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Manny Faces

Since, you know, it’s The Apple Cup and all, here some gnarly burns you can throw around the office to ramp-up this epic rivalry.  We will start with an oldie but goodie…

It seems there was this fellow named Smythe who graduated from the Washington State University. He had decided to seek employment as a salesman for a haberdashery located in the city of Seattle. He procured an interview with the owner, one Mr. Longfellow, the following morning. Smythe arrived at Longfellow’s and took a seat in the parlor. Longfellow entered the room and said with a booming baritone, “I will hire thee immediately if you just name for me the Patron Saint of Haberdashers.” Smythe stood up and wagged his finger, “Why that would be Saint Louis XI!” he exclaimed. Longfellow chortled, “You imbecile, the Patron Saint of Haberdashers is Saint Louis IX, I can clearly see you were educated at an inferior university.” He then tossed out this zinger of a farewell, “and were I like thee, I would throw myself away in the rubbish bin.”

And it only goes downhill from here…

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Constable Echelon

Things haven’t been so great for Washington basketball in the post Brandon Roy era. Three years ago Washington was a Mike Jensen foul away from a date with George Mason in the Elite 8. All in all, a plum program elevating opportunity squandered.

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Hello blawg fans!

With two games to play, Oregon State controls their destiny for the Pac-10’s BCS slot after humbling the Bruins. They’ll have to earn it though, with Cal and Oregon looming to close out their schedule. USC’s defense neutered Cal in a 17-3 win to keep their title hopes alive. UW and WSU both showed improvement, albeit in big losses.

So do the Beavers have what it takes to close things out? How in god’s name is Arizona State a 36.5 point favorite? (Hint: WSU) Has Jeff Tedford taken his Cal program as far as they are ever going to go?

Fig Jam is back, and we turn in a whiz bang effort as the conference season draws nearer to its conclusion. Big time show this week.

11.11.08 Pac-10 Football Podcast (part one)

11.11.08 Pac-10 Football Podcast (part two)

Photo: USA Today

Thanks a million to Dank the Tank for providing the stats/lines, as well as for filling in last week.

Hello blawg fans!

Fig Jam is out this week. Pinch hitting in his place, please welcome Dank the Tank! On zero notice Dank agreed to swing by my place to do the show, and we knocked it out. In a couple of one-ers, no less. (Show biz talk for one take, no big deal…)

USC hammered the Dawgs 56-0, but WSU was not to be outdone losing 58-0 at Stanford. Stanford? 58 points? Yep, the Cougars remain terrible. Cal bested Oregon in a game played in dreadful field conditions. Don’t worry Tedford, I’m sure those upgrades are right around the corner!

We go through the pros and cons of candidates to fill Washington’s head coaching vacancy including Mike Leach, Gary Pinkel, Chris Peterson, Brian Kelly (woot!), Lane Kiffin, and Will Muschamp among others. And of course we preview this week’s slate of games, including a dandy between Cal and USC.

11.06.08 Pac-10 Football Podcast (part one)

11.06.08 Pac-10 Football Podcast (part two)

Note: In the show Dank references UW’s strength and conditioning coach Trent Greener as having Nebraska lineage. It turns out he does not, which may help to explain why he sucks at his job.

Kickoff at 3:30pm PST. We’ll start this up at 3:00pm. We’re so new media.

Manny Faces

Thanks to Lute Olsen’s stroke-induced dementia and Romar’s all-around classiness, the University of Washington will be welcoming Abdul Gaddy into the 2009-10 recruiting class. Gaddy is the #2 rated point guard in the country and the best in-state recruit, averaging 23 ppg and winning State Player Of The Year. Gaddy announced he will sign a letter of intent with UW once the signing period opens on November 12. With this and Ty resiging, it finally feels like the sun is beginning to shine on Montlake.

Hello blawg fans!

It’s ovah, Kenny! It’s ovah! Ty Willingham “resigned” as football coach of the University of Washington effective at the end of the season. Lane Kiffin. Chris Peterson. Jim Mora. Pick your horse. This development actually lets us venture back into weary optimism regarding the hapless Dawgs. Longterm that is.

Oh, and there were games! USC outlasted Arizona 17-10 in Tucson. Oregon demolished ASU in Tempe behind their relentless ground attack. And Cal used a big 4th quarter to distance themselves from the Kevin Craft show against UCLA.

You took the high road Ty! Now go on the road…to USC, where the Dawgs will attempt to cover a 43 point spread. Oregon and Cal meet in the annually interesting Tedford-Bellotti clash. And WSU travels as 30 point road dogs against Toby Gerhart and Stanford.

But Ty’s gone. That’s the story.

10.28.08 Pac-10 Football Podcast (part one)

10.28.08 Pac-10 Football Podcast (part two)

Hello blawg fans!

Check it out! It’s still Tuesday! (At least on the west coast….and not by the time you read this.)

This week in the Pac-10 UCLA surprised upstart Stanford with a last second Kevin Craft TD pass, Zona knocked Cal out of the polls, and USC did whatever the fuck they wanted to in Pullman.

Does Ty Willingham have anything in his bag of shit with which to beat Notre Dame? Can Cal rebound at home against UCLA? Will Paul Wulff blame Bill Doba recruits for the bye week?

10.21.08 Pac-10 Football Podcast (part one)

10.21.08 Pac-10 Football Podcast (part two)

Hello blawg fans!

Oregon State proved that Penn State, and not the USC game, was the fluke…..albeit in a loss. A handful of aspirant top Pac-10 teams squared off: USC blew out Oregon, and Cal handled an increasingly shaky looking ASU team.

Did Utah take the wind out of OSU, or will they regroup at home against a dismal WSU team? Can Arizona keep things going at frisky Stanford? Why is Ty Willingham burning redshirts like he’s trying to heat his basement?

10.07.08 Pac-10 Football Podcast (part one)

10.07.08 Pac-10 Football Podcast (part two)

Oh, and fun song at the end of the first segment.

Hello blawg fans!

Thanks for putting up with the deviation from our usual Tuesday time slot. If anyone has any questions about Northanger Abbey I am prepared to answer them. On to the show.

The Ty Willingham era came to its effective end last Saturday when the Dawgs dropped what appeared to be an exceedingly winnable game to Stanford. Good god the Husky defense is bad. USC got smacked in the mouth by Oregon State, and Fresno took care of business in Pasadena. The football monopoly in LA is over indeed.

Should Jake move to safety while he’s injured? Better question, should Mason Foster move to safety permanently? Can USC rebound against the Ducks in LA? Jam packed show this week. Enjoy it.

10.02.08 Pac-10 Football Podcast (part one)

10.02.08 Pac-10 Football Podcast (part two)

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