My room for the week is the third one from the left, second floor.
Oh, the blog is suffering a thousand indignities this week. Is it getting booted from its place of residency while upgrades are made? Is it this crappy hotel room that smells like stale old people that have been smoking since they were 4 years old? Is it an internet connection that makes a snail look fast?
It’s all of the above and more. Here’s the links, 300% slower than usual.
Hold on, before you can read these links, we have to let the page load. Still loading…still loading…still loading…still loading. Oh, maybe it’s just me. I hate this week and it’s only Monday.
- Hopefully you had a chance to review EDSBS.com’s Aggro-Tourism feature highlighting what makes Oregon so awesome. If you didn’t, read it, but only if you aren’t too sensitive to those words mom told you were wrong (unless you had one of those cool moms that just didn’t give a f- HEY NOW!).
- People are split on the quality of the new floor at Matt court. By split, I mean 90% dislike, 7% hate, 3% like and 100% will come around to it as soon as the team wins.
- How dare this guy call “FAIL” on the Oregon Duck mascot. If Puddles gets nailed by a field goal, then it’s cool. Don’t question it, just be honored you got to see the mascot in action. End of story.
- Perhaps you’ve heard, Washington athletic director Scott Woodward is resorting to academic put-downs to make himself feel better about the craptastic job he’s doing turning around the football program. He’s right about the terrible state funding for universities in Oregon, but his facts about UO’s regression seem to be pretty much false. Woodward issued an apology but only “if” his comments were found as critical. It’s hollow and sounds incredibly disingenuous.
- I get a lot of searches to this site trying to figure out what “win the day” means. Rachel Bachman digs deeper into the Ducks’ slogan providing a better answer than I’ve ever attempted to give (did I just compliment Bachman? I don’t think so, but I might have. Eek!).
- Ken Goe has a bunch of links recapping the weekend, but also a commentary on the backup quarterback situation. If Monday’s practice is any indication, true freshman Bryan Bennett could be stepping into Nate Costa’s vacated role. Word from the Twitter-verse is he was SHARP.
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The new Matt Court flooring looks like an awful tie-dye explosion, so I guess that fits. My biggest concerns are:
1) Being able to see the lines, like out of bounds and 3-point lines. I’m worried about the lack of contrast. Maybe it’ll show up on tv.
2) Removing that horrible TTATT tramp stamp on the court. I know I’m being insensitive. And the logo designer video tells of all the good things they incorporated (reflects modern building, modern athletic presence, Japanese influences). But it’s not readable as MATT. Maybe NATT or TTATT, but not Matt.
BASKETBALL COURT FAIL.
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That’s exactly the two things that bugged me. You’re the first I’ve seen mention it but the 3-point line looks like a ref’s nightmare.
And the Matt thing just doesn’t fit for me. Appreciate the thought that went into it though.
I know Tinker Hatfield is basically a Nike legend, but this court ain’t working for me. I’ll give it a shot once I see it in action.
I will say though that I love the overall concept of going big. It’s an Oregon thing and I always want the university to be bold.
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Can we come over and play with the steam shovel?
You get all the good stuff
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