RIP College Football (1994-2015)
Now, many of you fuckheads only know my more-recent Quooking. What you don't or can't remember is that I hated the Helfrich hire, was scared shitless about Chip Kelly leaving Eugene, and begged Derek to start the Duck Half Brains bored so I would have a playpen following my inevitable banning from eQuook (which eventually happened).
The thing was, winners win. And Helfrich won. Right at the magic 15-game mark, I said that he would need to win the conference and make the playoff. That was the reasonable expectation given the talent he had at his disposal and the challenges ahead of him in the 2014 season. The team, even the defense, showed improvement. Oregon beat the living shit out of Arizona in the Pac-12 CCG. I was accused of spamming eQuook with citrus at about that same time. Oregon went on to utterly destroy the defending national champs in the first round of the Rose Bowel.
Since then, Oregon is 3-4 - with losses to Ohio State, Michigan State, Utah, and fucking Wazzu.
The three wins? Eastern, Georgia State, and Colorado.
How good are the Ducks right now? You are what your record says you are, and the record says we are better than Colorado and worse than Wazzu.
That's not very good.
Oregon has financial resources going beyond Uncle Phil. But let's be real. Uncle Phil has a 51% interest in the team. Oregon has the best facilities in the conference. Oregon's AD is known for being something of a tightwad, but he has made some good hires (Dana Altman) and is not shy about making changes when things aren't working (Women's BB).
Problem is, even elite programs, or at least programs with access to far more resources and proximity to recruiting, have wandered in the wilderness.
Either way, it will be interesting.
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So what you are saying is that you quook it up with the best of them when things are going your way and when things aren't going your way you can grab the pitchforks and head to the front of the line with the best of them?
And BTW, who told you in August TO YOUR FACE that things could get mighty interesting with your Ducks this year particularly if the QB position fell on its face while you were busy running your beak to anybody that would listen about how great the Quooks were???
The irony of all of this does leave a bit of a soft spot in my purple filled heart ... I'll buy you a beer next time I see you ... hopefully PBR or Busch Light is in stock. -
Yes.Tequilla said:So what you are saying is that you quook it up with the best of them when things are going your way and when things aren't going your way you can grab the pitchforks and head to the front of the line with the best of them?
And BTW, who told you in August TO YOUR FACE that things could get mighty interesting with your Ducks this year particularly if the QB position fell on its face while you were busy running your beak to anybody that would listen about how great the Quooks were???
The irony of all of this does leave a bit of a soft spot in my purple filled heart ... I'll buy you a beer next time I see you ... hopefully PBR or Busch Light is in stock.
I'm not technically gifted enough to dig very far beneath the surface, so if you're winning, you have my support.
And what I remember saying in August is that all Oregon needed was a guy who can pose a credible threat to throw the ball, leaving the rest to Royce, and the defense needed to be slightly better than awful.
The guy who could throw the football broke a finger in his throwing hand, Lockie sucks, Alie might actually be better than Lockie, but Scott Frost is FS, and the defense is worse than awful.
Although I was out in front of the pitchfork crowd after 2013, I actually thought that Helfrich would screw up worse than he did in 2014. Mariota saved the team. God knows what Chip would have done with that roster. Fuck. -
I only read the headline flagged anywaysAZDuck said:We had a great 20-year run.
Now, many of you fuckheads only know my more-recent Quooking. What you don't or can't remember is that I hated the Helfrich hire, was scared shitless about Chip Kelly leaving Eugene, and begged Derek to start the Duck Half Brains bored so I would have a playpen following my inevitable banning from eQuook (which eventually happened).
The thing was, winners win. And Helfrich won. Right at the magic 15-game mark, I said that he would need to win the conference and make the playoff. That was the reasonable expectation given the talent he had at his disposal and the challenges ahead of him in the 2014 season. The team, even the defense, showed improvement. Oregon beat the living shit out of Arizona in the Pac-12 CCG. I was accused of spamming eQuook with citrus at about that same time. Oregon went on to utterly destroy the defending national champs in the first round of the Rose Bowel.
Since then, Oregon is 3-4 - with losses to Ohio State, Michigan State, Utah, and fucking Wazzu.
The three wins? Eastern, Georgia State, and Colorado.
How good are the Ducks right now? You are what your record says you are, and the record says we are better than Colorado and worse than Wazzu.
That's not very good.
Oregon has financial resources going beyond Uncle Phil. But let's be real. Uncle Phil has a 51% interest in the team. Oregon has the best facilities in the conference. Oregon's AD is known for being something of a tightwad, but he has made some good hires (Dana Altman) and is not shy about making changes when things aren't working (Women's BB).
Problem is, even elite programs, or at least programs with access to far more resources and proximity to recruiting, have wandered in the wilderness.
Either way, it will be interesting. -
fixedAZDuck said:We had a great 20-year run.
Now, many of you fuckheads only know my more-recent Quooking. What you don't or can't remember is that I hated the Helfrich hire, was scared shitless about Chip Kelly leaving Eugene, and begged Derek to start the Duck Half Brains bored so I would have a playpen following my inevitable banning from eQuook (which eventually happened).
The thing was, winners win. And Helfrich won. Right at the magic 15-game mark, I said that he would need to win the conference and make the playoff. That was the reasonable expectation given the talent he had at his disposal and the challenges ahead of him in the 2014 season. The team, even the defense, showed improvement. Oregon beat the living shit out of Arizona in the Pac-12 CCG. I was accused of spamming eQuook with citrus at about that same time. Oregon went on to utterly destroy the defending national champs in the first round of the Rose Bowel.
Since then, Oregon is 3-4 - with losses to Ohio State, Michigan State, Utah, and fucking Wazzu.
The three wins? Eastern, Georgia State, and Colorado.
How good are the Ducks right now? You are what your record says you are, and the record says we are better than Colorado and worse than Wazzu.
That's not very good.
Oregon has financial resources going beyond Uncle Phil. But let's be real. Uncle Phil has a 81% interest in the team. Oregon has the best facilities in the conference. Oregon's AD is known for being something of a tightwad, but he has made some good hires (Dana Altman) and is not shy about making changes when things aren't working (Women's BB).
Problem is, even elite programs, or at least programs with access to far more resources and proximity to recruiting, have wandered in the wilderness.
Either way, it will be interesting.
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Voted down for not realizing that Adams wasn't a great fit for the Oregon offense and that the defense wasn't going to be awful
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That's fair. My bad for believing propaganda practice reports. The kids worked harder than ever!Tequilla said:Voted down for not realizing that Adams wasn't a great fit for the Oregon offense and that the defense wasn't going to be awful
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College Football (RIP) had a good run. Lots of good memories, and no regrets.
Except of course
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If you can't see that the 2013 Arizona game in which DJ Dunker killed Oregon was a big red flag, I can't help you.
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Ginormous red flag. Hence my post from the Wayback machine which I linked in the OPFire_Marshall_Bill said:If you can't see that the 2013 Arizona game in which DJ Dunker killed Oregon was a big red flag, I can't help you.
