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Post by Jedi-El of Tomorrow on Mar 13, 2010 19:59:47 GMT -5
ESPN's Graham Watson takes a look the two contenders for the starting quarterback job for Oregon now that Jeremiah Masoli is suspended. Nate Costa was the projected starter in 2008 before a knee injury sidelined him before the opener. And Darron Thomas is a high-profile recruit that showed flashes against Boise St. in 2008. What about the most important stat, have they ever been arrested? A few months ago we were talking about the hammer coming down on USC, and now with the shitstorm that's come down on the Oregon football team, they may be under NCAA investigation. The Pac Ten Conference, the top teams keep f***ing up.
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Post by andrew8798 on Mar 22, 2010 1:49:53 GMT -5
The NCAA has denied San Diego State running back Atiyyah Henderson a sixth year of eligibility.
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Post by Red Impact on Mar 25, 2010 17:02:36 GMT -5
Sheesh, anyone see that video of Urban Meyer blowing up at the reporter who quoted his player? Absolutely ridiculous. The blog he wrote even tried to turn what Thompson said about Tebow into something better.
Players are coddled way too much.
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Post by andrew8798 on Mar 25, 2010 23:49:07 GMT -5
One of these days somebody going to take a swing at Meyer and I wouldn't blame them if they did
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Post by andrew8798 on Mar 25, 2010 23:51:08 GMT -5
Oregon running back LaMichael James has qualified academically for spring practice, according into a team spokesman.
Hawaii wide receiver Malcolm Lane remains suspended and will miss spring practice. Coach Greg McMackin will decide this summer if Lane will be allowed to rejoin the team.
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Post by Seth Drakin of Monster Crap on Mar 25, 2010 23:54:37 GMT -5
Sheesh, anyone see that video of Urban Meyer blowing up at the reporter who quoted his player? Absolutely ridiculous. The blog he wrote even tried to turn what Thompson said about Tebow into something better. Players are coddled way too much. Let me tell you, the man is in enough stress as it is so even bothering him, could piss him off (and no offense, but the way the guy asked the question could be considered bothering the man). Honestly, I hope the media doesnt make this more than this is, or they may kill the man. No excuse for it to happen, however I understand.
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Post by Red Impact on Mar 26, 2010 0:08:15 GMT -5
Sheesh, anyone see that video of Urban Meyer blowing up at the reporter who quoted his player? Absolutely ridiculous. The blog he wrote even tried to turn what Thompson said about Tebow into something better. Players are coddled way too much. Let me tell you, the man is in enough stress as it is so even bothering him, could piss him off (and no offense, but the way the guy asked the question could be considered bothering the man). Honestly, I hope the media doesnt make this more than this is, or they may kill the man. No excuse for it to happen, however I understand. ESPN's already reporting it. The thing is, everyone is pretending like he's defending Thompson, which he isn't. Thompson was never under attack, nor was he misquoted. He's defending Tebow, who's beyond being able to be by Meyer. If Thompson was being attacked, sure, defend your players. But he wasn't. Nowhere did the reporter attack him or criticize him. The reporter even tried to spin Thompson's words so that they weren't an incitement against Tebow as much as just talking about two different playing styles.
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Post by Insomniac on Mar 26, 2010 0:16:55 GMT -5
Sheesh, anyone see that video of Urban Meyer blowing up at the reporter who quoted his player? Absolutely ridiculous. The blog he wrote even tried to turn what Thompson said about Tebow into something better. Players are coddled way too much. I saw the confrontation, and I just now read the online article. I have no idea what Meyer is flipping out over. I didn't realize reporters weren't supposed to use quotes taken in context anymore. Pretty bad overreaction on his part.
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Post by Seth Drakin of Monster Crap on Mar 26, 2010 1:08:13 GMT -5
Sheesh, anyone see that video of Urban Meyer blowing up at the reporter who quoted his player? Absolutely ridiculous. The blog he wrote even tried to turn what Thompson said about Tebow into something better. Players are coddled way too much. I saw the confrontation, and I just now read the online article. I have no idea what Meyer is flipping out over. I didn't realize reporters weren't supposed to use quotes taken in context anymore. Pretty bad overreaction on his part. I've been under stress, sometimes I go way out of line for not doing common household chores and misheard things. So sometimes you really get pissed at someone because you heard something completely different. I am sure an apology will come in a few days either publicly or privately.
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Post by The Line on Mar 26, 2010 10:41:35 GMT -5
yeah, the whole Meyer/Thompson/Tebow/Media thing is pretty ridiculous. People trying to call the reporter out, saying things like "he should have tried to infer what that quote meant" and stuff. No he shouldn't. As a member of the media, you report what people say and do, not what you think they meant. Doing that can(and eventually will) get you in big trouble.
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Post by ani on Mar 26, 2010 10:58:12 GMT -5
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Post by Red Impact on Mar 26, 2010 11:10:23 GMT -5
yeah, the whole Meyer/Thompson/Tebow/Media thing is pretty ridiculous. People trying to call the reporter out, saying things like "he should have tried to infer what that quote meant" and stuff. No he shouldn't. As a member of the media, you report what people say and do, not what you think they meant. Doing that can(and eventually will) get you in big trouble. The thing is, it was a column and he did try to infer what it meant, which was that Thompson wasn't saying Tebow wasn't a real quarterback, just a different type of quarterback. People are trying to defend it because they're athletes and we have to coddle them because they're still kids somehow, despite being old enough to drive, smoke, serve in the military and go to big boy prison if they commit a crime.
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Post by The Line on Mar 26, 2010 11:23:18 GMT -5
yeah, the whole Meyer/Thompson/Tebow/Media thing is pretty ridiculous. People trying to call the reporter out, saying things like "he should have tried to infer what that quote meant" and stuff. No he shouldn't. As a member of the media, you report what people say and do, not what you think they meant. Doing that can(and eventually will) get you in big trouble. The thing is, it was a column and he did try to infer what it meant, which was that Thompson wasn't saying Tebow wasn't a real quarterback, just a different type of quarterback. People are trying to defend it because they're athletes and we have to coddle them because they're still kids somehow, despite being old enough to drive, smoke, serve in the military and go to big boy prison if they commit a crime. I must have misunderstood it. I thought the reporter quoted Thompson word for word, and that's what caused the issue.
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Post by Red Impact on Mar 26, 2010 11:43:38 GMT -5
The thing is, it was a column and he did try to infer what it meant, which was that Thompson wasn't saying Tebow wasn't a real quarterback, just a different type of quarterback. People are trying to defend it because they're athletes and we have to coddle them because they're still kids somehow, despite being old enough to drive, smoke, serve in the military and go to big boy prison if they commit a crime. I must have misunderstood it. I thought the reporter quoted Thompson word for word, and that's what caused the issue. He did quote him directly, and they have it on tape, and that's what Meyer blew a gasket about. But he put it in a column, which is supposed to have analysis, where he was analyzing the player's place with the program now that Tebow's gone, and used that quote. Directly after that, he justified it by saying he was probably just referring to them as different types of QB's. He never misquoted him or attacked him, like people are claiming. The only person who might have been put in a negative light was Tebow (and, of course, we can't have that).
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Post by The Line on Mar 26, 2010 11:53:31 GMT -5
I must have misunderstood it. I thought the reporter quoted Thompson word for word, and that's what caused the issue. He did quote him directly, and they have it on tape, and that's what Meyer blew a gasket about. But he put it in a column where he he was analyzing the player's place with the program now that Tebow's gone, and used that quote. Directly after that, he justified it by saying he was probably just referring to them as different types of QB's. OK. Glad I wasn't completely wrong. Bad on Thompson for not thinking before he spoke. I know SEC athletes, for the most part, have the reputation of not being too intelligent, but even he had to think, at least for a moment, that saying that to a member of the media could come back to haunt him. And if he didn't, well, he just learned a valuable lesson if he plans on continuing his football career after Florida. Bad on Meyer for ripping on the reporter. Who cares if you're mad at him, don't air your dirty laundry publicly. If you don't want this to happen again, don't threaten a reporter, teach your players how to talk to the media. It'd be something that EVERYONE would enjoy. And finally, bad on the reporter for making inferences in a non-editorial column. I know its impossible to remain 100% objective, but if the reporter(sorry I don't recall his name at the moment) really and honestly thought that Thompson meant that Tebow is just a different type of QB, you get him back on the phone to clarify his quote. You follow it up. You don't just include it yourself, no matter how sure you are about it. While his inference was most likely correct in this situation, he got lucky.
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Post by Red Impact on Mar 26, 2010 11:57:34 GMT -5
All columns are, in sense, editorials. They are the vessel to inject opinion. Now, he should have followed up, yes, but Meyer's outrage was completely and totally overblown.
And you'd think by now they'd actually force these athletes into a real public speaking course. If they want to be athletes, they have to learn how to speak well and not look like idiots (which reflects rather badly on the school that deemed them fit to enter). I know these athletes are used to being coddled off the field, but the first thing any school should have done is enroll them in a speech course.
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Post by The Line on Mar 26, 2010 11:59:41 GMT -5
All columns are, in sense, editorials. They are the vessel to inject opinion. Now, he should have followed up, yes, but Meyer's outrage was completely and totally overblown. I agree that columns are editorials. But you're allowed to inject YOUR OWN opinion. Not your opinion of what you thought someone else's opinion is based on what a vague quote is. If a quote is vague, either clarify it or don't use it.
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Post by Red Impact on Mar 26, 2010 13:06:15 GMT -5
All columns are, in sense, editorials. They are the vessel to inject opinion. Now, he should have followed up, yes, but Meyer's outrage was completely and totally overblown. I agree that columns are editorials. But you're allowed to inject YOUR OWN opinion. Not your opinion of what you thought someone else's opinion is based on what a vague quote is. If a quote is vague, either clarify it or don't use it. I disagree, I think analysis of someone else's words and actions are fair game in an editorial as long as they're reasonable and logical. It wasn't really a vague quote.
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Post by Renslayer on Mar 26, 2010 19:01:58 GMT -5
Damn, condolences to his family.
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Post by Red Impact on Mar 27, 2010 15:31:10 GMT -5
And Urban Meyer apologizes for is outburst against the reporter. I wonder if it took the AD or NCAA to get involved, though.
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