Shawn Kemp is going to have 16+ sons looking for football or basketball scholarships in the next 10years, incidents like Blount and James is going to give Oregon the inside track in signing them.
Going back to 2000, like Nate Dogg's list? I'd be surprised if the only incidents for UO in the last decade happened in the last year.
Well the original comment said "All in the last year or so" so thats what I was referring to sorry for not making that clear. And just for the record.. i am in NO WAY condoning any of the behavior.
Zagfan.... Heres some more. Are you sure you wanted to bad mouth the beaver program as an excuse? The University of Oregon has some serious issues with on the field and off the field behaviors with their players. It needs to be addressed and nothing is being done. Heres another bad Duck. Don't forget these other ducks that were dismissed or requested to leave the team in the 2009-2010 season: Andrew Iupati Terrance Montgomery
Heres more Blazerboy and this is within the last decade. I think Zagsfan used a poor excuse and should have shut up his mouth. The Ducks have a big problem with their program and their Athletic Director should push the Football coach for more disciplinary acts or have a code of conduct. If these conducts are broken the football players should be suspended.
I could see myself making a t-shirt with all those players mentioned but then I will find myself beat up at a bar.
My point wasn't Oregon vs. Oregon St. My point was that no school is immune from having something like this happen. I see it at every school. Recruiting is cut-throat now days. A lot is invested into football programs, its fairly easy to overlook character in order to get the best athletes.
As far as I can tell, Beavers fans like to bring up past transgressions off the field by Oregon to make up for their play on the field. Fact is, Oregon St. is a mediocre program not on the Ducks level as far as success, exposure, $$$ and facilities.
I think it is more like "some Beaver fans remember when some Oregon fans were so quick to point out anything that one of their players did, so why the sudden silence from those people?". You'll notice the distinct lack of some notorious Duck fans who like to try to shit on the Beavers, whenever the occasion arises, in this thread. It's just like how over on realgm there are two very big Duck fans who would bring up anything a Beaver player did, but have remained oddly silent on this subject. But let's just conveniently forget those Duck fans that make sheep jokes still to this day, and again aren't in this thread.
Sheep jokes are just funny. I mean c'mon, stealing a retarded sheep? That will always be funny. I came from a Duck family, all my relatives are Duck fans. However, I also have a buddy who played on the Beavers World Series baseball teams. I root for them, but I also root for OSU if they are worth a damn. To me, I just find Beavers fans much more annoying. Its almost like they have an inferiority complex. OSU fans are waving their flags from their minivans everywhere when the football season starts, then after their annual choke job to start every season you see those flags disappear and fans tight-lipped. A couple wins to get back on track and those flags re-appear and they smother you with Beaver nation.
I guess we should all just beat up women, I mean everyone's doing it... and if I am a good athlete zagsfan won't care.
You can say all those same things about Duck fans - perhaps you are just clouded since all your relatives are Duck fans.
Well your the one to bring up the subject. You should have made more of a solid statement behind your reasonings instead of a one liner. How else are people going to respond? Well duh. The 29 consecutive losing seasons didn't help the program. But lets take a look what the program has done now in the past decade with the same facilities. More OS football players are in the NFL now because their coaches are turning their players into better athletes and making them believe in themselves. Its the staff that has done the success not so much about the $$ that has been donated by Mr. Knight and alumni. Again Zagsfan, your avoiding the issue at hand and your not admitting that UO has a problem with its current program. Players are getting into trouble. Does this make an impact when recruits hear and read about Oregon? They might change their mind knowing that the University doesn't care and they won't feel a bond with its staff. Is this the reputation that the UO wants to put out? If I was AD I would fix this issue.
While I'm not getting into the who has a better program argument... I will say I dont think the Program has a problem no.
Do you think that there should be a punishment? If so, what? To me, this conduct is worse than what Blount did. It is not on national TV, and it might not be as big of a microscope, but punching a douchebag vs. choking a 19 year old female.... I think James' actions are more violent. Should he lose the season? If the investigation indicates that he probably did what he is accused of doing, and in light of the incidents in the past 12 months, if I were the AD I would have to seriously consider suspending him for the season.
