.....Emerald Green and Lemon Yellow.....

Discussion in 'The Tiger's Den' started by GiantDuckFan, Sep 9, 2011.

  1. GiantDuckFan

    GiantDuckFan be excellent to each other Staff Member

    Joined:
    Jun 26, 2011
    Messages:
    13,358
    Likes Received:
    10,176
    Last edited: Jun 5, 2016
    LSUTiga likes this.
  2. GiantDuckFan

    GiantDuckFan be excellent to each other Staff Member

    Joined:
    Jun 26, 2011
    Messages:
    13,358
    Likes Received:
    10,176
    Bayou Tiger likes this.
  3. GiantDuckFan

    GiantDuckFan be excellent to each other Staff Member

    Joined:
    Jun 26, 2011
    Messages:
    13,358
    Likes Received:
    10,176
    Last edited: Jun 17, 2016
  4. GiantDuckFan

    GiantDuckFan be excellent to each other Staff Member

    Joined:
    Jun 26, 2011
    Messages:
    13,358
    Likes Received:
    10,176
    Last edited: Jun 23, 2016
    furduknfish and ROY_LA_CA like this.
  5. GiantDuckFan

    GiantDuckFan be excellent to each other Staff Member

    Joined:
    Jun 26, 2011
    Messages:
    13,358
    Likes Received:
    10,176
    [​IMG]

    Happy Friday (from Ted Miller). Welcome to the mailbag.
    http://espn.go.com/blog/pac12/post/_/id/101080/mailbag-questioning-oregons-decline

    To the questions!

    Ed from Vancouver, Wash., writes: Oregon in decline? Because it went 9-4 and lost to an 11-win TCU team in a bowl game when its quarterbacks and center got hurt? Please explain.

    Ted Miller: Is it just me or is the mailbag being dominated by Oregon andWashington fans this summer?

    Oregon fans are: 1. Fretting a potential Ducks decline; 2. Irritated at the media suggestion of a Ducks decline (while fretting it on message boards); 3. Enraged by all the preseason hype about Washington.

    Washington fans are: 1.Eubullient and already talking trash to Oregon fans before much winning has actually taken place; 2. Cautiously optimistic; 3. Struggling to recalibrate their emotions after years of bitter focus on Oregon -- "That 'O'? Stands for how many national titles Oregon has... naaaaa naaaa naaa!" -- while their Huskies meandered through extended mediocrity.

    Oregon in decline? It's not an invalid subject to speculate over. Before last season, the Ducks hadn't lost four games since 2007, no matter how often they lost four or more games throughout program history -- read: way more often than not. Recruiting seemed to be on a downtick. There was staff upheaval and QB questions and a historically bad defense. More than a few are uncertain whether Mark Helfrich is the long-term answer after Chip Kelly.

    On the other hand, Oregon had played for a national title the previous season, despite significant injury issues in what amounted to a brilliant coaching job by Helfrich and his staff. Oh, and as previously (albeit sarcastically) noted, Helfrich is 33-8 overall and 22-5 in Pac-12 play in three seasons, which just so happens to be best among Pac-12 coaches during that span.

    One might recall the previous Pac-12 power in decline: Stanford. The Cardinal went 8-5 in 2014 -- while Oregon played for a national title -- and then lost the 2015 opener to Northwestern. Panic in the streets of Palo Alto! I, in fact, was taken hostage by some of these high-tech loonies and forced to write this story, wondering if David Shaw calling his own offensive plays might be a problem.

    Things turned out OK for Stanford. It won the Pac-12 and the Rose Bowl, finished ranked No. 3 and averaged nearly 38 points per game.

    Every season has angles, both among media and fans. Media will pick up on fan sentiments, and that will invite a backlash from those who disagree. It's part of the process, and by the way, part of what makes this whole sports fan thing fun and distracting.....

    .....College football fandom takes over a person's brain, even if he or she owns a "first-rate intelligence" in general. That means the correct answer to a query about Oregon's potential decline -- "It's too early to tell if Oregon is in a decline" -- disappears into a dew amid the clamor of competing fan and media opining.

    [​IMG]
    Go Ducks

    Deommodore Lenoir, nation's No. 3 athlete, commits to Oregon Ducks
    http://www.oregonlive.com/recruitin...ommodore_lenoir_nations_no_3.html#incart_2box
     
    Last edited: Jun 24, 2016
    furduknfish and Winston1 like this.
  6. furduknfish

    furduknfish #ohnowesuckagain

    Joined:
    Sep 11, 2006
    Messages:
    13,029
    Likes Received:
    8,921
    Brian and GiantDuckFan like this.
  7. Bayou Tiger

    Bayou Tiger Founding Member

    Joined:
    Jul 26, 2009
    Messages:
    3,953
    Likes Received:
    2,164
    This thread delivers.
     
    GiantDuckFan likes this.
  8. Big Tiger

    Big Tiger They don't call me "Big" for nuttin

    Joined:
    Jul 27, 2010
    Messages:
    311
    Likes Received:
    74
    Wow!
     
    GiantDuckFan likes this.
  9. CajunlostinCali

    CajunlostinCali Booger Eatin Moron

    Joined:
    Nov 1, 2007
    Messages:
    13,180
    Likes Received:
    8,283
    Do we have a scolly open for that kicker?

    Who is punting our balls this year? Frightening question isn't it...
     
    GiantDuckFan likes this.
  10. GiantDuckFan

    GiantDuckFan be excellent to each other Staff Member

    Joined:
    Jun 26, 2011
    Messages:
    13,358
    Likes Received:
    10,176
    Last edited: Jun 26, 2016

Share This Page