Washington Waddler

As expected, all credit for Bo’s amazing production is being ascribed to Bronco coaching by NFL and Denver media pundits. It’s like Stein said in his post practice interview, Bo learned how to get the ball to his playmakers fast: TDs over moonshots. As he said, hard lesson for QBs to accept, but Bo did, and the Broncos are now reaping the rewards of that development.

It doesn’t take long to understand why not to share useful information equally with media and opposing programs. I like to watch the post-practice blurbs just to see the controlled smile on Lanning’s face which suggests a man caught somewhere between a blind date gone south, and a guy who hasn’t seen the head in over four hours.

My wife and I had a great time at Neyland Stadium in 2010 (especially since we won). Nice, hospitable folks, and great fans. Hate to see any of them getting sidetracked by an in-house blow-hard trying to preach to the choir. Head down that road, and it’s like Dan said, your own ice cream cone is melting while you’re lusting after ours.

In particular, Penix to Odunze, Polk or McMillan

In the catalog of ‘unfair’ Oregon advantages other programs like to pout over (Phil Knight, etc), one that they probably don’t see is Puddles. As we know, the vast majority of mascots were chosen because they’re felt to have power-enhancing, high-on-the-food-chain, predatory images. Some have local origins (who else would want to be a buckeye?). Others were chosen just to avoid predatory associations; ie, non-threatening or humorous symbols. But, none of these mascots can be claimed by any as out rightly their own. They are universally held images anyone has the right to employee. Except for Puddles. Yes, Puddles is a duck which other schools claim as a mascot. But, what these other ducks (and all other mascots) don’t have is their origin in a contractual agreement that gave them what amounts to trademark rights on a universally accepted image of warm and fuzzy happiness: a Disney cartoon character. When seeing Puddles, people may only think ‘Oregon’, but just below the surface that inner child is feeling something entirely different. That’s why Puddles is such a national, ‘unfair’ advantage. You may dislike, even hate Oregon. But you’re not going to spit on apple pie and mom.

Puddles for P . . . . ! (oops, my bad! No political references allowed)

Since the game has been shorn of any co-economic or conference relevance, probably best to let it die after the two year extension, and then play wait and see if anyone misses it.

Just another SC fan still trapped in their fantasy, but now projecting its cluelessness on a guy who lives and works in a world way past those dead and gone images of past Trojan glory. Dan wasn’t “acting like”. He wasn’t woofing. That’s the province of Southern California and Hollywood. He was just explaining what he and his team are in the process of doing.

Agree. What head coach - in his right mind - goes out of his way to share in-house dirty laundry with the media that can do nothing more than be a further distraction for the guy who is trying to learn his system and get ready to lead his team into the first game of the season? Doesn’t make sense.

Hmmm . . . could be, however, people who are as consumed by personal image as he appears to be often project that kind of public image in order to mask the less secure parts of themselves. While he’s been the pet of national ‘personality’ media interest, he’s yet to be tested under the harsh light of a big time media market that won’t care what he wears if he fails to produce.

You think he can part with the white cowboy hat?

There are so many candidates for an O Mt Rushmore. Don’t even know where you’d start. On a strictly athletic, statistical comparison, you could leap frog Bill with probably more than just four jumping ahead of him on that list. To me, what makes him prominent isn’t just his QB offerings to those 87 thru 90 teams; it was his being a part of a subtle, indescribable feeling that something was beginning to surge beneath Oregon football like a wave — separate from, yet irresistible and contagious to all the moving parts. And Bill’s was the face that we put on that nascent buzz that would continue to build right up to now. Yes, there were many ‘wow’ moments from athletes (Moore, Fouts, etc) who preceded Bill, but none that I recall who generated anything beyond a sense of momentary greatness. It was the unstoppable sense of what was yet to come triggered during Bill’s tenure that gives him his special place in Oregon football.

The only excuse for so many other sites to even exist is to give obsessed and compulsively angry sports fans a place to perpetually hide, and continue rants that those around them are no longer willing to listen to or tolerate. That’s a big difference between those sites and OBD: you can’t hide here.

And so is the color of our blood. Who needs to be blue when you’re a Duck!

Good chance Win Big will be just another Husky wind bag.

The measure 11 applied law would seem to be Aggravated vehicular homicide which doesn’t seem likely if an element of self-defense is involved that disputes a charge of indifference to human life.

It’s summer folks, when college sports decends into the world of daytime tv chit-chat shows. They’ve got to talk about something, right?

Let the dissecting begin! And we haven’t even played a game yet. Never hard to tell when the drought of summer has the media lunging for every precious drop.

Yet again, know your source. Grayson Weir is a cohort of the University of Mississippi, SEC, ESPN relationship. What more do you need to know?

I’m inclined towards, ‘Who Dat?’ For the OSU up the road.

When you really enjoy doing what you do in a place that allows you to do it, it just draws like-minded types who can’t wait to join in the excitement. Attracting the best players is only half of what Dan does. He’s also growing into a magnate for developing the best coaching/recruiting talent out there.

Annoying & Mortified?

For me, when it comes to irritating, exasperating and tiresome, no one comes close to the rodents up the road.

How about a test drive over Autzen?

For me, when it comes to irritating, exasperating and tiresome, no one comes close to the rodents up the road.