Quack Fix: Miami Finds Their Coach, Devoe Joesph, Rose Bowl Trophy and Kenjon Barner
by dvieira on Jan 12, 2012 6:00 AM PST
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PrintI don't see what people get out of seeing Husky Stadium demolished. It's not like they are going to stop in the middle and say "Well, looks like we aren't going to make a new one. Your football team needs to play at a high school from now on". If anything, it makes me want to restart the arms race and build that Autzen Expansion.
- A common thing to do during the long off-season is to release super early and completely irrelevant guesses at polls for next year. Oregon comes in at number 3 in this very early poll with the author citing depth and Kenjon Barner as a suitable replacement for LaMichael James. My opinion? I think LSU is going to be the team to beat next year. Tremendous depth and a chip on their shoulder to boot, look out for the Tigers in 2012. I think the Pac-12 is going to be harder to navigate with so many new coaches and the overall talent increase. We'll see how the spring goes.
- Want to get your picture taken with the Rose Bowl trophy? Well, it turns out the UCLA Basketball game at Matthew Knight Arena on January 21st will showcase that trophy, the Pac-12 Championship and give fans a chance to congratulate the football team and coaches on an amazing bowl victory. Tickets for the game begin at $15 and should be a great crowd. If you don't care about football and really, who does, you may care about seeing Devoe Joseph. He's had a major impact on the team this season and it's too bad we only get him for one year.
- I'm sure there were lots of potential recruits watching the Rose Bowl this year and not just the football kind either. Being in SoCal gave the University of Oregon a chance to reach out to prospective students.
- We have reports about the Miami Dolphins Head Coaching Job. No, Chip Kelly didn't take the job. We don't even really know if he was contacted about it although everyone but KEZI9 seems to think he wasn't. It turns out reports are linking Jeff Fisher to the post at $7M/year. I know there is a lot of push to move people out to the NFL or what have you for a "better job" but sometimes that "better job" isn't the NFL. If part of your DNA is being a teacher and mentor and you're a football coach, I would claim that college is your best job. How can you teach people in the NFL when everyone thinks they know everything already?
A little light on the quack. Sorry about that. Everyone have a great day Rose Bowl Champs!
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But But... I'm so confused
ESPN says the NCG was number one, of all time. Oh, and the Cotton Bowl wasn’t played this year.
Who needs normal sleep patterns?
by AcadianTraverse on Jan 12, 2012 6:19 PM PST up reply actions
Pac 12 #1, 2 & 7 not too shabby.
(extra points for the dig at our little bro)
For Oregon, King Kelly, and St Quack!
1,2,3 and 7
Although it didn’t look like it on the field, Uw was involved in tha Alamo Bowl which came in at #3
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by DuckUntilDeath on Jan 12, 2012 8:15 PM PST up reply actions
About that...
I haven’t been by yet to offer up my congratulations, so, you know..congratulations n stuff.. :)
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by DAWGFATHER91 on Jan 12, 2012 7:41 PM PST up reply actions
Thanks DG91
and congrats on the sabotage by your defense to finally get rid of Holt and get a competent DC.
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I paid them to lay down at the Alamo...
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by DAWGFATHER91 on Jan 12, 2012 7:48 PM PST up reply actions
Not the first time husky players were being paid.
BOOM!
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by Matt Daddy on Jan 12, 2012 7:50 PM PST up reply actions 4 recs
Walked into that one...
But this was worth it.. like record breaking good!!
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by DAWGFATHER91 on Jan 12, 2012 7:51 PM PST up reply actions
Yeah, you kinda put that on the tee
Thoughts on Wilcox and the other D guys you’ve hired recently?
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Love the resume..
This guy looks to have the creative philosophies worthy to change it around. I’m excited and cautious at the same time, but we’ll see. The time in Tenn. isn’t as impressive as when Wilcox was in Boise, SEC offense is eh, but he did it with young players. At Boise he seemed to have the ability to coach em up, but then again it was against lesser opponents, so i’m reserved I guess. Hearing Sirmon is a recruiting machine doesn’t hurt, along with Keith Heyward. My thought during all this is these guys are really young but it could be really good for recruiting. Lets face it, can’t get much worse on that side of the ball.
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by DAWGFATHER91 on Jan 12, 2012 8:03 PM PST up reply actions
Wilcox ran a ton of 4-2-5 at BSU
it will be interesting to see if he goes back to that at Uw considering the number of safeties you have an how weak at LB you are. Sirmon and Heyward will hit the recruiting hard and it will be good for young fresh minds to get on the trail instead of scary Hulk-baby Holt.
I still think you guys struggle (just because of depth and because your class this year is so weak) to get to the upper levels of the Pac in the next 2-3 years, and I wonder if Sark is given enough time to make it long. Especially considering he was in talks with St Louis Rams this year.
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Agreed..
I think next year will be another growing year for the youth, 2013 has to be the year or something will be changed. I think Sark is proving to everyone right now how badly he wants to get it done with his staff moves on D. Looking at the schedule next year it’s going to be a brutal start with a chance to end strong, that coupled with Husky stadium open and hopefully a good to great recruiting class, 2013 will be the year he HAS to do something.
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by DAWGFATHER91 on Jan 12, 2012 8:13 PM PST up reply actions
By "has to do something"
you mean finally beat the Ducks right, and not let it be 10 straight? With Price a senior, a year of experience for your new D guys in Wilcox’s system, that has to be the year to push for 8-10 wins. The arms race is building in the Pac North too with Cal’s recruiting, Stanford’s system, WSU and Leach, Oregon’s 3 straight, and well OSU is OSU.
It’s not going to be easy to win the Pac North in the near future.
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It was really awesome to see what a non-injured Price is capable of in the Alamo Bowl.
I remember wondering why Sark kept in, hobbling on two injured knees, in near blowouts.
Speaking of which, what do you think the plans for Monana are? As a Niner fan, I am especially interested in this.
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by DuckUntilDeath on Jan 12, 2012 8:24 PM PST up reply actions
Er, Sark kept Price in during previous games that were near blow-outs.
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by DuckUntilDeath on Jan 12, 2012 8:35 PM PST up reply actions
Not sure on Montana
But I think I saw a stat where his dad was a backup for 3,3 years of his college career and it worked out for him. We’ll see, if things stay the same we will have 5 QB’s on scholly, unless he doesn’t improve he should stay at #2 and with Price being a health risk I would think he would like his chances staying here. But we will see.
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by DAWGFATHER91 on Jan 12, 2012 9:30 PM PST up reply actions
You saw a bogus stat. Joe Montana was only a backup for one full year
That was in 1975, as a sophomore. Freshmen couldn’t play at ND back then so he would never have more than three years of varsity eligibility anyway. Came off the bench in 75 to lead nd to a few comeback wins. He sat out 76 with a shoulder separation. By the 2nd game of his junior year he was established as the starter, thanks to a combination of injuries and talent. He started 9 games in 77, and every game as a senior.
The Montana apples apparently fell quite a ways from the tree.
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They'll still get looks in the pros. That doesn't mean they'll go anywhere, though.
I don’t know enough about the fusky offense, but I questioned his choice of transfer. Sure, it made sense when jock licker was there, but now you have a pro-style QB backing up a dual threat QB.
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by DuckUntilDeath on Jan 13, 2012 6:19 AM PST up reply actions
Well, that takes care of that
KAGSluke @KAGSluke
#KAGS-HD has confirmed Nick Montana (son of Joe Montana) has contacted #Blinn coach Ronny Feldman about the possibility of transferring.
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by DuckUntilDeath on Jan 13, 2012 5:40 PM PST up reply actions
More or less
I think he has to get to the conference championship game at minimum in that year, and if it means beating you guys, well, then so be it ;) . The PAC12 is no longer a joke, aside from OSU (who we lost to argh), everyone is upgrading everywhere and we can’t take any steps back. The North is about to become the SEC west (but with offense) and there won’t be many easy wins. I really wish the PAC would look at 8 conference games going forward otherwise we are going to be knocking each other off the polls, and while they are doing that they should look into redoing the divisions, lol.
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by DAWGFATHER91 on Jan 12, 2012 8:26 PM PST up reply actions
Don't get me started on the 9 conference game schedule
it’s a fucking joke. Although I partially blame Uw and the Bay area schools for their stupid “we have to play in LA” whining when the expansion took place. I mean, now that we all get a shit load of money from the new media deal, can we all just agree that the playing in LA thing every year is just dumb and go to an 8 game schedule?
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I could care less we where we play in the conference
I’m not sure why people would care with the TV deal we have now but it’s only going to hurt the conference if it continues. Even with the 9 game conference we aren’t playing in LA this year so it’s become a hurt more than a help for everyone in the North who aren’t named Cal or Stanford.
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by DAWGFATHER91 on Jan 12, 2012 8:37 PM PST up reply actions
Before the media deal
everyone was so concerned about getting a game in LA or at least playing one LA school every year. There were stupid arguments like how it helps recruiting, and exposure and blah blah blah. But what it really was about was money. Honestly, because nobody but a few though the new media deal would reach $20+MM a year.
Now that we’re all going to see $22-25MM, I think we all need to agree that exposure and recruiting aren’t that big a deal regarding playing LA every year and that getting an extra bye or cupcake game near the end of the season are much more important.
Cal will find that out next year. Watch.
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Exactly
Hopefully Larry Scott realizes this, wakes up and makes the changes that would help everybody. I would think it would be easier to schedule a China trip with one less conference game to worry about!
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by DAWGFATHER91 on Jan 12, 2012 8:55 PM PST up reply actions
Your new sig is amusing. I counter with this:
Head to Head games won the past 9 years:
UO 8, UW 1
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by QuackQuackAttack on Jan 12, 2012 8:57 PM PST up reply actions 1 recs
Well...
I couldn’t very well keep my old sig now could I!
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by DAWGFATHER91 on Jan 12, 2012 8:59 PM PST up reply actions
When all else fails, you can always drag out Gil Dobie.
I've been chosen as an extra in the movie adaptation of the sequel to my life.
Honestly
I kinda liked the way you found to change the old sig. I thought you did a nice job with it. (To be clear, I’m not crazy about the stat, but I thought your change was a somewhat clever one.)
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by ProbablyMonty on Jan 12, 2012 11:02 PM PST up reply actions
I wish you the best of luck
As long as you continue to lose to us. 8-P
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by DuckUntilDeath on Jan 12, 2012 8:18 PM PST up reply actions
Thanks..
Trust me I NEVER want to lose to you guys, but hey, you got that huge monkey off your back now, so you guys can lose to us anytime.
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by DAWGFATHER91 on Jan 12, 2012 8:32 PM PST up reply actions
Orrr we could just go the next 95 years without losing to Uw
That sounds like a good idea, yeah let’s go with that.
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by Matt Daddy on Jan 12, 2012 8:35 PM PST up reply actions 3 recs
That just made me a little nauseous
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by DAWGFATHER91 on Jan 12, 2012 8:38 PM PST up reply actions
Well, let me just make you throw up
We’ve been moving one step closer to that every year for the last 8.
/hope you feel better soon.
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ooohhhmmmmmm
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by DAWGFATHER91 on Jan 12, 2012 8:48 PM PST up reply actions
Hah
Your vom is grellow!
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by DuckUntilDeath on Jan 13, 2012 5:39 PM PST up reply actions
How can you teach people in the NFL when everyone thinks they know everything already?
The thing is…everyone in the NFL does not think they know everything already. The game is too brutal, the contracts are not guaranteed, and the competition is too fierce for that. The players are overall much more dedicated to improving themselves than the average college player. Just an example from a couple years ago: reading about how the Ravens’ secondary spent four games doing certain types of coverages just to bait Peyton Manning in the fifth game into throwing an interception at a certain point in their game. Worked too. You don’t get that kind of dedication and subtlety in college.
It is harder to be a successful NFL coach. For some people that is the challenge: to be successful at the highest level of the sport. We’ll see if Kelly is that kind of person.
For all the drama queens in the NFL, they are substantially better football players than college kids
and not just due to size, but also dedication and knowledge of the game. The NFL is considered a destination because it contains the best in the world, with a difference in talent larger than FCS to FBS. However, I still could care less about the NFL despite loving CFB and a lot of people feel the same way. Not sure what camp Chip is in, but lots of folks just love college football and wouldn’t go anywhere else
The players are overall much more dedicated to improving themselves than the average college player.
I disagree. NFL players are able to focus 100% on improving themselves, studying game film, etc. College kids have to go to school and spend time on studies. In the NCAA, there are restrictions on practice times, etc. So in college, you don’t have a Ravens defense that can study Peyton Manning obsessively – they just aren’t allowed to.
The NFL is also all about individuals. Everyone is out there for themselves (I realize I’m generalizing). That’s because individual stats matter and equal bigger and better paychecks. In college, players are more willing to sacrifice individual statistics for the better of the team.
The successful ones are
A lot of NFL players do not have this work ethic. and a lot of them fail. The best football players on the best teams all have a very hard work ethic and if you can demonstrate to them that your way is a better way to get things done, they’ll go along. A lot of others – often draft busts – come in with raw physical prowess but are not particularly dedicated to improving. Depending on your team, you’ll get a mix of both.
If I could kiss Nick Holt, I would. Though, with him, I’m sure it would end in deep penetration and a score
A lot of them don't have great work ethic but have such vast physical talent that they still get to play.
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by BigGreenWreckingMachine on Jan 12, 2012 11:02 AM PST up reply actions
guess who will be calling the Oregon basketball game tonight on FSN?
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Hopefully he's as good on TV
as his son is. I think Jordan has been great on CSN.
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I also read that the DB from OU cancelled his trip. (DeVante something?)
/3*LMJ’d
For Oregon, King Kelly, and St Quack!
I don't know whether or not he cancelled
But his last name is Harris.
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by DuckUntilDeath on Jan 12, 2012 9:32 AM PST up reply actions
He did cancel
Looks like he was really hoping for a Texas A & M offer and got it.
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by SouthOfTheBorderDuck on Jan 12, 2012 10:32 AM PST up reply actions
Harper is generally seen as a VERY underrated athlete... a late bloomer
Watch the video… he has great acceleration and good hips. He would make a great defensive back. I think Oregon is a favorite for him as well.
by The Graduate on Jan 12, 2012 9:48 AM PST up reply actions
Good hips? That’s a thing? I’m sure he’ll do fantastic in childbirth.
/can’tbelievethat’sathing
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A DB being able to "Flip his hips" is a very good thing.
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It is, and a very important one at that...
it implies that the athlete can turn his hips and swivel quickly- a must for any good cornerback.
by The Graduate on Jan 12, 2012 10:02 AM PST up reply actions
Look at these, my childbearing hips.
Look at these, my ruby red ruby lips.
Look at these, my work-strong arms.
You’ve got to see my bottle full of charms.
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by HoodRiverDuck on Jan 12, 2012 10:06 AM PST up reply actions
WTF is this?
No, I don’t get your obscure, probably erudite and I’m sure very clever reference.
Are you sure you didn’t go to Cal?
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Nah, it's just PJ Harvey.
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by HoodRiverDuck on Jan 12, 2012 10:55 AM PST up reply actions
Ah, pardon
I don’t get your obscure, erudite clever musical references.
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It's a damn catchy song.
And seemed fitting.
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by HoodRiverDuck on Jan 12, 2012 11:01 AM PST up reply actions
Side note: PJ Harvey's "Long Snake Moan" is still one of the best songs to emerge in the last 20 years
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by keeerrrttt1 on Jan 12, 2012 11:28 AM PST up reply actions
She's just f'ing brilliant.
I concur. That whole album was incredible.
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by HoodRiverDuck on Jan 12, 2012 11:31 AM PST up reply actions
That song is awesome! Is the rest of the album like this? I've tried to get into PJ Harvey before XD
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by DuckUntilDeath on Jan 12, 2012 3:41 PM PST up reply actions
That album (To Bring You My Love) is her finest imo
I wouldn’t say the rest of it is necessarily similar, it’s actually a bit varied, which is part of its greatness. A few hard hitting wailing rockers like Long Snake Moan (Meet ze Monsta, C’mon Billy, I Think I’m a Mother) and a few more pensive ones (Teclo, Down By The Water). I don’t make a lot of music recommendations, but I’ve got no problem saying yes, go buy/download/pirate that album if you want to like PJ Harvey. I was never sold on her ’til I heard it, and now I get her.
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by HoodRiverDuck on Jan 12, 2012 4:00 PM PST up reply actions
Oh, it's THAT album
“Down by the Water” is a rockin’ song, but the lyrics freak me out.
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by DuckUntilDeath on Jan 12, 2012 4:04 PM PST up reply actions
Well
The whispered chorus part.
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by DuckUntilDeath on Jan 12, 2012 4:04 PM PST up reply actions
She freaks me out too
but in a good way. Compared to, say, Tori Amos, who freaks me out in a really, really bad way.
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by HoodRiverDuck on Jan 12, 2012 4:20 PM PST up reply actions
Really? How so?
I’m a huge Tori fan.
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by DuckUntilDeath on Jan 12, 2012 4:22 PM PST up reply actions
She's immensely talented
But she has TBC syndrome. (Acronym contest: GO!)
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by HoodRiverDuck on Jan 12, 2012 4:23 PM PST up reply actions
She watches "The Breakfast Club"
A LOT?
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by DuckUntilDeath on Jan 12, 2012 4:29 PM PST up reply actions
Goos tries! But we were looking for
That Bitch Crazy
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by HoodRiverDuck on Jan 12, 2012 5:05 PM PST up reply actions
Yes, she's one of those awesomely creepy/mysterious artists, an enigma
She now and then cranks the amps to 11, but as was stated her writing varies wildly. I really liked her 2011 album “Let England Shake,” gets two thumbs way up from me. But if you want the hits, gotta go with ‘To Bring You My Love’ for starters than branch out.
If you liked ‘Long Snake Moan’ then you’d probably like this one from PJ as well, “This is Love” from 2000.
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She gives rock divas a good name.
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by HoodRiverDuck on Jan 12, 2012 11:58 AM PST up reply actions
Here's the one I was referencing
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by HoodRiverDuck on Jan 12, 2012 12:19 PM PST up reply actions
Harper?
Underrated DB? Sounds like deja du’ all over again.
Where’s KtripleERT1 when we need him for a lesson in comparative Duck history…
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you rang?
How may I be of service Fishdude, of no affiliation with FishDuck yet similar?
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by keeerrrttt1 on Jan 12, 2012 12:52 PM PST up reply actions
I was hoping for a story about another underrated DB
by the last name of Harper and how he turned out to be an ok Duck.
I mock, but it is because I appreciate your knowledge.
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We just gave him a scholarship yesterday,
he is apparently pretty happy about it. I would be surprised if he didnt go to UO.
Winners of the Platypus trophy!
Seems like we're the favorite at the moment
Zona offered as a QB.
UCLA offered as a DB.
Supposed to visit those two this weekend and next, then the final weekend before signing day visit Eugene.
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by SouthOfTheBorderDuck on Jan 12, 2012 10:43 AM PST up reply actions
Ah, very nice.
No better way to start the morning than a Matt Daddy dig!
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Your football team needs to play at a high school from now on
Isn’t that why they’re renovating husky stadium in the first place?
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by Matt Daddy on Jan 12, 2012 9:02 AM PST reply actions 3 recs
I don’t see what people get out of seeing Husky Stadium demolished.
The same thing we’ve been getting for the last 2,994 days.
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by Gorbachav5 on Jan 12, 2012 9:08 AM PST reply actions 6 recs
Can we get a front-page counter for this?
Department of Husky Demolition has been without incident for 2996 days.
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by HoodRiverDuck on Jan 12, 2012 10:08 AM PST up reply actions
Ooooh, random colored bold HTML formatting luck!
Apparently brackets around your text will do that for you.
/themoreyouknow’d
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by HoodRiverDuck on Jan 12, 2012 10:10 AM PST up reply actions
Really?
So if I do [This] it makes it green? No how about this 2996? OK so it is brackets around a number.
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"Spaceball One, they've gone to plaid!"
Actually, what got entered in the html source was this:
“< strong> < a href=”#fn2996">2996< /a> < /strong>days."
Without the space I had to insert so it wouldn’t interpret it as html. It’s a link to a non-existent anchor on this page, so er…
Oregon loves you, Chip Kelly!
by gamedaytribe on Jan 13, 2012 2:46 PM PST up reply actions
Four days until OGOTDP is a go.
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isn't it supposed to be on the 18th?
I remember this because, well, it’s my birthday.
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I'm a J student
you think I can count?
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Is that another super-secret acronym?
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It's four letters worse than F
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by Babablockhead on Jan 12, 2012 12:29 PM PST up reply actions
Ummmmm....
I believe he spells it “Jaques”.
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by DuckUntilDeath on Jan 12, 2012 1:20 PM PST up reply actions
no worries about HRD's slip up
I got everyone’s back
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by David Piper on Jan 12, 2012 12:31 PM PST up reply actions
Everyone see the RB Motivational video...
It’s good.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RIMShwCfTxM
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by SouthOfTheBorderDuck on Jan 12, 2012 9:13 AM PST reply actions 1 recs
Today only happens once...WIN IT.
Awesome.
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by Babablockhead on Jan 12, 2012 9:28 AM PST up reply actions
I'm still waiting for the 2011 season highlight video, cause last year's was just mind boggling.
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I felt like I could have beaten Wisconsin after that.
Well… for like… 18 seconds I did. And then I got out of my chair to get some water and my ankles popped as I walked.
It's spelled "S-H-U-F-E-L-T-W-O-O-Z-Y".
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by JShufelt on Jan 12, 2012 3:49 PM PST up reply actions 2 recs
The first time that I'd ever seen this one, The Astronauts, 2012. Just excellent, brought tears.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4yBWECChR6c
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LSU is losing Russell Shepard to the draft, after looking at what he did this year it’s kind of a questionable decision in my opinion
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The NFL doesn’t care about how you performed unless you are a QB. WR’s just need to post good numbers at the combine lol.
by MarineCorpsDuck on Jan 12, 2012 9:56 AM PST up reply actions
Not entirely true but yeah the combine helps players, Mike Mamula should of never been drafted ahead of Warren Sapp but the combine made that happened.
Wasn’t Shepard one of the big gets when he was being recruited? His career was disappointing then he only had like 52 catches I think
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I was mostly joking because, especially at WR, it seems like they could care less about productivity at college. In fact, I feel like having good hands is borderline optional. If you are big and fast you’re in. There are so many WRs that are good that were drafted way late or were UFAs. There are 4 WRs who were in the top 15 in receiving yardage in the NFL this season who were either undrafted or went in a very late round:
Wes Welker – Undrafted Free Agent
Victor Cruz – Undrafted Free Agent
Marques Colston – 7th round
Antonio Brown – 6th round
That’s not to say that size and speed shouldn’t be coveted. When you have a chance at a Calvin Johnson or Larry Fitzgerald, go for it for sure. But when you get into the later rounds, you often see teams only pick guys with “upside” (read: big and/or fast but can’t catch a cold) instead of a guy like Jeff Maehl or Mike Hass. And it’s beyond the drafting part…those guys usually end up on a team because someone snatches them up as an UFA, but they never get a chance to show what they can do in games.
Except teams like the Colts and Patriots. Garcon and Austin Collie were both 6th round picks and were super productive with Manning. The Patriots have guys like Welker (UFA), Woodhead (UFA), Green-Ellis (UFA), Edelman (7th round). It’s crazy to me that more teams don’t catch on to that and give guys who prove they can play the game a legitimate chance, meaning playing time, not just putting them on the practice squad.
by MarineCorpsDuck on Jan 12, 2012 12:24 PM PST up reply actions
The NFL is odd that way
A lot of people in the NFL believe that you can’t teach big tits, as the saying goes. You can’t teach a 4.3 40 or to be a giant man that is fast, so it’s better to get that then to get someone who has shown production in college but doesn’t have the measurables.
Except quite often the ones who have shown production are the ones that are really the strong players. One of the things production often shows when measurables don’t is the work ethic, and that’s one of the best indicators of success in the NFL.
Ultimately everyone hopes for another giant NT, or another amazing DE, and they’re willing to shoot for the moon to get it instead of drafting a solid, good player.
If I could kiss Nick Holt, I would. Though, with him, I’m sure it would end in deep penetration and a score
A lot of people in the NFL believe that you can’t teach big tits, as the saying goes.
This is an expression with which I admit I am unfamiliar. Makes a lot of sense though.
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It's from Charlie Wilson's war
When asked why his entire office staff was composed of attractive, young aides his response is a classic, “You can teach ‘em to type, but you can’t teach ’em to grow tits.”
If I could kiss Nick Holt, I would. Though, with him, I’m sure it would end in deep penetration and a score
It's true that you can't teach them,
but you can buy them
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by Babablockhead on Jan 12, 2012 12:53 PM PST up reply actions
And thank God for that.
Thank God indeed.
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by HoodRiverDuck on Jan 12, 2012 12:56 PM PST up reply actions
This is the mold for LSU athletes, particularly on offense.
Step 1: Be a highly regarded Blue Chip Athlete coming out of high school.
Step 2: Sign with LSU.
Step 3: Do practically nothing on the field for LSU, due to a scheme that refuses to use said blue-chip talent for offensive advantage, and general coaching incompetence. But keep lifting weights.
Step 4: Impress NFL scouts with your outstanding measurables, and they forget about your lack of highlight reel.
Step 5: Get drafted high, succeed in the NFL.
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Can you imagine what they'd have done with Darron if they'd actually managed to keep him?
Oy. That would have been a waste and a half.
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by ProbablyMonty on Jan 12, 2012 11:25 AM PST up reply actions
He would have been the smartest fullback on the field!
by JonathanPDX on Jan 12, 2012 11:29 AM PST up reply actions
Who is Devoe Joesph?
I thought his last name was Joseph.
"What the hell was that?"
"Spaceball One, they've gone to plaid!"
I'd buy one right now, if I hadn't just bought my son new bedroom furniture
I know my priorities our out of whack.
About .5 seconds went by when I thought about buying it, but this scene is the only result
.
Me: But hun, it is such a good investment! It is beautiful art and a collectors piece, this could pay for our kids college someday
Wife: /divorces me
They've sold out 3 times so far today.
They didn’t realize the demand would be so high. They are also coming out with mini helmets soon for $150
I'd get one right now if I didn't just drop half that on textbooks
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They still make you use textbooks?
I thought this was the Digital Age. Luddites.
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by HoodRiverDuck on Jan 12, 2012 12:00 PM PST up reply actions
Ryan Katz and Dontae Williams are transferring to SDSU
--Dave
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I have to say i’ve always kind of pulled for SDSU, no idea why? I’ve been to the Zoo there but that’s about it.
Just thought everyone would want to know this.
For Oregon, King Kelly, and St Quack!
I like their uniforms (same colors as my high school) and I loved Marshall Faulk in the NFL. That’s enough for me to casually root for them.
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Dontae Williams has been at SDSU for the past year
Can’t really blame anybody who wants to go live in San Diego for a few years…
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by keeerrrttt1 on Jan 12, 2012 11:30 AM PST up reply actions
San Diego is a very, very, very pretty city.
I’d think it’d be an ideal place to spend some time (but not permanently settle down).
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by ProbablyMonty on Jan 12, 2012 11:32 AM PST up reply actions
75 degrees and sunny 330 days a year?
Sounds awful.
Beautiful beaches, a great beer scene, beautiful blonde people everywhere?
Count me out.
I agree though, I’d hate to live there. Suffering that amount of urban sprawl on a daily basis is the definition of suck.
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by HoodRiverDuck on Jan 12, 2012 11:34 AM PST up reply actions
San Diego is just a really awesome place
I get to go there for a week for business conference in June. Excited.
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Yeah, not hard to adjust to permanent sunshine
Not at all, can personally confirm that.
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by SouthOfTheBorderDuck on Jan 12, 2012 11:43 AM PST up reply actions
Don't you live in Peru or Chile
or somewhere of that nature? Now THAT’S some seriously good weather. Hot though I’ll bet.
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Santiago, Chile
Basically LA – SD weather.
75-90, sunny and no humidity from Sept – April.
Pretty good deal.
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by SouthOfTheBorderDuck on Jan 12, 2012 12:26 PM PST up reply actions
That sounds fabulous
And I think it would be an interesting place to live. Are you an ex-pat or a native?
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Ex-Pat
Born and raised in Portland.
No better summer than Oregon from July – September, since it’s still so green (and so fresh and so clean).
This is easier to live in year round though, that’s for sure. It’s a cool place that keeps getting better and better and between a Slingbox and Satellite TV, college football is much easier to access than just a few years ago.
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by SouthOfTheBorderDuck on Jan 12, 2012 12:34 PM PST up reply actions
All of this San Diego love is awesome.
Just don’t go there during the summer. There will be so many people from Arizona you won’t be able to move. Damn Zonies.
Winners of the Platypus trophy!
Last I saw, Dontae has been at a SD-area CC since leaving Oregon.
There was an article a few months back.
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by BigGreenWreckingMachine on Jan 12, 2012 11:44 AM PST up reply actions
Hasnt Williams been going to the ame JC that Akili Smith went to?
Grossmont?
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Yeah.
He moved to Cali to be closer to his family. Who are in Texas.
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by BigGreenWreckingMachine on Jan 12, 2012 4:19 PM PST up reply actions
They are quite the NFL Coach Factory
Joe Gibbs
John Madden
Herman Edwards
John Fox
Sean Payton
Tom Cable
Brian Billick
Chip Kelly
Pelican!
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by HoodRiverDuck on Jan 12, 2012 11:58 AM PST up reply actions
SDSU...
I believe I looked at them way back when (not even sure why, I think I was in the SD area around HS junior time and I wanted to see what was there). When our tour group walked behind the frats (all repurposed seedy motels) a bunch of fraternity brothers started catcalling our tour guide, who giggled and waved back. The main campus felt vaguely like a McDonalds play-place, but that just might be the shock of a native Oregonian adjusting to California aesthetics.
But yeah, sports, I’ve always had a casual support for them too. It’s always confused me that fBSU could rise to the top while SDSU could never break through, with their local talent and attractive setting. San Diego’s been great whenever I’ve been down there. Good luck to these guys.
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Didn't they make it to the Sweet 16 last year?
¡Me gustan las tortugas!
And Cliff Harris was like, "VRRRRRRRRRRRROOOOOOOOOOMMMMM!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!"
by DuckUntilDeath on Jan 12, 2012 11:52 AM PST up reply actions
Well, I guess I really only pay attention to CFB,
So they could very well be excellent in other sports and I wouldn’t know about it.
Somewhere, somehow, a Duck is watching you.
A guy I used to play poker with went there.
He was all excited for the game.
¡Me gustan las tortugas!
And Cliff Harris was like, "VRRRRRRRRRRRROOOOOOOOOOMMMMM!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!"
by DuckUntilDeath on Jan 12, 2012 1:17 PM PST up reply actions
They play Uw next year
That’s all I need to know to root for them
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Also this,
a USC receiver is joining them too.
Somewhere, somehow, a Duck is watching you.
Also,
I hadn’t remembered this, but Ted mentioned Baxter from USC’s also there.
These guys are seriously going to have better first-string offensive talent than half the Pac-12.
Somewhere, somehow, a Duck is watching you.
Makes sense.
Baxter is from just north of downtown San Diego, and lived about 10 minutes or so (traffic permitting) away from SDSU’s campus. He almost committed to them our of high school.
Winners of the Platypus trophy!
This is an interesting idea
from Wilner. With 11 games on opening weekend for CFB next year, the Pac is going to have to figure out a way to broadcast 5-6 games on its National Network channel. Wilner thinks they should put some on Sunday. I think it would be great to have back to back days of Pac games straight to watch.
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Honest question: Is that allowed in college football? I thought Sunday games were verboten? Or is that just a thing when the NFL is playing?
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It's a gentleman's agreement
College doesn’t play when pros are playing, at least the big games. That’s why the Rose got moved to the 2nd, why the NFL doesn’t do saturday games until college is done, why college prefers to do Friday night games instead of thursday night games later on in the season.
But it’s not a legally binding agreement. It’s just a way to maximize TV revenue for both.
If I could kiss Nick Holt, I would. Though, with him, I’m sure it would end in deep penetration and a score
Correction
The Rose Bowl is never played on Sundays. It is a Tournament of Roses rule: No Parade, No Game on the Sundays. Remember the charter was written almost 100 years ago, playing football on Sunday was sacrilege.
Also, it is a smart business decision. NFL will absolutely trounce college football in the ratings; and Vegas, don’t forget about Vegas.
It actually is blue law
but in an indirect way. It goes back to when people rode their horses to church. The horse in the parade would get the horse that folk had ridden to church all riled up so Pasadena instilled a city ordinance banning all parades on Sunday.
I’m not making a bold prediction, but we believe we can win every football game.----Chip Kelly
The football connection with the Tournament of Rose didn't start until 16 years after it began
It’s not specific to football, as the game is considered simply the culmination of the annual Tournament of Roses event, and from its inception in 1890 the rules always stipulated that if new years day fell on a Sunday the parade and post-parade festivities (which later included football games) would be held the following Monday instead.
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Interesting
thanks!
If I could kiss Nick Holt, I would. Though, with him, I’m sure it would end in deep penetration and a score
it's also a rule to completely destroy the field before beginning play
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Well, they did let the OAC grow the grass.
"Forget it. If 21 gets behind you, you can play the fight song." --Scott Van Pelt
what they needed to do was grow roots
Speed Endurance Talent is how Track Town USA plays football. Win The Day
Everyone knows it's Eugene,
not Corvallis, that grows the best grass.
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by Duckfanatic10 on Jan 12, 2012 2:13 PM PST up reply actions 1 recs
It was actually grown in Silverton (by an OSU grad)
not Corvallis. Everyone knows that Silverton’s best crop is shrooms, not grass.
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Thank you for the clarification.
I still stand by my point though…
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by Duckfanatic10 on Jan 12, 2012 2:47 PM PST up reply actions
I believe Kalon is right
but that opening weekend in college, there are no Pro games on at the time.
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The Daily Faberian
That does sound like a fantastic way to do the opening weekend.
Back-to-back triple headers, basically wall-to-wall Pac-12 football for an entire weekend is great exposure/entertainment. It’s too bad that half of those games will be paycheck laughers. At least we’re doing our part with our trip to KSU… oh, right, Snyder’s back.
Somewhere, somehow, a Duck is watching you.
Great way to kick off the network too.
"Forget it. If 21 gets behind you, you can play the fight song." --Scott Van Pelt
Wilner says some dumb fucking things.
Football on sunday once the NFL is started will not happen. It just won’t work.
by NICKPAPAGEORGIOTHEDUCK on Jan 12, 2012 3:28 PM PST up reply actions
Here's the list of offseason Tako Tuesday ideas I just sent to Takimoto.
Got any more ideas? Leave them below so the poor guy doesn’t have to do any work all summer and can profit off of our genius brainstorms.
Top 10 2011 ATQ memes?
The ATQ Bill of Rights?
ATQ 5/10/20 years in the future?
Revisiting the best/worst comments and threads of the past week. This would require bringing back keg stickers, which we all know needs to happen.
Why are sports movies either smashing successes or abject failures?
Contest: Draft a bill that would force all Texas HS football prospects that are 4* or higher to stay in state for college. If you’re 3* or lower, GTFO. Bonus points for sending a copy of your bill to a Texas legislator (or Craig James). Double bonus points if you get a response. Control of ATQ for a day if you get a response from Craig James.
Case Study: Does any food taste worse when it is deep fried? Tangent, can any food not be made to taste better when deep fried?
The Candy Playoffs: Make and seed a bracket of 16 (or 32 if you can come up with that many) candies and have a playoff style elimination tournament, complete with reader voting in polls, to determine the candy champion of ATQ. Then send results to Bill Hancock with 20 year old Twinkie.
Takimoto tries to recreate Doc Ellis’ “under the influence of LSD” no-hitter from 1970 (stolen from Deadspin but dammit it’s funny to watch).
Why is there a flock of chickens walking down the middle of 18th and Alder?
Deb-ATQs
Does Dana Altman’s system cripple the Duck’s chances of signing and hanging on to top talent.
Who leaves Oregon first: Chip, Allioti, Greatwood, Campbell, Neal or Pellum?
Which “Thomas” will be on the higher pedestal in Oregon Football history: Darron or DeAnthony?
What would have happened if we’d signed Pryor and Bryce Brown?
More funny ATQ movie parodies.
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by axemen23 on Jan 12, 2012 1:21 PM PST reply actions 1 recs
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Everyone but bodyspray23 shall have rights.
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by DuckUntilDeath on Jan 12, 2012 1:25 PM PST up reply actions
Asparagus
I love asparagus, so I tried Burgerville’s deep-fried asparagus spears. They weren’t better.
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by Babablockhead on Jan 12, 2012 1:53 PM PST up reply actions
lets amend this to *properly* deep-fried
not “hey look fast food hot oil psssssss” fried.
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I would say that Mushrooms and Zucinni are much better sauteed than deep fried.
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"Spaceball One, they've gone to plaid!"
I am going to stare at this guy until he finally moves....blinks...whatever. I KNOW its coming.
I don't mean to impose...
All I can think of,
is Apocalypse Now, and Chef explaining why he didn’t become an army cook because they ruined heaps of excellent meat by boiling it to mush.
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Wrapped in bacon is essentially deep fried, which many filet mignons are
are you telling me that a filet mignon deep fried in bacon fat doesn’t sound awesome?
That sounds disgusting
The whole notion of removing the flavor of beef and replacing it with bacon – especially a really nice, subtle piece of meat like a filet mignon – is the Olive Gardenization of cuisine. Basically, as long as you add more fat, cheese and salt to something it’ll be good, right?
No. What it does is just drown the flavor of the original. Why do that?
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I'm pretty sure this is one of the classic ways to prepare filet mignon
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by DuckUntilDeath on Jan 12, 2012 3:28 PM PST up reply actions
Deep frying filet mignon is not a classic way of preparing it
bacon-wrapping is, but that’s not remotely the same.
If I could kiss Nick Holt, I would. Though, with him, I’m sure it would end in deep penetration and a score
That's one of the time-honored, classic ways to prepare a fillet.
Has been around for centuries longer than the Olive Garden.
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by BigGreenWreckingMachine on Jan 12, 2012 4:04 PM PST up reply actions
IIRC
It has something to do with the thickness of the cut, right? The bacon allows a crust on the ends and indirect cooking on the sides.
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by DuckUntilDeath on Jan 12, 2012 4:07 PM PST up reply actions
And the fact that tenderloin, and therefore the "fillet," is extremely lean.
The bacon keeps in the juices and adds some fat to the fillet, as well as some smokiness.
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by BigGreenWreckingMachine on Jan 12, 2012 4:09 PM PST up reply actions
Again
big difference between wrapping steak in bacon and deep frying it in bacon fat.
If I could kiss Nick Holt, I would. Though, with him, I’m sure it would end in deep penetration and a score
I thought he meant deep-frying bacon-wrapped fillet.
Which would still be a disaster. The other that you mentioned sounds abysmal.
Ducks GOOOOD. Fuskies BAAAAAD.
by BigGreenWreckingMachine on Jan 12, 2012 4:10 PM PST up reply actions
The best steak my mother ever made me was completely wrapped in bacon. I don’t know the cut of meat it was. She made it for my birthday one year.
The bacon wrapping kept in all the steak’s juices. It was amazing.
It's spelled "S-H-U-F-E-L-T-W-O-O-Z-Y".
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She's a hell of a DE, too.
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by DuckUntilDeath on Jan 12, 2012 4:08 PM PST up reply actions
Filet Mignon sucks.
It’s a boring cut of meat.
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by Takimoto on Jan 12, 2012 5:36 PM PST up reply actions 1 recs
Yeah, filets mignons au poivre is almost mac-and-cheese-like in its blandness.
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by BigGreenWreckingMachine on Jan 12, 2012 5:39 PM PST up reply actions
By itself it can be.
You have to jazz it up. Like, say, Steak Diane, where you prepare a mushroom in a flaming brandy reduction, find a great looking girl named Diane with a nice rack and serve it in her cleavage.
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by benzduck on Jan 12, 2012 5:39 PM PST up reply actions 6 recs
Anything you can make with filet mignon you can make better with NY strip.
Including Diane’s ta-tas.
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I'm sorry, but a ribeye is the best tasting of all steaks.
There will be no further debate.
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I think it depends on what and how you're cooking
A rib eye is one of my favorites for putting a nice rub on and grilling. I agree with benz on the steak Diane (although I’m not sure how he knew my wife’s name was Diane, but whatever) with the tenderloin or any delicate cooking of a steak, I prefer tenderloins.
NYs are are meh. I’m not a huge fan of NYs cause they don’t have the marbling of a rib eye not the tenderness of a tenderloin.
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We're talking about food and boobs?
IT’S THE OFFSEASON BABYEE!!!
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To be clear
Some of us never stopped.
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by DuckUntilDeath on Jan 13, 2012 6:20 AM PST up reply actions
I can't argue with your particular preference.
But you don’t speak for me.
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by BigGreenWreckingMachine on Jan 13, 2012 10:23 AM PST up reply actions
and fucking expensive
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Axemen23 and the Z key: A Match Made in Heaven.
by JonathanPDX on Jan 12, 2012 2:40 PM PST up reply actions 3 recs
either skittles or mars bars will win the candy tournament
or milky ways.
QUESTION: Are variations of candy allowed in the competition?
by FromAutzenWithLove on Jan 12, 2012 2:51 PM PST up reply actions
$100 Grand
FTW.
If we’re going down this road again, we’ve officially run out of things to talk about. And considering the garbage we consider topic-worthy, that’s sayin’ something.
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Hey, I gave you something to talk about yesterday
but you didn’t like that. Might as well stick with candy.
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The Daily Faberian
The Putz Bar. Sometimes you feel like a Putz. Sometimes you don’t.
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by Gorbachav5 on Jan 12, 2012 3:34 PM PST up reply actions 2 recs
Is there something in between
“Rabble rabble rabble” and “Twizzlers suck!” that we could talk about?
If not, we should talk about beer.
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We've never finished talking about beer
Because one never can.
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by HoodRiverDuck on Jan 12, 2012 4:01 PM PST up reply actions
or bottle!
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by DuckUntilDeath on Jan 12, 2012 4:08 PM PST up reply actions 3 recs
No. Something like Skittles or M&Ms with multiple variations should have those variations taken into account.
"Forget it. If 21 gets behind you, you can play the fight song." --Scott Van Pelt
How tight is the Off Season Innuendo Challenge? Who’s the biggest risk to come in from behind and take it? What’s the biggest long shot in the competition? I hope we can stick with this meme, though admittedly it is a slippery slope.
How long until we just start calling each other dirty names to try and win?
"Forget it. If 21 gets behind you, you can play the fight song." --Scott Van Pelt
For what?
"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
To be co-defensive coordinator with Wilcox.
by Julio Nievas on Jan 12, 2012 2:21 PM PST up reply actions
No shit. Wonder what Wilc sez?
"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
The story is Wilcox is recruiting him to join the staff. UW has offered Lupoi a deal that Cal cannot match.
by Julio Nievas on Jan 12, 2012 2:26 PM PST up reply actions
"uw: our defense is so bad, we pay two guys to do what most schools just pay one!"
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by Babablockhead on Jan 12, 2012 2:30 PM PST up reply actions 1 recs
Sark and Tedford now must play a best of 7 series on NCAA 12 to see who gets to retain him.
"Forget it. If 21 gets behind you, you can play the fight song." --Scott Van Pelt
That's a smart move if they can pull it off
Give Tosh a promotion, let him continue to handle the recruiting and let Wilcox handle the X’s and O’s of the defense.
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The Daily Faberian
Since Tosh is a wildly successful recruiter,...
How does this potentially affect the guys who are currently committed to Cal? Does this cause an exodus to UW? Or does it actually help us purloin some guys from Cal?
"We smoked it all."
At this point?
If it happens, many might go to UW. Many will stay because it’s Cal. Almost none are going to rethink that commitment and go to neither place if they were Tupoi kids to begin with.
If I could kiss Nick Holt, I would. Though, with him, I’m sure it would end in deep penetration and a score
How do you KNOW this?
"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 not much of a stretch.
Some of those recruits had UW in the top-3 and were recruited by Lupoi. They haven’t signed anything. Plus, this happens all the time when coaches move on. Kalon isn’t presenting a game-changing scenario here.
Ducks GOOOOD. Fuskies BAAAAAD.
by BigGreenWreckingMachine on Jan 12, 2012 4:14 PM PST up reply actions
But, not a 'chance' of them coming to Oregon?
"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
Probably not. If they leave, it'll be to follow Tosh.
Ducks GOOOOD. Fuskies BAAAAAD.
by BigGreenWreckingMachine on Jan 12, 2012 4:23 PM PST up reply actions
I guess I just have a hard time seeing anyone worth even one star going to ashington
"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
The Fusky Reality Distortion Field will do that.
Ducks GOOOOD. Fuskies BAAAAAD.
by BigGreenWreckingMachine on Jan 12, 2012 4:27 PM PST up reply actions
How many days?
"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
You know, this Julio Nievas guy posted "heard this"
and we’re still yakking about it when there’s not even a hint of this that I can find anywhere else.
Ducks GOOOOD. Fuskies BAAAAAD.
by BigGreenWreckingMachine on Jan 12, 2012 4:35 PM PST up reply actions
Iz tru
Itz on teh interwebs
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by DuckUntilDeath on Jan 12, 2012 4:39 PM PST up reply actions
There have been rumors about this for a couple days now...you know someone with firsthand info?
Honestly if Lupoi goes to UW, I will have to start considering them a future threat again.
I feel like Lupoi’s success at recruiting is so significant, he MUST be doing something against the rules. Am I the only one? Am I as bad as UTexas fan?
This
Cal is absolutely the (Fuck) Clemson of the Pac 12, but with a lot more academic advantages (which an athlete that intends to leave early will not be interested in).
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by DuckUntilDeath on Jan 12, 2012 4:16 PM PST up reply actions 1 recs
Yes, I know someone with firsthand info
by Julio Nievas on Jan 12, 2012 6:19 PM PST up reply actions
OK.
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by BigGreenWreckingMachine on Jan 12, 2012 6:22 PM PST up reply actions
So, um
Would you care to share this info with us?
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by DuckUntilDeath on Jan 12, 2012 8:27 PM PST up reply actions
I already have ;) .
I’ll update you guys if I hear anymore stuff.
by Julio Nievas on Jan 12, 2012 10:00 PM PST up reply actions
Just wanted to say something else
I’m not talking out of my ass here.
by Julio Nievas on Jan 12, 2012 10:01 PM PST up reply actions
Ah, that makes it legit.
My father really is the King of Nigeria. A mere $6000 now will allow me to recover $50 million.
Ducks GOOOOD. Fuskies BAAAAAD.
by BigGreenWreckingMachine on Jan 12, 2012 10:05 PM PST up reply actions
For the sake of our air quality, I appreciate you not talking out of your ass.
It's spelled "S-H-U-F-E-L-T-W-O-O-Z-Y".
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by JShufelt on Jan 13, 2012 3:28 PM PST up reply actions 3 recs
BHAHAHAHAHAHA!
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by DuckUntilDeath on Jan 13, 2012 4:25 PM PST up reply actions
Besides recruiting...
…what has Tosh ever done? The Cal defense’s best game in recent memory (Oregon 2010) ended up with Tosh getting suspended.
I guess good recruiting is enough these days.
Recruits rarely care about that.
They want to make it to the next level. Cal’s been very good with providing the NFL with defensive talent in the last few years.
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by DuckUntilDeath on Jan 12, 2012 5:02 PM PST up reply actions
All right... all right...
but apart from recruiting, better sanitation and medicine and education and irrigation and public health and roads and a freshwater system and baths and public order… what has Tosh ever done for us?
Now with mustache guarantee!
by HoodRiverDuck on Jan 12, 2012 5:07 PM PST up reply actions 2 recs
Wow
What a huge win if that’s true.
If I could kiss Nick Holt, I would. Though, with him, I’m sure it would end in deep penetration and a score
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Question.
How do you guys feel our staff is doing compared to other Pac 12 schools in the recruiting world?
I know many coaches are being hired largely because of their recruiting abilities. I feel that our staff focuses less on the stars and more on getting the good fit and turning them into stars but as a fan you obviously get more excited to see 5* being signed than 3*.
I know that Stars in High School doesn’t define how good they are in College but it certainly helps if they have a solid foundation to work with.
Just curious what people think.
ssshhh....
Oregon has recruited pretty well for being from one of the most local talent devoid states in the nation
no offense to Mr Harrington and Lyerla (and damn you Suh and Polamalu) . Oregon is usually in the top 20 recently, sometimes pushing into the top 10, which is pretty darn good overall for not being on the fertile USC or FSU grounds
However, we have offered 9 5* recruits and none of them have picked UO (yet, still 2 on the radar), so I don’t buy the “getting good fits at 3*” argument entirely, its not like our coaches don’t want 5* guys or think the 3*s are better.
Yeah maybe you are right
We should use the new money we get from the new pac 12 deal and hire “Co-coordinators” that do nothing but recruit all year long :P
ssshhh....
No no no
With more money we can now better pay recruiting services to keep their mouths shut.
Or just cut out the middle man and give the money directly to recruits.
/startscheckingovershoulderforNCAAinvestigators
Who needs normal sleep patterns?
by AcadianTraverse on Jan 12, 2012 4:21 PM PST up reply actions
In general we do good on value, not as good at stars
We get a lot of guys that will work well for the system. However, we don’t tend to get a lot of starpower in certain areas – the line (on either side), LBs are standout parts where we have a lot of success finding people that aren’t heavily recruited but are also not just ridiculous stars.
On the flip side, we have done a great job recruiting at QB and RB, S and CB and TE for the last 15 years. Absolutely great. And that includes top-rated stars.
If I could kiss Nick Holt, I would. Though, with him, I’m sure it would end in deep penetration and a score
I think that's changed to a certain extent. We will probably end up with a 10-17 ranked class depending on what service you follow
We should be able to stay in that range for the long term.
Yes
But a lot of that is based quite a bit on the skill player side. And I still don’t see us consistently getting the big fish, though perhaps that’s not so horrible.
If I could kiss Nick Holt, I would. Though, with him, I’m sure it would end in deep penetration and a score
I would really disagree on the OL recruiting as of late....last year's class was one of the best in the country
and is why we aren’t getting a ton of recruits this year at that position.
When have we gotten a 5-star OL?
I think we do a good job recruiting the guys that we want (partially because the guys we want aren’t as pursued and need to move in space a lot more) but we still aren’t getting the 5-stars.
If I could kiss Nick Holt, I would. Though, with him, I’m sure it would end in deep penetration and a score
Yet.
Also, a 5 star pro set guy isn’t necessarily a 5 star spread guy.
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by DuckUntilDeath on Jan 12, 2012 4:20 PM PST up reply actions
Our offense usually prefers Oline guys that are a faster, and therefore a bit smaller
so we don’t recruit/arent attractive to monster Wisc/Furd style guys, who are 5* more often. It would be nice to see what our running game could do with a Wisc style line, its not like those guys were exactly slow
How many 5 star OL are there in a year? 2? 3?
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If we're not getting any
the point is still valid. Though perhaps a better question would be of the 5-star OL prospects out there, how many are we even recruiting.
If I could kiss Nick Holt, I would. Though, with him, I’m sure it would end in deep penetration and a score
I'll say it again:
a 5 star pro set guy isn’t necessarily a 5 star spread guy.
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by DuckUntilDeath on Jan 12, 2012 5:07 PM PST up reply actions
I agree
However, I would also think many 5-star OL could be totally fine in a system like ours.
Another way to say it – outside of the OL thing – is this: I don’t see Oregon winning a lot of the recruiting conversations with the 5-star athletes out there. DAT and Lache were two fairly rare ones in our mix. That’s not necessarily bad, and it doesn’t mean that just because a guy is 5-star that he’ll be a good fit – but in certain cases I suspect that 5-star is 5 star period.
ANd what I don’t see is us really going after them at all.
If I could kiss Nick Holt, I would. Though, with him, I’m sure it would end in deep penetration and a score
A 5* OL is going to be athletic as well as big and strong.
Well-suited for our purposes. I think it’s incorrect to say we don’t target 5* linemen because they’re not right for the spread. The converse is actually true here: We’re not attractive to the elite OL BECAUSE we don’t run a pro-set.
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by BigGreenWreckingMachine on Jan 12, 2012 5:21 PM PST up reply actions 1 recs
I’m going to be down in Eugene on Friday the 20th to do an Autism talk in the evening for my nonprofit. I can drive down there on my own, or carpool with someone in the morning and wind up with a few hours to kill before the event. Is anything interesting going on that day? I know there’s a mall in Eugene, and Autzen, and that’s about it. What is there to do in Eugene? Enlighten me!
On a friday afternoon?
………..Drink?
"Forget it. If 21 gets behind you, you can play the fight song." --Scott Van Pelt
Tour the campus, the new digs, check Taco Express, newly remodeled on Centennial (just over I-5 1/2 mile on the right)
carne asada burrito is great, get the sauces and the veggies for free on the counter while you wait, get the burrito wet for 50c more.
"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
....Did famous duck just make sense?
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Hey, I'm just trying to help!
/tossesempty5thsdowngarbagechute
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For SHAME!
It’s called a recycling bin, frosh. Sheesh.
Ducks GOOOOD. Fuskies BAAAAAD.
by BigGreenWreckingMachine on Jan 12, 2012 5:50 PM PST up reply actions 1 recs
They try to.
Takes practice to do it right.
Ducks GOOOOD. Fuskies BAAAAAD.
by BigGreenWreckingMachine on Jan 12, 2012 5:49 PM PST up reply actions
Too true
I was busted for drinking during my summer introducktion program. Lesson learned: Don’t open the window and be loud in the room.
by INducktrination on Jan 12, 2012 5:54 PM PST up reply actions
What I meant was, they don't know how to DRINK.
If you puke or pass out before the stroke of midnight, you’re not doing it right. If you buy your booze based on a volume-for-cost calculation, you’re not doing it right. Kids.
Ducks GOOOOD. Fuskies BAAAAAD.
by BigGreenWreckingMachine on Jan 12, 2012 5:59 PM PST up reply actions
Ah yes
That can only be learned from experience
by INducktrination on Jan 12, 2012 6:01 PM PST up reply actions
Indeed.
Lesson one: The point of being at a party is to be at the party, not passed out in the back yard in a puddle of one’s own vomit.
Ducks GOOOOD. Fuskies BAAAAAD.
by BigGreenWreckingMachine on Jan 12, 2012 6:04 PM PST up reply actions
You officially know how to DRINK
When you can pace yourself through perfectly maintained buzz all evening long.
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Indeed.
Ducks GOOOOD. Fuskies BAAAAAD.
by BigGreenWreckingMachine on Jan 12, 2012 6:08 PM PST up reply actions
Spot on good sir.
Everyone I know tries to buy the cheapest thing out there to get drunk with. I buy Deschutes or Ninkasi so I can point at them and laugh when they’re stumbling over themselves.
by FromAutzenWithLove on Jan 12, 2012 6:04 PM PST up reply actions
The rite of passage comes when one discovers that tequila isn't actually a torture device.
I call it the Cuervo/Patron Realization. Or that there is bourbon that one can actually swirl around in one’s mouth before swallowing It has sublety! Flavor! It neither burns nor induces the gag reflex!. The Beam/Booker’s Divide.
Ducks GOOOOD. Fuskies BAAAAAD.
by BigGreenWreckingMachine on Jan 12, 2012 6:12 PM PST up reply actions
I know that there are a bunch of great drinks out there
but I can’t afford any of them. I refuse, though, to buy anything that other students have given a nickname to
by FromAutzenWithLove on Jan 12, 2012 6:15 PM PST up reply actions 1 recs
Sauza Tres Generaciones
If you like anejos. Patron is way overrated.
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by DuckUntilDeath on Jan 12, 2012 8:29 PM PST up reply actions
If you buy your booze based on a volume-for-cost calculation, you’re not doing it right.
But that’s what college is about. Cheap. Low-scale. Bang for your buck. Getting shitfaced for as little money as possible. It’s about comparing the tallboys of PBR and Hamms and deciding to go with the Hamms because it costs twenty cents less per sixer. College kids don’t drink for taste, they drink to get drunk, and it’s part of the whole fun of college (unless you’re not a drinker, but then this isn’t really about you).
College is for College Kid Drinking. There’s plenty of time later for Old Man Drinking.
Somewhere, somehow, a Duck is watching you.
Well put.
There’s a reason Burnett’s vodka has approx. $200 of my money. And it’s that I used to be a freshman in college, and liked it when girls wanted to drink with me. It’s a scientific fact: 18 year old girls like to drink Burnett’s vodka, with either orange or cranberry juice. CaDuck, axemen, take note.
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LOL!
Everything you just said reiterates the point that you’re not doing it right. “Old man drinking?” Pshaw. “Fun?” Poppycock. College kids think they know how to have fun just like they think they know what good sex is. It’s amusing. I know, ’cause I was a college kid once.
Ducks GOOOOD. Fuskies BAAAAAD.
by BigGreenWreckingMachine on Jan 12, 2012 10:23 PM PST up reply actions
Different points of view, I guess.
I totally agree, right now, with what you’re saying about drinking well. I’m only a few years out of undergrad, and I can’t remember the last time I had a PBR – either it’s worthwhile to buy good stuff, or it’s not worth drinking at all. Excess isn’t particularly fun. I’m now an Old Man Drinker. I fully appreciate and embrace Old Man Drinking.
But I know I often had a lot of fun with college drinking back when (not to sound like too much of a college drunk, I wasn’t really too bad about it), not because I didn’t know better, but because I had different perspectives/means/values/tastes. I guess I still maintain that they’re just different things, and they’re both right, so long as you enjoy what you’re doing at the time, and don’t get into too much trouble.
Somewhere, somehow, a Duck is watching you.
run Hendricks… or drive
go east on 15th (past Hayward Field)
right on Fairmount
left on Birch and go up the hill
turn right on skyline when you get to the top and a little ways on the right will be Pre’s rock
keep going around an there are multiple ways to get back down
Used to run this a couple of times a day after workouts
Speed Endurance Talent is how Track Town USA plays football. Win The Day
Overall A.
And, folks, I can’t bring myself to give a team an A- when it wins the Rose Bowl and finishes ranked in the top five.
Ducks GOOOOD. Fuskies BAAAAAD.
by BigGreenWreckingMachine on Jan 12, 2012 4:33 PM PST up reply actions
She's wagging her tail too
I think she thinks she’s a dog. A funny dog.
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PANIC!
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by Matt Daddy on Jan 12, 2012 6:46 PM PST up reply actions 5 recs
I know you are, but what am I.
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by QuackinAK on Jan 12, 2012 7:35 PM PST up reply actions 3 recs
My take on recruiting rankings, and so on
I quote to you a bit from an excellent article by Doc Saturday from last year, which I had pointed out then, but will point out again, as Spencer Hall addresses this again, in usual effervescent yet sinister, laugh-out-loud EDSBS fashion.
It’s true: As many of the nation’s top players were rated two or three-star mediocrities out of high school as were rated four-star mustangs, and more lower-rated prospects are on the All-America teams than former five-stars. Of the 93 different players (excluding kickers and punters) who were voted in some capacity to one of the five NCAA-recognized All-America teams last year, only 13 came into college as five-star, can’t-miss blue chips, the cream of the crop. By contrast, more than four times as many of those All-Americans — 50, to be exact, more than half of the total — were rated three stars or lower. The top three or four recruiting powers in the country should each have more talented rosters than that by themselves, according to the gurus.
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Note, although the various links in Doc's article and the buried inside stuff point out the co-relation
between being ranked high coming out of high school and drafted high in the NFL, I’m wondering if that’s also a co-relation of 1. development at better schools (better coaches) 2. Better opportunities at better schools due to better teams, overall depth (good receivers make qb’s look good and so on)..
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by gamedaytribe on Jan 13, 2012 12:20 PM PST up reply actions
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