Hotdog & Friends

Fig Jam

Entering your 4th season as head coach of any D1 football team, you’d better be able to put a competitive team out on the field.  If nothing else - competitive. Teams with 4th year head coaches should not lose any conference game by more than 30 points.

I have gone on record time and time again stating that I thought Ty Willingham deserved a  4th year at UW.  Based on the size of the mess that was here when he arrived - I felt like it was only fair.  In recent weeks Willingham has tested my resolve on this issue, as he has chosen to shut out UW fans and boosters from every aspect of UW football that he possibly could.  It made no sense to me why a coach would do this.  Perhaps now I understand - he didn’t want anyone to see the state of the program.

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Constable Echelon

That’s a nice little program you got there Oregon. Real nice. Had a little success in recent years and everything.

As far as I can tell your football program materialized in 1994 when Kenny Wheaton intercepted a Damon Huard pass to beat Washington. That reminds me of the play that put Washington on the map….

Wait, no it doesn’t. Because we’ve always been on the map. And if we did pick a play it sure as hell wouldn’t involve Oregon.

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Sager Bombs

That's Autzen Stadium on the left, a couple girls tailgating on the right

1.  Never forget: Mike Belotti as a husband and a father = iffy at best.  1 divorce and 2 DUIs for his son. 

2.  Oregon can’t trust their citizens to pump their own gas.  Why?  Too complicated. 

3.  Oregon has one of the worst education systems in the country.  No really.  Click that link.  Lowest kindergarten enrollment in the country.  Worst 4th grade math scores, and second lowest 4th grade reading.  Fewest adults working full-time and year-round.  And most applicable to us:

Oregon does not define college readiness or college preparation.

Happy college fotoball day!

Fig Jam

Not satisfied with winning a lot of gold medals, today the Chinese Government DEMANDED that their athletes win more gold medals in future Olympics. 

Now, I kinda wrote a mocking piece last week about how crazy this country is, but I now realize that I did not do the level of craziness any justice.  Here are some quotes.  Please note that these are not made up. 

Liu called on China’s athletes to make greater sacrifices and upbraided a “minority” of teams that had failed to fulfill their promise in Beijing.

“These (problems) require earnest reflection, to build courage from shame and to make up lost ground,” Liu said.

“As soon as we step off the podium, everything starts from zero,” he said.

In other words, when I accidently told gold medalist last week that they’d get 72 hours of vacation - I was wrong. By 72 hours.  Considering China has 1 billion more people than the United States, and is obviously not opposed to cheating (see generally: ‘womens’ gymnastics), I think it’s fair to say that we can expect them to win just about every event out there in 4 years in London.  Should be great to watch. 

Check out our Pac-10 Football Podcast!

Fig Jam

Alas… There wasn’t enough positive energy in Pullman to save Andy Roof. WSU announced today that Roof had been expelled for repeated conduct violations. The latest, of course, coming in April when Roof was arrested outside of a houseparty after trying to force his way past the bouncer inside. The resulting melee concluded with Roof breaking one individual’s cheekbone, and fighting at least one other guy. The sheriff’s office has requested that charges be filed against Roof, although the prosecutor’s office has not determined whether or not that is going to happen yet. Roof also missed the 2007 after being suspended for 3 alcohol related arrests.

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Hello Blawg fans,

In the fifth edition of our Pac-10 Football Podcast, we preview the weekend’s upcoming games.

How old is the Oklahoma State coach again? Can Rick Neuheisel conjure up the points he needs to beat Tennessee? What needs to happen for Washington to upset Oregon?

08.26.08 Pac-10 Football Podcast (part one)

08.26.08 Pac-10 Football Podcast (part two)

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Sager Bombs

1.  The word “Oregon” came from the English bastardization of Indians repeatedly saying “O-Ring gone” to the settlers.  I’m implying that Oregon was founded by Native American killing, homosexually irresponsible pioneers.

2.  Famous University of Oregon grads include the lead singer of the Cherry Poppin’ Daddies and a Hollywood producer  who is most famous for putting a collagen injection into his cock and being a fan of snuff films.

3.  Oregon doesn’t even have a baseball team.  Despite university protests it was shut down for Title IX reasons and wrestling was kept because Phil Knight needed a test market for metallic singlets.

(5 days until football season!)

or Let’s Stop Worrying About Age and Focus on Production

Constable Echelon

Why are there only a half dozen decent pro quarterbacks? Quarterback is the most glamorous position in American sports. Thousands of kids want to play qb, and sure most of them aren’t 6′2+” or blessed with a cannon for an arm, but enough people are that the Dolphins shouldn’t have been barely able to fill the position last year.

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Norm Macdonald emerged from where ever he has been the last few years for the Roast of Bob Saget. Enjoy a few minutes of genius accompanied by awkward chuckling.

Part 2 and 3 after the jump.
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