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  1. On 6/17/2024 at 9:45 AM, jrw said:

    Every team is undefeated so far; getting an over-confident fan base is easy. As a card-carrying old person, I've had my heart broken too many times to even speculate about things like an undefeated season. I'd rather keep my expectations low and be happily surprised, than be whapped upside the head with a disappointing loss.

    The one time I was semi confident the Ducks would go undefeated in the regular season, my son lived in Las Vegas... I dropped $20 on it at the new sports book near his home, and left the ticket with him.

     

    Ducks came through, and he got a month worth of rent money out of it.

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  2. Disappointing end to a GREAT season. At least the Ducks were the last PAC12 team remaining... Bodes well for the B1G, as far as I'm concerned.

     

    Good job boys. Shore up the pitching (and even that had flashes of brilliance. Need more consistency annd experience.), and things can get much better.

  3. On 5/27/2024 at 10:39 AM, Jon Joseph said:

    Jay Bilas sums up Bill's impactful life in one word: "Authentic."

     

    "I am blessed to have been able to know the man and consider him a friend." Bilas.

    Dang... 1 year older than me.

     

    RIP, big fella.

     

    You may not have been a Duck, but you were true to yourself. 

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  4. My father-in-law was a seaman on the maiden voyage of the USS Hancock (CV-19), near the end of WW2... The flattops, even then, were large enough to allow the men to play softball on the deck. The Enterprise 2 (CVN-65) and Eisenhower (CVN-69) were considerably larger.

     

    My FIL was one of the strongest men many of the crew had seen, and found himself barred from playing after he lost more than one ball overboard when he batted.

     

    Part of the onboard training regimen involved jumping from the flight deck, into the waters below, to prepare the crew for emergencies.

     

    https://www.navsource.org/archives/02/021988.jpg

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  5. The famous, "I didn't know" defense...

     

    “Shilo is the honest but unfortunate debtor looking to get his fresh start in life, free from the oppressive burden of his debts, including the default judgement to the Plaintiff,” Shilo Sanders’ attorney wrote in a court filing in February.

     

    SHEESH1

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  6. On 5/19/2024 at 7:51 AM, Charles Fischer said:

    But I will always remember Akili for this...(the winning points)

     

     

    And this!

     

     

    I will always remember Smith for one other reason... My son was  part of what was then known as, TEAMWORK", a work/study group of Oregon  students who assisted the football coaches and team with various jobs around the AD (my boy was under the supervision of coach Zoumboukos). He was allowed to bring me to Oregon home games as a guest. We usually entered through the tunnel after the team on game day.
     

    The first time I  became aware of the strength of Akili sr's arm was one such occasion. As we reached the mouth of the tunnel,  qbs were warming up, from about the 20 yard line. AS threw a pass that the intended receiver failed to catch. It went through the end zone and nailed me about 2" above my sternum. Despite the fact I was wearing multiple layers, I found out after the game I now had about a 3" diameter bruise on my chest.

     

    Never forgot that experience.

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