THE PAC12 THREAD v.4

[Arizona_Sting]

What is your prediction for the Lumberjacks game?

We should win by quite a bit.

 

[OregonDucks]

Rich Rod is a genius.

doesn't play anyone until mid October it seems like every year. Get those 6 wins early. get a few upsets in October-November, keep your job.

reminds me of Leach when he was at Tech.

 

[CCF151]

All the Pacific Northwest fields are, out of necessity. However, those in less damp climates can get away with having real grass.

 

[OregonDucks]

My guess is players prefer natural grass surfaces.

I remember hearing players complain about that tar getting into their eyes and shoes while playing.

 

[TheRobotDevil]

sorry to hear that. hope she is recovering speedy and well..give her a trip to Eugene, where she can bathe in the waters of the Hatfield Dowlin Complex water. Heard it makes everything about you faster.

Bandages come off tomorrow then they have to decide if she needs another sling graft. Is that the lake with the Mosquitos

 

[OregonDucks]

Bandages come off tomorrow then they have to decide if she needs another sling graft. Is that the lake with the Mosquitos

HA NO! That "lake" is actually a river called the Willamette.

Hatfield Dowlin is the Ducks football facility.

 

[WizardHawk]

My guess is players prefer natural grass surfaces.

I remember hearing players complain about that tar getting into their eyes and shoes while playing.

They swallow some of it as well. I do remember a Husky getting an injured eye over that stuff. Doesn't seem like injuries happen often and I can't say you see more or less knee/ACL kind of injuries on it, but I do think the surface is more forgiving than grass so it should be less of those.

 

[OregonDucks]

They swallow some of it as well. I do remember a Husky getting an injured eye over that stuff. Doesn't seem like injuries happen often and I can't say you see more or less knee/ACL kind of injuries on it, but I do think the surface is more forgiving than grass so it should be less of those.

I'm sure it is...

anyone remember the Beavers old turf field? It was the old turf before field turf came about.

I remember that thing holding water like none other! Water just pooling on it and with each step water would just splash upward.

 

[TheRobotDevil]

HA NO! That "lake" is actually a river called the Willamette.

Hatfield Dowlin is the Ducks football facility.

Not sure she's going to want to go camping again f

 

[OregonDucks]

Well I absolutely hate posting this picture, but it seems the only one out there I can find regarding the Beavers old field which just pooled water. You can clearly see in this photo how bad water sat on that thing.

 

[WizardHawk]

UW had something similar prior to 2000 when they switched to field turf. I can remember how bad it was. There were so many injuries on it. That's what prompted them to switch to a largely unproven field turf out of desperation. Those puddles were slick and gave funny bounces.

 

[CCF151]

My guess is players prefer natural grass surfaces.

I remember hearing players complain about that tar getting into their eyes and shoes while playing.

In a perfect world all the fields would be grass, but those of us that live/lived in Oregon and Washington know having a grass surface during football season takes more maintenance than it's worth, and even then is a bad playing surface

 

[WizardHawk]

In a perfect world all the fields would be grass, but those of us that live/lived in Oregon and Washington know having a grass surface during football season takes more maintenance than it's worth, and even then is a bad playing surface

Dem fhegs from across the pond won't play on it.
Century Link is field turf and the Sounders play their games on it. When teams from the EPL come over for 'friendlies' they have to actually come in and put real grass over the top of the turf because they won't play on anything but grass.

Yeah yeah, soccer is fer deh gheys anyway and all that.

Who doesn't love a grass field, but there are plenty of places that are grass that really shouldn't be. That shit field the redskins play on is one of them. If they can't figure out how to keep that field safe they should remove it and go turf. Seems to me the Bears play on a field that gets bad as well. Leave the grass for climates where they can be managed well.

 

[OregonDucks]

In a perfect world all the fields would be grass, but those of us that live/lived in Oregon and Washington know having a grass surface during football season takes more maintenance than it's worth, and even then is a bad playing surface

I remember HS football games dubbing all their games "mud bowl" By mid to late October.

 

[Olyduck]

I agree with this, I just don't know if them Ducks go this route, if it will be enough for the cover.

45.5 is a lot of freaking points to give up!

Which brings me to @SeeYouNT rating of my reply to mamba regarding my 'dat' comment with a dislike.

Most football peeps know this comes from the Saints as in... 'Who dat? Dat dem Saints'. It's not a negative thing at all, just a figure of speech, and considering the circumstances of Oregon QB's broken finger and the performance of that Duckie defense put out against an FCS school in G1, those comments were fair.

Did you see the performance Oregon D gave against MSU? held them to one of their lowest production in the last couple years. I believe that in week 1 they plaid it basic as to not give MSU anything much to look at as far as blitz packages, cover and rush schemes and so forth.

 

[Olyduck]

Just saw in the Pac 12 blog on ESPN that Oregon State was using comic books in recruitin featuring the recruits as heroes. Congrats Oregon State for doing something Oregon did 12 years ago.

 

[WhiteMamba]

Just saw in the Pac 12 blog on ESPN that Oregon State was using comic books in recruitin featuring the recruits as heroes. Congrats Oregon State for doing something Oregon did 12 years ago.

And they are wearing white for second time in last 3 home game at Reeser.

 

[7Samurai13]

Rich Rod is a genius.

doesn't play anyone until mid October it seems like every year. Get those 6 wins early. get a few upsets in October-November, keep your job.

reminds me of Leach when he was at Tech.

Well he has been getting huge bumps in rankings by beating the Ducks the last two years. If the Ducks stop getting beat by the Fighting Rich Rods, they'll stop getting boosts in the rankings.

 

[Olyduck]

Well he has been getting huge bumps in rankings by beating the Ducks the last two years. If the Ducks stop getting beat by the Fighting Rich Rods, they'll stop getting boosts in the rankings.

What do you mean if? Oregon destroyed Arizona in their last meeting

 

[7Samurai13]

What do you mean if? Oregon destroyed Arizona in their last meeting

I'm discussing your "Rich Rod" formula.