The Dam News 8/6
by ArbyOSU on Aug 6, 2010 11:52 AM PDT
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Just a few more weeks, friends. A few more weeks and it'll be almost a full year before the name "Phil Steele" is relevant again. Can't. Friggin'. Wait.
- The Oregonian/OregonLive has stepped up with a slew of Beaver content over the past 72 hours. Lots and lots of new stuff. If you haven't been doing so, check out their All Decade Team, starting with the most recently posted position, Linebacker. While I can't say he was necessarily the "best" linebacker we had at OSU, I've got to go with Derrick Doggett. Athletic, fast, aggressive and played all over the place. What, you don't agree?
- The Oregonian's Jim Beseda runs down a bunch of Beaver-related news. So if you want to see what The Dam News would look like if someone was getting paid to do it, look here. And while you're there, check out this piece on the sparkling academic standing of OSU's men's basketball team. If you need some additional basketball news, Dime Magazine previews the most valuable players in the PAC 10, which includes our own Calvin Haynes.
- The Beavers show up at number 22 in the USA Today top 25, released today. With the ducks at number 11, the Oregon schools are the only two representatives from the PAC 10. Weird, huh? Coaches also voted in OSU opponents Boise State (fifth) and TCU (seventh).
- ESPN's PAC 10 blog has some painful PAC 10 memories as submitted by readers. Check them out, plenty of heart breakers for the Beavers in there (LSU, anyone?), not to mention a few times where our boys played the role of heartbreaker (Cal, SC).
"Thanks a lot, kicker! The only way I'm NOT going to kick your ass before I leave Oregon State is if you win the Lou Groza Award, or better yet, score more than our entire offense in a game!"
via i.a.cnn.net
- The Witchita Falls (TX... I think) newspaper takes a look at the match-up of two former cellar dwellers when TCU and OSU face of in Jerra World. GodIwanttowatchthatgamerightnow.
That's all for now, folks. Post whatever I missed below and have a great weekend, even if there isn't an OSU football game going on. GO BEAVERS!
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Give me a break
…ducks are #11?!
They are way too highly ranked in my opinion, unless I’m missing something.
I also think that beavs can be in the top 20.
Whatever, it’s preseason polls, they don’t matter…no one even played yet.
"Twin-headed infinite swirling vortex of grotesque suckitude known as Tony Clark and Eric Byrnes"
I'm a little torn myself...
The ducks at #11 seems a little high for a team that lost their star quarterback who basically was the heart and soul of what they did on offense. Should they take a knock for that? I think so.
But, using my best Steven A. Smith voice, I’d like to follow that up with a, “How-ev-a!”
Had Masoli been truthful about his hobbies—stealing laptops, disobeying traffic laws and, of course, ridin’ dirty—he might still be the head of an offense that did great things last year. If Masoli was trotting out for the ducks in week one, we’d probably see them higher than #11. I would say that being #11 is the result of those off-season losses.
When you really look at it though it’s preseason. Who cares. I’m glad the Beavs got a little respect and cracked the poll this time around but I think we all agree that a strong finish is preferable. Here’s to that!
Ok so to go against the grain here and to take the voter's viewpoint
To take the voter’s view, I don’t really see a problem with #11 for the team that is favored to win the Pac-10, is the defending conference champion, and ended at that ranking last year.
For the QB situation and even though we hate to admit it, pains me personally I know, the UO program is noted for turning out very good QBs, sure the circumstances for losing Masoli were less than optimal overall but still the program should be able to replace the QB and with the returning players be successful again. They also have a decent schedule overall, except for maybe the glaring challenges in going to LA and Corvallis they even have a fairly favorable conference schedule.
So “way too highly ranked?” To me that says they should be in the between 20 and 25 spots? As a voter on something like this I don’t see how the defending Pac-10 champions could be ranked that low to be honest.
I would also agree with ArbyOSU and #11 is actually a lower of the ranking expectations for they would have easily been a top ten preseason team going in with Masoli returning.
But for me personally I agree that this is all preseason and in the end doesn’t really matter to where everyone finishes, and do think preseason polls are a bit overrated in terms of relevance.
-RVM
by rvm on Aug 6, 2010 5:09 PM PDT up reply actions
Doggett's pick six in the civil war (in the video and in this picture) is one of my favorite images/plays/things ever.
Watching him drive that pile was just awesome.
Uuuumyes.
Greatest freaking picture of all time.
James freakin' Rodgers. Beast.
by The Orange Joe on Aug 6, 2010 4:04 PM PDT up reply actions
I'm a huge baseball guy and love that double play pic, but
Have to say that Doggett one is just plain awesome and the tops.
-RVM
by rvm on Aug 9, 2010 6:23 PM PDT up reply actions
He just plain uproots a big o-lineman and pushes him and two other ducks into the endzone.
If I could pull it off at work, I’d contemplate getting it tattooed on my forehead.
Doggett
Though I am Husky fan, I was always impressed with this guy…..Total stud.
by nwsportsblock.com on Aug 8, 2010 9:04 AM PDT reply actions
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Pacific-12 Conference Standings
(updated 1.2.2012 at 11:12 PM PST)
| North | Conf | Overall | ||
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| W | L | W | L | |
Oregon Ducks
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8 | 1 | 12 | 2 |
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Stanford Cardinal
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8 | 1 | 11 | 2 |
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Washington Huskies
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5 | 4 | 7 | 6 |
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California Golden Bears
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4 | 5 | 7 | 6 |
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Oregon St. Beavers
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3 | 6 | 3 | 9 |
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Washington St. Cougars
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2 | 7 | 4 | 8 |
| South | Conf | Overall | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| W | L | W | L | |
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USC Trojans
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7 | 2 | 10 | 2 |
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UCLA Bruins
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5 | 4 | 6 | 8 |
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Utah Utes
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4 | 5 | 8 | 5 |
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Arizona St. Sun Devils
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4 | 5 | 6 | 7 |
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Arizona Wildcats
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2 | 7 | 4 | 8 |
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Colorado Buffaloes
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2 | 7 | 3 | 10 |
Pacific-12 Conference Standings
(updated 2.6.2012 at 10:39 PM PST)
| Conf | Overall | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| W | L | W | L | |
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Washington Huskies
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9 | 2 | 16 | 7 |
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California Golden Bears
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8 | 3 | 18 | 6 |
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Colorado Buffaloes
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8 | 3 | 16 | 7 |
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Oregon Ducks
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7 | 4 | 16 | 7 |
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Arizona Wildcats
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7 | 4 | 16 | 8 |
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Stanford Cardinal
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6 | 5 | 16 | 7 |
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UCLA Bruins
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6 | 5 | 13 | 10 |
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Oregon St. Beavers
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5 | 6 | 15 | 8 |
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Washington St. Cougars
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4 | 7 | 12 | 11 |
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Arizona St. Sun Devils
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3 | 8 | 7 | 16 |
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Utah Utes
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2 | 9 | 5 | 18 |
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USC Trojans
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1 | 10 | 6 | 18 |
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