Herbstreit Wouldn’t Say That, Would He?
I was trolling around on eDuck.com yesterday and noticed a discussion of a quote allegedly attributed to ESPN’s Kirk Herbstreit.
“Ducks are the college football version of Paris Hilton…they’re famous for no reason, they look pretty and they got a rich daddy.”
Unwilling to believe that a man with such a nice orange tan from Ohio could say such a thing, I googled the quote. All I found was some stuff from the doldrums of OregonLive.com’s Mensa-level forums and an OSU message board back in April.
I’m calling B.S. We all know Herbie has a special place in his heart for Eugene and we look forward to his five visits for College GameDay this year.
Noooooo Herbie! Gotta love those Big10 guys.
After my sister forwarded that quote yesterday – e-mailed to her by a jealous Beav co-worker, no doubt – I did a similar investigation and found it to be completely unsubstantiated. One of the Beaver trolls commenting on OregonLive attributed it to Herbstreit two days ago (08/18/2009), which must have been a reference to Herbie’s (obviously flimsy) prediction that Boise State would beat Oregon on the Smurf Turf and would go 13-0. That this quote has already been out there as far back as April makes me especially dubious.
Love that Beavs spend so much time thinking about, hating on, and apparently fantasizing about (Paris Hilton, really?) the Ducks. In my experience the feeling is not reciprocated, as most Duck fans at least casually root for the Beavs in most if not all games other than the Civil War.
P.S. I sent a request to Ted Miller of ESPN to do a little snopes.com-esque investigatory work and debunk this myth once and for all
Good idea with Ted Miller. Perhaps we can settle this once and for all.
Duck fans are going crazy over this. Traffic to this site made a huge jump with people searching for answers to that quote’s origins. I’m just sorry I didn’t have a real answer for them.
The person who said the quote is irrelevant, the fact is, it’s completely true!
Until you win a rose bowl you are paris hilton
Until you win a game, you are terrible.
I might have to check my facts again, but I believe we just beat #3 USC. Yep definately true
…And then lost to Stanford, you frauds. USC had their backup qb playing, a guy who lost his job to an incoming freshman.
By the way, how has your team changed since the last time we laid 40 on you? You still had Jake back then, so don’t buy into the myth that you’ll actually beat the Ducks this year. haha 0-12…good luck living that one down
Back to the main point of the discussion: Try winning a Rose Bowl!
Yeah…no. My main point was that you’re not allowed to bring up past glory to defend your current status as the Pac-10’s doormat.
GoPurple, I know you’ve got no reason to be aware of this given Washington’s performance over the last decade, but its the BCS era, and the conference champion doesn’t always play its BCS game in the Rose Bowl. So the Ducks are outright Pac-10 champions in 2001 and win their BCS bowl game but it doesn’t count because it was in the Fiesta Bowl when the Rose Bowl hosted the national title game that year? Not a strong argument. If and when Washington plays in a BCS game and wins during a similar year, I’m certain you’ll give the Huskies all the credit for it they deserve.
Besides the fact you are popping off after yet another loss, what is this in response to? You’re commenting on an old post here.
Well the discussion started with a fellow husky fan saying that oregon is paris hilton until they win a rose bowl.
It was then made a point that that the huskies are terrible till they win a game.
Then I made the point that the huskies have indeed won a game and therefore are not terrible.
But Oregon has still not won a Rose Bowl and so they are Paris Hilton.
Sorry, I couldn’t resist. Hey moron, we have won a Rose Bowl. And yes, you are still terrible. Jake can’t carry the team all season long.
“The Ducks won their only Rose Bowl in 1917 against the University of Pennsylvania and have been to three Rose Bowls since, losing all three.” ^ a b GoDucks.com: Duck History
1917??? Really??? Who was reffing the game? Theodore Roosevelt?
Just had to mention the moron husky fans sitting in front of me, who had printed out “1917″ stickers on their label-maker to wear to the game. They came in loud and proud, literally screaming in my face and spraying me with their husky slobber. One idiot with blue earrings even told me it’s been 97 years since the Ducks won a Rose Bowl – it was classic! (2009-1917=92) By the time I finished helping them understand how the BCS system works, it was the second quarter, and the beating was well underway. Needless to say, the rest of the game was really, really fun, and they ended up leaving in the third quarter.
only five? im thinking Herbstriet is going to be spending the rest of his career here eating his words
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Cal owns Oregon…enough said!!! Fouts can be biased all he wants but once he is out of a job as a sportcaster….Oregonians will continue sleeping with their siblings and being inbred as no recruits outside of Oregon will touch that school. Poor education and obnoxious fans…..Go Bears!!!!!
where the heck did that come from? completely irrelevant to this conversation. by the way oregon is ranked above Cal. most of oregon’s recruits are from california. Your statements were incorrect, really weird?…, and so far off. go back to your tree cal boy
Oregon 42, Cal 3…. yeah, not so much.
The fact that Oregon has a museum based on their uniforms and not the tradition or athletes that have gone on to the next levels speaks for the empty traditions of Oregon…
I appreciate you climbing down from your little treehouse outside the stadium to respond to my post. The only people that even care about our uniforms are our jealous opponents, who usually end up following our lead anyway. (Wonder why Cal decided to go with the nasty piss yellows…)
Inbred? Believe it or not, Oregon is not in the South. I’d rather have a few tax-paying farmers out east than an 80% mexican population. Hope your boys are ready for 127 decibels and 60,000 drunk ducks.
We could care less about “60,000 drunk ducks”..all that matters is what happens on the field and the result on the scoreboard….Expect a 4-peat of the Bears once again smearing duck turd all over the field and another Cal victory…….something you haven’t had since 2005. Good thing the Ducks have 180 uniform combinations because it’s going to be tough to get the blue out of them after they get crushed by Boise St on the smurf turf….
Good luck trying to slow down Jahvid Best with your duck whistles and drunk chatter because he will only be a blur to you and your drunk ducks as he runs from endzone to endzone…I hope your team wears the cute version of their uniforms with the little wings on their shoulders because they will need to fly to catch him….
You haven’t beaten Cal since 2005….no wonder you ducks are drunk all the time…drinking away your sorrows. I am sure that you are getting all too familiar with The Boss’s song “Glory Days”……Let’s see if Nike can sponsor another College Gameday Crew appearance up at Eugene, although doesn’t seem to help you much but to expose the lack of diversity and the lack of impact the State of Oregon has on contributing to our economy…why don’t you try to be better than Washington before even thinking about competing agains California….all the State of Oregon is good for is a tax write-off
For a little reality, Oregon has finished in the AP top 10 this decade as many times as Cal has finished in the top 25. Don’t forget that Cal is basically modeling itself after Oregon every step of the way. Staff, uniforms, hell, even your coach.
Speaking of glory days, where you guys been? Haven’t seen anything out of you since 2006.
And what does the economy have to do with football? Did I write a dissertation on the economic models of western states and not know it? You say drunk ducks, but I don’t see how you come up with any of that post in a sober state of mind.
Funny that a Californian would even bring up the economy. Obviously not a Berkeley grad…
HaHaHaHaHa GO DUCKS!!! Jahvid best is an f-ing fraud!! Heisman?!?! Yeah right!! Welcome home, Riley! Hahaha
I’ve always had plenty of respect for Cal as an institution, but I’m astounded by how many idiot Bear fans there are on the board.
I’m gonna also have to call bs after looking into this…
Here’s what I think happened:
http://goduckspodcast.com/?p=127
Why are you wasting your time arguing when you have no control what takes place on the field….do something productive. I just look at the facts and Cal has momentum based on the previous 3 victories over the ducklings…let’s talk after the game.
Either way, this doesn’t change the way I feel about Kirk Herbstreit. For one thing, he has orange skin and frosted hair, which makes you a douchebag where I come from. I don’t know how he became so popular with my demographic to begin with. He’s also the biggest Ohio State honk ever, and seems to be blind to the fact that they BLOW now and get into big bowls on their name alone. If the SEC and the Big 10 were people, he would have a threesome with them.
Haha, ok, I love it. I was confused where this came from. Flame away, man. And be sure to check back during Husky week. You know, that annual time of the year where the headline “Washington Loses” is as predictable as the sunrise.
And you’re right, you’re not terrible anymore by that assessment. You have, in fact, won a game. Two, actually.