Washington Waddler

It helps to remember that the Rocky Mountain Showdown started in 1893, and has always been an intense, instate rivalry - with or without Dion Sanders.

Side-stepping the issue of schools and their level of play, I don’t object to some form of a Pacific conference maintaining an identity because somewhere down the road when a combination of unsustainable cable revenue outlay, and pacific coast university Title 9/non-revenue program travel costs put athletic departments into a chronic tail spin, then regionalism will reassert itself as the only sane answer to all this current, unrealistic nonsense.

The media has been, and always will be addicted to the flavor of the week. That’s where their money is made. They know their audience wants what ever will take them out of the daily grind, and into a world where dreams can come true. Prime is the perfect fit for them: a guy who not only can produce a product, but knows how to sell it. Welcome back to the circus world of Barnum & Bailey. It does get tiresome wiping the crap off the windshield in order to still see the game of football that’s being smothered in all the s**t the media seems to prefer to the game they pretend to promote. But, that’s where the money is. Sigh.

Win some, lose some. With A’lique Terry, I think we’ll do fine over the long haul.

Helfrich seemed to be going out of his way to not give the Ducks the benefit of the doubt. That jibes with his personality. He’s always been more of a private, one on one guy, not a public personality type (part of the reason he failed as a head coach). When you’re always worried about how other people are going to see you, there’s no way you’ll be confident in your opinion or able to have fun sharing an obvious bias towards your own team. Like Mark himself, it just felt awkward.

Social media. The replacement for the break room water cooler. What more do you need to know?

Looking at the tentative body language, faces, the eyes, of our players (including Nix) during that opening quarter seemed to say one thing: we’re not ready for this. Teams follow the lead of their head coach, and Lanning’s first real challenge of his 2nd year would suggest he’s still got a lot to learn in how to prepare himself emotionally and mentally so he can do the same for his team. It’s a learning curve. Doesn’t happen over night.

‘Illinoi’ is both Illadvised and Illannoying.

Add to that free hurricane insurance and they might fill the stadium.

Great read FD. As it’s often the case, the rush to judgement is a tad quicker than the rush to adjustment. But not by much.

I have it on good authority that this vicious rumor was started by Benny Beaver who couldn’t do one push up with his tail tied behind his back.

Makes you realize once again just how important that OC/QB working relationship is leading up to game week preparation. Stein had TT ready for PSU. That’s why I’m feeling pretty good about in how he’ll deal with tougher competition. Stein has shown he knows how to put him in a position to succeed.

Historical footnote: Wisconsin’s loss to us was deja vu. It was identical to their 1963 Rose Bowl loss to USC when their QB Ron Vander Kelen ran out of time on his way to winning the game.

Coaches coming up against Colorado know they are not only going to face a good, if developing team, but the blinding glare of the latest in a long line of media darlings: we give you — Neon, the Chosen One, the latest New Kid on the Block. National anticipation of this sort is a powerful addition to any team’s tool kit. It can create a sense of destiny that super charges team morale, and create a brash, impudent belief in oneself. When you exude a feeling that nothing can stand in your way, it can create doubt in the minds of your opponents that leads to mistakes on the field. That’s what TCU found itself up against: playing both Colorado and its brash, newly minted sense of destiny. After last year, TCU had some brashness of its own, but it couldn’t compete with Colorado’s. It led more to doubt and errors. Oregon knows something about this phenomena having been there; done that. We were that team during 2010-11, and nearly rode it to the top. Reflecting on that experience might help avoiding the same trap TCU fell into. How to deal with it? Keep your nose to the grindstone, and be deaf, dumb and blind to the media storm swirling around you. Let Neon blink all he wants. Just play his team, and not their image and the rest will take care of itself.

Prime is like a latter day Joe Namath: the ultimate upstart that everyone wants seen put in his place. Music to his ears. He appears to have the goods, both on the field and sideline, and knows just how to promote them. Like Namath did, he feeds on attention and doubters. I was one. Not anymore. Why make it easier for him by by being the Baltimore Colts?

Our yardage sounds closer to the back nine of a par 3 then a football game. Guess it’s good for stat stuffing, fan fun, ego puffing and the media. Sure we must’ve learned something from it. Just not near as much as the mutts up north did today by scheduling BSU instead of EWU. But an Oregon scoring orgy is always a treat, so how can I complain? Go Ducks!

All his cars would be loaded with great features and options. Only problem? They only go in reverse.

And what an added bonus that Husky fans again might find themselves having to listening to that voice they so dearly love. Thanks for re-upping Jerry!

Glad it wasn’t what it might have been for you and your community. Recovery is never easy, but that’s what holds us together. You’re in my thoughts and prayers.

Outsider analysts are almost always drawn to the fresh face just because they have no stake in the race. But, this guy does sound like the sort who never fails to put all his $$ on the 85 to 1 horse in the Derby, as well as making a mid major his march madness bracket fav.

Some coaches who move up to P5 schools never adapt to the requirements of elite level recruiting. Their recruit comfort zone can often mirror the mid-level mind set of schools like FSU: good but not great, and driven by an underdog mentality that thrives on proving themselves via big game upsets. Deboer may be one of those who can’t move from being the hunter into having the target on his back.

Cowturd is applying the same avoidance logic used by draftable players to avoid injury, only now it’s a whole team? What’s next? The SEC champion drops out of the CFP to avoid injury so they can participate in the NFL play offs? Eat what’s on your plate!

Misery loves company? Barnes may be the type who can’t resist preaching to the choir.

No guts no glory. Reached down deep inside and went for it. 47 seconds. You can send congrats and get well cards to the ICU in Port Angeles.

The good old days. I still think the urge to expand Autzen and allow controlled beer sales started with all the last second whizzing on the hillsides because you knew the lack of cans would make the lines too long.