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S.F. Dons (14-12) at Oregon Ducks (16-7) (7-2) [1^st place, Pac-12], Today, 3/29, at 4 p.m.

 

S.F. Dons at Oregon Ducks, Tomorrow, 3/30, at 1 p.m.

 

TV:  Oregon Live Stream (both games) Gain access via the Pac-12 app

 

Radio: Oregon Sports Network (both games)

 

If you have no earthly idea why any school would choose Dons as a nickname, consider the fact that prior to Dons, University of San Francisco athletic teams were called the Grey Fog.

 

Top 10 Rejected Nicknames for San Francisco Dons

 

10.  Fighting Corleones (except for Fredo)

 

  9.  Ghirardelli’s Squares

 

  8.  Alcatrash

 

  7.  Mad Mad Mad Mad O.J.’s

       (Simpson’s hometown, unfortunately for San Franciscans, is San Francisco)

 

  6.  Nobheads

 

  5.  Steroid Swillers/Big Headed Barrys (tie)

 

  4.  Fisherman’s Dwarfs

  

  3.  Gull Droppings

 

  2.  Bad-Ass Bridge Jumpers

 

  1.  Embarcadodos

Edited March 29, 20223 yr by Axel

Thanks for the Update Axel, this one wasn't even rejected but to me speaks San Francisco, the B A R T (Bay Area Rapid Turkeys}

You can watch the game Live-Stream by going to GoDucks.com, and then to Baseball.  Scroll down the schedule and on this day...click on the "Watch" link.  Fun!  And Axel....you are beginning to create a fan-base of your own!  (Count me in!)

 

 

Do we have starting pitchers to waste for these two games?

On 3/29/2022 at 10:32 AM, Just Ducky said:

Do we have starting pitchers to waste for these two games?

Yep.  Jacob Hughes has come in now a couple of times during the week, started (vs. Portland and Gonzaga) and done well.  What I hoping is that USF doesn't have great pitching depth after playing a three-game series last weekend at Portland, and our bats make it a comfortable set of games.

 

*sniff* Axel has no idea who I am and yet, somehow, he feels like my son. *sniff*

For a six year period....we had humor articles on GameDays by our Beloved Duckpop22, and Axel has revived it a number of times--so fun to see!  Below is one of the prior articles...

 

On 3/29/2022 at 11:54 AM, Duckpop22 said:

*sniff* Axel has no idea who I am and yet, somehow, he feels like my son. *sniff*

 

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