Oregon Week: How much of a chance does USC have against the Ducks?
by Paragon SC on Nov 13, 2011 4:00 PM PST
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Since their loss to LSU Oregon has played some pretty solid football.
Even with injuries to Darron Thomas and LaMichael James, injuries which proved to be minor, the Ducks have been consistent in their play.
They pick and prod their opponents in the first half, make adjustments and then turn on the jets in second half.
I think most USC fans are realistic that this will be a very tough game. Oregon's game isn't perfect but they are able to make up the occasional mistake or flaw with depth and speed. The game is also in that nut house that is Autzen Stadium so Oregon has that going for them as well.
But to some, what looked like a hopeless chance is now seen as an opportunity...
USC has beaten Oregon once in the past four years. It hasn’t won in the state of Oregon since 2005, when most of these Trojans were in middle school.
Hopeless.
But then something happened. The Trojans started growing up. They started sensing what they were capable of and they learned how to do it. Does this sound like a team with no hope, like a team worried about if it can return to the top of its conference?
"I don’t want to say anything about Oregon, but we will play anybody, anywhere. We’ll show up ready to fight," defensive tackle Christian Tupou said. "We’ll play anybody -- on the field, in the parking lot ... Nobody’s scared around here."
Does this?
"I think more than ever, we are [ready]," quarterback Matt Barkley said. "Oregon’s very good this year, but I think they were better when we played them in the past."
This USC team has faced some pretty bleak times over the past eighteen months but they have kept up a pretty good attitude and they have really started come together over the past few weeks.
A positive attitude is a great thing to have but it has to translate to performance on the field.
For the Ducks, it is on a sure path to the Pac-12 title. The question is where will that road take them? The Rose Bowl is pretty much assured but they are now back in the hunt for the BCS Title game...so this game has a lot of meaning to them. But I don't see the Ducks taking USC seriously.
USC is looking to get better and prepare for next season.
These next two, and final, games are important for many reasons. With no post season in their future, USC wants to win while getting solid performances at the same time.
Should be an interesting week....
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I really really doubt Oregon will take USC lightly.
The Trojans are possibly the second best team in the Pac right now and USC is still USC. DAT in particular will be absolutely jacked for the game. And though back and forth comments between the teams are generally over hyped by the media, Barkley probably should probably keep the comments to a minimum.
Agree
Care to expound upon this?
I don’t see the Ducks taking USC seriously.
This goes against basically everything we know about Chip Kelly’s style, be it coachspeak or not. Is a USC fan really playing the underdog card, has it come to that? Whence your intolerable arrogance earned over the past century of football?
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by HoodRiverDuck on Nov 13, 2011 7:20 PM PST up reply actions
"The people who cast the votes decide nothing. The people who count the votes decide everything." - Joseph Stalin
U feeling Loco?
It's the only joke he has
But I’m sure that whole Inland Empire is totally meth free there, Cali-bro.
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by HoodRiverDuck on Nov 13, 2011 9:36 PM PST up reply actions
Who would know?
It’s been fenced off until all the empty houses fall down.
"When the seagulls follow the trawler, it's because they think sardines will be thrown into the sea"
"The people who cast the votes decide nothing. The people who count the votes decide everything." - Joseph Stalin
U feeling Loco?
LMAO!!!
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by Nestor on Sep 4, 2010 9:24 PM CDT
let's just say I have a hunch
As for intolerable arrogance….I know exactly what you mean…;-)
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by Paragon SC on Nov 14, 2011 9:14 AM PST via iPhone app up reply actions
Good luck.
USC’s receivers vs freshman corner(s) is quite scary. I think if the defense can pressure Barkley Oregon wins it. Otherwise it’ll be a shoot out. Either way, best of luck.
by builds character on Nov 13, 2011 7:21 PM PST reply actions
"The people who cast the votes decide nothing. The people who count the votes decide everything." - Joseph Stalin
U feeling Loco?
You got some ketchup on your knife
You know you’re going to have to wash it by hand too – you can’t put nice knives in the dishwasher.
by builds character on Nov 13, 2011 7:51 PM PST up reply actions
I like Duck Confit
Oh, Mama, can this really be the end
To be stuck inside of Mobile
With the Memphis blues again
-R. Zimmerman
Duck sucks
Yes we can't play in a Bowl and that is lucky for the rest of College FB' but next year we at USC will dominate.
by so.cal.native1952 on Nov 14, 2011 8:13 AM PST up reply actions
Oregon is like the PAC-10 at low tide
when the pestilent bottom dwellers have their day in the sun and the only ones that don’t think it smells are the ones emitting the odor.
by Flayfluflah on Nov 13, 2011 8:17 PM PST reply actions 2 recs
Beautiful!
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by Nestor on Sep 4, 2010 9:24 PM CDT
Rose Bowl Championships: 1
Year: 1917
"The people who cast the votes decide nothing. The people who count the votes decide everything." - Joseph Stalin
U feeling Loco?
Well if we're just gonna troll each other, then I'll enjoy my ban.
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by HoodRiverDuck on Nov 13, 2011 9:44 PM PST up reply actions
Oregon's Dynasty:
"Ain't no tuition for having no ambition." -Brandon Carswell
by RabbitSC on Nov 13, 2011 9:53 PM PST up reply actions 2 recs
A work of art!
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by Nestor on Sep 4, 2010 9:24 PM CDT
Let's not forget their undefeated season......whoa, pump the brakes!
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by Nestor on Sep 4, 2010 9:24 PM CDT
National Championsips: Zero
Any other questions, duck?
"The people who cast the votes decide nothing. The people who count the votes decide everything." - Joseph Stalin
U feeling Loco?
Trojans have been playing good football
but lets not get crazy, Oregon has a good team and since they can’t win a real one, this is their Bowl game.
by xgenx on Nov 13, 2011 8:30 PM PST reply actions 1 recs
Yeah, Oregon is going to take USC lightly
Which is why we took our game last year with you guys lightly right? Hardly…
I know one dude, calls himself “Black Mamba” who will be particularly fired up for Saturday.
"Good evening Blazer fans, wherever you may be!"-Bill Schonely
De'Fumble?
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by Nestor on Sep 4, 2010 9:24 PM CDT
by DFWTrojan on Nov 13, 2011 10:07 PM PST up reply actions 1 recs
It will be sweet to beat BCS bound Oregon in their last bowl-eligible season
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by Nestor on Sep 4, 2010 9:24 PM CDT
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by Nestor on Sep 4, 2010 9:24 PM CDT
This is way beyond ducks ability to comprehend
"The people who cast the votes decide nothing. The people who count the votes decide everything." - Joseph Stalin
U feeling Loco?
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No comment from this thread will be deleted. You will have to own them when we get it turned around and beat Southern Cal. You will never ride the bandwagon when we come back. Not on BN. GO BRUINS.
by Nestor on Sep 4, 2010 9:24 PM CDT
If traveling to Eugene, leave your electronics at home
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by Nestor on Sep 4, 2010 9:24 PM CDT
Hide your valuables
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by Nestor on Sep 4, 2010 9:24 PM CDT
by DFWTrojan on Nov 13, 2011 10:50 PM PST reply actions 1 recs
That's a good one, and a true one. Good for a Rec, Mr. DueForaWinTrojan.
You will not leave Eugene with your pride; if that is what is of value to you.
Last time USC came here, your poor traveling fans did not expect the thrashing your team received; the fans were bewildered and ashamed that their team’s offering was so meager. As a result, I doubt we get nearly as many USC fans this year unless the SoCal Chapter of BDSM travels well.
If YOU wish to come up and attend the game and detail the subtle interactions of flagellation and fellatio as practiced in the LA area, let me know at once and I will, with every means at my disposal, endeavor to obtain a ticket for you. After the game, I will give you a regional tour of our local meth-labs that you may update your photo gallery.
Would you be amenable to this invitation?
"What you are entrusted to do as a coach is to create an environment where your players have a chance to be successful." CHIP KELLY
by Famous Duck on Nov 13, 2011 11:10 PM PST up reply actions
Not bad.
If the offer for the ticket is real, i’m sure DFW is interested. In LA we’re not too subtle about flagellation or fellatio though. It just sort of happens (or doesn’t happen).
Fight On! Beat everybody but us!
The inference of this response statement suggests that Mr. DueForaWinTrojan will not be answering for himself.
I used the masculine gender and I now think that that might have been offensive and for that I apologize. I am sorry.
I was speaking of interactions subtle, not actions, if you understand now that portion of my offer, an offer which I assure you is sincere.
Please forward this addendum with the original invitation to the aforementioned person. A reply posthaste in this thread will suffice.
"What you are entrusted to do as a coach is to create an environment where your players have a chance to be successful." CHIP KELLY
by Famous Duck on Nov 13, 2011 11:34 PM PST up reply actions
Some people
do have better things to do after midnight before a work day.
"Ain't no tuition for having no ambition." -Brandon Carswell
That is true also. I apologize again and withdraw. Good even, sir or madame.
"What you are entrusted to do as a coach is to create an environment where your players have a chance to be successful." CHIP KELLY
by Famous Duck on Nov 13, 2011 11:44 PM PST up reply actions
Good even to you too
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by Nestor on Sep 4, 2010 9:24 PM CDT
Tex! You're blogging with Phildo Knight
Hence all the interest in “the subtle interactions of flagellation and fellatio.” Phildo must be quite bored with what he gets from the Chip Kelly and Richard Lariviere.
"The people who cast the votes decide nothing. The people who count the votes decide everything." - Joseph Stalin
U feeling Loco?
Good morning. I trust that your intellectual prowess was enhanced during your esteemed repose.
I find that morning has brought me gifts, featured below, of which I am most grateful. Those gifts have assisted me in reversing my offer; an offer made with alacrity but received, it seems with either reticence or rancor. The spurious nature of these responses have led me to conclude the precious little meaningful dialogue might be achieved in any substantive discussion attempts. So it is with some sadness that I withdraw my invitation and I wish you well in departing.
Good day.
"What you are entrusted to do as a coach is to create an environment where your players have a chance to be successful." CHIP KELLY
In other words, it was all smoke and bullshit. Just like everything about Oregon
"The people who cast the votes decide nothing. The people who count the votes decide everything." - Joseph Stalin
U feeling Loco?
Good day, Duckie
A Quick Note for the Quitters
No comment from this thread will be deleted. You will have to own them when we get it turned around and beat Southern Cal. You will never ride the bandwagon when we come back. Not on BN. GO BRUINS.
by Nestor on Sep 4, 2010 9:24 PM CDT
Me thinks his welfare check ran out.
Yes we can't play in a Bowl and that is lucky for the rest of College FB' but next year we at USC will dominate.
by so.cal.native1952 on Nov 14, 2011 9:40 AM PST up reply actions
I'm telling ya, Famous Duck is none other than Phildo Knight!
50% inferiority complex / 50% Stanfurd douchebaggery
"The people who cast the votes decide nothing. The people who count the votes decide everything." - Joseph Stalin
U feeling Loco?
This is how I can tell you're still new at this "Conference Overlord" business
the subtle interactions of flagellation and fellatio as practiced in the LA area
You don’t flog the opponent while they’re blowing you, they might flinch, have an involuntary jaw clench, and then where would you be? The correct answer is that you run a train on the opposition – which Oregon’s coaches seem to understand, even if you don’t. That’s why you use the word “butthurt” afterwards.
I know, I know: it’s not really very subtle to use these sorts of homophobic comments to imply that the victors are manly and the losers are pansies, but football isn’t really a subtle game.
"When the seagulls follow the trawler, it's because they think sardines will be thrown into the sea"
I have not been very hard on the Ducks for their players' legal issues.
But it really, really infuriates me that they allow Kiko Alonso to play.
"Ain't no tuition for having no ambition." -Brandon Carswell
Mr. Alonzo is a recently diagnosed individual with a fatal, incurable and progressive disease.
You might do well to practice understanding and patience in his situation. We, as Duck fans, have had to learn this lesson ourselves. It has collectively helped us markedly though most are loathe to be self-congratulatory. If Mr. Alonzo has been hurtful to you personally, I apologize for my presumption.
"What you are entrusted to do as a coach is to create an environment where your players have a chance to be successful." CHIP KELLY
by Famous Duck on Nov 13, 2011 11:40 PM PST up reply actions
Football is essentially a silly game.
People put on outfits and play what is, again, a game, with a ball. The ball has a silly shape.
Alonso broke down a woman’s front door in the middle of the night and there’s nothing silly about that. I have friends and family that I know and love in Eugene. The door Alonso broke down wasn’t one of theirs, but it easily could have been. I don’t see how it makes any difference in respect to my opinion. If I’m entitled to be infuriated because Alonso hurt me personally, I’m also entitled to be infuriated if he hurt someone I don’t know.
If Alonso is an alcoholic, get him treatment, help him get his life back on the right track, do all those things, but remember that football is just a silly game, and Alonso has more important things to worry about. If Alonso played for my university, I would never want him to represent me on the field or on national television again.
I would say the same about any of our players in this situation. Thankfully it has been years since any of our players have had serious trouble with the law.
"Ain't no tuition for having no ambition." -Brandon Carswell
Your furor is duly noted.
Your convoluted reasoning is also.
Thank you for responding.
"What you are entrusted to do as a coach is to create an environment where your players have a chance to be successful." CHIP KELLY
A true disciple of the Wizard of Oz
"The people who cast the votes decide nothing. The people who count the votes decide everything." - Joseph Stalin
U feeling Loco?
It is not a disease---- it is a choice ----only the weak use that excuse.
Yes we can't play in a Bowl and that is lucky for the rest of College FB' but next year we at USC will dominate.
by so.cal.native1952 on Nov 14, 2011 8:23 AM PST up reply actions
Argue not with me. Your rationale has been invalid by the American Medical Association for over a half century.
Take it up with them. I’m sure physicians at your fine university will be able to help you prepare your brief were you to ask.
"What you are entrusted to do as a coach is to create an environment where your players have a chance to be successful." CHIP KELLY
Oh but it was your statement wasn't or that a disease too?
Yes we can't play in a Bowl and that is lucky for the rest of College FB' but next year we at USC will dominate.
by so.cal.native1952 on Nov 14, 2011 9:04 AM PST up reply actions
Keep close to your girlfriend or wife
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No comment from this thread will be deleted. You will have to own them when we get it turned around and beat Southern Cal. You will never ride the bandwagon when we come back. Not on BN. GO BRUINS.
by Nestor on Sep 4, 2010 9:24 PM CDT
And call Cliff for the quickest ride from the airport, smoking encouraged
A Quick Note for the Quitters
No comment from this thread will be deleted. You will have to own them when we get it turned around and beat Southern Cal. You will never ride the bandwagon when we come back. Not on BN. GO BRUINS.
by Nestor on Sep 4, 2010 9:24 PM CDT
Wow DFW
You don’t mess around =D
Fight On! Beat everybody but us!
The man is in the Zone
"The people who cast the votes decide nothing. The people who count the votes decide everything." - Joseph Stalin
U feeling Loco?
Oregon. Is that a state now----I just thought it was a place where cults hung out
No seriously it’s the ducks game, their at home, their ranked higher, heck they probably have more laptops and they have all that Nike money. Oh snap I forgot about all those different outfits they gave, they have to be the only guys with women’s closets. But really do we really have a chance, I know we can send a covert team up there to change all their sign cards they use to call plays.
The real deal is that our LBs are faster than last years and we have the best player that turned them down.
Yes we can't play in a Bowl and that is lucky for the rest of College FB' but next year we at USC will dominate.
by so.cal.native1952 on Nov 14, 2011 8:34 AM PST reply actions
Yes. Oregon: Home to ALL THE CULTS. ALL OF THEM.
Except for some of them.
[For the record: I fully understand that San Diego is NOT L.A., lest I incur the wrath of those who live in San Diego.]
I don't mean to impose...
They were not a cult just a confused organization---Hey how are those Terrorist camps going lately
Yes we can't play in a Bowl and that is lucky for the rest of College FB' but next year we at USC will dominate.
by so.cal.native1952 on Nov 14, 2011 5:02 PM PST up reply actions
Haven't seen this much unprovoked trash talk/trolling
since the Germans bombed pearl harbor.
Fight On! Beat everybody but us!
meh
For now it’s harmless, but DC and I are keeping close watch…
I can only control what goes on here not too worried about other sites
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by Paragon SC on Nov 14, 2011 11:21 AM PST via iPhone app up reply actions
????
Please my people did enough crap, don’t credit them with things they did not do….
by trojanarchitect on Nov 14, 2011 12:09 PM PST up reply actions
...Animal House?
Or too subtle?
Fight On! Beat everybody but us!
Animal House -
Not sure if you’re responding to me or in general? It was unclear to me earlier ‘on the earlier "Jay-Walking" type comment….. I think Animal House is about right – - besides people are getting all this out of perspective.
by trojanarchitect on Nov 14, 2011 1:30 PM PST up reply actions
As far as trolls go, these ducks
can’t hold a candle to the mind numbing nonsense that goes on at the wolfbag, even on an off-day.
"The people who cast the votes decide nothing. The people who count the votes decide everything." - Joseph Stalin
U feeling Loco?
by M. AGRIPPA on Nov 14, 2011 12:41 PM PST up reply actions 1 recs
However...
It’s been a little quiet today since the gutty little ones laid that stinker up in Utah. At least they still have basketball… err… wait.
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