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Jersey Contest Scoreboard: Week 4

ntrebon — Mon, 22 Sep 2008 14:32:20 -0000

This week, we had a whopping 14 people (out of a total of 67) correctly pick all five winners. Again, I was not one of them. Congrats to: Dave, 71903, bzzz61, dougall5505, drymartini, DuckinNC, DucksPhan, GoDux503, gribbit1, H_Man Hoching, jfwells, jojames, KDean75 and thejamootz. This week's poster who brought down the community average was tj4eck, who only managed to correctly pick the Alabama victory. As a whole, this week's slate did not cause too many problems for the ATQ community, as the distribution was top heavy:

Correct Picks	# Occurrences
5	14
4	27
3	19
2	6
1	1
0	0

The easiest matchup to predict (as evidence by tj4eck), was the Alabama - Arkansas game where 63 people correctly picked the winner. This week, the "hardest" matchup was Wake Forest vs. Florida State. But, even here, more than half of the entries correctly picked the winner. The complete results are below:

Winner	Correct Picks
Alabama	63
Arizona	46
Wake Forest	36
LSU	46
Georgia	57

As always, the complete scoreboard is after the jump...

KDean75	17
DuckinNC	17
jtlight	16
jojames	16
homersolo	16
Harringtoncuz3	16
butthol	16
H_Man Hoching	15
GoDux503	15
DucksPhan	15
drymartini	15
bzzz61	15
BlazersPro	15
Addicted to Quack	15
thejamootz	14
SnoConeGod	14
OklaDuck	14
JShufelt	14
IOWA DUCK	14
DUCKinNY	14
dougall5505	14
buffduck	14
brwkev	14
71903	14
travissimmo	13
Trail Ducker	13
Takimoto	13
RustyInEugene	13
runfast	13
ntrebon	13
jfwells	13
inroywetrust	13
gribbit1	13
Duck4Lif3	13
Squishy	12
Russ	12
QuackinAK	12
jteubs	12
GustyJ	12
dvieira	12
DucksfaninMA	12
DuckJess	12
ChicagoQuack503	12
CarlsbadDuck	12
BizanBandit	12
absolutduck	12
tunathebigfish	11
theshwags	11
socalduck	11
SeattleDucks	11
scudderfan	11
duckydaz	11
bmxryder507	11
Webfoots	10
trumpetduck	10
The Ghost of Spike Owen	10
Seattle Quacker	10
OR Adam	10
Nevaduck	10
ltlbgmaca	10
echris	10
Civil War Sports	10
AirForceDuck	10
niko	9
BWarner7	9
bradLL99	9
tj4eck	8
DuckAndRun	8
WesMacDuck	7
stubby50	7
OSU	7
Grant H	7
coolconman	7
Templar	6
pointguard10	6
Janus09	6
Jack223	6
El Dizknee	6
albanyduck	6
OregonDuck007	4
KTClovestheducks	4
ducksfan	4
Al Orange	4
SittingDuck	3
RollOnYouBears667	3
NamDuck	3
Max!	3
hazmat5793	3
duckfan1515	3
brycetaylor4	3
Blazin'aTrail	3
JBinO	2
diehardoaklandfan22	2

Jersey Contest Scoreboard: Week 3

ntrebon — Mon, 15 Sep 2008 15:14:30 -0000

This week, we had a total of 78 entries. Of those 78, there were three people who picked all five games correctly. Congratulations to butthol, DucksfaninMA, and jtlight. The distribution of correct picks for the ATQ community was pretty top-heavy, as seen below:

Correct Picks	# Occurrences
5	3
4	29
3	27
2	17
1	2
0	0

This week, almost everyone saw the USC victory coming (75 out of 78) -- and bmxryder simply forgot to pick a winner in this game. However, no such excuses for OSU or Squishy. In contrast, the hardest matchup this week was the non-USC-tOSU "Game of the Century," featuring Michigan and Notre Dame. Only 16 posters correctly predicted an Irish victory. Overall, the ATQ community did not have a lot of trouble picking the winners, as seen below:

Winner	Correct Picks
BYU	49
Oregon State	65
Notre Dame	16
USC	75
Wisconsin	43

As always, the full scoreboard is after the jump...

jtlight	12
butthol	12
DuckinNC	12
Harringtoncuz3	12
homersolo	12
KDean75	12
BlazersPro	11
buffduck	11
DUCKinNY	11
jojames	11
Addicted to Quack	10
AirForceDuck	10
brwkev	10
bzzz61	10
Civil War Sports	10
drymartini	10
DucksfaninMA	10
DucksPhan	10
echris	10
GoDux503	10
H_Man Hoching	10
IOWA DUCK	10
JShufelt	10
OklaDuck	10
OR Adam	10
Russ	10
RustyInEugene	10
SnoConeGod	10
Takimoto	10
travissimmo	10
trumpetduck	10
ntrebon	9
71903	9
absolutduck	9
BizanBandit	9
CarlsbadDuck	9
dougall5505	9
Duck4Lif3	9
DuckJess	9
inroywetrust	9
niko	9
QuackinAK	9
runfast	9
thejamootz	9
Trail Ducker	9
ChicagoQuack503	8
duckydaz	8
dvieira	8
gribbit1	8
GustyJ	8
jfwells	8
jteubs	8
ltlbgmaca	8
scudderfan	8
SeattleDucks	8
Squishy	8
The Ghost of Spike Owen	8
theshwags	8
bmxryder507	7
coolconman	7
Grant H	7
socalduck	7
stubby50	7
tj4eck	7
tunathebigfish	7
Webfoots	7
albanyduck	6
BWarner7	6
El Dizknee	6
Janus09	6
Nevaduck	6
pointguard10	6
Seattle Quacker	6
BradL99	5
DuckAndRun	5
WesMacDuck	5
Al Orange	4
ducksfan	4
KTClovestheducks	4
OSU	4
Templar	4
Blazin'aTrail	3
brycetaylor4	3
duckfan1515	3
hazmat5793	3
Jack223	3
Max!	3
NamDuck	3
RollOnYouBears667	3
SittingDuck	3
diehardoaklandfan22	2
JBinO	2

Jersey Contest Scoreboard: Week 2

ntrebon — Mon, 08 Sep 2008 17:04:46 -0000

First, huge props to Jared for taking the Jersey Contest out of the dark ages by developing a nifty google spread sheet for tabulating results. This will hopefully drastically reduce the amount of time it takes to compile the scoreboard as well as eliminate errors. That said, if there are any errors, you know where to direct your criticisms.

This week, there were a total of 75 entries. The hardest game, by far, was the ECU upset of WVU -- only 8 correct picks. Conversely, 72 out of 75 people correctly predicted Wake Forest over Ole Miss. The complete results for the ATQ community are as follows:

Winner	Correct Picks
Penn State	68
ECU	8
Wake Forest	72
Georgia Tech	36
Minnesota	22

In contrast to last week, no one was able to predict all five winners. The complete distribution is as follows:

Correct Picks	# Occurrences
5	0
4	13
3	31
2	30
1	1
0	0

As usual, the full scoreboard is after the jump.

Name	Total Score
BlazersPro	8
DuckinNC	8
GoDux503	8
Harringtoncuz3	8
homersolo	8
KDean75	8
Russ	8
Addicted to Quack	7
jtlight	7
buffduck	7
butthol	7
Civil War Sports	7
drymartini	7
Duck4Lif3	7
DUCKinNY	7
DuckJess	7
H_Man Hoching	7
IOWA DUCK	7
jojames	7
JShufelt	7
OR Adam	7
RustyInEugene	7
Trail Ducker	7
71903	6
absolutduck	6
AirForceDuck	6
BizanBandit	6
brwkev	6
bzzz61	6
dougall5505	6
DucksPhan	6
echris	6
El Dizknee	6
ltlbgmaca	6
niko	6
OklaDuck	6
pointguard10	6
runfast	6
scudderfan	6
SnoConeGod	6
Takimoto	6
travissimmo	6
trumpetduck	6
ntrebon	5
bmxryder507	5
CarlsbadDuck	5
DuckAndRun	5
DucksfaninMA	5
duckydaz	5
Grant H	5
GustyJ	5
inroywetrust	5
Janus09	5
jfwells	5
QuackinAK	5
SeattleDucks	5
socalduck	5
Squishy	5
stubby50	5
The Ghost of Spike Owen	5
thejamootz	5
theshwags	5
tunathebigfish	5
Webfoots	5
ChicagoQuack503	4
coolconman	4
ducksfan	4
dvierira	4
gribbit1	4
jteubs	4
KTClovestheducks	4
Nevaduck	4
tj4eck	4
Blazin'aTrail	3
BradL99	3
brycetaylor4	3
BWarner7	3
duckfan1515	3
hazmat5793	3
NamDuck	3
OSU	3
RollOnYouBears667	3
SittingDuck	3
WesMacDuck	3
albanyduck	2
JBinO	2
Seattle Quacker	2

Jersey Contest: Scoreboard

ntrebon — Thu, 04 Sep 2008 16:29:14 -0000

Thanks for everyone participating in the first week of the ATQ Jersey Contest. We had a great turnout, with 83 total submissions. Don't worry if you had a bad first week -- there's plenty of time to catch up.

Of the 83 total submissions, we had five perfect scores. Congrats to RustyInEugene, Russ, DuckinNC, Harringtoncuz3 and Dave (who is doing his best to erase last year's miserable performance). On the flip side, there was only one entry that did not pick a single game correctly. That dubious honor goes to ChicagoQuack503, who is brining shame to ATQ's large Chicago contingent. The most popular set of picks, by far, was picking Michigan-Missouri-Clemson-Cal-Fresno State. This particular slate was entered in 27 different instances

The distribution of correct picks is as follows:

Correct Picks	# Occurrences
5	5
4	22
3	40
2	15
1	0
0	1

And, finally, here's how the ATQ community did in correctly picking games as a whole:

Winner	Correct Picks
Utah	24
Missouri	78
Alabama	22
California	73
Fresno State	73

The complete standings are after the jump. And, please double check your score. These were tabulated by hand, so there may be some errors.

Name	Score
Addicted to Quack	5
DuckinNC	5
Harringtoncuz3	5
RustyInEugene	5
Russ	5
jtlight	4
AirForceDuck	4
brwkev	4
ducksfan	4
Duck4Lif3	4
DuckJess	4
Nevaduck	4
pointguard10	4
KDean75	4
niko	4
GoDux503	4
travissimmo	4
IOWA DUCK	4
tj4eck	4
ltlbgmaca	4
OR Adam	4
El Dizknee	4
drymartini	4
OklaDuck	4
homersolo	4
H_Man Hoching	4
BlazersPro	4
ntrebon	3
butthol	3
DucksfaninMA	3
Janus09	3
JShufelt	3
inroywetrust	3
hazmat5793	3
scudderfan	3
thejamootz	3
bzzz61	3
socalduck	3
echris	3
SnoConeGod	3
jfwells	3
absolutduck	3
Trail Ducker	3
dougall5505	3
brycetaylor4	3
DuckAndRun	3
RollOnYouBears667	3
DUCKinNY	3
runfast	3
theshwags	3
Blazin'aTrail	3
jojames	3
trumpetduck	3
071903	3
Webfoots	3
DucksPhan	3
CarlsbadDuck	3
tunathebigfish	3
Takimoto	3
'NamDuck	3
duckydaz	3
Squishy	3
duckfan1515	3
buffduck	3
Civil War Sports	3
BWarner7	3
gribbit1	2
coolconman	2
BizanBandit	2
GustyJ	2
JBinO	2
QuackinAK	2
KTClovestheducks	2
SeattleDucks	2
bmxryder507	2
The Ghost of Spike Owen	2
stubby50	2
OSU	2
dvierira	2
Grant H	2
albanyduck	2
jteubs	2
ChicagoQuack503	0

Week 1 Prediction Thread

ntrebon — Fri, 29 Aug 2008 13:37:28 -0000

Here's your chance to post any predictions you may have about the Oregon game. What will the final score be? How will the RBs do? Will Roper make us forget the dread from Costa's injury. This thread is also open to predictions on other games (SnoConeGod: I am looking at you).

Personally, I think Oregon comes out running to take some of the pressure off of Roper. He'll play under control, for the most part, and finish with just over 200 yards, 1 pick and 2 TDs. That'll be more than enough with Johnson and Blount accounting for 200+ yards and 3 TDs of their own. Oregon wins 41 - 24.

UW Jokes

ntrebon — Fri, 29 Aug 2008 00:30:32 -0000

So, I just received the following in an email. Most I had heard before in some form or another. What do you guys think? Have any others?

Q: What's the difference between Michael Jackson and the UW Program?
A: One lures kids into a fantasy world and uses them, is willing to pay millions to stay out of court, and has faded greatly over the years. The other is a musician.

Q: What's the difference between a Husky and a bowl of Cheerios?
A: Cheerios belong in a bowl.

Q: How do you keep a Husky player out of your yard?
A: Put up goal posts.

Q: Did you hear that The Rolling Stones are playing at Husky Stadium?<
A: Yeah, they're 10-point favorites.

Q: What is the difference between a Husky cheerleader and an elephant?
A: About 40 lbs.

Q: How do you equalize the two?
A: Feed the elephant.

Q: Did you hear about the Husky linebacker that stole the Police Car?
A: He saw the "911" on the side & thought it was a Porsche.

Q: What do you call an intelligent person in Husky Stadium?
A: A visitor.

Q: What do you get when you cross a Husky fan with a pig?
A: Nothing. There's some things a pig's just not gonna do.

Q: Why did the Husky football alum put his diploma on the dash board?
A: So he could park in handicapped parking.

Q: How do you make a Husky graduate leave your house?
A: Pay him for the pizza.

Q: What does the average Husky player get on his SAT?
A: Drool.

The UW football team was placed in a remedial English class. The professor asked the class, "Does anyone know what comes after a sentence?" All of the players raised their hands. "The appeal," they shouted with pride

A UW football player was almost killed in a tragic horseback-riding accident. He fell from the horse and was nearly trampled to death. Thank God the manager of the WalMart came out and unplugged it.

A family of U of W football supporters head out one Saturday to the outlet mall to do their back to school shopping. While in the sports shop the son picks up an Oregon jersey and says to his older sister, "I've decided to become a Duck fan and I would like to wear this to school". .. The sister is outraged by this and promptly whacks him on the head and says, "Go talk to mother"... Off goes the little lad with the Duck jersey in hand and finds his mother... "Mom?" "Yes son?" "I've decided to become a Duck fan and I would like to buy this jersey." Mom promptly whacks him on the head and says, "Go talk to your father!" Off he goes with the jersey in hand to find his father... "Dad?" "Yes son?" I've decided I'm going to be an Oregon fan and I would like to buy this jersey." The father is outraged and whacks his son on the head and says, "No son of mine is ever going to be seen in THAT CRAP!" About an hour later they're all back in the car heading home... The father turns to his son and says, "Son, I hope you learned something today." The son says, "Yes, Dad, I did."... "Good son, what did you learn?" To which the son replies, "I've only been an Oregon fan for an hour and I already hate you Husky bastards."

Costa out minimum 8-10 weeks

ntrebon — Mon, 25 Aug 2008 20:54:14 -0000

According to Curtis Anderson (post on Moseley's blog), Costa will have surgery on his knee to repair damaged cartilage and is out a minimum of 8-10 weeks.

Ugh.

Anderson also notes in the same post that Garrett was dismissed from the team.

Ridnour Traded

ntrebon — Wed, 13 Aug 2008 20:33:08 -0000

Ridnour Traded

Despite growing up in Eugene, I was a Sonics fan. With Ridnour being traded to the Bucks what very little reason there was to follow the NBA franchise formerly known as the Seattle Sonics is gone.

Good luck to Rid in Milwaukee.

Cooper Transferring

ntrebon — Thu, 19 Jun 2008 16:40:31 -0000

Cade Cooper is transferring to Southern Utah. Cooper never played for the Ducks as he redshirted last season while rehabbing from an injury. After an inconsistent spring, he remained buried on the depth chart. At Southern Utah, he will apparently be reunited with his JC QB coach that helped him attain national JC player of the year honors.

With the transfers of Cooper and Kempt, it seems like the mass of QBs on the roster has been whittled down five, which I believe is the number that the Oregon staff mentioned as ideal.

Good luck to Cade at Southern Utah -- hopefully the NCAA will approve his petition to allow him to play immediately.

Morning Oatmeal: ATQ 2.0 edition

ntrebon — Thu, 22 May 2008 18:14:49 -0000

Well, as I am sure you have all noticed the upgrade was completed this morning -- and relatively painlessly, as far as I can tell.

As has been the case lately, there's not a lot out there this morning. The Portland Tribune does have a feature piece on Garrett Sim that is a good read. Sim also stars on the track team for Sunset High as a triple and long jumper. And, those skills appear to translate well to the basketball court as the 6'1" Sim can apparently throw down a windmill and a 360. Not too shabby.

Moseley posted a few days ago about a former Oregon associate selling off their Holiday Bowl ring. It sold for over $700. It appears the ring was bought by someone who deals in sports rings rather than an Oregon fan, which is unfortunate.

Finally, Moseley breaks down Bellotti's contract today in the Register-Guard, and includes how much a few of the other Pac-10 coaches are making. Of the coaches listed, Bellotti makes significantly less than Carroll and Tedford, but more than Riley (and what Dorrell earned).