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Academic trash-talk from the U-Dub AD?

CBS

Washington AD calls Oregon "embarrassment"

Washington AD Scott Woodward called Oregon an 'embarrassment' as an academic institution over the weekend.

Here are his quotes from the Washington pregame show.

? ? it?s not really where we want to be ? because it?s an embarrassment what their academic institution is, and what?s happened to them as far as their state funding has gone. In my mind it?s a wonderful athletic facility but they?ve watched it at the expense of the university go really down.

?The athletic facility is impressive. The fans at Oregon should get down on their hands and knees at night to Phil Knight and pray to him because this is an incredible facility he?s built.?

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muffler dragon;1807532; said:
While I admit freely that the comments by a rival AD are rather absent of a direction, it's interesting to note that the University of Oregon IS the flagship school in Oregon; yet it's quite lacking in upper echelon degrees (i.e. engineering of any sort, etc).
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There has been a bit of controversy about how much funding Duck athletics has in comparison with the rest of the institution (covered here- scroll down).
 
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The guy makes an interesting point....

Oregon sputters against tough defense

America, are you seeing it now?
With the lone exception being the second half against Stanford, and that was at home ?OREGON'S OFFENSE ONLY WORKS AGAINST REALLY, REALLY BAD DEFENSES.
The Ducks have faced three defenses so far this year with a pulse: Stanford, Arizona State, and now Cal. The Stanford game was at home, and the Duck attack struggled until late. The Arizona State game in Tempe was a fight with the ground game only gaining 125 yards and two scores with LaMichael James only running for 94 yards and a score. And now there?s this.
Yeah, the gimmicky, sped-up attack works great against most of the squishy-soft Pac 10 defenses, but as this close call proves, there?s no way, no how the Ducks could get through the ACC (yes, they do play D in the ACC), Big 12, Big Ten, or SEC without a loss, and I?ll take it a step further and say this team had better be praying that Auburn and its miserable defense makes it to Glendale, because with a month to prepare, Boise State or TCU would give this attack major issues.
Could Darron Thomas make the passing game rock, if needed, against the better defenses? Maybe, but Oregon is Oregon because of the way it gets James and the ground game going to eat up defenses, but that only works if the opposing defenses stink. Could this Quack Attack work against Nebraska? How about the LSU defensive front? Auburn proved that its offense works against a run D like LSU?s, and it?s a shame we won?t get to see Oregon get a real test.
Could the Ducks defense that stuffed Cal for just 193 yards and 69 through the air come through against the better teams in the BCS rankings? Absolutely, but Stanford is the only team on the Ducks' slate that has any semblance of a power game; Wisconsin and Ohio State would give the Duck defensive front fits.
10-0 is 10-0 is 10-0 is 10-0 is 10-0. But this was a tough win over a Cal team that got obliterated by Oregon State two weeks ago (yeah, the same one that just lost to Washington State). Ooooooh. The schedule, when all is said and done, isn?t going to be that tough, and if the Ducks face Auburn for the national title, they?ll skate through the season with this being their biggest defensive challenge.

Entire article: http://msn.foxsports.com/collegefootball/story/Oregon-offense-sputters-against-defensive-challenge
 
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As soon as they play somebody that plays defense, and according to Bobby Bowden before the Oklahoma-FSU game that's everyone in the South :slappy:, they will likely struggle. Their offense and special teams are soooo explosive though, so I honestly think the only thing they won't be able to overcome is an injury to Thomas.
 
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First it was bitching about being left out of the 2001 NC game. Last year it was Ohio State stealing signals now it's more "faking injuries" by the opposing defense as the excuse. Alot of sour grapes from a team that has won exactly nothing. Win some fucking meaningful games before spouting off about the rest of college football "cheating" or "robbing" you of a shot at a title.

That entire program can eat a whole bag of salty dicks.
 
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