Does Helfrich Wisecrack Signal Renewel of Husky-Duck Rivalry?
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I was at the 73 and 74 games. I was only 8 or 9. I went to one with my dad. The next year he had to work the swing shift. Can't recall the crispiness of the day. Anywhoo..I started hating them then. I went to Oddson (lol) for every UW game from 73 - 2000. I didn't hate the duck team, I hated their stupid ass fans. Back then, if you could find a duck fan around, they were world class ignorant assholes. The day of the pick was unbearable. I stopped going after the loss in 2000. I couldn't take it anymore. The fan abuse was unreal. Got in a quick fight with some punk who verbally abused my family. I punched the fucker right in the jaw and he went down like a sack of taters. Needless to say, that's not something I wanted to deal with on a regular basis. I finally went back in last year. I had a good time because everyone knew what the outcome would be and the game went to form. It's as off the game was a side show for the main tailgate event. I imagine when UW beats them again (lol), the fans might change back. I would at least expect a lot of the bandwagoners to drop off real quick.
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I have friends who have been going to the game in Eugene almost as long as you have Mike. They said the year Autism (lol) Stadium was remodeled is when they noticed the crowd start to mellow out.
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The Springfield contingent got weeded out from raised ticket prices.
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This is an interesting misunderstood point. Many of us who hate the birds, hate the fans (not the team necessarily.) They are indeed awful. My son lives in Portland; the poor sportsmanship and attitude is off the scale. Swagger is fine, being a loud mouth asshole is another thing.
As far as the team, they are actually fun to watch, all though they are not as formidable as they appear in one off games.
The cheating? Good for them. They are an SEC team in the PAC. It's like a game that the refs are not calling personal fouls, play the game as it's called. The yucks use the proven SEC formula, "If you ain't cheatin' you ain't tryin." For example, Alabama was on probation for a nearly a decade.....two years after it's over, they win a championship. You figure it out, the birds have.
RoadDawg55:
I'm so tired of the Duck hate. What do we hate them for? Because they blow us out every year? It's jealousy, plain and simple. It's very similar to how Coug fans act towards UW. I guess the only difference is that WSU actually beat us. They can't beat anyone else in the conference, but they can beat UW.
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UW football program is so hapless that even the unmistakable ridicule from the UO head coach (a supposedly rival program) will likely go unanswered on the field for years to come. What more evidence is necessary to conclude that Woodward and Sark need to go. Helfrich is openly mocking them.
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http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VqmmxOsJW1Y This is how I want my football coach to react to the other coach when he gets boat raced.
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Steve_Bowman said:
This is an interesting misunderstood point. Many of us who hate the birds, hate the fans (not the team necessarily.) They are indeed awful. My son lives in Portland; the poor sportsmanship and attitude is off the scale. Swagger is fine, being a loud mouth asshole is another thing.
As far as the team, they are actually fun to watch, all though they are not as formidable as they appear in one off games.
The cheating? Good for them. They are an SEC team in the PAC. It's like a game that the refs are not calling personal fouls, play the game as it's called. The yucks use the proven SEC formula, "If you ain't cheatin' you ain't tryin." For example, Alabama was on probation for a nearly a decade.....two years after it's over, they win a championship. You figure it out, the birds have.
RoadDawg55:
I'm so tired of the Duck hate. What do we hate them for? Because they blow us out every year? It's jealousy, plain and simple. It's very similar to how Coug fans act towards UW. I guess the only difference is that WSU actually beat us. They can't beat anyone else in the conference, but they can beat UW.
Mostly agree, except they are not an SEC team. They are fun to watch, but the only SEC trait they have is their cheating, and as you said, good for them for caring and trying. On the field, though, they are definitely not SEC, definitely not an LSU, Alabama, Florida, ..etc. -
The only team that can say they are truly better than Oregon is Alabama. Oregon has been much better than Florida since Tebow left. Oregon also just completed a more successful season than LSU, although LSU did beat them pretty good to open the season in 2011. Alabama is Alabama, but Oregon is as good or better than any other team imo. We will see if that continues now that Chip is gone.Southerndawg said:Steve_Bowman said:This is an interesting misunderstood point. Many of us who hate the birds, hate the fans (not the team necessarily.) They are indeed awful. My son lives in Portland; the poor sportsmanship and attitude is off the scale. Swagger is fine, being a loud mouth asshole is another thing.
As far as the team, they are actually fun to watch, all though they are not as formidable as they appear in one off games.
The cheating? Good for them. They are an SEC team in the PAC. It's like a game that the refs are not calling personal fouls, play the game as it's called. The yucks use the proven SEC formula, "If you ain't cheatin' you ain't tryin." For example, Alabama was on probation for a nearly a decade.....two years after it's over, they win a championship. You figure it out, the birds have.
RoadDawg55:
I'm so tired of the Duck hate. What do we hate them for? Because they blow us out every year? It's jealousy, plain and simple. It's very similar to how Coug fans act towards UW. I guess the only difference is that WSU actually beat us. They can't beat anyone else in the conference, but they can beat UW.
Mostly agree, except they are not an SEC team. They are fun to watch, but the only SEC trait they have is their cheating, and as you said, good for them for caring and trying. On the field, though, they are definitely not SEC, definitely not an LSU, Alabama, Florida, ..etc.
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I would much prefer a program that ends their spring practice with knock down drag out fight to set the tone for fall practice. Instead, husky fans saw chips shots and old men trying to relive glory days. Sorry state of affairs. Oregon will continue to dominate Washington until Washington decides to commit to excellence and pure violence on the field. There is no violence on the husky team. No Frank Garcia's, no Olin Kreutz's, no Lawyer Milloy's, no Ink Allega's, no Emtman's, no Bruener's, no Holbert's, no Tommie Smith's, no Jason Shelley's, no Leon Neals'.....Washington needs some killers on the team. Guys that just straight up ball. Sean Parker looks like he could step up this year, but they are in dire need of killers.
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Are there any Hofman's? Any Dillon's? Any Joe Steele's? Was there ever any Holbert's? I do remember some Emptaman's. Do we have any Brostek's?jecornel said:I would much prefer a program that ends their spring practice with knock down drag out fight to set the tone for fall practice. Instead, husky fans saw chips shots and old men trying to relive glory days. Sorry state of affairs. Oregon will continue to dominate Washington until Washington decides to commit to excellence and pure violence on the field. There is no violence on the husky team. No Frank Garcia's, no Olin Kreutz's, no Lawyer Milloy's, no Ink Allega's, no Emtman's, no Bruener's, no Holbert's, no Tommie Smith's, no Jason Shelley's, no Leon Neals'.....Washington needs some killers on the team. Guys that just straight up ball. Sean Parker looks like he could step up this year, but they are in dire need of killers.
