Quack Fix: Ducks in the All-State Sugar Bowl, Nike Having "Fun" with the NFL, Bryan Bennett and Playoffs
by dvieira on Feb 23, 2012 6:04 AM PST
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PrintPeople who know me understand that I don't really buy into the various monikers fans have for other teams. I don't do the "fBSU" thing or "U$C" thing. I don't get the issue people have with using proper grammar and deciding not to capitalize Washington. I kind of understand the "Bavers" thing due to 2008 but I never did understand the "Little Brother" moniker. That is, until I read about Malcom Marable doing 104 down I-5. Maybe the Beavers really are the little brother that tries to imitate but just can't quite do it as well.
- Did you know the Ducks are playing in the Sugar Bowl? No no no you silly goose! We aren't talking about football! We're talking women's golf as they travel East to participate in the All-State Sugar Bowl Intercollegiate Golf Championship. Play kicks off this Sunday with USC in the field to defend their title from last year.
- I discussed the upcoming Nike-NFL uniform news in a quack fix a few weeks ago but we've got some more interesting news on this front. While the fine folks of the swoosh will want to have a bit of "fun" with the uniforms, the logos are controlled by the teams and the NFL and any changes made will need to be cleared through the league office.
- Fox Sports West takes a look at the Pac-12 in terms of men's basketball. There still seems to be talk of Oregon making the NCAA Tournament but there is a LOT of basketball to be played and anything can happen, both positive and negative. Fact remains that Oregon has won 8 of it's last 11 and if the Ducks can finish strong, there's a chance. Yes, I'm saying there's a chance. Looking in my crystal ball, I think JConant better start saving his money to pay off a bet.
- Friend of the Blog, and Track Super Freak Ken Goe has all kinds of Track and Field news and notes. Make sure you follow our buddy Ken on Twitter @kengoe. Make sure to tweet him your favorite adult beverage recipes.
- Everyone's favorite backup quarterback since every backup quarterback ever, Bryan Bennett, opens up about all kinds of thoughts going into the spring and next season. As far as prep goes? Bennett and Marcus Mariota have been throwing with receivers 6 days a week since the season ended.
- For at least one sports writer, the BCS guys are wasting all of our time since we are going to get a 8-team or 16-team playoff anyway. The plus-one system will be just the beginning to a giant money grab. Can't say I disagree but when this much money is involved, you have to make sure all the people are taken care of, all the backdoor deals are done and that no one gets too much more than anyone else. But hey, can't we all think of the children?
As we all get older, we are forced into looking back at our childhood and formative years, most often with shame. The further removed you get, the more one single thought creeps into your brain... "what were you thinking?". While I was born in the 70's, I feel like I barely missed most of the 80's culture. I got to relive some of my favorite memories, all in photographic form, from my teenage years. Enjoy.
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What a game he had
It makes me think of the RB game thread and how many times this was posted:
KIIIIIIIKKKKKOOOOOOOOOOOOOO!!!!!!
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There should be a book made
that consists of only the RB game thread comments. It would be a great read
Maybe you are just high on the curmudgeon scale? It’s okay. The air’s nice and clear up here.
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I was fully ready to award curmudgeonry points, but then I went and looked through the 90's photo slideshow and got all nostalgic.
dviera’s not a curmudgeon, he just misses the finer things in life which we had in abundance during the 90’s!!! I get it man….I get it.
I don't mean to impose...
What exactly do you think MAKES a curmudgeon? That’s why old people are so curmudgeonly. They pine for the good ol’ days. Doesn’t make them any less curmudgeonly.
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Wow, being a curmudgeon about what determines a curmudgeon...
That’s some impressive curmudgeoness right there
The All I Saw Was Green Blog, that's it I'm telling SBN legal
Your point is 100% valid. I think my issue was that those 90's pictures brought out the curmudgeon in myself, allowing me to sympathize.
I don't mean to impose...
GADDAMAT, NOT ENOUGH SCREAMING
All curmudgeon points are hearby forfeited.
I'm not here to cause no trouble, I'm just here to do the… well, I don't really know what I'm here to do.
by Bill Musgrave on Feb 23, 2012 11:30 AM PST up reply actions
Well, daggumit, I meant "hereby". In my day, we didn't make grammatical errors.
Gaddam computer keyboards following the typewriter, pen and paper, and stone tableau eras.
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by Bill Musgrave on Feb 23, 2012 11:32 AM PST up reply actions
BACK IN MY DAY WE WROTE EVERYTHING ON AND WITH ROCKS!!!
by JonathanPDX on Feb 23, 2012 11:34 AM PST up reply actions
In my day, we didn't HAAAAAAAAve hands to write with.
We were just amoeba’s rolling around in fluid spaces, communicating in primitive, implied messages of physical contact and electrical impuse, and no one really understood each other on anything more than the most basic level.
And that’s the way it was and we liked it. LOVED IT.
I'm not here to cause no trouble, I'm just here to do the… well, I don't really know what I'm here to do.
by Bill Musgrave on Feb 23, 2012 11:37 AM PST up reply actions
80s culture? Pfft. How about some 1810s culture?
This is seriously the most amazing book ever written. So many new insults to use against the Huskies:
An example:
“ADMIRAL OF THE NARROW SEAS. One who from drunkenness vomits into the lap of the person sitting opposite to him. SEA PHRASE.”
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Found this by a guy on FB that does custom airbrush artwork
I’m not making a bold prediction, but we believe we can win every football game.----Chip Kelly
by F'n Duck on Feb 23, 2012 7:55 AM PST reply actions 4 recs
what is this airbrushed on to?
WANT
"It’s great with these group of guys. There is no panic in them." --Chip Kelly, Clearly NOT talking about members of ATQ.
@jblair26
Chip’s left nut. A full-size replica of the Last Supper is on the right.
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by Gorbachav5 on Feb 23, 2012 9:17 AM PST up reply actions 5 recs
I think invoking Jesus' last meal and Chip's right testicle at the same time might make you a blasphemer.
I mean, a totally hilarious blasphemer, so, no big deal, but still. Rocky Mountain Oyster communion? Count me in.
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by HoodRiverDuck on Feb 23, 2012 10:36 AM PST up reply actions
Gorby just recognizes that balls of Kelly-esque size are quite obviously a gift bestowed by a higher power.
I don't mean to impose...
Indeed, magnificent specimens of the wonder of God’s creation. If Chip chooses to celebrate Christ’s communion with his disciples with testicular art, more power to him. A bit of an odd way to go about evangelizing, but hey, it takes all kinds.
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by Gorbachav5 on Feb 23, 2012 10:53 AM PST up reply actions 2 recs
celebrate Christ’s communion with his disciples with testicular art,
My guess are these words have never been written nor uttered upon this planet until today at 10:53
For Oregon, King Kelly, and St Quack!
by DamienS on Feb 23, 2012 12:58 PM PST up reply actions 3 recs
We all get to tell our grandkids we were here! We experienced it in real time!
I don't mean to impose...
I can't remember everything I've ever said, but I wouldn't put it past me.
I'm not here to cause no trouble, I'm just here to do the… well, I don't really know what I'm here to do.
by Bill Musgrave on Feb 23, 2012 2:05 PM PST up reply actions
I went ahead and tried to parse through each comment you have ever made - which has obviously been entered into this secret government database...
By limiting it to single sentences, which contained both “Christ” and “balls”, “nuts”, or “testicles”……it returns 4,165 results.
I then went to urbandictionary and added slang terms like “coin purse” to the mix…….over 9,000.
Long story short, I cannot fully verify, because I am not searching through that many hits.
I don't mean to impose...
I think it was just flat sheet metal
The guy does similar work on cars and has done some custom work on guitars.
I’m not making a bold prediction, but we believe we can win every football game.----Chip Kelly
Silly Goose?
Should a Duck find that offensive? I’m not sure.
The 90s looked more like the 80s than I remembered.
Even grunge looks a little 80s-ish, though I’d have slapped your whore mouth for saying so in 1992.
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That's the best ten minutes I have ever wasted at work.
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by HoodRiverDuck on Feb 23, 2012 9:21 AM PST up reply actions
Surf wear = Zubaz 2.0
A lot of cheese on that page but Baskeball Diaries was a good movie!
For Oregon, King Kelly, and St Quack!
Wait, so you understand the "Baver" thing because of 2008
but you don’t get “washington” after the years of years of torture that school put us through?
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"*lossington"
Putzes should really learn how to spell.
"It’s great with these group of guys. There is no panic in them." --Chip Kelly, Clearly NOT talking about members of ATQ.
@jblair26
by M. Fletcher on Feb 23, 2012 9:14 AM PST up reply actions 1 recs
Not bad, not bad, somewhat curmudgeony.
I'm not here to cause no trouble, I'm just here to do the… well, I don't really know what I'm here to do.
by Bill Musgrave on Feb 23, 2012 11:34 AM PST up reply actions
Bavers
I think he’s saying because of how “Baver” originated. It has a defined story from the 2008 Civil War. The others I’m not sure really do. I mean, obviously they started somewhere, but I don’t think they were started accidentally by drunk fans of their own teams.
by MarineCorpsDuck on Feb 23, 2012 1:45 PM PST up reply actions
Watching the NFL Draft coverage on ESPN
and Mel Kiper is spouting drivel that amounts to RG3’s draft status might drop because of his height. Who gives a damn if he’s 6’2" or 6’1"? Is Brock Osweiler a better quarterback because he’s 6’8"? (Did you hear that Brock Osweiler is 6’8"?) Hell no he’s not. Some of this “expert opinion” is nonsense.
by FromAutzenWithLove on Feb 23, 2012 10:27 AM PST reply actions
Brock Osweiler is 6'8"?
MAN, that is TALL!
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by HoodRiverDuck on Feb 23, 2012 10:33 AM PST up reply actions
And get this.. Keenan Allen and Zach Maynard ARE BROTHERS!
by FromAutzenWithLove on Feb 23, 2012 10:41 AM PST up reply actions
Well, if RG3 is really that short
People are worried he won’t be able to see over the O-line.
Mike Vick is reported as 6’, but I bet he’s closer to 5’10" or 5’11", so it really doesn’t matter. Ironically enough, teams are worried about Osweiler being too tall at 6’8" (He’s 6’8", he’s AMAZING) because quarterbacks that tall rarely work out.
"If there is one thing Oregon fans know how to do, it's drink beer, smoke weed, and party in the rain." -Dizech (on r/CFB)
by theonetheonly55 on Feb 23, 2012 10:39 AM PST up reply actions
I get that
but if the guy can play, the guy can play. It doesn’t matter if hes 6’1 1/2" or 6’2"
by FromAutzenWithLove on Feb 23, 2012 10:43 AM PST up reply actions
FOOTBALL IS A GAME OF INCHES
Or, umm, half inches.
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by HoodRiverDuck on Feb 23, 2012 11:28 AM PST up reply actions
Drew Brees is only 6’, and boy, he sucks!
"I don't do well with pain medicine."
by TennesseeQuackAttack8 on Feb 23, 2012 10:55 AM PST via mobile up reply actions
Jaison Williams is really big and fast
was he in the pro bowl this year?
"Forget it. If 21 gets behind you, you can play the fight song." --Scott Van Pelt
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He probably dropped his invite so now its lost.
I SHOULD HAVE DONE WHAT LARRY SCOTT DID AND TOLD YOU TO GO PLAY IN TRAFFIC INSTEAD - @DanBeebe
by CaDuck on Feb 23, 2012 11:32 AM PST up reply actions 4 recs
Sorry about the wait, it seems to have been buried in my email spam.
I just sent a reply
I SHOULD HAVE DONE WHAT LARRY SCOTT DID AND TOLD YOU TO GO PLAY IN TRAFFIC INSTEAD - @DanBeebe
I thought I heard reports that he’s actually closer to 5’10". If that’s true, it makes a difference… not as much of a difference as they like to make it out to be though. The NFL’s tendency to basically throw out the stats/game film of college players and depend almost entirely on measurables drives me insane. It’s the same in other sports too (coughJeremyLincough).
The GMs in all these sports are so wrapped up in making what is perceived by their peers to be the “right” pick that it seems like a majority of them don’t even bother analyzing anything for themselves. Then you get the teams like the Pats who go almost opposite and consistently are able to win with guys that are proven and nobody emulates that? If I have to hear one more NFL-type tell me that there are concerns about LaMichael James’s intangibles / off-field stuff I’m simply going to snap.
But it’s the same thing with RG3 – if he comes in at 5’11" or whatever, yes that’s something to consider. But to insinuate that his draft stock might drop considerably is simply insane to me. Everyone had him going high in the draft because of what he’s done, not because of some untapped potential. That hasn’t changed.
by MarineCorpsDuck on Feb 23, 2012 1:53 PM PST up reply actions
He's got nice tangibles.
TWSS
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by Bill Musgrave on Feb 23, 2012 1:57 PM PST up reply actions
Adding TWSS to your own post is like giving yourself a Nickname.
Sincerely
The Duke
Who needs normal sleep patterns?
by AcadianTraverse on Feb 23, 2012 2:23 PM PST up reply actions
There’s a guy who lives in the biker bar where I work every Thursday. His name is Duke. You do not want to be like him. Unless you like crawling around on the floor, dancing like a marionette on meth, and screaming in random peoples faces.
Not a good representative of the name
I had a perfectly nice dog named Duke when I was a kid. Of course now that I think about it, he did do a lot of loitering on the floor, dancing around like meth-head and barking at random people.
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There is only ONE "Duke"
all others are pretenders….
"It’s great with these group of guys. There is no panic in them." --Chip Kelly, Clearly NOT talking about members of ATQ.
@jblair26
To trend this further off topic - How's your ski season been so far, Daisy?
I’m off to Japan today for a two week ski trip. I’ve been watching the snow reports for the past month and getting ridiculously Giddy.
Who needs normal sleep patterns?
by AcadianTraverse on Feb 23, 2012 2:56 PM PST up reply actions
Wow, Japan!
I will be really interested to hear how that is – have you skied there before?
Our season had a late start but is ramping up nicely! The weather has been really good yet the conditions haven’t skewed to icy yet. We spent Presidents Day weekend last week at Bachelor and the snow was great.
We’re switching our boys over to snowboards this season so that has been fun. I’ve been doing more riding myself this year to kind of help them along, so that has been ripe for hilarity of course. I tried snowboarding just a little in college but have mostly stuck with skiing. Nothing like lessons in humility to keep one in line!
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Nope, first time.
It’s actually my first time riding between the month’s of November and May in three years. I’m looking forward to it because it’s renowned for its tree skiing (perfectly spaced cherry blossoms) and powder, and it’s been getting the full brunt of this year’s La Nina.
Current snow pack at Grand Hirafu, the first mountain I’ll be riding, is 13.5ft!
That’s a good call letting them try boarding. I spent one winter doing it at 10 or 11, switched back to skiing after that though. Good weather always helps.
Who needs normal sleep patterns?
by AcadianTraverse on Feb 23, 2012 4:39 PM PST up reply actions
What do you ride?
Go ahead and run around with your off-season rumors. I'll be at the corner of Wait and 'C'.
by DuckUntilDeath on Feb 23, 2012 4:50 PM PST up reply actions 1 recs
Ha! I was referring to my age when I dabble in snowboarding.
Though I like to imagine that my skiing is an 11 and looks kind of like this:
Who needs normal sleep patterns?
by AcadianTraverse on Feb 23, 2012 6:13 PM PST up reply actions
C'mon Daisy I know that's not you.
As a responsible parent with so much to live for and wanting to set a good example. I know you always where a helmet when you huck of pillow tops.
Who needs normal sleep patterns?
by AcadianTraverse on Feb 23, 2012 6:54 PM PST up reply actions
Dude, I totally have a helmet on
with a camera on top LIKE A BOSS
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by daisyduck on Feb 23, 2012 6:57 PM PST up reply actions 1 recs
I will be really interested to see
if they stick with boarding or go back to skiing. I think my younger might be inclined to stick with it but my older (11) is convinced he’s god’s gift to skiing and didn’t even really want to try boarding. I made him do it, since 95% of kids are boarders these days and I wanted him to be able to do both – but I won’t be surprised and all if he prefers skiing.
Really interesting about Japan! Sounds like great snow. I haven’t heard much of anything at all about their ski terrain. When you get back (or during if you get online) be sure to give a review!
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Saturday is going to be 27 degrees and snowing at Gov't Camp
My family will be up there
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Mountain sure looks gorgeous today doesn't it?
Makes one want to play hookey and hit the slopes. Damn I miss college.
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It's sunshiney and beautiful down here at the bottom of it.
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by HoodRiverDuck on Feb 24, 2012 9:19 AM PST up reply actions
Its sunny shiny and beautiful over here too, as the mountain flattens out into a plain and then turns into a gravel parking type of lot landscape.
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by Bill Musgrave on Feb 24, 2012 10:07 AM PST up reply actions
My son doesn't like it when I tell him we live on a volcano.
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by HoodRiverDuck on Feb 24, 2012 10:10 AM PST up reply actions
My kids think its
awesome when I tell them we’re skiing on one. I think they feel like superheroes. Of course, skiing on one is different than sleeping on one.
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You can die if a car kicks some of the gravel in your face, too.
Or, if your state pollutes its environment and you stay long enough.
I WANT MY MOUNTAINS BACK
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by Bill Musgrave on Feb 24, 2012 10:38 AM PST up reply actions
Well, since Calvin's dad is my parenting role model (no, really) I'm hoping my boy turns out ok.
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by HoodRiverDuck on Feb 24, 2012 11:07 AM PST up reply actions
This was the beautiful mountain everyone told us to go see when we first got here.
h/t wikipedia:
Mount Bonnell is located at 30.3210°N, 97.7736°W (WGS 84 datum). Although the mount is often described as the highest point in Austin, the elevation at its peak (about 780 feet above mean sea level (AMSL)) is less than that of the Jollyville Plateau (max. elevation about 1100 feet AMSL 1).
There’s also a landfill out on US-290 that some say is higher than Mount Bonnell: http://www.politifact.com/texas/statements/2011/dec/22/richard-franklin-iii/richard-franklin-says-trash-mound-us-290-800-feet-/
THIS PLACE IS AWESOME
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by Bill Musgrave on Feb 24, 2012 10:29 AM PST up reply actions
Huh
My house on a itty bitty tiny hill in Beaverton is at about 800 ft.
I GAZE DOWN AT YOU AND YOUR TRASH HEAP, FLATLANDER.
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by Bill Musgrave on Feb 24, 2012 10:50 AM PST up reply actions
That's pretty funny, my house is at about 550ft.
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by HoodRiverDuck on Feb 24, 2012 11:09 AM PST up reply actions
I took a snowboarding class while at the UofO. We went to Hoodoo.
It was so much fun! The only downside was it was on Thursdays. I was only able to see make it to or two basketball games that year.
Go ahead and run around with your off-season rumors. I'll be at the corner of Wait and 'C'.
by DuckUntilDeath on Feb 23, 2012 4:51 PM PST up reply actions
I do indeed like dancing like a marionette on meth, and screaming in random people's faces.
Sadly, I do not like crawling around on the floor, had a bad experience one time.
I'm not here to cause no trouble, I'm just here to do the… well, I don't really know what I'm here to do.
by Bill Musgrave on Feb 23, 2012 2:41 PM PST up reply actions
you might want to try crawling again
you can usually get a clean shot at biting someone’s achilles tendon
scrappy
by Honka Playboy on Feb 23, 2012 9:27 PM PST up reply actions
Sha, I know, but have you ever tasted an achilles tendon?
NOT GOOD.
Tendons in general aren’t my favorite, I prefer organs.
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by Bill Musgrave on Feb 24, 2012 6:27 AM PST up reply actions
Pianos are nice, too
/termited
"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
I wish dad would come home!
Go ahead and run around with your off-season rumors. I'll be at the corner of Wait and 'C'.
by DuckUntilDeath on Feb 23, 2012 2:55 PM PST up reply actions
I already did that too.
I'm not here to cause no trouble, I'm just here to do the… well, I don't really know what I'm here to do.
by Bill Musgrave on Feb 23, 2012 2:42 PM PST up reply actions
So, Luke Ridnour is still pretty good at basketball.
"Forget it. If 21 gets behind you, you can play the fight song." --Scott Van Pelt
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I miss that guy. I’d love to see him play for a decent team and do something in the playoffs.
Is Freddy Jones still in the NBA?
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Not that I'm aware of.
Aaron Brooks might be back soon from China, though scuttle is that he may just hang out and wait until the start of the 2012-13 season since his Chinese team is going deep into the playoffs.
"Forget it. If 21 gets behind you, you can play the fight song." --Scott Van Pelt
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He is playing for a decent team that has a very solid chance of making the playoffs. The Wolves are actually pretty good.
"I don't do well with pain medicine."
by TennesseeQuackAttack8 on Feb 23, 2012 12:06 PM PST via mobile up reply actions
The Wolves are actually prettygoodyoung.
Young teams are greatly inflated in their results this year because of the compressed schedule.
"Forget it. If 21 gets behind you, you can play the fight song." --Scott Van Pelt
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You can't just be young though.
The Wizards, Bobcats, Kings, and Nets are young, look where it’s gotten them. They’re a young AND very talented team.
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Death before chastity!
The Wizards and Bobcats are high school teams
Kings have no chemistry and Nets lost their #1 player for 1/2 the season.
"Forget it. If 21 gets behind you, you can play the fight song." --Scott Van Pelt
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That's exactly my point.
You can’t discredit the Wolves’ season so far by saying that young teams are succeeding with the compressed schedule, when actually most of the “young and unproven” teams in the NBA stink this year.
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Death before chastity!
His little rainbow floaters are so so sick.
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by HoodRiverDuck on Feb 23, 2012 11:59 AM PST up reply actions
Not unless this was his intention
"Forget it. If 21 gets behind you, you can play the fight song." --Scott Van Pelt
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OT, but holy shit. First appeal of a drug test won in MLB history. First PED related appeal won in Football-Baseball-Basketball history.
@MLB – @Brewers OF Ryan Braun has won his appeal challenging his 50-game suspension by the Commissioner’s Office.
Retweeted by ESPN
"Forget it. If 21 gets behind you, you can play the fight song." --Scott Van Pelt
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From the press release:
Commissioner Bud Selig, fresh off the celebration of his 104th birthday, decided that Braun’s story about taking what he thought was cold medicine, for a cold he didn’t have, in cream form, made as much sense as anything else in this all too modern day and age where Asians can play basketball and a Black guy can be president.
/yeaOKImadethatup.
I don't mean to impose...
by TheOcean on Feb 23, 2012 3:17 PM PST up reply actions 1 recs
In all seriousness though
I hope there’s a hell of a lot of transparency around this, otherwise the conspirists will have a field day. Unfortunately, I don’t think there will be.
"Forget it. If 21 gets behind you, you can play the fight song." --Scott Van Pelt
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There almost certainly won’t be, considering NONE of this process was supposed to be made public in the first place. In all seriousness, had the process been undertaken properly, Ryan Braun would be preparing to start Spring Training and none of us would have had any idea he tested positive in the first place.
As it is, we’re left with a bunch of questions. Was Braun guilty and only got off the hook because of a technicality? What could have happened in the 48 hours during which his sample was supposed to have been sent for testing that would inappropriately cause a positive test? What’s the deal with his privately done clean test a week later – is that legit? I don’t know that we’ll ever know the answer to those.
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You just made me think of a very interesting point...
Axe states above that it’s the first appeal of a drug test won in basically major American sports history. But you correctly state that, if the process had been followed correctly, we would have never heard about any of it. Which brings me to the question: how can we be sure that nobody has ever successfully appealed? Just because we haven’t heard about it?
There could be numerous examples of people who tested positive, were notified without the media finding out, appealed, and had it overturned all without it being made public.
by MarineCorpsDuck on Feb 23, 2012 3:45 PM PST up reply actions
We can’t be sure. The only thing that makes me think this has a good chance of being the first is because nothing has been leaked before. With stuff like this, something usually gets leaked.
Of course, the opposing argument is that it’s possible this process only got leaked because it’s such a high profile player. If this had happened to Jose Molina, no one one would have cared, so it may not have been worth it to leak the story.
The current rumors, by the way, are that Braun had the test done on a Saturday, and the employee in charge of Fedexing the sample to the testing center wasn’t aware that Fedex was open on Saturday afternoon. So he/she took the sample home and put it in his/her fridge for the weekend before sending it on Monday. Thus the “chain of command” was broken and the sample wasn’t handled properly.
I have no idea how much of that is true, but it would explain why MLB is so mad. I don’t know the science of how these things work, but I find it hard to believe that something happened over the 48 hours to cause a false positive in the sample, assuming the sample was sealed properly. But again, it’s all speculation at this point.
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I suggest we declare them all cheaters and ban baseball as a whole.
It’s the only way we can be sure.
I suggest we let them all cheat and rename the sport cheatball.
and then have 100x more fun watching 110-MPH fastballs and 600-ft home runs.
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by HoodRiverDuck on Feb 23, 2012 4:23 PM PST up reply actions
But you're a well-established curmudgeon
So kind of a Bud Selig guy.
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by HoodRiverDuck on Feb 23, 2012 4:52 PM PST up reply actions
We can call it The Konami Cheatball League. Every team opens the game with a chant of “Up Up Down Down Left Right Left Right Bee Aay!”
by JonathanPDX on Feb 23, 2012 4:41 PM PST up reply actions 1 recs
Please present your license and registration.
I’m going to write you a ticket for improperly citing an 80’s reference.
Go ahead and run around with your off-season rumors. I'll be at the corner of Wait and 'C'.
by DuckUntilDeath on Feb 23, 2012 4:54 PM PST up reply actions
You misquoted
It’s “UP, UP, DOWN, DOWN, LEFT, RIGHT, LEFT, RIGHT, B, A, B, A, SELECT, START”!
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by DuckUntilDeath on Feb 23, 2012 5:26 PM PST up reply actions
Tell it to the judge.
Go ahead and run around with your off-season rumors. I'll be at the corner of Wait and 'C'.
by DuckUntilDeath on Feb 23, 2012 5:26 PM PST up reply actions
My copy of Life Force didn't like that one
It preferred to go UUDDLRLRBAStart. /yesistillhaveaworkingnesandtestedit
"After further review, prior to the spiking of the pass, the clock went to zero. The game is over."
But...what?
There’s no refridgerator at the testing facility? The best thing to do is “take the NL MVP’s blood sample home with me?” There can’t be truth to that. That’s messed up.
by INducktrination on Feb 23, 2012 6:33 PM PST up reply actions
He probably had 30 or 40 different blood samples in his fridge and just got the labels mixed up. I think that happened on I Love Lucy one time.
OT,
I told my mom I would make her a spinach quiche this weekend. I have never made one and am looking for a good, uncomplicated recipe. Anybody?
By the power of Grayskull, I have the power!
Have you ever tried 1/2 parts spinach, 1/2 quiche? I think it’s better, though it doesn’t hold a candle to my mother’s quiche, which is 12/24 spinach, 12/24 quiche.
"It's not about style. It's about winning the game. That's it." - Chip Kelly
by Duckfanatic10 on Feb 23, 2012 3:19 PM PST up reply actions 1 recs
If you don't find anything else
I’ve always had good luck with www.allrecipes.com (search for “spinach quiche”). Peruse the comments to find recipe tweaks and shortcuts that may make or break the recipe.
One of the site features I really like is to scale the recipe for number of servings.
Go ahead and run around with your off-season rumors. I'll be at the corner of Wait and 'C'.
by DuckUntilDeath on Feb 23, 2012 3:16 PM PST up reply actions
I did look there,
I just didn’t like what they had. I use that site quite a bit actually.
By the power of Grayskull, I have the power!
Eggs half-and-half, butter, spinach, cheese, salt, pepper
find right ratio of ingredients.
transform into not-raw.
Serve at appropriate temp.
VODKA
/SandraLee’d
"Forget it. If 21 gets behind you, you can play the fight song." --Scott Van Pelt
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Best spinach quiche ever:
2 eggs
Flour
Sugar
Butter
Chocolate
- Combine in some fashion.
- Finish with frosting.
- Wonder why your quiche seems more like delicious cake.
- Realize you have been misled by the internet.
- Decide that chocolate cake was better than quiche anyways.
I don't mean to impose...
by TheOcean on Feb 23, 2012 3:20 PM PST up reply actions 3 recs
HA!
"Forget it. If 21 gets behind you, you can play the fight song." --Scott Van Pelt
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I didn't!
therefore I win!
"Forget it. If 21 gets behind you, you can play the fight song." --Scott Van Pelt
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First you make someone owe you,
then you claim a win you don’t deserve. What next?
By the power of Grayskull, I have the power!
Courtesy of Paula Deen. WARNING: May cause diabetes.
6 large eggs, beaten
1 1/2 cups heavy cream
Salt and pepper
2 cups chopped fresh baby spinach, packed
1 pound bacon, cooked and crumbled
1 1/2 cups shredded Swiss cheese
1 (9-inch) refrigerated pie crust, fitted to a 9-inch glass pie plate
Preheat the oven to 375 degrees F.
Combine the eggs, cream, salt, and pepper in a food processor or blender. Layer the spinach, bacon, and cheese in the bottom of the pie crust, then pour the egg mixture on top. Bake for 35 to 45 minutes until the egg mixture is set. Cut into 8 wedges.
Diabeetus*
I’m a medical professional and a spelling nazi, so you can trust me on this one. Also, you are one of my most favorite beers ever.
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by HoodRiverDuck on Feb 23, 2012 4:24 PM PST up reply actions
Thanks, Doc!
BTW, I lived in Hood River for a couple of years and worked in White Salmon. Love the Gorge.
Ditto. Except for that rotten ice storm we just had.
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by HoodRiverDuck on Feb 23, 2012 4:53 PM PST up reply actions
Hey, what about Major Kong?
"Trick or Treat is not just some remark you chant idly like the Lord's Prayer, it's a social contract."
-Bart Simpson
DT & the NFL Draft
I was looking at some more draft stuff and saw an updated ranking (Insider-only) on the QBs at the combine. It’s kind of hard to really figure out what’s going on because they have grades for each player, but they aren’t sorting them by those grades. And then if you click on the individual player, his grade may or may not match the grade they have assigned on the individual player page.
So anyway, if you look at the list they have on that page, Darron Thomas is listed as the 11th best QB in the draft:
Andrew Luck
Robert Griffin III
Ryan Tannehill
Brock Osweiler
Nick Foles
Brandon Weeden
Kirk Cousins
Russell Wilson
Ryan Lindley
Kellen Moore
Darron Thomas
However, if you go off the grades on that page, he’d be tied for 8th with Russel Wilson. Furthermore, if you look at the grades they’ve given each player on their individual pages, he’s alone as the 8th highest rated QB.
I said it before – I was skeptical when he announced, but if he goes as the 8th-ish QB in the draft I have to admit it wasn’t nearly as bad a decision as I originally thought. He needs to have a great combine and then who knows what could happen.
by MarineCorpsDuck on Feb 23, 2012 4:18 PM PST reply actions
And they list him as being from the
Pac 10 Conference.
Go ahead and run around with your off-season rumors. I'll be at the corner of Wait and 'C'.
by DuckUntilDeath on Feb 23, 2012 4:34 PM PST up reply actions
Well you know, technically, he is.
At least for most of his career, he was.
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by HoodRiverDuck on Feb 23, 2012 4:54 PM PST up reply actions
Technically,
Chip’s giant tattooed left testicle!
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by DuckUntilDeath on Feb 23, 2012 4:57 PM PST up reply actions
here's a close-up view
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by HoodRiverDuck on Feb 23, 2012 5:01 PM PST up reply actions
I am still no closer to figuring out how many camels it takes to lift Chip's giant balls than I was 5 years ago.
Go ahead and run around with your off-season rumors. I'll be at the corner of Wait and 'C'.
by DuckUntilDeath on Feb 23, 2012 5:21 PM PST up reply actions
Overheard at the UO Medical office / church:
I tell you, that coach has the strangest case of stigmata I’ve ever seen!
NSFW
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
This Quack Fix has been flagged for capitalizing washington.
To quote Lou Brown: Don’t ever fuckin’ do it again.
Prince: This bores me. Is anyone up for a game of basketball?
Dear all ATQers who are students at the U of O
I’m looking for 1 more roommate. None of you have you effing emails in your profiles. If you’re interested in the slightest, please email me.
"Forget it. If 21 gets behind you, you can play the fight song." --Scott Van Pelt
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might be time to go
Back to School
scrappy
by Honka Playboy on Feb 23, 2012 9:36 PM PST up reply actions
I’m looking for 1moreroommate.
"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
And, if you were looking for a reply fail, look no 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
Well not quite
2+1=3?
"Forget it. If 21 gets behind you, you can play the fight song." --Scott Van Pelt
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Imaginary friends and Fathead posters don't count.
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by HoodRiverDuck on Feb 24, 2012 9:21 AM PST up reply actions
left hand + right hand + body spray = 3
"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
Stanford is stomping Colorado right now
If Oregon wins the Civil War Sunday, they move into 3rd place in the Pac and keep pace with Arizona. If not, we stay in 5th depending on the Cal v CU game Sunday.
We have to win the Civil War this week. Biggest game of Altman’s short career, going to be interesting to see how the team responds.
The All I Saw Was Green Blog, that's it I'm telling SBN legal
Good to know.
We would have only been able to tie them with a win-out scenario from both teams, and they would have gotten the tiebreaker.
Too bad USC couldn’t sustain their early momentum with UA, that would have been a critical upset.
"Forget it. If 21 gets behind you, you can play the fight song." --Scott Van Pelt
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I promise not to watch the game.
Every game I have seen this year, the Ducks have lost. Even when they were ahead, they ended up losing.
"What the hell was that?"
"Spaceball One, they've gone to plaid!"
Ducks tied for 3rd now.
Stanford destroyed colorado tonight. 23 points.
Actually, tied for 4th with Colorado, AZ went to third by a half 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
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