It was the best of times, it was the worst times, and this was legal in tackle football. The opposing side of the 4-team Rose Bowl playoff bracket is in full effect this evening, as 8-3 #14 Oregon State travels to Eugene to take on 9-2 #7 Oregon in the 2009 edition of the "The Civil War" (which could be the most watched Civil War in the 206 year history of the state of Ohio). Winner gets a year of in-state bragging rights, and more importantly, books a trip to Pasadena to go toe-to-toe with the Ohio State Buckeyes.
Oregon enters the Civil War, the first in the rivalries' 115 year history that sends its winner to the Rose Bowl, about to wear their 12th different uniform in as many games. Each of the jersey combinations are suggested by former college teammate of Tiger Woods (and perhaps most notable for his lawsuit against the PGA Tour) Casey Martin, whom serves both as the school's golf coach and unofficial 'Uniform Coordinator'.
If you're not as familiar with either of the two schools and want to know which side to cheer for, the Dispatch's Rob Oiler seems to have gathered that the consensus recommendation of the nation's media elite is the Ducks. It's worth nothing that everyone's favorite national columnist, Gregg Doyel, when asked about the matchup, was under the impression Dennis Erickson was still the Beavers' head coach. Ivan Maisel also seemed convinced that the absolute value of beating Oregon is less than that of not beating them. Or something.
Finally, in conjunction with our dear friends from the Hawkeye asylum at Black Heart Gold Pants and our Hokie brethren at College Game Balls and Gobbler Country, we're turning back the clocks to all those Thursdays you spent at Out-R-Inn and The Bier Stube, having a little fun, and live blogging the festivities. Feel free to come by, have a few, and root for either Ducks-Bucks or (OSU)^2.
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Chip Kelly is going to shit his pants when he has to watch Buckeye game film. He'll be like "They rush for 225 yards a game with THAT offense. DO NOT COMPREHEND."
That, or we'll have the advantage and every time they put in OSU film, they fall asleep.
Why would Chip Kelly watch our game film when he's got that Holiday Bowl opponent to prepare for?
I may be against the tide, but I'm taking the Beavers tonight
After watching the film, their defensive strategy is as follows:
9 men in the box
2 men on Posey
honestly I think this game is all about home field advantage. Neutral field or at Corvallis (sp?) I take the beavs. At Autzen, though, I think Oregon in a route starting in the third quarter. Of course, no consequences when I am wrong and frequent braggadocios posting if I am right.
Ah, it's great to be a poster and not a blogger, huh?
TD Beavers
Good call Jeff. I still can't get over the 65 points they put on them last year when Oregon State could have gone to the BCS.
This is an Oregon uniform I can appreciate. I like that green and the yellow helmet.
I want Oregon to beat the hell out of the Beavers. That will get all the hype on the Ducks' side and make it that much better when we smoke them.
Cosign
Masoli is gonna need a lucky horseshoe (pun intended) up his ass to complete a bomb on third and long against our D
Erin is looking pretty good in the purple hat.
they get real throwbacks. we get space unis "inspired by" throwbacks. there is no justice in this world.
that commercial really makes me want a cheesy gordita crunch combo.
Erin can even make a burqa look good.
I love having Elmo tell me how to sneeze so I don't spread Swine Flu
And the touchdown by the Edmonton Eskimos is called back
jenn brown is hotter imho
Next time they call him quizz I'm going to lose it
they're just showing that they're down with the hip street lingo. word to ya mutha.
yea its going to be pretty amazing when the ducks are all hyped up and we bust them down with a chuck norris roundhouse kick to the face!
Dude knows his Canadian football.
When is UofO going to bust out the pants with stripes like those in the picture above?
Thad will force 2 fumbles............if we play them.
Hold on........did I just see a Notre Dame player listed 5th in the 4letter Heisman hype?
Gibson or Matta?
matta. he's fired up.
Dude 88 could eat jacquizz
I prefer his children.
This Canfield kid from OreSt looks pretty good.
that's ludicrous
he's no Stanley Jackson...
Whoever we play, we're going to have to score points somehow.
or play something called "defense".
Nice TD drive
Well, that's true.
I did see that...........who the hell is Golden Tate?
What the hell did Lou just say?
Yep, Golden "Dome"Tate(rs). Even though he's 'only' 4th in the country in Rec yds/game. Did the top 3 decline to be nominated?
Now that Weis and Mangino are out, the coaching tonnage has gone down quite a bit.
It would be better than Timmy winning it
Clausen's favorite receiver.
Need a big game from McCoy on Saturday.
If only Maryland would have let Friedgen go after his 2-9 season they could have all gone on the Biggest Loser.
This is why I turn TV to 'mute' at halftime.
yeah, but even if we do play better defense than these two teams, both will play better defense than we do Offense ... remember Michigan's D held us to 21 pts.
We gonna have to find a way to score no matter what. Our D is not holding either of these teams to less than 24-28 pts
In a couple of catagories.
I want to beat the hell out of beaver too.
"Eating jacquizz" sounds too dirty. This is a family environment.
Nah...Jim Tressel held us to 21 points. He didn't want RichRod to get fired and kept the score low
But you can still see the spittle on the camera lens, right?
the ultimate gentleman, that JT.
For real for real
We held Texas to 24 last year and their avg score was around 44 points per game. I believe the defense is better this year than last. Of course the secondary is a little questionable but I think the defense will brutalize them. I think the offense is what's going to screw us.
OK, I've been trying to wipe it off my TV screen. I feel better now.
She'd look better between two sheets.
oh, don't get me wrong, we'll hold them to less than they are used to, but they are still going to score in the upper 20's, if not lower 30's. We haven't played any teams with offenses like these this year. But, I know we will not be involved any classic Pac ten 55-48 type game ...our D won't let that happen.
I do share your concerns with our offense scoring enough though. We cannot bank on our D shutting down either one of these teams to win, we need to score TDs too
Why do they even put "defenders" on the field? This is a fucking joke....
Wow, Beavers chewing a little duck confit right now.
Each team is required to put 11 players on the field; what they do is up to them.
OT, but two Ohio schools are in DIII quarterfinals; Mt Union (naturally) and Wittenberg.
Back ontopic, I can image that heads are exploding over at Addicted to Quack.
Broken leg? That looks naaaaasty!
Yes, whoever we play we will need to score points to win, nice observation as most football games require this.
There are plenty of OSU fans and coaches that don't seem to comprehend that you cannot win the game only on D. What I meant was we need to score Tds and not settle for 3's (sound familiar with this offense??) hoping for our D to make stops over and over again.
The homers here ripping on the "no D" in this game are f-in' blind. These teams will put up multiple TDs on our D. (maybe with ease for all we know) Are you confident that we will score more than a few times against anyone??
Our D might be better than these teams' D, but the O we are seeing is not what Big Ten fans are used to.
Oregon=Miami(FL) of the Pac-10. Thug U!
Your style is impetuous.
LaGarette Blount is a meast
But if the team controls the ground game like they've done 3 games in a row, and hits on the homerun plays, they'll control the clock and put up plenty of points. If they execute like they did against Penn State they'll win easily in my opinion. It seems to me like you are one of the fans who just isn't even going to be happy with what they do on offense. Did the offense only score a few against Michigan? Yeah, but they didn't need to push the envelope in that game. They won with ease against a bad team. Against Iowa, Pryor was hurt and they were limited as to what they could do. The D will hold Oregon just fine. Just because they haven't seen that much zone read doesn't mean they won't be prepared for it.
The reason I'm not worried about the offense, is because I saw a much improved, in terms of execution and decision making, offense after the Purdue game. Maybe they didn't put a ton of points up, but they weren't making the awful mistakes they did early on. Also, the line has improved and healed up so much. Do you honestly think the Oregon D is going to be able to stop the ground game when Penn State and Iowa's couldn't?
This was an awesome game...certainly the most entertaining of the year. Bonus points for both teams for going for it on 4th down several times.
Still, I'm not quite impressed with the tackling ability of either team. Lots of "slippage" on tackles that we certainly aren't going to see from Buckeye defensive linemen. If Cam Heyward or Thad Gibson gets a hand on you, you're done. Period.
That player's leg is what your spirit is going to look like after this game. Your concerns are justified, you are probably going to lose.
Did anyone charge Emelio Estevez here his troll toll yet?
0-7 vs tOSU
Well, Cincy earned the win. It had quite a bit to do with Pitt's uberconservatism in the second half, but they earned it.
How many quarters in the game Sam?
Eh? Are you trying to start an argument or something? I never said the game was over. Especially not with Wanny as Pitt's head coach.