Archive for August, 2008

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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...
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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...
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Sager Bombs 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...
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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. ...
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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...
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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...
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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...
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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...
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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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