Earlier today, a frequent (and trusted) source forwarded One Click Sports News a response to <a title=”Knights Templar strike in Eugene” href=”http://blog.oregonlive.com/johncanzano/2007/08/the.html” target=”_blank”>John Canzano’s “Knights Templar strike in Eugene”</a> blog entry on <a title=”OregonLive.com” href=”http://www.oregonlive.com/” target=”_blank”>The Oregonian’s OregonLive.com</a>. However, we were not the first site to receive this response.
According to the writer, this response was sent as a comment to Canzano’s blog. After sending the comment, the writer stated that the entry had to be approved by the owner of the blog, Mr. Canzano, before being published online. But for some reason, the response was not posted on his blog. And as of this writing, it still has not.
Here are the comments. You decide for yourself why they have not appeared on his blog.
<blockquote>’Why do you insist on propagating the lie that the University of Oregon ever approached Pat Casey about being their baseball coach? It simply isn’t true. All parties involved have denied it. Even if you don’t put much credence into anything anyone from the U of O has to say, are you questioning the veracity of someone as upstanding as Pat Casey? If anyone belongs to a secret society, it is clearly you because I guess it will remain your little secret that Kilkenny & Casey conspired against you to bring a savior to the U of O.
The <a title=”Knights Templar” href=”http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Knights_Templar” target=”_blank”>Knights Templar</a> meet the Canzano Code.’</blockquote>
If you are going to offer the public the opportunity to comment on a blog, why would you censor readers’ responses? Or has this reader come one step closer in lifting off the veil of secrecy that shrouds the Axis of K’s?
If I understand this baseball conspiracy correctly, it goes something like this…
<blockquote>’After finding the <a title=”National Treasure” href=”http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/National_Treasure” target=”_blank”>National Treasure</a>, <a title=”Phil Knight” href=”http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Phil_Knight”>Phil Knight</a> wanted desperately to bring baseball back to the University of Oregon. And 2006 presented him with his best opportunity yet.
Coming off of winning the 2006 College World Series, the Oregon State Beavers could have been considered a one-hit-wonder. Instead of openly supporting the resurrection of the baseball program at the U of O, Phil Knight knew that the only way to get the U of O to bring back baseball was to insure the continued success of the OSU baseball program. So, he guaranteed Pat Casey’s million dollar contract, securing OSU another shot at a national title.
Once Oregon State had won back-to-back national championships in the spring of 2007, every Duck turned a dark shade of green and the U of O had no choice but to reinstate the baseball program (and add Competitive Cheerleading - but that’s a completely different conspiracy for another time). And Kilkenny, Knight, and company wanted to start the program with the man that Phil Knight had already had an ‘arrangement’ with a year earlier…OSU’s head baseball coach, Pat Casey. ‘</blockquote>
Like all good conspiracies, this story never really ends. Denials are affirmations. Riddles are wrapped in mysteries, inside of enigmas. And the rabbit hole never ends.
Will this tall tale continue to take refuge in Area 51 disguising itself as fact? I don’t know. I think I’ll ask Alice. Maybe she knows The Code.
