SB Nation User Blog: jessenumber1

Is this in bad taste?

jessenumber1 — Fri, 03 Oct 2008 20:17:17 -0000

So I've been living in an apartment for just under 2 years now and the neighbor behind us lives in a house that has a pretty nice backyard. I figure the guy is in his mid 30s to be able to afford the place because he seems young and takes advantage of his nice yard.

Thing is, he takes a little too much advantage of it. He has BBQs and pit fires all the time and all the smoke fills my apartment. I think he's rebuilt his deck 3 times because almost every sunny Saturday or Sunday the hammers start banging at about 8, I'm chronically hungover from it. It seems that almost every night I'm sitting there eating my half-assed tuna sandwich and he starts cedar plank grilling up some salmon, it's just not fair. He'll have parties and crank the music REALLY loud when it seems it's just him there by himself, seems like a fun guy.

I'm not really complaining because it is exactly what I would do in his situation, and I'm sure if I went to talk to him about it we would probably end up becoming friends. But I found out something about him last night: He's a Beaver fan.

After watching the Utah/OSU game and hearing his overly excited reactions I had a great idea. Come Civil War, IF we win, I'm going here and ordering 600 little buddies to lay out on the sidewalk in front of his house. I was thinking about hucking them in to his back yard but 600 rubber duckies staring you in the face when you open the front door might be a little more alarming. What do you think?

Let's Talk A Little Hardball

jessenumber1 — Fri, 26 Sep 2008 19:50:23 -0000

Oh yeah, there are other Oregon sports!

I guess George Horton was a good hire as our Oregon Baseball team just turned in the #2 recruiting class in the country.

Second only to fellow Pac-10 foe Arizona state we could be slated for some fun times on the diamond in the coming years. I for one look forward to going to games and see that pile of dirt in the Autzen parking lot before football games and my mind starts to drift to baseball. Sweet, sweet baseball.

Presale began today for the late march Civil War match up at PGE Park so get yourself out there if you live in Portland!

GO DUCKS!

The Chicken Little Thread

jessenumber1 — Fri, 26 Sep 2008 19:20:01 -0000

There seems to be a few too many feathers flying around here when it comes to the future of the program. Obviously with the collapses of recent there can be blame placed on the coaching, injuries, lack of motivation and game-time coaching.

What I would like to know is: Where do you see the Oregon program going in the next 5, or 10 years and why is our current model so destined for failure?

It's obvious that we can achieve the highest level of success with the right personnel in the right formations but when should we start expecting that situation EVERY year?

In this generation of college football we may not be able to be the powerhouse on the level of USC, LSU, Notre Dame, and Ohio State but we should be aiming to compare with the likes of Texas, Auburn, Michigan, and West Virginia. How do we present ourselves as on the level of these programs?

We're all witnessing a dramatic coming of age in Oregon football. Save for WV (who I'm unsure about the history of) who in that above list has gone from decades of losing tradition to where they are now in 14 years?

The sky isn't falling, Oregon football has a bright future but things do have to be eventually changed. What is that miracle move that can take us from where we are now to where it seems most of us want to be?

UW vs OU. Can both teams lose?

jessenumber1 — Tue, 09 Sep 2008 20:22:52 -0000

So I don't know about you but I absolutely hate these teams with a passion. If there was some way they they could both lose the game horribly it would make this season a complete success for me. In a perfect world both I would like to see both teams play a horrible '83 Toilet Bowl-type game and then get slapped with violations for paying players with meth and drug money. The NCAA would then slap both schools with limitations on everything from scholarships to shoe size and make them play future football games in pink (though, purple isn't much better) jerseys while crying. Am I asking for too much?

Schlabach and Feldman Agree...

jessenumber1 — Wed, 03 Sep 2008 06:23:30 -0000

According to the ESPN Bowl Projections we're looking Rosey for New Year's Day.

An impressive jump from the preseason projection of Sun Bowl against Colorado. Thanks, guys!

I think we have a shot with 2 losses if we finish second in the Pac 10. Having the ability to run the ball like we showed against the fuskies should put us in a competitive situation in all of our games, even with the tough schedule.

I was out of town, so I didn't get to see the game (anxiously awaiting replay) but based on the box score things look like they went according to plan. Minus the Roper exit, of course.

The Eric Byrnes show

jessenumber1 — Mon, 18 Aug 2008 22:36:23 -0000

I'm a life long A's fan in Portland, OR and Eric Byrnes is one of my all-time favorite players. Even to the point where I find myself rooting for the Dbacks on a consistant basis. I was watching a Dbacks-Dodgers game a couple weeks back and I saw the promo for the Eric Byrnes show, I was wondering how it is and if anyone has a torrent or anything so those of us without FSAZ can check it out.

Anyway, keep up the good work and take that division!

Is Ryan Ludwick a keeper

jessenumber1 — Fri, 08 Aug 2008 19:05:36 -0000

I recently completed the Prince for Peavey and Ludwick trade and now I’m trying to pull Brandon Phillips off of the 2nd place team and help him make a run at it. I’m looking ahead to next year and I feel pretty good about my pitching core in my 5x5 mixed roto league.

Brandon Webb

Jake Peavey

Roy Halladay

Clayton Kershaw

Then I get to looking at my batters and my top 4 batters turn out like this:

Ryan Ludwick

Jose Reyes

Jason Bay

Mark Teixeira

Now, I have options in this mix, Dustin Pedroia, Corey Hart, Garrett Atkins and Torii Hunter are all in the top 64 on the season with Brian McCann sitting at 93 (after the recent injury) and valuable at the position.

Jason Bay, Jose Reyes and Mark Teixera have all proven their worth as keepers so I can pretty much put them in my lineup already for next year, but Ryan Ludwick? Is his age a concern? How about that hip injury?

What do you guys think? Is this a gamble?

Trade Advice

jessenumber1 — Wed, 30 Jul 2008 02:15:51 -0000

I'm in a waiver-less roto keeper league and this trade came to me:

Give up:

Prince Fielder

Get:

Ryan Ludwick

Jake Peavey

I have pretty much already committed to playing for next year and I'm also carrying some good players along with trade bait. The deadline is coming up so I need to act fast. I'm just concerned that I'm getting no youth in return, is Prince's upside worth more than Peavey's constant dominance? Is anyone sold on Ludwick?

If the trade goes through my 8 keepers look like this:

Reyes, Hart, Tex, Atkins/McCann Webb, Peavey, Halladay, Kershaw/Pelfrey/Morrow

Pac 10 Media Poll

jessenumber1 — Thu, 24 Jul 2008 22:05:18 -0000

Today is Pac 10 media day and here is the poll:

USC (38 first-place votes)...389
Arizona State...330
Oregon...295
California (1)...274
UCLA... 204
Oregon State...192
Arizona...185
Washington... 139
Stanford...76
Washington State...61

USC on top, again, but rightfully so. The lone Cal homer must be a little red in the face now and I don't think UCLA will be 5th. Otherwise, pretty much what I expected.

GO DUCKS!

ESPN Love

jessenumber1 — Fri, 11 Jul 2008 20:09:06 -0000

The ESPN Oregon Preview has this nice little bit in it:

"Williams led the Ducks with 55 receptions for 844 yards and eight touchdowns in 2007, but his critics will tell you those numbers should have been much higher. In the Oregon blogosphere, he is known as "50/50" by so-called Quack addicts, a derisive reference to his chances of catching the ball."

Let's hope that nickname turns in to 100% J-Will by the end of the year.

GO DUCKS!