Washington Waddler

And full of bears?

In regards to Husky whining and complaints about NIL/portal funding of Oregon football, the Seattle sports scene reminds me of LA, or any other mega city where the victory hungry spot light siphons off support and interest to whoever is doing better. Case in point: at Husky Stadium, I saw numerous purple puppy farm fans wearing Mariner and Seahawks hats or jerseys, and in some cases, both. As in LA, the $$ is there. It just has no loyalty.

Totally agree. Love the flipping of assumed roles each team is expected to play, all delivered with a condescending, kind-hearted tone worthy of Nick Saban talking about his next opponent. However, even in slow-motion, the Ducks still bear a resemblance to what Jesse Owen’s once said about himself: “I let my feet spend as little time on the ground as possible.”

Iron sharpens iron. Rather than improving the SEC’s top tier teams chances for success, avoidance often diminishes the over all ability to meet challenges.

His speed and ability to juke and side-step defenders makes him the full package at receiver. With his added weight, he’s going to be a defender’s red zone nightmare on back shoulder corner end zone passes.

If basketball can support an NIT, why not football? If nothing else, it would make for a bunch of very happy cities that might otherwise be cut out of their traditional, year-end economic celebrations. Could even keep the NIT acronym: Next In-line Tournament?

Whatever the thought process that led to ND’s decision, likely tilting it a bit for Freeman was just the thought of all those press conference questions directed at how they could have screwed up so bad and ended up there.

All down hill since Mike Leach

And the Bucknuts have now had their wake up call. F**k, another purple & gold clad team? Makes it already easier to despise them.

As long as we accept that there has been a sea change in how officials interpret OL holding, we’re going to see the time for more and better thrown deep balls. Given that, I’m inclined to withhold judgement on Thomas until next year. And, I tend towards someone whose’s motivated to be a Duck.

The sad truth is that this game we all love as fans is what has also helped create this greed-driven monstrosity that feeds off of our never ending desire for a winner. Want to know what a pandemic looks like? From top to bottom, look at what $$ has done to American football.

You know, you either accept a defeat and build off of it, or let it ruin you. We know what that’s all about. Guess Penn State doesn’t.

The more important issue than where one player ends up signing is just that: what effect has this NIL hostage drama had on the minds of high school athletes, their coaches, parents and agents? How will they now perceive their bargaining position in light of the way Henry’s recruitment played out? Unless something concrete is enacted to modify the effect NIL is proving to have on the game, we can safely assume CFB will transition from being looked upon as merely NFL Jr to being a charter member.

Or five centers snapping five ball?

It would be apropos to the current state of Gameday if Lee Corso taped a mascot head choice segment, but chose neither a bulldog or elephant but an ostrich which he immediately stuck in the sand. ,

It would have to do with which bracket path puts us in the most advantageous position. Tend to agree with FD that no Buckeyes until the last game would be best.

For me, the ray of sunlight in an otherwise overcast era was the 1980 game in Seattle when Reggie Ogburn led us to a 31-10 upset of the 13th ranked Huskies.

Everything except the shoes. Which really doesn’t matter since the Huskies won’t have time to notice them anyway as they’re running by.

Thanks EBDD for the Thanksgiving message! Hope all OBDers have a wonderful day! And, if by chance it is your fate, thank goodness it won’t take much to have loftier thoughts than a Husky fan.

Totally agree. This has been an Oregon DL controlling the LOS by committee. The reason is simple: we’ve faced a fair number of mobile QBs, Williams most likely being at the top of the list. . And, with our rotational depth, I look to see us wearing them down in the 4th, further limiting check down time, and forcing him into obvious scramble/run situations.

Motivation is just another way of saying you want it more than the other guy. Brock has that in spades. Never underestimate the locals.

Yes, some good stuff here. Particularly liked the take of Oregon’s defense on USC’s offense: “pressure breaks pipes”.

Hope among the Trojan faithful is running unchecked, like an unbridled horse, while Riley slowly builds what he hopes will eventually become a winner. Same old same old: fans are subject to the past & future while coaches have to live in the present. But USC fans give this their own special twist which makes it very clear why they’re referred to as the University of Spoiled Children.

My personal druthers tend to agree with TD’s assessment, but I also want to think that uniform choice - especially for high profile games - is primarily calculated on Nike and AD interview responses with high school athletes regarding the Oregon uniform characteristics they prefer. Otherwise, you could easily end up looking like Maryland did a few years back.

Nice history lesson Darren! It’s an entertaining bonus to be the “little brother” that (unlike Beavis) can annoyingly out do “big brother” at his own game. Flushing the Troylets is a gift that keeps on giving.