: “Thank you for your concern. Would you like to subscribe to our newsletter?”
Chat Conversation End
"Forget it. If 21 gets behind you, you can play the fight song." --Scott Van Pelt
What's going to be really embarrassing this Friday night...
All the fans travelling to Autzen for the first ever Pac-12 CCG and no one with an AT&T cell phone will be able to send/receive texts, emails or access the Internet. Seriously UO/AT&T – is it too much to ask to put a freakin cell tower on top of one of the stands?!? Autzen is like a huge cell black hole. How do fans “post their pics” for DuckVision – run down to Rite-Aid and make hard copies and mail them?
Something I've figured out this year
if you put your phone into airplane mode, give it 30 seconds, and turn airplane mode off, sometimes you can jam your way into a signal.
"Forget it. If 21 gets behind you, you can play the fight song." --Scott Van Pelt
LONESTAR!!!!!!!!!!!!
¡Me gustan las tortugas!
And Cliff Harris was like, "VRRRRRRRRRRRROOOOOOOOOOMMMMM!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!"
by DuckUntilDeath on Nov 28, 2011 4:28 PM PST up reply actions
I don’t think it’s just AT&T and I don’t think it’s just Autzen. I have T-Mobile and have the same problem with anything requiring data. And when I went to the uw game at fusky stadium a few weeks back I had the same problem. Mine is especially bad with data. I couldn’t tell you about texts because I use email instead to save money (I don’t have to pay for the text plan).
by MarineCorpsDuck on Nov 28, 2011 3:43 PM PST up reply actions
Shufelt and I had great signal at Fusky Stadium (Verizon)
"Forget it. If 21 gets behind you, you can play the fight song." --Scott Van Pelt
Good. No one should be on their cell phone at a football game.
Defending maligned chants since 2009
by Gorbachav5 on Nov 28, 2011 3:52 PM PST up reply actions 6 recs
But how will I check in and become mayor of Autzen?
by INducktrination on Nov 28, 2011 4:04 PM PST up reply actions
Curmudgeon alert.
You damned kids and your damned cell phones!!!
Heaven forbid I use the thing I pay for in my pocket toattempt to read in the Open Thread on ATQ to see if something I thought was a BS call was being perceived as a BS call on ATQ by those with the advantage of watching on TV while they are in a TV timeout.
by MarineCorpsDuck on Nov 28, 2011 4:06 PM PST up reply actions
Succinct curmudgeon alert.
Euler's #1 fan
by Bill Musgrave on Nov 28, 2011 8:55 PM PST up reply actions
Can't keep listening to this meeting.
Inspiring and eloquent speeches in support falling on deaf and petty ears.
Somewhere, somehow, a Duck is watching you.
It's going to get better
now the ASUO president, for whom there is a referendum for recall in the works, is now speaking on behalf of the recently fired UO president.
"Forget it. If 21 gets behind you, you can play the fight song." --Scott Van Pelt
Usual narrow-minded student gov representative.
Doesn’t have a flipping clue what he’s talking about.
Somewhere, somehow, a Duck is watching you.
Just hang on
first: I’m 99% sure Lariviere will speak
second: I’d put money on Dave signing the sheet to get his 3 minutes on the mic.
"Forget it. If 21 gets behind you, you can play the fight song." --Scott Van Pelt
Lariviere is now at the mic.
"Forget it. If 21 gets behind you, you can play the fight song." --Scott Van Pelt
Smartest man at the table.
Lariviere for Governor!
Somewhere, somehow, a Duck is watching you.
Let me summarize Lariviere's speech:
“The problem is you. Thanks for proving my point to everyone. Do as you will.”
"the putz from that UO blog, Matt Daddy" - Steve Tannen
The Daily Faberian
At least he's competent
Oregonian The Oregonian
“Clinging to old structures will not deliver the outcomes we want. The changes are not for UofO, but for the people of Oregon” – #Lariviere
"Forget it. If 21 gets behind you, you can play the fight song." --Scott Van Pelt
Nice, i've never heard that band before
Are they new?
/bodyspray’d
But you are all the smartest, funniest, most handsome bitches on all the internets.~DaisyDuck 11.2.11
by Quack Addict on Nov 28, 2011 4:07 PM PST up reply actions 1 recs
Lariviere to Board:
I ain’t equipment, I ain’t automatic
You won’t find me just staying static
Don’t you give me any orders
For people like me
There is no order
Bet you thought you had it all worked out
Bet you thought you knew what I was about
Bet you thought you’d solved all your problems
But you are the problem
Problem, problem
Problem, the problem is you
What you gonna do with your problem
I’ll leave it to you
Problem, the problem is you
You got a problem
What you gonna do
The "Beano Cook" of ATQ
BN convinced they're getting Peterson.
Ducks GOOOOD. Fuskies BAAAAAD.
by BigGreenWreckingMachine on Nov 28, 2011 3:42 PM PST reply actions
I kinda like BN
they’re cute in their own depressed and angry way
Recruiting
Just read on ESPN (Insider access required) that one of USC’s commits, TE Jalen Cope-Fitzpatrick (ESPNU150 and #2 Tight End) loved his visit to Oregon. Thanks in large part to Paulson’s big game and probably also to Colt playing as a true freshman.
"I really liked the visit a lot," Cope-Fitzpatrick said. "I heard rumors that they don’t use the tight end much but nothing could be further from the truth. Oregon always has a good tight end and they’re a big focal point of the offense. You watch the highlights on ESPN and you see the long touchdowns runs and throws, but their tight ends get a lot of love.
"David Paulsen is a great player and he’s graduating. They only have one other guy on the roster so the depth chart looks great. I think the high point for me though was just meeting the people of Oregon. Everyone I met and I mean everyone was great to me. I even loved the guys at airport security in the Eugene airport. The fans are incredible and I got along great with all the players on the team, it was just a really good visit."
Cope-Fitzpatrick said his commitment to USC is still solid but he’ll do one more visit before wrapping things up.
by MarineCorpsDuck on Nov 28, 2011 4:00 PM PST reply actions
To the bat phone!
I’ll contact my contacts and put out a gang hit on him asap.
But you are all the smartest, funniest, most handsome bitches on all the internets.~DaisyDuck 11.2.11
by Quack Addict on Nov 28, 2011 4:09 PM PST up reply actions 1 recs
Sounds good!
Either way, we do at least have a commitment from Evan Baylis, a very quick tight end from Colorado.
We sure need Lyerla, French, and probably a freshman to play well next season.
Winners of the Platypus trophy!
Hopefully....it was either take the chance with a full year off (medical redshirt?) or....
go with the certainty that any further injury would finish his career …
"What you are entrusted to do as a coach is to create an environment where your players have a chance to be successful." CHIP KELLY
Just posted a FanShot on the UCLA series. Vote for your favorite Weasel Stomping moment….
The "Beano Cook" of ATQ
EDSBS strikes again..
Twenty two new jobs for Rick Neuheisel:
… 2. Bob Davie Stunt Double.
….4. Really Inaccurate Running Coach. “Eat whatever you want, and I mean whatever: old magazines, batteries, dead mice, whatever.”
….6. Modern Warfare 3 Game Curator and Original Four Loko Procurer for Team John Mayer
… 10. Star of UPN series “My One Dad.” About a guy who raises an imaginary daughter in a desert scrapyard while tripping balls on cough syrup
… 15. Ye Olde Renaissance Faire CPR Instructor
… 17. Recruiting Coordinator, Sportsbybrooks.com
… 21. Governor of California. Since after four years nothing happens, and then someone else takes over and fails.
The "Beano Cook" of ATQ
#21 would be awesome if it wasnt so true.
I’m not making a bold prediction, but we believe we can win every football game.----Chip Kelly
From Oregonlive
5:58 p.m. Board unanimously votes unanimously votes to terminate UO President Lariviere’s contract 30 days from today w/o cause.
WHY DO I SUCK AT POSTING LINKS?
by INducktrination on Nov 28, 2011 6:06 PM PST reply actions
Watched most of the meeting stream.
Board was both patronizing and clueless. All pleas for reason fell on deaf ears of course. To move it up and fire immediately – and then they had the gall to suggest that, if their sacking the person responsible for making progress with the academic standing of the university leads to backsliding and a halt to the momentum, it’s everyone else’s fault for not pressing on just as before, and not theirs for shortsightedly meddling.
I wouldn’t be surprised to see a raft of departures and resignations over the rest of this year, which the board will of course also blame on Lariviere.
Somewhere, somehow, a Duck is watching you.
Essentially this:
“His ideas for moving forward conflicted with ours.”
“What are your ideas for moving forward?”
“…”
“Why aren’t you doing this in the open?”
“This is the most transparent group I’ve ever been around.”
“So why are you firing him without cause? What’s the reason?”
“…”
“You are guaranteeing mediocrity.”
“You people need to move past the emotion.”
“What does that mean?”
“…”
Ducks GOOOOD. Fuskies BAAAAAD.
by BigGreenWreckingMachine on Nov 28, 2011 6:39 PM PST up reply actions
It was even worse.
"His ideas for moving forward conflicted with ours."
"What are your ideas for moving forward?"
"Basically, everything that he said. But he wasn’t a team player."
Somewhere, somehow, a Duck is watching you.
The stream didn't work for me so I was stuck with that link's updates
Probably for the best. I’d be in a raging fury right now if I watched it. This is sad.
by INducktrination on Nov 28, 2011 6:41 PM PST up reply actions
You would.
I didn’t expect to be so pissed, but the board was just pathetic. They kept acting like questions about their decisions were personal attacks on their children, and the prepared statements were just an awful way to conduct business. The guy without the prepared statement (I came in late, but he might have been the chairperson?) was more heartfelt, but still totally off-base. Okay, you took your kid to the LSU game. Congratulations? Hope you enjoyed your trip? I don’t see how that’s relevant to the situation.
Got the shoes. Got the jersey. And finally, got football. Go Ducks.
(Good call, Daisy)
by lovemyducks81 on Nov 28, 2011 6:53 PM PST up reply actions
That was the worst part,
going on in a heartfelt way, them all saying how hard it was for them, how necessary (without adequate explanation), but completely, totally, absolutely refusing to consider that their actions might have severe negative consequences. And in fact trying to set themselves up to blame the consequences of their own actions on the man they just fired and the people who showed up en masse be beg them, plead with them, implore them not to do such a stupid and unwarranted thing.
Somewhere, somehow, a Duck is watching you.
Can we move the President firing conversation to its own thread, please?
Like the Penn St scandal and the Syracuse story, that stuff is depressing the hell out of me right now.
Oregon loves you, Chip Kelly!
Is anyone watching the Saints play the Giants? Drew Brees is just killing them with a brilliant performance.
Oregon loves you, Chip Kelly!
Fuck. I had the Gmen covering.
No escape from the depressing content.
Somewhere, somehow, a Duck is watching you.
Seriously, this is an unrecognizable Giants team. Unrecognizable. They're doing a Colts impersonation.
Oregon loves you, Chip Kelly!
by gamedaytribe on Nov 28, 2011 8:14 PM PST up reply actions
Finally!! Right after I whine they score a TD!!
Oregon loves you, Chip Kelly!
by gamedaytribe on Nov 28, 2011 8:15 PM PST up reply actions
Yes, right to Cruz
And thus destroying my fantasy team.
Bastards.
Couldn’t you give a couple of those TDs to Sproles, Brees? Is that too much to ask? Bah.
He just dropped a screen pass
Oh, you said new. Never mind.
by JonathanPDX on Nov 28, 2011 10:25 PM PST up reply actions 3 recs
BURN!
¡Me gustan las tortugas!
And Cliff Harris was like, "VRRRRRRRRRRRROOOOOOOOOOMMMMM!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!"
by DuckUntilDeath on Nov 29, 2011 9:37 AM PST up reply actions
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