Author Topic: Why did Oregon cancel its series with K-State? (Read 29325 times)

DQ12 · « **on:** October 21, 2012, 11:13:43 PM »

Seems like a pretty cowardly move. We could have had this thing settled back in September, but Brian "Big Balls" Kelly wimped out to play an OOC consisting of Arkansas State, Fresno State and Tennessee Tech. Couple that OOC schedule with the pile of hot garbage Pac 12, and you have a pretty Boise-Statey road to the national championship.

Why the national media gives the Ducks ANY respect I have no idea.

scottwildcat · « **Reply #1 on:** October 21, 2012, 11:15:40 PM »

pretty sure Oregon didn't want any non-pud teams on their non-con. They wanted to make sure they were bowl eligible by having 4 cupcakes. Not sure why seeing that the Pac-12 is a poor man's Mountain West.

Super PurpleCat · « **Reply #2 on:** October 21, 2012, 11:18:09 PM »

Perhaps they're hoping that nobody would notice these shenanigans by playing so late at night.

HeinBallz · « **Reply #3 on:** October 21, 2012, 11:18:32 PM »

Think it was just as much about the money as it was anything else. Apparently hippies are not only smelly but also poor.

Dr Rick Daris · « **Reply #4 on:** October 21, 2012, 11:19:33 PM »

the ducks saw that snyder was building another monster and backed out plain and simple. sad but true and i will never have any respect for oregon because of it.

p1k3 · « **Reply #5 on:** October 21, 2012, 11:20:41 PM »

We'd be consensus #1 if it wasn't for those pansies

JohnCurrie is Weird/Gross · « **Reply #6 on:** October 21, 2012, 11:21:26 PM »

I read LHC LHC Bill Snyder flew into Eugene at the 11th hour to try to convince Jim Kelly to keep this game on the schedule. Sad Oregon wanted to leave it up to the computers, nobody wants that. This thing should've been decided on the field.

AbeFroman · « **Reply #7 on:** October 21, 2012, 11:22:12 PM »

They keep trying to blame us but you would think if they wanted a team like us they'd have scheduled Alabama in place (like how we got Miami). Instead they played Arkansas State and let them score 34 points

Stevesie60 · « **Reply #8 on:** October 21, 2012, 11:25:31 PM »

Jim Kelly knows he has to hang out in the Pac-14 or else they wouldn't even be in the top 25. "Play some crappy teams no one has heard of for out of conference, then play crappier teams in conference" is his motto. No reason to go against the system that has been working for him this whole time.

AbeFroman · « **Reply #9 on:** October 21, 2012, 11:27:29 PM »

Honestly they should consider it a blessing in disguise. Now they get to hang around the title discussion until whatever week they play USC. If they hadn't backed out their title dreams would have been over week 2.

Dr Rick Daris · « **Reply #10 on:** October 21, 2012, 11:31:28 PM »

the plain and simple answer to the OP's question is that they got out of the game because they could. just think about it. would you want to play kstate this year if you didn't have to? no. no you wouldn't.

take west virginia for example. they would've given anything to have gotten out of getting embarrassed by us on national tv. they couldn't though because they are in the same conference. they were legally obligated to take their whipping. oregon didn't have that issue though so they simply walked away. this sure is one duck that looks a lot more like a big chicken if you ask this poster.

MixBerryCrunch · « **Reply #11 on:** October 21, 2012, 11:36:10 PM »

I heard that their coach, Mike Riley, was afraid his team would be exposed by a team with "real speed" if they played the Cats. Apparently the only reason Oregon looks fast is because all of the pud teams in the PAC 10 (11?) are really slow compared to the teams in the major conferences, Big 12, SEC, Big East etc... this is due to the sub par recruits on the West coast.

JohnCurrie is Weird/Gross · « **Reply #12 on:** October 21, 2012, 11:40:06 PM »

Quote from: rick daris on October 21, 2012, 11:31:28 PM

the plain and simple answer to the OP's question is that they got out of the game because they could. just think about it. would you want to play kstate this year if you didn't have to? no. no you wouldn't.

take west virginia for example. they would've given anything to have gotten out of getting embarrassed by us on national tv. they couldn't though because they are in the same conference. oregon didn't have that issue though so they simply walked away. this sure is one duck that looks a lot more like a big chicken if you ask this poster.

Great point. Honestly? I'll be surprised if we complete our conference season this year without at least one no call/no show. At the end of the day it's about a cost/benefit analysis for the other teams. Would they catch some flack at first for not showing up and forfeiting the game. Sure. But you've got to consider the long term ramifications that playing K-State could inflict on your program. It certainly is something to think about.

DQ12 · « **Reply #13 on:** October 21, 2012, 11:45:15 PM »

Well they played UNLV, Cincinatti, and Portland State in '09 and went to the national championship that year where they got blown out by Alabama. This year they played a similarly putrid OOC and will get blown out by Alabama again.

Guess "Big Balls" (pretty homophobic nickname btw) figures that if chickening out in '09 (almost) worked, chickening out in '12 might work. What's good for the goose is good for the Duck, apparently.

One thing is clear though, Kelley is nothing more than a spineless, yellow-bellied, chicken.

Quote from: Brian Kelley

BWAK BWAK BWAKE

Chico · « **Reply #14 on:** October 21, 2012, 11:47:13 PM »

I just don't understand why Chip Kelly would want to back out of the game when he know he needs to overcome the east coast bias. Too scared to come to Manhattan?

BTW, Oregon fans are the worst.

Not Sure · « **Reply #15 on:** October 21, 2012, 11:50:18 PM »

Such a small time move by a small time program. Their coach must have known he was on the hot seat and he didn't want to schedule any beatdowns. Can't say I blame them, but I can't believe they could get so cocky after beating a mediocre Wisconsin with its own lame-duck coach at home. It's important to act like you've been there before, you know? The field storming really put it over the top.

Super PurpleCat · « **Reply #16 on:** October 21, 2012, 11:51:28 PM »

Quote from: Not Sure on October 21, 2012, 11:50:18 PM

Such a small time move by a small time program. Their coach must have known he was on the hot seat and he didn't want to schedule any beatdowns. Can't say I blame them, but I can't believe they could get so cocky after beating a mediocre Wisconsin with its own lame-duck coach at home. It's important to act like you've been there before, you know? The field storming really put it over the top.

chunkles · « **Reply #17 on:** October 21, 2012, 11:56:20 PM »

They would've had us use segways made of 75%recycled post-consumer content and 25% mule-crap to get from the airport runway to our cars and then we would've had to stay in organic hemp tents where they make us braid each others hair with flowers grown from their compost boxes and sing songs about oxygen and how awesome it is. eff those guys.

MixBerryCrunch · « **Reply #18 on:** October 22, 2012, 12:10:36 AM »

It's kind of a blessing in disguise for us though. I mean how embarrassing would it have been for us if the nation saw us playing a team with a Disney cartoon as their mascot? Would have really hurt the image of our program.

mancattanite · « **Reply #19 on:** October 22, 2012, 12:11:47 AM »

Guys... the Oregon duck is just bad.

Why did they cancel? I think it's because they know what Willie does to birds...

Not Sure · « **Reply #20 on:** October 22, 2012, 12:13:26 AM »

Totally agree. Look what happened when we played Arkansas. Playing that cartoonish group of swine puds was so humiliating that we didn't even start in the top 20 this season.

Super PurpleCat · « **Reply #21 on:** October 22, 2012, 12:17:47 AM »

I don't understand how they get away with having mirrors for helmets. It allows them to see behind them and that's an unfair advantage.

Perry · « **Reply #22 on:** October 22, 2012, 12:19:06 AM »

I hear they keep a sweatshop in Corvalis to make their pud uniforms because no respectable company will associate with such a loser/pud football program. The reason they have so many different materials/colors on their jerseys is because that's just what they can get their hands on for cheap and throw it all at their sweatshop workers and tell them to just make something.

WillieWatanabe · « **Reply #23 on:** October 22, 2012, 06:27:37 AM »

man. dlew read my mind. I hope you've asked some Oregon boards this same question?

Trim · « **Reply #24 on:** October 22, 2012, 06:31:37 AM »

Oregon = FPs, TCs, etc.