Tuesday, 11 January 2011

115 Year For That?

Well, that sucked.  All the hype, all the talk, the articles, the Sportscenter segments and that is the performance that we give?  Actually, not even just Oregon, Auburn looked like 50% of what they were capable of too.  Besides the obvious pain that I and all Oregon fans feel today, the most glaring issue with the BCS is the fact that there were 37 days between the two teams final games and the National Championship game.  That is too long.  Wayyyyyyyyy too long.  Spectators were treated to about one solid quarter of football after trudging through three of the sloppiest quarters I've watched in a college football game.  Imagine the promise of a four course meal at an expensive steakhouse only to be force-fed three courses of dog shit just to get to an overcooked filet mignon and steamed vegetables.  That's what last night's game was like.  So that is my first observation from last night: cut down the amount of time from the end of the season to the championship game, for everyone's sake.

Now, as for this little gem, I have one thing to say: "Are you fucking kidding me?"  That dude has been a referee for 38 season. 38 seasons.  And he can't pronounce the name of the state in the National Championship game?  You think someone would've told him beforehand how to say "Oregon," but I guess he'd rather settle for looking like a moron on national television.

The Cliff Harris interception and the tackle on Michael Dyer.  Whether or not the refs got the calls right, and I don't vehemently disagree with either one, tough to conclusively overturn those, the overarching theme of the night is that the Ducks just didn't execute.  They made too many mistakes throughout the whole game to let those two plays be at fault for the loss.  Let's not blame the refs when we were the ones making all the mistakes.

The Ducks made the National Championship game for the first time in 115 years.  If it takes them another 115 years to make another one, you probably won't here from me again, because I will be completely despondent, but mostly because I'll be dead.

Nick Fairley is significantly better than any other defensive player that the Ducks saw this season.  Stephen Paea could not even hold the jock strap of Fairley.  He will be a top five pick in the NFL draft and rightfully so.  But Herbstreet and Musburger are way off when they say that he is as close to dominating a game as Ndamukong Suh.  Fairley is outstanding but Suh is on a completely different planet.

Well fortunately for me, the Blazers are starting to play a little better now that BRoy has shut it down for the season so now that the Ducks are done, at least I will still have one moderately successful franchise.  Hooray for another first round exit!

*begins weeping softly in the corner*

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