Quack Fix: Previewing the Prefontaine Classic
by ntrebon on Jun 3, 2011 5:44 AM PDT
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PrintThere's not a lot of quack out there this morning. However, the Prefontaine Classic kicks off tonight and there are a lot of good stories previewing the meet. Let's get to it.
- The Oregon baseball season may officially be over, but Tyler Anderson is continuing to pile up the honors. First, Anderson was named to the All-Conference team (along with Danny Pulfer). This was followed by the Louisville Slugger All American second team and being named one of 30 finalists for the 2011 USA Golden Spikes Award. Fans can vote the Golden Spikes Award here, so give Anderson your support!
- Ted Miller has the conference players who were named to Playboy's 2011 All-American team. Somewhat confusingly, James Rodgers is named as kick returner, with Cliff Harris earning a mention as "All-Purpose" --- under the Specialist heading, no less.
- ESPN's Mark Schlabach provides a brief "health report" for each BCS conference team, consisting of a ranking from 1 - 5 denoting how much momentum the program has. Oregon is one of only five programs to earn the top score, along with Virginia Tech, Oklahoma, Alabama and LSU.
- The Prefontaine Classic kicks off tonight with "Distance Night," headlined by a men's 10K that meet director Tom Jordan describes as "the best field ever assembled on American soil." The field has also seen a couple of recent additions, with Galen Rupp and American 10,000 meter record holder Chris Solinsky opting for the event over Saturday's two-mile race.
- Former Duck standout Andrew Wheating is looking forward to another shot against Abubaker Kaki, last year's world champion in the 800 meters who narrowly defeated Wheating in August.
- Finally, George Schroeder has a column up on the current women's 800 -eter champion Caster Semenya, who will be participating in Saturday's 800-meter field.
And, that's it for the Friday quack. Please share any relevant links or comments below.
Go Ducks!
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The super fun thing about ESPN’s health report is that they released it about a week ago, and they gave tOSU a 5 at the time. This has since been downgraded to a 2.
Does USC getting a 2 seem a bit low to anyone else?
"[Autzen Stadium's] steep concrete banks and closed ends turn a small but rabid crowd from WAC-sized cheering section into a horde of bees with megaphones capable of reaching 127 decibels of hatenoise." -Spencer Hall
Yes. USC won’t be competing for national titles the next couple years, but Kiffin is recruiting like crazy, and they are raising money like crazy. They won’t be going away anytime soon.
--AddictedToQuack, SBNation's Oregon Ducks blog
Unless their fan base achieves secession from the NCAA.
BORING OFFSEASON SIGNATURE GOES HERE. HMMF.
by Bill Musgrave on Jun 3, 2011 6:33 PM PDT up reply actions
Have we become so jaded that the only thing we say about the Playboy AA team is that Cliff Harris is out of position?
Not too many Ducks have made that team. I understand the news would be if LMJ hadn’t made it, but still, props are due.
"Dispatch yourself with the utmost precision, and proceed as far as your individual excellency will permit." - John McEwan
Here is my problem...
ANSON MOUNT SCHOLAR/ATHLETE
KELLEN MOORE – BOISE STATE
Quarterback
6’0", 191, Senio
Is it because they already gave Andrew Luck a spot on the AA team?
It's spelled "S-H-U-F-E-L-T-L-I-K-E-A-B-O-O-B-J-O-B"
What’s an “anson mount”? I’ve heard of motor mounts..
"Dispatch yourself with the utmost precision, and proceed as far as your individual excellency will permit." - John McEwan
It’s playboy… I just made an assumption about what it is.
It's spelled "S-H-U-F-E-L-T-L-I-K-E-A-B-O-O-B-J-O-B"
Or which “scholar/athlete”
"the putz from that UO blog, Matt Daddy" - Steve Tannen
The Daily Faberian
when does the ATQ fantasy baseball week end?
i’ve got a slim lead on the shufelts and am holding on for dear life
I’m not gonna make it easy! I have 4 pitchers starting tomorrow.
It's spelled "S-H-U-F-E-L-T-L-I-K-E-A-B-O-O-B-J-O-B"
Don't count your chickens.
I had 4 pitchers starting last Sunday. And Halladay was one of them.
Wound up with an ERA in the upper 9s.
"Dispatch yourself with the utmost precision, and proceed as far as your individual excellency will permit." - John McEwan
Previous Oregon players on the Playboy AA team:
Before LMJ this season..
Onterrio Smith, 2002 — KR
Joey Harrington, 2001 — QB
Chris Oldham, 1989 — PR
Steve Brown, 1982 — DB
Bobby Moore, 1972 — RB
That’s it. It’s a tough list to crack because it has a distinct traditional school bias (U$C seems to have at least one player on every team) and, like the Walter Camp selections I grew up with, it’s the product of one guy’s opinion. And there’s no second team.
Getting two players on the list is pretty significant, sort of.
Here’s the full list since 1957 (warning: Playboy cover thumbnails!)
"Dispatch yourself with the utmost precision, and proceed as far as your individual excellency will permit." - John McEwan
Chris Oldham ended up a 1st team all american DB as well.
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by Bill Musgrave on Jun 3, 2011 6:37 PM PDT up reply actions
I'm concerned Terrelle Pryor is going to in the golden spikes award
and sell it
I credit my urine for the victory.
http://taborsbigleaguechew.blogspot.com
The Golden Spikes Award will be registered in his mom's name
So it’s totally legit.
Loose bills sink quills.
by DuckUntilDeath on Jun 3, 2011 10:18 AM PDT up reply actions
Andy Staples ranked Oregon the tenth best coaching job in the country
It’s all about the Nike money, but being in front of USC shows something.
It’s definitely interesting that Oregon is ahead of USC. Even with the resources Oregon has, it’d be tough for many coaches to pick Oregon over USC.
--AddictedToQuack, SBNation's Oregon Ducks blog
How exactly do we know that Penn State is a desirable HC job?
Sure, JoePa loves it there, but that’s a pretty small sample set.
Lots of assumptions in this article.
"Dispatch yourself with the utmost precision, and proceed as far as your individual excellency will permit." - John McEwan
We’d have to ask Benz about previous Penn St head coaches
"the putz from that UO blog, Matt Daddy" - Steve Tannen
The Daily Faberian
SI says that Oregon is the tenth most desirable coaching job in college football.
"I'll give any teller who gives me a lollipop 4 stars."-Chip Kelly
by TennesseeQuackAttack8 on Jun 3, 2011 10:04 AM PDT via mobile reply actions
I can't remember where I saw this last.
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by Bill Musgrave on Jun 3, 2011 6:38 PM PDT up reply actions
Can anyone tell me which school has the tenth most wanted coaching job in college fooball?
It's spelled "S-H-U-F-E-L-T-L-I-K-E-A-B-O-O-B-J-O-B"
I was just wondering how Chip Kelly's job ranked in comparison to other D1 schools around the country
"What the hell was that?"
"Spaceball One, they've gone to plaid!"
I find it easier to pick the top two.
"the putz from that UO blog, Matt Daddy" - Steve Tannen
The Daily Faberian
by Matt Daddy on Jun 3, 2011 10:42 AM PDT up reply actions 1 recs
Technical issue?
Does anyone else have to wait for a new comment to appear in a post before using the comment navigation keys (Z, C, ect.)?
Loose bills sink quills.
When you're in a threat that has new comments.
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by DuckUntilDeath on Jun 3, 2011 11:06 AM PDT up reply actions
There has to be new comments (yellow) for them to work
They don’t need to be threatening though.
"What the hell was that?"
"Spaceball One, they've gone to plaid!"
It happens to me sometimes
I credit my urine for the victory.
http://taborsbigleaguechew.blogspot.com
It's been flaky for me the last couple of days.
I thought it was Chrome so I switched to IE8 just now, maybe it’ll help, maybe not.
"Dispatch yourself with the utmost precision, and proceed as far as your individual excellency will permit." - John McEwan
Me too
Z hasn’t worked in Chrome for about the last week as far as I can tell.
Absurdity is my favorite.
Been working for me just fine.
Our Acrobatics & Tumbling team can beat up your Acrobatics & Tumbling team.
Addicted to Quack, where Matt Daddy can't fall asleep unless a grown man in drag sings "Daisy Bell" to him.
Been working for me just fine.
"It's not about style. It's about winning the game. That's it." - Chip Kelly
by Duckfanatic10 on Jun 3, 2011 1:30 PM PDT up reply actions
PILING ON!!!
Been working for me just fine.
"the putz from that UO blog, Matt Daddy" - Steve Tannen
The Daily Faberian
Even when I'm in a thread with new (yellow) comments, threatening or not
I have to wait for the little splash screen to pop up with an additional new comment before I can use the comment navigation keys.
Loose bills sink quills.
by DuckUntilDeath on Jun 3, 2011 12:11 PM PDT up reply actions
Sometimes I have to click in the window someplace that is not a link
I use chrome too.
"What the hell was that?"
"Spaceball One, they've gone to plaid!"
I have had this problem for the last month or so. When I open up a thread that has new comments, I can’t scroll through them with the Z key until someone other than me posts a comment while the page is up. I had this problem before, too, but it seemed to be fixed before popping up again.
Maybe it’s just an Internet Explorer thing. I’d be interested if anyone knows how to fix it.
Defending maligned chants since 2009
Me too. It's been happening for waaaay more than 4 hours.
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by DuckUntilDeath on Jun 3, 2011 1:33 PM PDT up reply actions
IE is working fine for me. Must be user error.
"Dispatch yourself with the utmost precision, and proceed as far as your individual excellency will permit." - John McEwan
What version are you using?
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by DuckUntilDeath on Jun 3, 2011 2:05 PM PDT up reply actions
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"Dispatch yourself with the utmost precision, and proceed as far as your individual excellency will permit." - John McEwan
Oh, and now it doesn't work on IE.
This is sbnation’s way of telling us to get outside, I think.
"Dispatch yourself with the utmost precision, and proceed as far as your individual excellency will permit." - John McEwan
And now IE is working again.
Someone is definitely fucking with us.
"Dispatch yourself with the utmost precision, and proceed as far as your individual excellency will permit." - John McEwan
This has also been my experience
Even with the “auto-refresh” box checked, one has to wait for another comment to be posted for the comment navigation to work. It’s not that much of a PITFA on the current threads, but it would be nice to be able to navigate directly to the new comments on post a coupld of days old.
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by DuckUntilDeath on Jun 3, 2011 3:50 PM PDT up reply actions
My Z key worked when I opened the page
I have no idea what’s going on.
Defending maligned chants since 2009
This just in, Oregon is the tenth best coaching job in college football.
If only I had a link to prove it.
THAT'S RIGHT, Kenny Wheaton you did. You cut back into GREATNESS.
by HoodRiverDuck on Jun 3, 2011 12:00 PM PDT via mobile reply actions
Hypothetically speaking
Just how attractive do you think Oregon’s coaching job is? If only someone were to offer a comparative numerical list!
If college coaching jobs were members of the opposite sex, how many would you ask on a date before you asked the Oregon coaching position? My guess is somewhere around nine.
Defending maligned chants since 2009
PILING ON!!!
Been working for me ju… oh wait, this is the Top Ten one.
"the putz from that UO blog, Matt Daddy" - Steve Tannen
The Daily Faberian
PILING ON!!
Just adding another thing here, because that appears to be the thing to do today.
It's spelled "S-H-U-F-E-L-T-L-I-K-E-A-B-O-O-B-J-O-B"
Interesting.
That reminds me of this SI article I found linked to somewhere. It said that Oregon was the tenth most desirable job in coaching.
Self anointed President of the Kenjon Barner fan club.
As I am scrolling down,
I assume that HRD attempted to post some sort of acknowledgement of your reply fail, but I’m sure that I will find that at the bottom of this page.
Self anointed President of the Kenjon Barner fan club.
How many more better college football coaching jobs are there out there?
The answer is nine. Nine more better.
Prince: This bores me. Is anyone up for a game of basketball?
This just in
Chip Kelly is now being considered for nine different coaching positions.
"Dispatch yourself with the utmost precision, and proceed as far as your individual excellency will permit." - John McEwan
This just in
must be a really slow news day since we don’t have anything to talk about besides nine other programs attempting to lure our coach away, but I am not really sure because MY STUPID Z KEY DOESN’T WORK!
Absurdity is my favorite.
You’re using Daisy’s Z key?
Man this discussion is putting me to sleep… ZZZzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzz
Hey Count, how many coaching jobs are better than Oregon?
Nine! Nine jobs! Ah Ah Ah!
"Pressure is what you feel when you don’t know what you’re doing, and we don’t feel pressure because we know what we’re doing." – Chip Kelly
Cookie Monster and Rammstein want to tell you how many coaching jobs are better than Oregon.
"Dispatch yourself with the utmost precision, and proceed as far as your individual excellency will permit." - John McEwan
I'm confused...
1? 3? 5? 9? HOW MANY IS IT!?!
"It's not about style. It's about winning the game. That's it." - Chip Kelly
by Duckfanatic10 on Jun 3, 2011 4:24 PM PDT up reply actions
I popped on so I could read the shocking news
Since you directed me to that tOSU kids tweet. He PROMISED that the Ducks would get horrible news from the NCAA from his secret sources.
I guess I’ll have to keep waiting… it’s only been a day.
"David Paulson dropped a ball one time just to see what it felt like. But he didn't like it so he decided not to do it again." -Mark Asper
See, there's the issue
You misread his tweet. It actually said that he heard the Ducks would get horrible news from the NCAA from his secret SAUCES. When a man’s condiments begin to talk to him, that’s when you start to wonder if there isn’t a marbe or two rolling around upstairs.
Defending maligned chants since 2009
by Gorbachav5 on Jun 3, 2011 3:55 PM PDT up reply actions 1 recs
Everyone knows the secret sauce is always thousand island dressing, unless you’re in a really fancy restaurant.
It's spelled "S-H-U-F-E-L-T-L-I-K-E-A-B-O-O-B-J-O-B"
Not true! My first job was at Carl’s Jr., where the secret sauce was ketchup mixed with relish.
Defending maligned chants since 2009
McDonald's IS a fancy restaurant in Corvalley.
Loose bills sink quills.
by DuckUntilDeath on Jun 3, 2011 4:57 PM PDT up reply actions
"The first rule of Project Mayhem is..."
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by DuckUntilDeath on Jun 3, 2011 4:57 PM PDT up reply actions
To what tweet are you referring?
"I'll give any teller who gives me a lollipop 4 stars."-Chip Kelly
by TennesseeQuackAttack8 on Jun 3, 2011 4:39 PM PDT up reply actions
Sigh...
"I'll give any teller who gives me a lollipop 4 stars."-Chip Kelly
by TennesseeQuackAttack8 on Jun 3, 2011 5:47 PM PDT up reply actions
I asked a mathematician how many college football coaching jobs are better than Oregon.
He said, "Assign numerical value to each letter in the word “Oregon” and then add them up and let them be X
15+18+5+7+15+14 = 74 = X
Then take the sum of each digit of X (7+4=11), and subtract that from X (74-11 = 63), and your answer will be the sum of those digits (6+3=9)."
It's spelled "S-H-U-F-E-L-T-L-I-K-E-A-B-O-O-B-J-O-B"
Hmmm, curious...
Texas
20+5+24+1+19 = 69
69-15=54
5+4 =9
Ohio State
15+8+9+15+19+20+1+20+5 = 112
112-4 = 108
1+0+8 = 9
Oklahoma
15+11+12+1+8+15+13+1 = 76
76-13 = 63
6+3 = 9
Our Acrobatics & Tumbling team can beat up your Acrobatics & Tumbling team.
Addicted to Quack, where Matt Daddy can't fall asleep unless a grown man in drag sings "Daisy Bell" to him.
by Takimoto on Jun 4, 2011 10:42 AM PDT up reply actions 2 recs
Out, devil!
Your dark arts are not welcome here!
Be gone!
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by Bill Musgrave on Jun 4, 2011 11:02 AM PDT up reply actions
Speaking of things not working..
Now, the Reply link
isn’t doing anything.
"Dispatch yourself with the utmost precision, and proceed as far as your individual excellency will permit." - John McEwan
It hasn't worked for me for yars.
Sppellr link don’t work neiter. Or grammer.
"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
It's working just fine for me.
I guarantee it!
"What the hell was that?"
"Spaceball One, they've gone to plaid!"
Oregon State, disrespected.
I can’t make my phone post the link, but it is Ted Miller’s mailbag today.
"David Paulson dropped a ball one time just to see what it felt like. But he didn't like it so he decided not to do it again." -Mark Asper
Flagged for not having a link!
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by DuckUntilDeath on Jun 3, 2011 5:02 PM PDT up reply actions
Ted Miller slathers on the special sauce
Based what we know today, I’d say six or seven wins is a realistic projection for Oregon State. Wouldn’t be shocked with eight wins. Or five.
That said: Through the years, I’ve learned to never write off Oregon State, even after a slow start, which is practically an annual event in Corvallis.
I would have added, “Take off your orange-colored glasses, moron!”
Loose bills sink quills.
by DuckUntilDeath on Jun 3, 2011 5:06 PM PDT up reply actions
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I certainly enjoy it!
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by DuckUntilDeath on Jun 3, 2011 6:04 PM PDT up reply actions
Make that 4-0.
This is a UALR team that came into the game with a 24-32 record.
"I'll give any teller who gives me a lollipop 4 stars."-Chip Kelly
by TennesseeQuackAttack8 on Jun 3, 2011 7:33 PM PDT via mobile up reply actions
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