woundedknees

Ray of Sunshine... NIL management is needed

RIP, you old curmudgeon. May you meet your maker with grace!

Ogburn was special. VA sort of reminded me of a compact version of Reggie. The season with the "academic fraud/extra benefits" penalties completely derailed what seemed very promising with the random way multiple key Duck players were were suspended at various times of the season. Oregon didn't have the roster to overcome the constant change in those days.

That may have been the play...I know it was UCLA, at Autzen. Sometimes, the moment stands alone. Sort of like Gerry Faust's 15th ranked Notre Dame settling for a tie, 13-13 in 1982, rather than losing in Autzen, back in the pre-OT days. The Irish were ranked, and took a last second FG to avoid an embarrassing defeat. Oregon was 0-3 at the time, having lost 106-31 up to that point. The 40,000+ fans at the game was, at that time, an Autzen record.

Thought of that one too. Guys sliding 20' in a puddle after the tackle is not a good look.

Any Calipari defeat is glorious!

Sitting in the stands watching guys like Reuben Drougns and Mo Morris, at a time when Oregon was just budding... Oregon victory on a barely blocked FG (Autzenvs UCLA?)... The key defender (sorry, the image is sharp, but my memory for names isn't) joyfully running off the field waving his successful fingertip in the air. Oregon vs Cal,on a sunny fall day in the 70's. My bestfriend and I (literally) were sitting alone in the east end zone Running back battle between then Bobby Moore and Isaac Curtis. Curtis busted a 63 yard run for a 1st down. An acquaintance of mine was holding the down marker, but missed the play because he was busy, watching Cal's 2 cheerleaders. (TBH, during warmups, so were the Oregon football players!) He failed to notice the play, despite ref whistles and screaming spectators trying to get his attention. A ref finally ran back and chased him into position. Dude never worked another game. Gawd I'm old.

Call me weird, but I feelas if 24 is too much... 16 would give a decent number of qualifying teams, every season. At 24, I believe therewouldbe a fair number of blowouts, most years.

"The gift that keeps on giving..."

Blistering Flights will hopefully receive better reviews than Wuthering Heights...

My employer had mandatory oran̈ge.coveralls provided for many years... I had a strange knack for "accidentally" ripped them in short order. Funny. I'm not normally that careless. My older brother kept inviting my son and I to got to football games in Seattle, to sit on a yacht with his buddy, who happened to be a high ranking fuskie administrator. Just couldn't do it.

My uncle started us viewing and watching hockey (on the rare occasions it showed up on TV), as well as going to an occasional game at Memorial Colliseum, in the early 60's. My earliest memory of the game involved fist fights along the boards, and peeing on the car door locks on George's '55 Pontiac Chieftain 870 to thaw them out after a freezing rain... The car sticks in my mind because when my step dad married my mom, he owned that 2 door coupe, and swapped pink slips with Uncle George for his 4 door Buick Roadmaster, to make it easier to load the 4 kids she brought along. Most Saturday evenings involved deciphering hockey game calls in front of his massive console radio.

So much better than the Brooks Years, where it seemed like many seasons started looking really promising before being derailed a couple games in by one or two injuries, like Bill Musgrave, Brandon Jumper, JJ Birden, and Herman O'Berry. Never having the depth OBD have now.

WHAT IS, "In your face, for a Pot of Gold, Alex?"

21ST CENTURY QBs... it sort of skews thi gs