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The Wisdom of Lou Holtz

grimc — Thu, 15 Oct 2009 03:45:06 -0000

The Wisdom of Lou Holtz

From the BSU/Tulsa broadcast, while complaining about a ticky-tack call:

"It's like when you wanna bring a play gun to school and they won't let you because it's against the rules! Ridiculous!"

Unsubstantiated Rumor Mongering Thread

grimc — Wed, 14 Oct 2009 02:32:48 -0000

Sigh. Bye week. No real news, just a bunch of waiting. How, oh how, is the dedicated Duck fan going to remain occupied until the next game?

Hmm...I know!

• I heard Masoli blew both knees out and is done for the season;

• I heard Notre Dame is going to throw a bunch of money at CK to steal him from the Ducks;

• I heard Nike is going to unveil new uniforms at Civil War featuring invisibility technology;

• I heard BruinsNation doesn't have a quick banhammer, but is the most relaxed and understanding member of SBNation(tm)

• I heard CGB is entirely drug-free

I heard it. I'M SERIES!!!!111!!!
You?

Duck news

grimc — Sat, 15 Aug 2009 06:54:58 -0000

Duck news

Joey Gets A Compliment, World Stunned

grimc — Thu, 06 Aug 2009 04:04:07 -0000

Joey Gets A Compliment, World Stunned

Whiny Lions Fans Appear In Comments As Expected

NCAA hit with class action lawsuit

grimc — Wed, 22 Jul 2009 23:28:34 -0000

Making NCAA pay?

With all the recent conversation about NCAA 10, this story seems pretty timely:

...Tuesday in federal court in San Francisco, [Former UCLA Bruin, Ed] O’Bannon became the lead plaintiff in a class action lawsuit on behalf of all current and former Division I-A football and men’s basketball athletes against the NCAA. He’s represented by two of the nation’s most high-powered law firms – including one that secured reparations for Holocaust survivors from Swiss banks.

The complaint, obtained by Yahoo! Sports, alleges that the NCAA “has illegally deprived former student-athletes” from “myriad revenue streams” including DVDs, video games, memorabilia, photographs, television rebroadcasts and use in advertising.

I'm really not sure what side I'm inclined to take. On the one hand, as the columnist points out, this isn't the best economy for colleges to take a huge financial hit--not only in whatever the penalty may be, but a massive reduction of a revenue stream. And I've always felt that scholarship athletes are, in effect, paid via free tuition, room and board, and all the other perks. At least at Oregon, and undoubtedly at other schools with 'top flight' facilities, student-athletes have their own computer centers, tutors, etc.

On the other hand, it just doesn't seem right for a school to profit off of athletes once they've left. Not even giving alumni a piece of the action for the use of their image seems inherently unfair. The contrivance of not providing names in video game rosters is a pretty weak defense (Insert OSU joke here). We all know that it's just a matter of filling in names. And going beyond XBox, as the complaint alleges, schools have always made a pretty penny off of memorabilia and the like (Order SI now and receive a special XYZU issue, celebrating their championship run!).

Hmm. If I had to choose, I guess I'd side with the athletes--although professional shady character Sonny Vaccaro's involvement makes me hesititate.

I have bought into doing kickass uniforms for doing kickass uniforms' sake. This is what I think...

grimc — Wed, 01 Jul 2009 03:43:38 -0000

I have bought into doing kickass uniforms for doing kickass uniforms' sake. This is what I think would kickass in 2011.

UO Walkon

grimc — Fri, 29 May 2009 18:11:45 -0000

Hey I'm beginning the college admission process soon and I was wondering if you guys could tell me whether or not I have a shot at walking on to the football team. I come from a highly competitive private school out of state.

Here are my stats

QB/RB/DT/CB

6'5", 210 lbs.

3.5 sec 40 yard dash

9th

1500 yds 20 TD passing, 1200 yds 25 TD rushing, 9 sacks, 10 interceptions

10th

2070 yds 29 TD passing, 1500 yds 30 TD rushing, 12 sacks, 15 interceptions

11th

2000 yds 25 TD passing, 1400 yds 27 TD rushing, 11 sacks, 11 interceptions (off year cuz i played all season with a torn ACL)

12th

5000 yds 40 TD passing, 2000 yds 49 TD rushing, 30 sacks, 40 interceptions

Extracurriculars

Eagle Scout, Newspaper (4 years), ESPN Magazine (3 years), NASA Astronaut, Olympic alternate in Decathalon

Work Experience

US Marines drill sergeant, invented blogs

SAT 3000, ACT 90 (They had to change the scoring system for me)

So please just comment below and tell me if I have a shot. Thanks a ton.

What is this?

grimc — Fri, 24 Apr 2009 05:50:58 -0000

via those dudes

I fear that the University of California: We Have A Mascot That In All Likelihood Drives A Windowless Van Offering Children Free Candy has hit upon some new secret weapon in recruiting, fundraising and/or training. This. Cannot. Stand. We must analyze this device to reveal it's true purpose, and be prepared to top it. My instinct says that this is a response to the wildly successful Roboduck, but I suspect it's something more devious than that.

Poll

Me confused.

Booster auction item

3 votes

Motivational device

3 votes

Tedford not grasping the "12th Man" concept

14 votes

What the tree-sitters' tree ended up as

14 votes

Something even more befuddling than Oski

12 votes

Other

4 votes

50 votes | Poll has closed

Kellen Clemens

grimc — Sat, 04 Apr 2009 07:44:52 -0000

Kellen Clemens

Interview with the Jets quarterbacks. I know it's just Duck-tinted glasses, but Kellen seems like the most mature out of the three. Watch the very end for Clemens' statement on what he thinks of the Jets' possibilities with him under center.

People can make fun of Oregon's unis all they want

grimc — Sun, 21 Dec 2008 04:22:47 -0000

People can make fun of Oregon's unis all they want

But to my knowledge, we have never done anything as stupid as this.