What’s more fun? Reading about LeGarrette Blount or Getting Hit By Him?

I have a medical condition known as Blount Fatigue. I don’t want to hear about it anymore. Give him a carry. Or don’t. Just stop talking about it! Terrell Owens called and said he wants his attention back.

Like Ron Burgundy said on his ESPN audition, “That’s just dumb”

Am I reading this right? An Oregon State player would rather play in the Holiday Bowl than root for Oregon this weekend to set up the Beavers’ shot at a Rose Bowl? And people agree with him? I always root for whatever is best for the Oregon Ducks. Period. If that means I have to dress up with buck teeth, slap a flat tail on my ass and gnaw on some trees for a weekend, so be it (do with the visual what you will).

Masoli! Look out! It’s Arizona!

Did you hear? Arizona is where Duck quarterbacks go to die (or suffer season-ending injuries). The last two desert trips have resulted in Kellen Clemens and Dennis Dixon playing their last down of college football. No, really, it happened in both 2005 and 2007. Honestly, how many of these friendly reminder articles do I need to give you? It’s mostly The Oregonian’s fault. Apparently, they want whatever resilient part of me that soldiered on two years ago to finally die.

I Smell Roses

I was just reading about this viral video that didn’t “viral” it’s way to my laptop before the University of Oregon freaked out and shut it down. But Google is still my friend and while I get the UO’s point, you can’t stop the internet. It’s kind of big. In case you’re like me and just crawled out from under your rock, here it is courtesy of Yahoo Australia (sorry Angie, you should have let me be a marketing intern).

For some reason, Oregon doesn’t do injuries in the variety of “he’ll be out 3-4 weeks.” Nope, if  it’s a special season in the making, you can be almost certain that a star player will suffer a major injury.

• In 1998, when Oregon shot out to a top 11 ranking, they ended up losing running back Rueben Droughns midway through the season and limped through the second half of the schedule. They were already without top defensive player Peter Sirmon.
• Then there was 2005 when quarterback Kellen Clemens went down with a broken ankle and ended his season with the Ducks in the hunt for a BCS bowl.
• In 2007, you know what happened and I’m not talking about it.

Now, once again, the Ducks have lost a playmaking star in Walter Thurmond III (you could add LeGarrette Blount to the list, but that was self-inflicted). It would be comical if it weren’t so frustrating.

Frankly, I don’t know how Joey Harrington got through 2001 without being abducted by aliens (or perhaps something more plausible like a knee injury).

To be clear, though, this isn’t about me or you. I can cry a little bit on a  blog (and a lot in private), but Thurmond is really the one who gets a raw deal. He was in the middle of putting his stamp on the program as one of its best cornerbacks ever. The NFL was surely paying attention.

Of course, Thurmond is an amazing athlete and he’ll bounce back. His shot at the next level simply awaits his return after some intense rehab.

As for me, it’s going to take some time.

Perhaps Rodriguez realized that two quarterback systems never work. As Exhibit A, I present Jason Fife and Kellen Clemens. Given that, he’s said the hell with it, “I’ll do three!” This promises to be interesting.

Now, back to Pac-10 things.