The House of ...Hilarious, You Say?
CV3000 is the arbiter of football style. The Dude has good taste in football. His knowledge is power. Today, he plumbs new depths of the college football underworld & subculture to discuss marketing and style and to help you become a more knowledgeable college football fan, so your knowledge can be power.
Here at BtD, we like marketing. But we really love BAD marketing.
5th Place & Obnoxiously Self-Aggrandizing College has had some true, first ballot, Embarrassing Marketing Hall of Fame entrants -- it's been a Shock-and-Bleh Bombardment for years. Who can forget such timeless classics as:
- Tire track print on knee & shoulder areas
- Nazi-style band uniforms
- Whatever a "Ghost flame" is
- The invention of Grellow
Clearly, their roster is deep.
As difficult as it is for us to believe, they may have stepped it up a notch this time--they may have found their dial's 11.
WHAT is BtD talking about, you ask?
It seems that some meddling, 5th Place & Obnoxiously Self-Aggrandizing College fans have taken it to a whole 'nother level, by creating:
a company, a website, and a nickname that is just way too easily made fun of.
"One's ability to put something on a T-shirt is a great opportunity for personal expression. The concept ... comes from exactly that. We at RUXXE are Duck fans. We had an idea of ... a t-shirt so that we as individuals could express our appreciation for the reputation that embodies AUTZEN (OSU Alumni) Stadium."
-something calling itself Ruxxe.com (historically.bad.idea.com being taken)
The blank canvas of a T-shirt is rather inviting....
Here's some designs that we came up with to commemorate only their MOST RECENT home games against conference opponents. These are only offered in this limited edition run, as the next round robin is sure to bring us more designs:



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College Football Live
has picked up on this horrendous marketing ploy and were making fun of it too
Woof
by Charles Barkley McLovin on Aug 5, 2008 1:06 PM PDT 0 recs
sweet
thank you for bringing my idea to life.
your photo shop skills are greater than mine.
question: do you still have pictures of a certain benny the beaver tossing back bottles of a certain brown liquid circa 2001?
by orangetyler on Aug 5, 2008 2:21 PM PDT 0 recs
Please note that this wasn't from the University
but by some Eugene based company trying to make a profit.
Duck fans agree—House of Loud is an epic fail.
--Dave
Addicted to Quack, SBN's Oregon Ducks blog
by Addicted to Quack on Aug 5, 2008 2:34 PM PDT 0 recs
Um, I think we did that.
It seems that some meddling, 5th Place & Obnoxiously Self-Aggrandizing College fans have taken it to a whole ‘nother level, by creating:a company, a website, and a nickname that is just way too easily made fun of.
--JB--
by Jake on
Aug 5, 2008 2:39 PM PDT
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Right, but your leading paragraphs seem to suggest otherwise. Perhaps that’s why Dave wants to make it clear that UO had nothing to do with one of the most horrid marketing ploys ever.
I’ve not heard one Duck fan—save Ruxxe who claim to be Duck fans—even hint that the idea was good.
Civil War Sports .::. www.CivilWarSports.com
by Civil War Sports on
Aug 5, 2008 6:24 PM PDT
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http://www.addictedtoquack.com/2008/8/4/586306/for-the-love-of-greek-god
Civil War Sports .::. www.CivilWarSports.com
by Civil War Sports on
Aug 5, 2008 6:33 PM PDT
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i'm a bit
surprised that they aren’t on a zip drive disk. those were popular for a couple weeks around that time I believe.
by orangetyler on Aug 5, 2008 2:35 PM PDT 0 recs
Not trying to be mean or anything...
But you guys can press the little “reply” button under a comment to directly reply to it. It stacks them up nicely so it’s easier to read when you come back.
Also, there are some nifty keyboard shortcuts… simply pressing “Z” will (should) advance you to the next unread comment. Then, pressing “R” will reply to the selected comment.
Just a heads up.
--JB--
by Jake on Aug 5, 2008 2:39 PM PDT 0 recs
that is only mean
for duck fans, who never quite made it to “Z” in the alphabet.
by orangetyler on
Aug 5, 2008 2:43 PM PDT
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WELCOME TO THE HOUSE OF...
...TOO MANY POINTS ALLOWED!!!
...THE HIGH-HOPES CROWD!!!
...HEADS IN THE CLOUD!!!
...WE ARE TOO PROUD!!!
by HAAK72 on Aug 5, 2008 3:19 PM PDT 0 recs
wow
i guess you dont know the hole story that some company is just hoping to make a quick buck. i dont know 1 duck fan who likes it.
u beaver fans are real cocky 4 team that has to re build at every spot.
i cant wait till the ducks kill you at bean burrito stadium!!
do you guys think you well be able to sell that game out???
GO DUCKS!!!
by Duck4Lif3 on Aug 5, 2008 3:37 PM PDT 0 recs
If you guys can't beat us in the 'House of Loud'
how will you do it in Reser? i thought the H of L was sooo intimidating
Woof
by Charles Barkley McLovin on
Aug 5, 2008 3:51 PM PDT
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Clearly a U of O Graduate
Duck4Lif3
“re build” is spelled as one word like this rebuild
“hole” should be spelled whole
“well” in this instance should be spelled will
I’ll let it go that you didn’t capitalize i
My kids in grade school can spell better than you.
by nukeEugene on
Aug 5, 2008 9:57 PM PDT
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the ducks
are much better at “selling out”.
not so good with spelling.
or with math. 38-31.
by orangetyler on Aug 5, 2008 3:45 PM PDT 0 recs
unrelated but hilarious
Project Runway: Duck Edition
America’s Next Top Model: Best of the Worst Uniforms
Woof
by Charles Barkley McLovin on Aug 5, 2008 3:49 PM PDT 0 recs
wow
1. i dont care if a miss spell something
2 .if the osu is so good why are they being picked in 6th in the pac 10
http://www.pac-10.org/sports/m-footbl/spec-rel/072408aac.html
3. if osu was so a great then why are half there games on thurs. praying that you might get some notice from media????
4 even if you guys win two games in a row we well always be the better program.
5. oregon just reloaded jstew- blount and JJ dixon costa just imagine what chip did to dixon from a ok qb to heisman favorite
6. have to rebuild the front 7 lost ur rb. still have a qb issue.
7. predictions of osu and uo
osu
at stan W
at penn st L
hawaii W
usc L
at utah L
wsu W
uw W
Asu L
Ucla W
cal L
ua W
uo L
UO
6-6 and could lose to ua and uw
10-2
loses to asu and usc but its a toss up 4 asu so maybe 11-1 and looking for a bcs bid
osu wishing they would have hadnt schedule at penn st. and at utah…...
by Duck4Lif3 on Aug 5, 2008 6:40 PM PDT 0 recs
oh no!
a guy who can’t spell predicts we might not be nearly as good as the ducks.
well I guess I’ll just have to wait for baseball season to have a hope in life.
so how much for a house of 38 points allowed t-shirt?
by orangetyler on
Aug 6, 2008 8:55 AM PDT
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"Wow" is right...
You seem to be the Stephen Hawking of spelling. And yes, I mean that in the most negative way possible with more of an emphasis on the “challenged” aspect of his character and not so much the “genius” part of him…
by ArbyOSU on
Aug 6, 2008 9:19 AM PDT
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There are better analogies
But excellent grammar.
Your friendly neighborhood placekicker.
by butthol on
Aug 14, 2008 11:26 AM PDT
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Sorry.
I meant to call him the Chris Burke of spelling. I think some duck fans should take justice into their own hands and hunt down the geniuses behind Ruxxe.
by ArbyOSU on
Aug 15, 2008 9:55 AM PDT
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We've already hired Dogg.
Your friendly neighborhood placekicker.
by butthol on
Aug 17, 2008 5:53 PM PDT
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HAHA.
“I’ve always wanted to be an entertainer just like Donny Osmond”, says Chris.
Your friendly neighborhood placekicker.
by butthol on
Aug 17, 2008 5:56 PM PDT
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Scared em!
they took the shirts down off the website! ha. We beavs scared those little duckies at house of loud right back into their little pond! ruxxe sux
by ruxxe on Aug 5, 2008 9:12 PM PDT 0 recs
And then he either...
A. Developed a Split-Personality
B. Got his account hacked.
C. Became confused.
D. All the above.
Go Duckies!
by JShufelt on
Aug 6, 2008 12:23 PM PDT
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I am laughing so hard right now.
Your friendly neighborhood placekicker.
by butthol on
Aug 14, 2008 11:26 AM PDT
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As it's been said before by Dave et al.,
Real duck fans and the University itself fully disapproved of this entire thing, and we knew immediately that others would eat it up. We’re dead sold on ruxxe not being real duck fans, because this is just harsh.
Again, make fun of Ruxxe and their failure, but don’t preach this up as “Duck fans get even cockier!! Ruxxe = the whole of duck football nation!! U of O grads r dumb lolz” etc.
Just reiterating the above.
Your friendly neighborhood placekicker.
by butthol on Aug 14, 2008 11:29 AM PDT 0 recs












