Football is not fun except it’s actually a lot of fun. The players are terrible except they are awesome. The coaches are clueless, except they are all members of Mensa. Such is the emotion of a helpless fan with uncontrollable emotions on a Saturday afternoon. Oregon got its first test of the season today and [...]
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Pondering the quarterbacks
I watched the Washington game (duh). I was like just about everyone else. More Jeremiah Masoli, more Chris Harper. Roper? Eh, moving on. But wait. Let’s think about this with a little more thought. Why are we all so sure Roper isn’t the guy? He played well enough as a 5th string fill-in to get [...]
Come on Washington, make me care again
Washington, I’ve had it with you. This is the third consecutive year I’ve had to write this post lamenting the demise of this interstate rivalry. I’ve asked for you to get better. I’ve openly stated that I think you’re more fun when you win. You’re not going to find a lot of Duck fans willing [...]
Washington Huskies: a historical perspective
As Oregon prepares for its first game of the season against Washington, I think it’s necessary that we put the Huskies plight into historical perspective. They enter 2008 seeking (yeah, I said seeking) their 5th consecutive losing season and sixth consecutive non-winning season. Even Stanford is saying, “at least we’re not the Huskies.” How bad [...]
Pre-Season Predictions – Useless, but Everyone's Doing It
You can’t have a blog, run a website, post in forums or basically breathe oxygen without at some point sitting down and doing your pre-season predictions. As such, I might as well do mine. But before I get to that, I’d like to remind you that I did get 1 out of 10 exactly right [...]
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